Post mortem exams are due to be carried out on the bodies of three family members who were found dead in Co Louth. Mark and Louise O'Connor, who were in their 50s, and their son Evan who was in his 20s are believed to have been violently attacked near the village of Tallanstown yesterday morning.
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The first TV debate of the Presidential campaign took place last night with the candidates discussing the war in Gaza, crime in Dublin and housing. Independent Catherine Connolly, Fianna Fáil's Jim Gavin and Fine Gael's Heather Humphreys had their first chance to debate with each other on Virgin Media.
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More construction is needed if the cost of housing is to improve. That's the key message from the latest report from Daft.ie which shows house prices are up 6.7% in the county and 7.4'% in the city on this time last year.
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There's going to be another Simpsons movie. A poster on Instagram has the words "Homer's coming back for seconds" along with a picture of a doughnut.
