Despite repeatedly insisting he didn’t want a general election, Johnson has now tried and failed to get parliament to support one. It now looks like he’ll try again or seek a vote by some other route. Having lost his majority and control of parliament, a general election seems almost inevitable now. The big question, though, is when it will happen.

GARDAÍ in Waterford are seeking two teenage girls they believe may be vital witnesses to an assault which has left an 82-year-old man fighting for his life.