The Wren’s Day tradition has survived in a particular way in Dingle, writes Majella O’Sullivan

Kilkenny City hasn’t been as badly affected by high-street vacancies as some other towns and cities but has seen a rise in the number of vacant commercial spaces, from 3.3% in early 2014 to 7.7% in the first quarter of this year.

Gardaí closed off a street in Limerick after reports that a man had barricaded himself into a building with a child hostage.

A couple and their children are recovering today after they were threatened by a gang that broke into their house in Ardee, Co Louth, early today.