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President Michael D Higgins has conferred the honour of Saoi of Aosdána on the poet Paul Muldoon.

It has emerged that the technology set to be used to examine CCTV footage linked to the case was only available to police on a trial period.

Actor John Connors found fame in Love/Hate and will soon be seen in a new film about murder suspect Ian Bailey – but he’s behind the camera for a new documentary about his granny and late mother.