The Hunger is billed as an opera, but its composer, Donnacha Dennehy, prefers to call it a “docu-cantata”.

The parents of an Irish American US Navy Seal who was killed in action in Afghanistan a decade ago, and whose story inspired a Hollywood movie, have expressed delight at an Irish group’s decision to honour his memory.

In his usual bombastic style, Minister of Justice Alan Shatter tells the Dáil that his new legislation on mandatory reporting “applies to all persons, to all organisations and to all sectors of society.

DON’T be sad, ‘cause two out of three ain’t bad.