A grandmother thought her goose was cooked when a low-flying swan smashed into her windscreen as she drove on a dual carriageway.

A financial administrator for a charity for people with disabilities was yesterday jailed for 18 months for theft of more than €500,000.

A former employee at a charity for people with disabilities admitted yesterday that he stole €188,000 from the organisation in Cork.

DISABLED people and their families took to the streets yesterday to highlight “cruel” health cutbacks.