Samantha Guthrie's fame has helped turn her mother's abduction into a national obsession.

Inflation is easing, jobs are holding up, and growth is solid. But after years of high prices and with new risks emerging, declarations of victory feel premature.

Police said the threat was called in Saturday evening, prompting a search of Mercy Hospital of Folsom's campus.

A nurse was killed on her way to work after a hit-and-run driver attempted a dangerous overtaking manoeuvre, Extra.ie has learned. The fatal three-car collision occurred on the N24, near Grange West, Boher, Co. Limerick, at around 11.10pm on Friday night....

Customers were asked to leave the shop during the incident.