Eight days on from their disastrous election performance, a battered and bruised Fine Gael party gathered for the first time in Leinster House.

Gardai are awaiting instructions from the Director of Public Prosecutions in relation to the death of an elderly woman struck by a car on the N11 last May. 

One of Europe’s largest travelling fun fairs threw open its doors for free yesterday and gave exclusive access to more than 1,000 very special people.