Just under 30,000 new cars were sold under the Government scrappage scheme, according to a review of the scheme published today by the Society of the Irish Motor Industry (SIMI).

A major operation is underway in Charleville in Co. Cork targetting the unlawful collection of scrap metal.

Social Welfare Inspectors have saved around €300,000 in a crackdown on cross-border fraud.

PROBLEMS of segregation and unemployment in Rathkeale are being exacerbated by an education system failing the town’s 40% Traveller community.

THE direct and brutal nature of domestic abuse is in stark contrast to the lackadaisical approach the Government takes to tackling the problem.

Seán O’Riordan