With huge tracts of this constituency hived off into the new Roscommon-Galway region, a number of TDs have seen their home bases ripped asunder.

Cathal Jordan was sitting in the stand at Tuam Stadium when he spotted Cathal Mannion from the corner of his eye.

More than 100 second-level students have ended their summer holidays on a high by reaching the top of one of the world’s most famous mountain peaks.