Dublin City Council has confirmed that three people were fined in the city this year for failing to clean up after their dogs.

A new opinion poll just out shows gains for Sinn Féin at the expense of Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil.

The Irish Examiner was the only broadsheet newspaper in Ireland to increase its readership last year.

Enda Kenny has for the first time emerged as the most popular leader of the three main political parties in an opinion poll.