Gardaí are carrying out house-to-house inquiries in Co Kerry following the discovery of the bodies of a young mother and daugher in a house in Killorglin on Sunday.

The bodies of a mother and daughter, who were believed suffered a violent death, were found in separate rooms of a house in Killorglin, gardaí revealed today.

A primary school in Co Kerry is trying to come to terms with the death of one of its students today.

Failte Ireland has said the Obama's trip to Glendalough today is the perfect postcard image of Ireland for the US tourist market.

A jury has begun its deliberations in the trial of a Dublin-based Garda accused of insurance fraud and harassment.

The US first family had a grand day out in Dublin and Wicklow.

A 47 year-old Polish man has been charged with the murder of Bogdan Michalkiawicz in Letterkenny in Donegal last month.

US first lady Michelle Obama and her daughters have enjoyed a private guided tour of the Wicklow Mountains National Park as their whistlestop tour of Ireland draws to a close.