THE daughter of Independent TD Jackie Healy-Rae was given a lucrative position on a state board just weeks before her father agreed to support the Government in the budget vote.

LEGAL proceedings have begun in the High Court in which Investor First Limited is seeking €346,275 in respect of professional services allegedly provided in sourcing and securing a building in Cork suitable for use as a private hospital which the defendant Sheehan Medical Limited could purchase or lease.

THE HSE has been forced to bail out a major hospital charity with taxpayers’ money.

AS someone who felt compelled to make two complaints to the Law Society in the past six years, I found the feature article by Eamon Murray, president of the Southern Law Association, a bit unreal (‘Legal profession deserves respect’, January 8).

THE Prison Service is to start rolling out a hi-tech digital radio system in the country’s jails next month.

A RAFT of senior vacancies in the Garda Siochána were filled yesterday following a cabinet meeting.

A “CONTRITE” Fianna Fáil TD who received a one-year driving ban yesterday for drink driving said he wants to get back to work for his constituents.

A CORONER plans to ask the taxi regulator to develop protocols for drivers dealing with drunk passengers after hearing details yesterday of a tragic death.