London Pride brewer Fuller, Smith & Turner cheered a 31% rise in profits today after the takeover of Gales boosted summer trading.

More than 60,000 Irish homes were without power today after a night of heavy storms with winds reaching speeds of up to 80 mph.

THE south of the country is set to be lashed by severe storms today and tomorrow as the country experiences the worst bout of bad weather so far this year.

Adverse weather conditions today were preventing hundreds of runners from travelling to Ireland for Dublin’s 23rd marathon tomorrow.

Gales today threatened to disrupt a joint Irish and British naval search for the bodies of three members of the same family who drowned during a fishing trip.