Increased State investment in assistive technology, much of which costs under €1,000 per person, could transform the lives of people with disabilities.

A large lagoon of water and raw untreated sewage poses a serious health and drowning risk to almost 100 children living alongside it, a damning report has warned.

SOME of the 21,000 Junior Certificate home economics students reached the end of their exams with papers that were considered fair yesterday afternoon.