The Guards is a new series on RTÉ Two looking at life behind the scenes for gardaí in Dublin. It airs at 9.55pm on Tuesday night.

He wore the English crown, but he ended up defeated, humiliated, and reviled.

The confirmation yesterday that a skeleton found under a car park in Leicester is that of Richard III is an indication of how far the science of DNA and its power as an investigative tool has advanced.

The body of a man found buried beneath a council car park is almost certainly that of the last Plantagenet King of England, Richard III, according to academics.