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Peter Robinson has resigned as the North’s first minister and pulled all his party colleagues bar one from the powersharing administration. Here are some key questions and answers about the political crisis.

Preparations are underway to welcome 4,000 refugees to Ireland in the coming weeks and months. So far, thousands of people have offered beds and other forms of housing in a variety of campaigns through charities and social media groups.

A man in his 20s is in a critical condition in hospital after a serious assault in Dublin yesterday evening. The incident happened at Cow’s Lane in the Temple Bar area of the city at about 8.45pm.