THERE were calls last night for continued Government investment in the regeneration of Cork’s northside as one of the most ambitious phases of a housing project costing €120 million was officially opened.

British model/actress Elizabeth Hurley and her husband Arun Nayar have settled an unfair dismissal lawsuit filed against them by their former maid, who claimed she was paid just $2.40 (€1.63) an hour.

A leading union today warned the government that job cuts in the civil service were damaging services after reports that benefit claimants were being given food vouchers as they waited to receive their money.