Plans to build a reservoir which would draw water from the Shannon to supply Dublin and surrounding areas will be discussed at an Oireachtas committee later today.

BORD na Móna remains confident of boosting turnover to around €800 million over the next four to five years, despite seeing a 4% decline to €384m in its last financial year.

A garda who was murdered in a booby-trap bomb 30 years ago and his injured colleagues were today commemorated in a moving ceremony.

A garda murdered in a booby trap bomb in 1976 is to be remembered at a special ceremony where several of his retired colleagues who survived the atrocity will be honoured.