One of three people facing charges of alleged criminal damage to a Garda station was arrested in court for intoxication. He later said he had drunk a bottle of whiskey and taken anti-depressants.

A papal nuncio, for the first time in more than 60 years, is to visit Skibbereen next weekend.

The Coalition should not deviate from the €2bn adjustment planned for next year despite a voter backlash against austerity in last week’s elections, according to the chair of the budgetary watchdog, the Fiscal Advisory Council.