Ellavita Flynn was caught leaving Brown Thomas' Grafton Street store with a €2,280 Luis Vuitton handbag. This item was the only one recovered.

Sheepdogs could find their job taken over by robots after scientists learned the secret of their herding ability.

A Lithuanian man charged with the possession of a handgun has been granted a bail variation to allow him take up work as a security guard.

Hopes that the foot and mouth outbreak had been contained were dealt a blow today after a new suspected case of the virulent virus was discovered.