Any sudden drop-off in booming corporation tax receipts could be replaced by rising home and office stamp duty taxes, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has suggested.

THE row over the Taioseach’s pre-election commitment to Roscommon Hospital and the subsequent action of his government contrasts with his lack of a firm commitment to St Luke’s Cancer Hospital.

TAOISEACH Bertie Ahern yesterday said a detailed review of the Good Friday Agreement would be unlikely to start until the New Year.