Unravelling the web of Government spin, our country is unequal, with senior people paid hundreds of thousands per year from the public purse, while tens of thousands are crippled with debt.

A voluntary housing group will ask Clare County Council to take on 21 of its properties amid warnings that the imposition of the property tax will lead to “a domino effect” as other organisations will be forced to follow suit.

HEAD injuries caused by violent street assaults where the victim is kicked on the ground by a gang are on the rise, a consultant at the National Rehabilitation Hospital (NRH) warned yesterday.

LOCAL authorities could be forced to pay millions of euro in compensation if they refuse planning permission to protect the natural beauty of an area, according to the Irish Rural Dwellers Association.

HUNDREDS of families can’t settle outside Dublin because strict planning laws won’t allow them build country houses, a resettlement group has said.

THERE is a bitter irony in the Catch 22 situation facing hundreds of families who wish to improve their quality of life