Update 1pm: The Sports Minister Shane Ross is due to return to Ireland this evening following the arrest of Pat Hickey in Rio yesterday.

George the goldfish had surgery in Australia to remove a brain tumour. It went swimmingly (sorry).

JIM STYNES’ recovery from cancer suffered a setback after the discovery of another tumour over the weekend.

Thailand’s new prime minister called today for fugitive former premier Thaksin Shinawatra to return home to face justice.

Australian police may have made a breakthrough in the hunt for the man who abducted, and probably killed, a British tourist.