Nearly 100 boats have taken part in a cross-border flotilla on Carlingford Lough in memory of the crew of a rescue helicopter which crashed off the County Mayo coast.

A SPECIAL Garda initiative to combat crime and build up community policing in a disadvantaged Dublin suburb has been warmly received by local representatives.

A PRIEST yesterday asked Justice Minister Michael McDowell why murder victim Gary Douch had to die the way he did in prison.