An internal report into why Fine Gael lost the election does not name anyone and does not vilify any individual, the Irish Examiner can reveal.

An internal report by Fine Gael TDs on the party’s election campaign was handed to Taoiseach Enda Kenny 24 hours after the party’s final Dáil meeting before the summer break.

Two reviews of Fine Gael’s disastrous election campaign will not be concluded before the summer break, reducing the risk of outspoken TDs lashing senior party figures over the findings.

by Thomas Pynchon

A teenage gunman (Sean Mercer, pictured) has been found guilty of the murder of 11-year-old Rhys Jones, who was gunned down as he made his way home from football training in Liverpool.

A jury is expected to be sent out today to consider its verdict in the trial of a teenager accused of gunning down British schoolboy Rhys Jones.

THE teenager accused of murdering Rhys Jones admitted to the killing just minutes after the schoolboy was shot, a court heard yesterday.

The teenager accused of murdering Rhys Jones in Liverpool admitted to the killing just minutes after the schoolboy was shot, a court heard today.

An inmate who took two prison guards hostage in one of the longest prison stand-offs in America’s history was sentenced to 16 consecutive life sentences.