A young couple from the UK who were in Ireland to attend a wedding died yesterday when their rental car was involved in a collision with a lorry in South Kerry.

A man and a woman will appear in court in Dublin later charged in connection with a drugs seizure in Stillorgan earlier this week.

Two cannabis factories growing 900 plants with elaborate equipment were discovered hidden in separate houses, it was revealed today.

Gardaí have seized drugs worth €600,000 and discovered a cannabis factory in Dublin.

Transport Minister Seamus Brennan today expressed confidence the M50 motorway around Dublin will be completed by autumn next year, despite unresolved legal issues surrounding work on the historic Carrickmines Castle site.