TÁNAISTE Mary Coughlan has been accused of being “unfit” for her job and having “lost the plot” after a series of controversial remarks made in a television interview broadcast around the world.

PUBLIC sector workers will see their pay cut by between 5%-15% as a result of yesterday’s budget and that is on top of the average 7% lost through the pension levy introduced earlier in the year.

A FORMER tánaiste and a number of ex-ministers are on the Government panel from which the six major banks and building societies covered by the guarantee scheme are to select additional board members.