A homeless addict has been sentenced to three years after he had sex with a school girl having met her for the first time that day while she was wearing her uniform.

Gardai have formally upgraded their investigation into the deaths of a mother and daughter in Killorglin, Co. Kerry to murder.

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

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

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.

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.

The Minister for Health James Reilly says threats to burn him and his family out of their home have gone much further than they should have.