A man who killed a young mother and seriously injured her 15-week-old child when he hit them with his car while in “a micro-sleep” has been jailed for two years.

I have been listening to the pronouncements of ministers and I have concluded that the sooner this circus, Irish Water, is dispatched the better for everyone. 

Taoiseach Enda Kenny and Environment Minister Phil Hogan are claiming that 40% of the treated water in this country is lost on leaks.

“There’s a hole in the bucket dear Liza dear Liza..” Those of us who are old enough will remember how this song goes: “well fix it dear Henry dear Henry…”

When, supermarkets go to battle for market share and customers, it’s called a price war. The customers are the winners. Or are they? We must remember there are always casualties in war, mainly people.

A newspaper quoted a survey that 52% of RTÉ programmes in the first eight months of this year were repeats.

Global warming or no global warming, there is no scarcity of water in this country.

Two years ago the current Dáil/Government were elected. Their mandate was to sort out the country’s problems. This did not include imposing a property tax.

I was always a firm believer that house prices should have been capped well before the bust, but the Government attitude was that they would or could not interfere in the free market (we know why).

Dublin Thunder could seal SuperLeague status tonight by claiming the senior men’s National Cup at the National Basketball Arena.

ON page 11 of your newspaper last week (August 5), there were two articles with accompanying photographs.

WILL it be known as “the hanging garden of Cork”? Another piece of folly. Are these people removed from reality?

MAUREEN O’Donnell got it smack on with her ‘’Do you know who I am syndrome’ letter (November 9), as did Richard Duncliff with his letter headlined ‘Celebrity glut’ in the same issue. We seem to have an infatuation with celebrity status or celebrities.

ONE in every 50 people in Ireland has already been the victim of identity fraud.

Eight out of 10 people are leaving themselves open to identity theft by binning personal information, a study revealed today.

Two men arrested during a Special Branch investigation into the activities of dissident republicans pleaded guilty at the Special Criminal Court today to explosives and ammunition offences.

Three men were charged with ammunition and explosives offences at a special sitting of the Special Criminal Court in Dublin today, following a Garda Special Branch investigation into the activities of dissident republicans.

DART Killester and Abrakebabra Tigers remain unbeaten and top of their respective conferences ahead of the much anticipated cross-conference clash at the Tralee Sports Centre in two weeks.

Fire chiefs across the 32 counties are planning to introduce regular fitness tests for their officers, a conference of fire officers from Britain and Ireland was told today.

MARIAN College earned their first Schools Cup title when winning the Boys U19 B Final at the National Basketball Arena yesterday.