GARDA Commissioner Fachtna Murphy said yesterday officers were taking seriously a claim by dissident republicans they were involved in the murder of Cork criminal Gerard Staunton.

IRELAND is “by no means the worst-affected country” in terms of diesel prices, Energy and Natural Resources Minister Eamon Ryan has insisted.

YOUR editorial (Irish Examiner, August 17) is critical of the National Roads Authority (NRA) against the background of the pending award of the contract for the Castleblayney bypass.

Funding of £46m has been announced for the enhancement of caretaking and secretarial support in primary and secondary schools.