The wife of Keith Byrne said that the day her husband was arrested was the "worst thing imaginable" and is now doing everything she can to "get him in front of a judge".

So that’s nearly Wednesday wrapped up. Here’s some of the stories we published on irishexaminer.com today which we hope will help you make sense of it all this evening.

Greg Byrne said that his brother has until Friday to sign documentation that would give him a passport to leave the country, but ban him from entering the US for five years.

The American wife of an Irish man who has been threatened with deportation from the USA has said it is “so unfair” that possession of marijuana for personal use charges from “many years ago” are halting his bid for citizenship.