The HSE has begun an MMR vaccination blitz in primary schools in Dublin's north inner city in response to a rapid rise in the number of measles in the area over the summer.

THE funeral of the victim of last Sunday’s stolen bus rampage through Dublin is to take place in the parish where she taught among the children she loved.

MÁIRE BUCKLEY, the retired teacher who was killed in Sunday’s bus tragedy, dedicated herself to helping children in some of Dublin’s most disadvantaged inner city communities for almost four decades.

FAILING to hit home with their accusation that the Taoiseach was a drug pusher, the Green Party resorted to sticking tongues out at Bertie Ahern yesterday.