BECAUSE of the festering anger, the stress and great worry caused by economic circumstances and political failures it would be very easy to sneer at the Global Irish Economic Forum held at Farmleigh, in Dublin’s Phoenix Park, over this weekend.

THE Government will only inject taxpayers’ money into Irish banks as “a last resort” Finance Minister Brian Lenihan said yesterday.

The Minister for Finance Brian Lenihan has warned that the further cuts in public spending will have to be made and has not rule out a further income tax increases over the next two years.

Republicans must be prepared to pass on the evidence of crime to police in the North if Sinn Féin is to be regarded in the same light as other parties, David Cameron claimed today.