The Labour MEP Proinsias De Rossa has announced that he is stepping down from the European Parliament next month.

Fourteen councils have had their seats filled and the results so far show that Fianna Fáil are down 32 seats on those councils.

The Standards in Public Office Commission has revealed that Irish politicians spent €9.24m on their campaigns ahead of last year's General Election.

The Taoiseach says that the current campaign for a no vote in the Nice Treaty