At least 27 bodies recovered following siege at Radisson Hotel in Mali
At least 27 people are feared dead after Islamist extremists with guns and grenades stormed a luxury hotel in Mali.
UN peacekeepers say they saw at least 27 bodies in the Radisson Blu hotel in the capital Bamako.
Wounded civilians were this evening being evacuated from the hotel, popular with airline staff, Western tourists and local dignitaries.
Some of the gunmen remain dug in on the upper floors of the hotel but they are no longer believed to be holding hostages.
QUIZ: How much do you know about Ireland's European Championship adventures?
There are 24 teams and only eight will get eliminated at the group stage.
That sounds like an incentive for us to reach the European Championship knockout stages for the very first time next summer.
But how much do you know about Ireland's past experiences of Euro adventures, in 1988 and 2012?
IFA General Secretary salary to be published in future
The President of the Irish Farmers Association says the salary of their General Secretary will be published in the future.
It comes as it emerged that Pat Smith, who stood down as head of the organisation yesterday, received a remuneration package of €445,000 last year, and €535,000 in 2013.
Eddie Downey confirmed that he disclosed the details of the pay package to council members during an emergency meeting of the IFA's Executive Council in Portlaoise this evening.
Met Éireann issues weather warning with strong winds expected
Met Éireann has issued a yellow weather warning for several parts of the country.
It says winds in Connacht, Leinster, Cavan, Monaghan, Donegal and Waterford will reach up to 60 km/h tonight and tomorrow.
It is also forecasting gusts of between 80 to 100 km/h tonight and early on Saturday morning - strongest in exposed and coastal regions.
While there will also be scattered showers in the west and north, and some wintry hail or sleet over high ground.
"She had a very bad episode and she stabbed me 15 times" - Irish man tells his story of domestic abuse
One man spoke to Newstalk Lunchtime about his wife and their abusive marriage
"Looking back now, it was actually my ex-wife's mother who I saw it with first, she was very abusive towards her own husband.
When I saw it first I thought, that will never come to my home, that's their house, that's their lives, it's nothing to do with me.
Not long after we were married, strange things started to happen and realistically when we were having our first baby, things got unbearable. It was just a nightmare."
