Housing minister Darragh O’Brien has appointed a former Fianna Fáil election candidate – once predicted to be Fianna Fáil ‘s choice for attorney general –  as chair of the defective concrete blocks appeal board.

A senior US diplomat warned tánaiste Micheál Martin's office and the taoiseach of "consequences" if government enacted the Occupied Territories Bill – 90 minutes before Martin issued a statement committing only to a "review" rather than enactment of the legislation.

The Ditch is going to court.

FedEx last night deleted evidence from its online tracking system of munitions it illegally shipped to Israel through Irish territory.

Inaction is a weapon of mass destruction.