Fianna Fáil is back down to just one candidate in Limerick County after Cllr Eddie Ryan withdrew from the ticket - just twelve hours after he was added.

Limerick Fianna Fáil candidate Peter Power has conceded defeat in Limerick City.

THE Government should hold a referendum on the right of an accused to defend themselves in cases of statutory rape, according to an all-party Oireachtas Committee on Child Protection.

JUST three out of every 100 people who go before the courts for sexual crimes against children are prosecuted.