Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin has said people should still pay their latest Irish Water bill and that those who have paid will not be refunded, despite confirming the controversial charges will be suspended in six weeks.

Fianna Fáil has ruled out holding a referendum on changing the Constitution in relation to abortion if the party was to enter Government after the next general election.

An animal rights organisation is being criticised for planning to use a human leg in their advertising campaign. They have openly admitted it is "inspired" by the severed leg found in a Dublin recycling facility.

Classmates of six-year-old Sean Scully, who was shot on Friday night, are to receive counselling at school today.