Members of the force are due to update an Oireachtas committee later on the steps that can be taken to prosecute tech firms that enable nude images.

Andrew Muir said a lack of comment about him being Stormont’s first openly gay minister shows the level of progress in the region.

The renewed focus on addressing road deaths comes amid criticism of the Government from former Minister for Transport Shane Ross, writing in the Sunday Independent last week.

Norma Foley was responding after the agency’s chief executive Kate Duggan said several children went missing from Tusla’s care every day.

Minister of State for European Affairs Thomas Byrne urged the EU to ‘stand firm’ in trade talks with the United States.

The Mayo native, who served as a Fine Gael TD from 1977 to 1987, died on Sunday night.

This year 38 State representatives will visit more than 90 cities in 40 countries.