A WEEKEND break turned to tragedy when a young man was knocked down and killed in front of his friend on Saturday.

THE Boxing Union of Ireland last night cleared Peter McDonagh and Michael Gomez of any wrongdoing in last month’s controversial Irish lightweight title fight in Dublin.

WHAT’S all the controversy about payments to people in nursing homes and the Government putting on the poor mouth about having the taxpayer fork up?

I AM appalled at the €40m grant to the GAA for Croke Park at a time when we don’t have enough hospital beds, people without hope are to be seen thrown on the streets of our cities and carers in many cases are not paid to look after elderly relatives.