Filling political vacuums, more talks at Stormont and calls for security crack-downs are all well and good but the most fitting tribute to the late Lyra McKee would be finally dealing with the underlying causes of her death, suggests Dolan O’Hagan.

The 36-year-old was shot in "a number of times" in the leg and shoulder in the Hardmans Gardens area of Drogheda.

The search for one lucky Lotto winner, who left a winning €350,000 ticket behind him in a shop in County Louth, is over.

IT could be you! If you bought a quick pick lottery ticket in Drogheda on Wednesday afternoon and left it behind you on the counter, you could be €350,000 better off and not know it.