QUEEN ELIZABETH II was formally welcomed to Ireland by the President Mary McAleese at Áras an Uachtaráin yesterday at her first official engagement at the start of her historic four-day state visit.

Prince Albert II of Monaco wished the Government every success tackling economic woes as he strolled through Dublin with his fiancée on a three-day State visit.

Prince Albert II of Monaco has arrived in Ireland at the start of a three-day state visit.

SUMMERTIME might have finally arrived yesterday but the living was far from easy for one group of youths at Wicklow.