Noel Carty, a legendary figure in Irish showbusiness, began his career in the showband era of the 1960s and up to his death at the age of 82 was still working with his most successful act, Brendan Shine.
Can the Greens convince people they have delivered? How will Fine Gael persuade voters to give it a fourth term? And what’s the temperature around a Fianna Fáil/Sinn Féin coalition?
The heartbroken dad of a nine-year-old killed in a Co Donegal hit-and-run has paid tribute to his son, saying his family 'will never be the same again.