The woman credited with being the driving force behind the Irish National Youth Ballet for the last 13 years has died unexpectedly, while on holidays in Lanzarote.

Irish activists are taking part in an Action Camp on the Greek island of Lesvos today.

FLU sufferers have been warned not to misuse supermarket-purchased remedies to fight the illness.

It has been claimed that a number of essential medicines, widely prescribed in Ireland, are not currently available here because pharmaceutical companies won't supply them.