Gardaí in the Dublin area this morning advised motorists to avoid all unnecessary travel due to severe flooding last night but also said flood waters had started to recede.

A BABY girl was delivered by her doting dad as he took step-by-step instructions from a firefighter over the phone.

Three heroic fire fighters killed in the worst tragedy to hit the service were today honoured in Dublin city.

1.15pm: The out-of-service double decker bus pulls off Wellington Quay after a change of drivers.

SEVEN people, all women, remained in hospital last night following Saturday’s crash which killed five people.