ST Patrick’s Day brought yet another Seachtain na Gaeilge to a close, but I wasn’t celebrating my national language.

The Dublin Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals says it is appalled by the discovery of four puppies which were left for dead in Dodder Park.

Gardai in Dublin have arrested a 30-year-old man in connection with a heroin seizure in a public park in Tallaght last night.