A childhood intervention programme that saw children’s IQ soar may be rolled out nationally.

A childhood intervention programme that saw children’s IQ soar may be rolled out nationally.

Children were better prepared for starting school and parents made wiser use of the health service as a result of a family intervention programme trialled in a disadvantaged part of Dublin — leading to calls for it to be rolled out elsewhere.

Hamas says it has completed the formation of its government without bring in moderate parties, a step that looked likely to only increase the chances of international isolation.