The packages were addressed to properties in Westmeath and Dublin.

A large group of teens are understood to have been involved in the assault.

The dead man had bene reported missing a number of days before his body was discovered.

Ian McDonnell died five days after being injured in an attempt to stop the theft of his car.

Some backbenchers are calling on him to give up the party leadership when he steps down as Taoiseach at the end of the year.

He was rushed to hospital but died in the early hours of this morning.

Irish hotels are being described as rising prices to cash in on extra demand.

The process has been very controversial in the last number of months.