Being the son or daughter of a politician can get you elected, but may be an unfair point of comparison once you are in office, says Political Correspondent Elaine Loughlin.

Tributes have been paid to Ireland's three Hurricane Ophelia victims as the family of Michael Pyke attended his funeral today.

People have been paying tribute to the three people who died during storm Ophelia yesterday.

The scale of Ophelia’s devastation was particularly felt in Waterford, Tipperary, and Dundalk, where three people lost their lives as a result of the storm.

There is an air of inevitability hanging over the make-up of the next government.

FORMER Davis Cup player John McGahon last night followed current Ireland representative Barry King out of the Irish Close Championships, at the Donnybrook Club.

WIMBLEDON doubles champion in 2005, Wesley Moodie has confirmed his participation in the Shelbourne Men’s Irish Open tennis championships next month.

THE RISING stars of world tennis converge on Limerick Lawn Tennis Club this weekend.

England’s Rob Green won the Caledonian Life Munster senior open championship at Sunday’s Well when he beat John McGahon from Dundalk for the loss of only two games in the decider.