A former judge will head a commission on the upcoming referendum on cutting the pay of the judiciary.

RESPECTING the dead is strictly by appointment at a cemetery in Limerick county.

LOCAL government in the Canary Islands have decided to remove airport taxes this winter.

WATERFORD is to get a new standalone family court in an effort to deal with a growing backlog of cases and free up the main courthouse for criminal and civil cases.

LOCAL government officials are to examine the possibility of creating sheltered housing schemes for elderly people in villages throughout Co Cork, after it was claimed this could save “massive money” for the State on nursing home bills.

FINANCE Minister Charlie McCreevy should double mortgage interest relief in the Budget, according to economist Jim Power.

LOCAL government has about 10 years to prove itself or face abolition and replacement, delegates at a national conference were warned yesterday.