William poked fun at himself after he questioned a paramedic about whether he thought coverage of the illness was “being a little hyped up” in the media.

Foreign Affairs Minister Micheál Martin said today that he is to meet his Israeli counterpart to discuss the use of fake Irish passports by a team of assassins.

The Pope’s Ambassador to Ireland today said the Vatican was ashamed by the devastating findings of a damning inquiry into clerical sex abuse in Dublin.