TTHE annual First Cut! Youth Film Festival in Youghal celebrates the work of Irish filmmakers aged 12-24, writes Ellie O’Bryne

Riot police, some on horseback, are on standby outside the Dáil where a small splinter group has broken away from the mass trade union-led rally in Dublin city centre.

More than 50,000 people took to the streets of Dublin today to protest against the austerity Budget.