The IDA delegation to Davos, led by CEO Martin Shanahan, avoided the sky-high accommodation prices at the resort but still paid over €1,000 per night.

HUNDREDS of thousands of people are going without proper dental care because of a “massive” decline in dental treatments provided to medical card patients, the Irish Dental Association (IDA) warned yesterday.

Hurricane Ida, the first Atlantic hurricane to target the US this year, is closing in on the country’s south east, with Louisiana’s Governor Bobby Jindal having already declared a state of emergency.

Forty people have died in El Salvador following three days of heavy rains, Interior Minister Humberto Centeno said today.