Saving an activity for a rainy day has never been as important as it is this summer.

Today marks the 50th anniversary of the start of excavations at Knowth in the Boyne Valley and the OPW has confirmed it hopes to create a virtual tour of its chambers that would allow the public to view the treasures inside.

A man who recieved a suspended sentence for concealing information from gardaí about the violent death of one of his friends has had two years of that sentence reactivated after he was convicted of new offences.