A Limerick couple who received letters from their lender on three successive Christmas Eves telling them they had to leave their property are to hold on to their home after securing a mortgage writedown of 53%.

PLANS to create a “tourist haven” in Tipperary, with the development of a €60 million marina on Lough Derg, were announced yesterday.

The South Pacific island kingdom of Tonga is in the grip of a pro-democracy riot today, with groups of young men smashing businesses and a hotel and burning down a building belonging to the state-owned power company.