Balmy temperatures, no rain to spoil the party and a minister bearing a gift of a million euro - the omens were good at the opening night of WexfordFestival. Families out for an evening stroll mingled with opera-goers in posh frocks and tux at the hurdy-gurdies on the waterfront and local troubadours on guitar and keyboards warmed up the crowd before the opening fireworks lit up the clear skies.

Carnival Cruise Lines has cancelled a dozen more planned voyages aboard the Triumph.

Life in the US north-eastern states hit by Superstorm Sandy was slowly struggling back to normality for many as bodies of the more than 90 dead continued to be found.

The Light Between Oceans