Money may not buy you love, but Jonathan deBurca Butler shows how almost everything else seems to have a price

Children from poorer backgrounds are twice as likely to die before the age of 15 as those from affluent homes, a shock new study revealed today.

Irish people from poorer backgrounds have significantly shorter life expectancies than those in the richer social brackets, according to the latest research from the Public Health Alliance.

NOT for the first time, the Consumer Association is challenging the findings of an official survey on the prices charged by professionals in rip-off Ireland.