The cost of transporting the Taoiseach and other ministers around the globe on the Government jet reached almost €1m last year at an average cost of over €18,600 per trip.

IN January this year Mobile Art Therapy Studio (MATS) travelled to the Nepalese capital, Kathmandu, to work with various charitable organisations.

ALMOST three out of five young people attending one of the south’s largest addiction services are using heroin, compared to almost none three years ago.