NOT so long ago, when Boyzone were boys rather than men facing middle age, the answer to more or less every social difficulty was to throw a quango at it.

CITY council workers in Dublin and Limerick take far more uncertified sick days off than their rural counterparts, it emerged yesterday.

Urban council workers in Dublin and Limerick take far more uncertified sick days off than their rural counterparts, it emerged today.

FIREFIGHTERS traumatised by road accidents and fires are to benefit from a new national counselling service.

PART-TIME firefighters who break the speed limit while driving to an emergency are not exempt from penalty points.

PART-time firefighters are voting overwhelmingly for a national strike.