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HOUSING charities are warning interest hikes could force tens of thousands into default as it was revealed more than 36,000 debt-ridden householders are three months or more behind with mortgage payments.
THE Government has insisted it is “united” in its determination to resolve the Anglo Irish Bank issue and that no rifts exist between Fianna Fáil and Green ministers.
IRRESPONSIBLE learner drivers will be hit with double penalty points and may have speed limiting devices fitted to vehicles under tough new rules.
THE number of people signing on for dole payments continued to rise slightly last month, giving an unemployment rate of almost 14%.
MORE than half of honours degree college courses are not giving places to any applicants in the second round of offers today.
THE country’s economic problems have contributed to the single biggest surge in suicides ever recorded in Ireland, according to a report.
LEARNER drivers and those about to get behind the wheel of a car for the first time may wake up this morning swearing at the actions of road safety chiefs.
“CAN one bank bring down a country?” That was the stark question posed by the International Herald Tribune yesterday in reaction to the latest Anglo Irish Bank results.
THE Government wants to pay bosses to extend the hours of thousands of employees working three-day weeks.
AN independent medical expert said a “red flag” should have been raised among medical staff at Our Lady’s Hospital for Sick Children in Crumlin when a boy’s parents had expressed concern that his wrong kidney had been selected for removal.
ICONIC Irish actor Mick Lally, who is to be cremated later today, has made one last memorable gesture by asking mourners to donate to the Pakistan flood relief fund.
ARCHBISHOP Dermot Clifford has written to the National Council for Special Education asking them to review a decision to drastically cut the hours of a special needs assistant (SNA) caring for a seven-year-old schoolgirl who has Down syndrome.
RYANAIR could find itself in hot water after one of its jets was forced to descend from 37,000 feet and divert to an airport in Germany after a woman was scalded in an onboard accident.
A CALL by Fianna Fáil TD Frank Fahy for a relaxation of labour law inspections has been condemned as raising questions about the Government’s commitment to workers’ rights and fairness.
ROAD victims and motoring supporters have backed radical changes to the driver licensing system but hinted that the new rules on training learner drivers could have gone further.
SIXTY-EIGHT customers a day – 14,450 in total – had either their electricity or gas cut off in the first seven months of this year.
BOOKS of evidence were served yesterday on two men accused of dangerous driving causing the death of two teenagers in Cork last May.
PARENTS in Kerry have been warned about the dangers of legal highs, which young people may be tempted to take to celebrate Junior Cert results, due out shortly.
THE Tall Ships are coming again – and the spectacular event due to be staged in 2011 received a major boost last night with the announcement of €450,000 in sponsorship funding.
OVER 70,000 commuters would use the Rosslare-Waterford rail line if the service ran three times a day instead of just once, campaigners have claimed.
BOXING legend Muhammad Ali’s Ennis relatives yesterday joined with former world boxing champion Barry McGuigan to celebrate Ali’s historic visit to Ennis one year ago.
ROALD DAHL’S widow will travel to Wexford for the premiere of an opera based on one of her husband’s best-loved books.
FOUR men have been arrested in connection with the murder of Aidan Byrne in February.
THE number of children in primary classes of 30 pupils or more rose by 15% last year.
PUBLIC health officials dealing with an outbreak of tuberculosis which has infected 25 children at a Cork school have requested that junior infants due to start school next week be prioritised for vaccination.
FOUR men were arrested after gardaí busted a cocaine and cannabis ring in Letterkenny, Donegal.
A WEXFORD-MAN delivered his baby on the hard shoulder of the N11 on Monday night.
A SECOND postmortem was carried out yesterday on Olympic boxer Darren Sutherland after his body was exhumed from a cemetery in Co Meath.
A CHARITY working with the elderly has seen a huge surge in demand for its services, but a large falloff in public donations.
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