Further crippling strikes at Roscommon County Council are planned for next Tuesday and Thursday as management and 160 staff members remain completely at odds over flexi-leave.

The Government’s plan to build 47,000 social houses will “take a few years” to be completed, it was admitted yesterday.

Work got under way yesterday on a massive project designed to bring hundreds of jobs to one of the country’s employment black spots.

THE parents of one of the five girls killed in the Navan school bus crash yesterday appealed to Meath County Council to allow an independent inquiry carry out more tests on the road to find out exactly what caused the accident.