Two councillors who were featured in an undercover investigation by RTÉ have been found to have contravened ethics laws during the secretly filmed meetings with a fictitious company.

Former Fine Gael leader Michael Noonan and Cllr Kieran O’Donnell will contest the next general election for Fine Gael in the Limerick East constituency.

UNIONIST politicians were yesterday urged to get a grip on the escalating loyalist paramilitary feud before it undermines efforts to ensure a peaceful summer in east Belfast.