The Dublin native has been largely a peripheral figure in the government since last year's general election

There are calls for the planning process to be speeded up to try and save homes and farms facing the threat of rising flood waters

Hair in a sliced pan and plastic inside a cooked sausage were among some of the complaints lodged with the FSAI in recent months

The announcement will be made later after consultation between medical experts and NIAC

The drugs were discovered after a car was stopped on the N63 at around midday on Monday

Less than five new cases reported for county Longford

Government sources expect it to be delivered either this evening or tomorrow morning

It's understood that Mr Pether is in solitary confinement