A call from the head of the Central Bank for banks to repossess more buy-to-let properties would cause “chaos” in the market, according to a national housing charity.

Central Bank Governor Patrick Honohan has said that a widespread debt forgiveness programme would be "unaffordable" for this country.

LETHAL assaults are occurring in Limerick because there is no secure psychiatric unit in the city for violent, mentally ill people, according to the president of the Limerick Law Society.