A refugee-style campsite of homeless people has appeared on the outskirts of Limerick city as its council revealed there are 57 children homeless, while more than 4,000 people on the local authority’s housing waiting list.

US president Barack Obama took to the stage in Dublin today in front of a crowd of 25,000 claiming he was home.

HAS Irish athletics taken a dramatic turn for the better? That was the question on everyone's mind - if not lips - in the Spanish capital yesterday as the ramifications of Saturday's golden track double begin to sink in.