Residents in a Clare village are concerned a child will be killed by swallowing strychnine, after about a dozen dogs in the area ingested the deadly poison.

The front garden of one of a number of homes cut off by flood waters for more than a month, has been designated an emergency landing site in the event of a local resident needing to be airlifted to hospital.

ONE of the country’s largest building groups, PJ Walls, recorded a pre-tax loss of €38.1 million in 2010 following a €44.4m writedown in its assets.