IT was one of the biggest and most dramatic garda operations ever, with some 500 officers taking part in synchronised raids by almost every garda division in the country.

AS hoteliers and all involved in tourism continue to count the cost of one of the wettest summers on record, one mecca is already planning ahead for next year.

A witness to Bloody Sunday has told the Saville Inquiry that army paratroopers were like "dogs unleashed" on the day when 13 civilians were shot dead 29 years ago.