Gardaí said they had responded to a public order incident at Harbour Road, Skerries, on Saturday night.

'Without doubt there is something funny going.'

Astypalaia relies on bottled water for drinking and didn't receive much of the rain which drenched the rest of Greece this winter.

The 79-year-old had headed out into dense woodland near the remote village of Pilvo on Russia's Sakhalin Island.

One man and 18 women were handed sentences of between three and seven years.

'Hotel staff repeatedly attempted to contact the person who had made the reservation in order to resolve the situation.'

People have been told to get to higher ground.

'I ‌don't like giving ​deadlines, but... ​they ​better ​behave.'