Fearing angry clashes at the FG annual conference in Limerick next weekend, gardaí have drawn up a major security plan and the South Court Hotel venue in Raheen will be a no-go area for non-delegates.

Fine Gael is to launch a major childcare policy document at its national conference in Co Cork on Saturday.

THE new chief executive of the Health Service Executive will next week give his first public indication of how he intends to run the service.