Katie Taylor’s home town has thrown down a new challenge to the sporting world — she is bigger than Usain Bolt.

She may be on the brink of bringing home gold, but magnetic Katie Taylor’s feet will remain firmly on the ground.

Concerns are again being raised about the safety of houses in a Co Wicklow estate following another fire in the early hours of this morning.

Gardaí have named the victim of last night's fatal shooting in Cork city as 29-year-old Eric Cummins.

The mother of a one-year-old baby who died following a house fire in Co Wicklow yesterday has died this evening in hospital.