The Taoiseach, Enda Kenny, has been criticised for disrespecting the Pope after he was captured on video playing with his phone during an audience with the Pontiff.

It is believed a fire which claimed the life of a five-year-old girl in Co. Roscommon on Sunday night may have been connected to an incident which took place earlier that night in a local nightclub.

Our population figures are almost identical, our climates are similar, as is our love of sport. So why is New Zealand — and not Ireland — punching above its weight at the Olympic Games?