Jerry Brown, the former Governor of California, is questioning the sale of memorabilia relating to the assassination of John F. Kennedy that once belonged to his deceased father.
President Higgins warned against "anti-Semitism, xenophobia, racism, and intolerance" during a Holocaust memorial event in Dublin marking the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz.
The local community of Newcastle in Dublin is rallying around Andrew McGinley, whose three young children were discovered dead in their family home on January 24. Investigations into the cause of the tragedy are continuing.
Five thousand people, including Taoiseach Leo Varadkar marched through the town of Drogheda after the recent feud related killing and dismemberment of a 17-year old by a drugs gang.
An Irishman will be extradited to the United Kingdom to stand trial for manslaughter for his role in the deaths of 39 Vietnamese migrants last October.
