The Taoiseach says that he is "conscious" of the Ibrahim Halawa case, but that he cannot intervene.
It is feared that a cow that died in Louth may have had mad cow disease.
A teenager has died in hospital following a swimming accident in Athlone.
Two men are being questioned at a Clontarf Garda station after a local shop was held up this morning.
And... A swimming ban remains in place at White Rock Beach in Killiney due to an outbreak of E Coli.
