Ireland had the second lowest number of public holidays in the EU, and the third lowest in the world, according to Fine Gael's Brian Hayes.

TICKETS have just gone on sale for what promises to be another epic Guinness Cork Jazz Festival. The October Bank Holiday event will feature more than 1,000 musicians from 29 countries.

BOOMING demand for fake blood, joke teeth and witches’ hats is making Hallowe’en a serious rival to Easter and St Valentine’s Day, shopkeepers said last night.

PEDESTRIANS have no chance of survival in an accident with a vehicle travelling over 40mph, the National Safety Council warned yesterday.