GOVERNMENT officials regarded Dublin Corporation’s behaviour over the development of Wood Quay as “ridiculous” and “paranoid”.

Australians mourned the victims of deadly wildfires at church services across the country, as news emerged of a class action lawsuit against a power company over the cause of one of the blazes.

Anglicans in the US plan to go ahead with the consecration of an openly gay bishop in defiance of a warning that it could “tear the fabric” of the Church and jeopardise its continued union.