An iconic Cork restaurant was one of a record 23 food outlets forced to close in November over hygiene concerns.

It is the highest number of Enforcement Orders in one month since the legislation was introduced in 1998.

Gardaí in Louth today renewed their appeal for information about the whereabouts of two missing teenage girls.

Gardaí in Co Louth are investigating the death of a man whose body was found in Dundalk this morning.