Seven people have been arrested following an investigation into the international money laundering of criminal assets accumulating to approximately £215 million (€252m).

Staff at a pharmacy linked to the deadly US meningitis outbreak logged, but appeared to ignore, dozens of cases of mould and bacteria growing in supposedly sterile rooms, according to government health inspectors.

IT’S the near future. There has been a nuclear emergency and Defence Minister Willie O’Dea has urgently switched the nation over to “Zulu Time” — but don’t panic — you have your lavishly produced €2m booklet by your side telling you to, er, stay indoors and listen to the radio.