Gardaí arrived at the top of a hill in a remote forested area and found tents around a bonfire in a clearing where one man had a stash of cocaine, ecstasy, and acid tablets for a party.

A full modernising overhaul has been done on the bungalow called Shalom, within a walk of Cork’s Carrignavar village.

Turkish officials were investigating claims that the al-Qaida terrorist network was responsible for the car bombings that devastated two Istanbul synagogues and killed 23 people, the prime minister said.