Fine Gael TD Sean Conlan announced his shock resignation from the Fine Gael party on radio this afternoon.

Longford GAA chiefs are on the hunt for a new senior football manager after Jack Sheedy resigned the post on Tuesday night.

Eamonn Kelly has cited travel and other hurling commitments as the reasons for his decision to step down as Kerry manager after two seasons.

Members of the Cobh branch of Sinn Féin in Cork have announced their resignation en masse.

Health Minister James Reilly is under pressure to make an emergency Dáil statement on the sudden resignation of the chairman of the West North-West Hospital Board.