THE announcement yesterday that University College Cork is to embark on the biggest investment programme in its 182-year history must be welcomed. That €350m declaration reflects worthwhile ambition in many areas. It looks the future in the eye in the most positive way.

The public standards watchdog said it is worried about the number of public bodies it cannot control.

Enterprise ministers on both sides of the border should co-operate to create jobs in areas of high need across Ireland, Sinn Féin has said.

Britain's Consumer Council has applauded a £37m (€54.76m) school transport reform package announced today, which aims to make school bus journeys in the North safer and more comfortable.