A new economic report suggests workers should be forced to wait an extra five years for their pension.

Two elderly sisters are recovering in Cork University Hospital, after they were found unconscious at their home yesterday.

The Government has announced that the long-delayed Fair Deal scheme on payment for nursing home care will be introduced in three weeks' time.

THERE will be no new cash spent this year on relieving the pressure on hospitals' accident and emergency departments, Tánaiste and Health Minister Mary Harney told the Dáil yesterday.