Edward Crawford will appear before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in Washington.

The Minister of State for Equality has labelled one American report on the tragedy in Berkeley as "a disgrace".

Kevin O'Malley has been approved by the US Senate to be their new ambassador to Ireland.

Gardaí have named the second male victim killed in a car crash near Dundalk this morning.

One of the two victims of this morning's fatal traffic accident near Dundalk has been named as Kevin O'Malley from Newtownhamilton in Co Armagh.