Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has today defended his objections to a housing development in his own constituency.

A homeless woman who was arrested for trespassing during a sleep-out protest at Carlow County Council offices last night is continuing her protest outside the offices again tonight, writes Ciara Phelan.

The housing charity Threshold has accused the Government of doing little to help the tens of thousands of people on local authority housing lists throughout the country.

THE Government yesterday denied it had not done enough to tackle spiralling house prices as the latest report found between a third and a half of the population will soon not be able to afford a house.

THE sale of picture phones to unaccompanied teenagers should be banned, according to a Government junior minister.

SPECULATION about the relationship of the Taoiseach and his partner Celia Larkin intensified yesterday after Ms Larkin was absent from a lunch for the visiting German president.