Terminally-ill reality TV star Jade Goody said a “final farewell” to some of her closest family and friends today as she was christened, her publicist said.

LONGFORD gardaí have a new station with the best of equipment — but don’t have the staff to use the equipment or perform all their duties.

GARDA stations around the country could be left with skeleton crews incapable of dealing with major emergencies, as up to 3,000 members of the force are drafted into Dublin for the May Day march.

GARDAÍ will wait to hear Justice Robert Barr’s opening statement this morning before deciding whether to return to the tribunal.

GARDAÍ involved in the Abbeylara siege are threatening to walk out on the Barr Tribunal when it resumes this morning unless chairman, Justice Robert Barr, makes a peace offering to their senior counsel, John Rogers, who quit the hearings in protest last month.