Great sadness has been expressed at the death of a church warden after a boat capsized on Sunday in Kenmare Bay, where two men were planning a duck shoot.

A father-of-three who drowned after a canoe capsized would have been leading a search and rescue if it had been someone else, those who knew him have said.

The head of the Commonwealth Games rushed to New Delhi for emergency talks today as a ceiling collapsed in one of the venues.

Team Scotland have delayed the departure of their first athletes to the Commonwealth Games, Commonwealth Games Scotland chairman Michael Cavanagh confirmed today.

A 38-year-old man has been remanded in custody in connection with the death of a doorman at a Cavan nightclub by a special sitting of Ardee District Court.