Trish Dromey gets the lowdown on quirky, stylish and spacious property in Newmarket-on-Fergus, Co Clare.

The 43-year-old who lost his job over a vehicle insurance row with his employer said yesterday that he drew strength from his grandfather’s act of defiance during the Second World War.

Irish hotel resorts have taken the top two places and feature in nine of Europe’s 20 best in the latest survey by Condé Nast Traveler magazine.

An Irish priest was murdered in Kenya last night after a gang of ten armed men invaded his home in a Nairobi suburb.