Ireland’s hottest temperature for almost three years was recorded in Co Roscommon on Friday. The heat reached 29.6C in Mount Dillon making it the hottest temperature of the year and the hottest June ...

Purple Rainbow, who was not fancied by the bookies, did not challenge the front runners in the Sandringham Stakes.

The rose will go on sale next month, with Meghan’s new range of jams and other goods selling out within hours.

The Foreign Secretary met his Iranian counterpart Abbas Araghchi in Geneva on Friday alongside foreign ministers from France and Germany.