A 48-year-old man has appeared in court charged over a stabbing in Dublin's south inner city yesterday morning.

Gardaí are working on finding a motive for a brutal stabbing in Dublin which left a woman critically ill in hospital.

A man charged with murdering a prostitute in Thailand eight years ago was being questioned yesterday in connection with the frenzied stabbing of a mother outside her Dublin home.

Handing down our national history to the next generation was a priority for many at the parade, writes Caroline O’Doherty.