A constant presence on the national airwaves since the 1970s, Pat Kenny has spent the last 41 years as the chameleon of Irish broadcasting.

Burma was today holding a landmark election that was expected to send opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi into parliament for her first public office since launching her decades-long struggle against the military-dominated government.

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton challenged Burma's leaders today to continue and expand reforms.

The High Court has begun hearing a case brought by Sinn Séin Senator Pearse Doherty over the Government's failure to hold the Donegal South West by-election.