FESTIVE revellers were yesterday urged to be extra-vigilant about the risk of their drinks being spiked in pubs and nightclubs.

FURTHER to Patrick Jordan’s letter (Irish Examiner, March 14), the number of prison places has actually risen from 2,392 in 1997 to more than 3,328 in 2005.

THE row over whether taxpayers footed the €40,000 bill for a party to celebrate the “success” of the health service’s chaotic payroll system turned increasingly bitter last night.

Ian Paisley today led his Democratic Unionists out of the Northern Ireland Assembly after accusing the Government of double standards.