The Port Askaig Formation, which is made up of layers of rock up to 1.1km thick, was likely laid down between 662 and 720 million years ago.

Officers received a report that a man had been stabbed in the Anderson Court area of Doagh at around lunchtime on Thursday.

Here are the stories making headlines on Friday.

The man and a teenage girl were arrested when gardaí stopped a vehicle on the southside of the city, which contained large packages of cocaine.

Budget 2025 includes an additional €6.9 billion euro in expenditure next year.

A woman, aged in her 50s, was arrested on Thursday morning.

The Dublin City Centre Taskforce is due to report to Government.

It has lain derelict for decades amid political disagreement over its future.

Shirley Kidd, 54, of The Avenue, Fox Lodge, Ratoath, Co. Meath, was arrested on Wednesday and held pending her appearance at Dublin District Court on Thursday.

It claims that Mr Ryan subsequently re-entered the property and has unlawfully re-taken possession.

It comes as a Savills report found that population growth in Ireland exceeded the delivery of new homes by almost four to one.

The surge in reports of reactions to various Covid-19 vaccines in 2021 resulted in a trebling of the overall level of adverse reactions compared to 2020.

The cost of implementing the 20 key measures would cost €250 million every year, and would take a number of years to put in place.

Rising costs and economic pressure were blamed for the decision to close the venues permanently on Thursday.

Colleagues have described her as a “one in a million” friend who was “wise beyond her years” and “sunshine to be around.”

Some 26,000 received A-level and AS-level results in Northern Ireland on Thursday.

In another record year for the business, new accounts filed by Center Parcs Ireland Ltd show that revenues at the Co Longford resort rose by 10.6 per cent from €87.4m to €96.7m in the 12 months to the end of April 18th this year.

They were pulled down at a recent protest but have since been reinstalled.

The study, conducted by sports betting and casino site Tonybet, looked at the percentage of 'excellent' reviews compared to the total number of reviews on Tripadvisor.

The sunny spells will come in to play in the western half of the country by early afternoon with the brighter weather extending nationwide later today with highest temperatures of 17 to 21 degrees.