The Deputy Mayor of Drogheda Michelle Hall has said that the people of the town have reached a threshold and will no longer stand idly by following the murder of teenager Keane Mulready-Woods.

Despite the housing crisis, more than 3,000 sites with full planning permission are lying idle in Limerick city and county, some for up to 10 years, it has emerged.

THE Clipper yacht race stopover in Co Cork last year attracted more than 105,000 visitors and boosted the local economy by in excess of €5 million.