Communications Minister Pat Rabbitte has said he finds it hard “to get worked up” about the publication of the semi-nude photographs of Kate Middleton.

The future of the Irish Daily Star hangs in the balance this weekend, after the British 50% shareholder in the paper announced it is taking "immediate steps to close down the joint venture".

The company which owns the Irish Daily Star has criticised the newspaper for running pictures of the Duchess of Cambridge topless and are 'taking immediate steps' to close the newspaper.

Northern and Shell, the publisher of Express Newspapers, is to launch a London evening newspaper early next year.