New Zealanders didn’t think they were a target, either. Our gun control is better.

An autistic general election candidate and her autistic children have been targeted by vile online abuse which branded them “inbred mongolians”.

A decision on planning permission for a mosque in Tralee, Co Kerry, has been stalled pending confirmation over whether a call to prayer public address system is to be installed in the 23m high minaret attached to the structure.