There are two sleeps left to local and European elections on Friday.

Sinn Féin's Lynn Boylan has been elected in the Dublin constituency European elections after the third count.

A senior male garda in contention for the position of commissioner was one of several gardaí linked to beefing up arms finds and drug-running for criminals, according to Garda whistleblower claims revealed in the Dáil.

The investigation into the relationship between gardaí and Kieran Boylan is all too familiar, writes Michael Clifford