Gardaí are to examine security camera footage from locations around Limerick city as they investigate an act of vandalism at the site of the 325-year-old Limerick Treaty Stone, which was defaced in blue paint overnight, David Raleigh.

The father of a two-year-old boy who fell from a rooftop balcony last Saturday has said doctors have "worked miracles" to keep his son alive, writes David Raleigh.