Two Olympic Council of Ireland officials are due to present themselves to a police station in Rio to answer questions about the tickets controversy.

A judge has agreed to allow Gardaí more time to question a man about the Regency Hotel shooting.

The acting Environment Minister is to be questioned later by a special Oireachtas Committee set up to deal with the growing problem of homelessness.

Gardaí are continuing to question a man in connection with a hit and run in Kildare that has left a man in a serious condition in hospital.

Former television host and radio presenter John Leslie is being questioned by police in connection with a sexual assault on a 22-year-old woman, it has been reported.