One man is due before court on a cocaine possession charge after passengers on the Dublin to Cork train alerted staff regarding the behaviour of two men on board.

AS jobless numbers in the mid-west soared past 30,000 last month, an information day has been organised for the benefit of those who are out of work.

A new umbrella group involving state agencies and third-level colleges is being set up to fight the rise in unemployment in the mid-west.

AN INDEPENDENT review of a residential treatment centre for offenders said it was in “crisis” and urged it be immediately closed down.