Little Holly Carroll started back to school last week, from her hospital bed at Our Lady's Children's Hospital in Dublin where she has lived since she suffered full heart failure in April 2017

The National Commercial Vacancy Report for Q2 2018, carried out by GeoDirectory, claims that commercial vacancy rates nationally have fallen to 13.1%. This is a drop of 0.4% from the same period last year.

The Taoiseach will open the annual Fine Gael think-in this morning, with the housing crisis top of the agenda.

One of Ireland’s finest traditional musicians, Professor Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin, will perform for one night, October 3, at The University of Notre Dame, in Indiana, in the US, in commemoration of the works of Cork-born Captain Francis O’Neill.