A drone crashing into an abbey, damage caused by metal detectors, and stones being removed from heritage sites are just some of the issues uncovered last year by the Office of Public Works.

The former taoiseach, Bertie Ahern, was one of the hundreds of members of the Fianna Fáil party who attended the removal of Micheál Martin’s father, Paddy Martin, last night.

THE funeral will take place on Monday of Eileen Martin, the mother of Foreign Affairs Minister Micheál Martin TD, who died yesterday.