DETECTIVES investigating the deaths of three men hit by a car while protecting shops from looters have arrested two youths and a man on suspicion of murder.

Ten of Ireland's top comedians launched the Murphy’s Cat Laughs Comedy Festival today.

GLORIOUS sunshine and revellers from around the world have descended on Kilkenny for what has all the hallmarks of being the best-ever Murphy’s Cat Laughs comedy festival weekends.

CAT Laughs festival revellers have begun arriving in the Marble City for five days of non-stop comedy and side-splitting craic, beginning tonight.