When the shop in the townland of Bóthar Buí, opposite Carraig Church in west Kerry, closes its doors this evening, there will only be one retail outlet left between Slea Head and the foot of Mount Brandon.

A homemade bomb has been made safe in Athy in Co Kildare overnight.

Séamus Heaney was a great friend of my parents Robin and Dorothy Walker.

In one of his last published pieces, Séamus Heaney recalled his friendship with the art critic Dorothy Walker, currently the subject of an exhibition in Dublin.