Through his mother, Margaret Sinclair, he is a direct descendant of the Bernard family from County Cork.

The Rally for Life, last Saturday, in Dublin, was attended by 25,000 to 30,000 people from all over the country.

The Equality Tribunal has awarded an accountant €45,000 after it ruled that her employer had manipulated a job interview process to choose a less-qualified candidate.

A woman seriously injured in a road accident near Clonroche, Co Wexford on Wednesday, has died.