Hungary seals off border with Serbia to stop flow of refugees

Hungary has secured its border with Serbia to stop the flow of refugees under a crackdown which could see asylum seekers detained or expelled from the country.

Authorities erected a razor-wire fence overnight at a railway track used by tens of thousands of refugees to cross into Hungary from neighbouring Serbia.

The government has vowed to build a 3.5-metre-tall fence across the entire 108 miles of Hungary's southern border by October.

Villiers expected to address House of Commons on Stormont crisis

After meeting with most of Northern Ireland's political parties yesterday, Northern Secretary Theresa Villiers is expected to address the House of Commons on the Stormont crisis later.

Villiers is hoping to bring all the northern parties together for talks to end the crisis.

Dublin councils to unveil new modular homes to alleviate homeless crisis

Dublin's four local authorities are today unveiling a range of new modular homes that they hope can help alleviate the city's housing crisis.

The councils are putting six modular housing units on display on East Wall Road from today.

They could create extra accommodation which would be available within months.

Eight out of 10 workers have been reduced to tears by an angry boss

Nearly eight out of 10 workers has been reduced to tears after getting a telling off from their boss.

Research carried out by Peninsula Ireland also shows out of nearly 950 people polled, 770 hated their job, and 720 felt intimidated because of the pressure to outperform their colleagues.

Developers to lodge plans for what would be Dublin's tallest building

Plans will be lodged today for what developers hope will be Dublin's tallest office building.

The 73 metre high block would be located at the Point Village, along the northside entrance to the Docklands.

The 17 storey, €80m 'Exo' project is being funded by NAMA, and could accommodate 2000 workers.