Reality TV star Kim Kardashian’s idea of fun is mixing with other celebrities, eating very little at the finest restaurants, and shopping, shopping, shopping. Surprise, surprise! So why did she and her husband, rapper Kanye West, choose Ireland for their honeymoon?

To mark St Patrick’s Day, Enda Kenny will travel across the US this weekend. From Chicago, to Indiana and on to New York, he will arrive in Washington on Monday night for a dinner hosted by the American Ireland Fund.

Tribesmen today kidnapped a family of five German tourists – reportedly including a former deputy foreign minister – to press the government for the release of jailed members of their tribe, Yemeni officials and the German government said.