Nearly half of heart attack survivors in Ireland who smoked at the time of heart attack are still smoking up to two years later, a national study has found.

THE Government was warned yesterday that the €1.5 billion farm construction industry will be brought to an abrupt halt unless flexibility is given to 20,000 farmers to complete environmental work under the waste management scheme.

THE Examiner Amm Amm inter club golf tournament, inaugurated by George Crosbie and his brother, the late Donal, proved a hit from the start and the competition quickly became a regular fixture in the golfing calendar.