A Kilkenny-based group who want to honour the war dead and survivors is appealing for family members, distant relations, friends and acquaintances to come forward.

A British RAF helicopter has airlifted a Spanish fisherman to hospital in Galway after he suffered a serious hand injury while working off the coast of Co Mayo this morning.

Police in the North have begun a fresh investigation of the area where the body of a disabled man was dumped following his disappearance four years ago.