The number of people in prison who are parents may be higher than initially estimated, according to preliminary data from the Irish Prison Service.

Gardaí are investigating how two Traveller caravans were burnt on two separate days in what one senior academic said may be a hate crime.

Among the 1,715 University of Limerick students who celebrated their graduations yesterday was Dr Sindy Joyce, who became the first Traveller in Ireland to graduate with a PhD.