TAOISEACH Bertie Ahern yesterday stressed he was “totally and fundamentally” opposed to legalising drugs in this country.

RESIDENTS in an area just outside Castleisland, Co Kerry, can’t open their windows because of a stink from an unauthorised dump, it was claimed yesterday.

A CASE against a 21-year-old man who savagely beat another man, putting his life in the balance, was yesterday adjourned until next March to allow him pay a total of €50,000 in compensation.

AER RIANTA, which is discharging hundreds of tonnes of raw sewage daily into the Shannon Estuary, has been held by a High Court judge to be acting in breach of planning regulations.