It is “hugely important” that both the gardaí and the Road Safety Authority (RSA) provide clarity on official road fatality statistics to the Oireachtas Transport Committee, its chairman, Fergus O’Dowd, has said.

James O’Leary founded the band Interference with the late vocalist Fergus O’Farrell. The remaining members of the band will be joined by special guests for a gig at Cork Opera House tomorrow night as part of the Right Here Right Now series of concerts at the venue over the weekend.

Fergus O’Leary is absolutely correct, majorities are frequently wrong. 

Fergus O’Dowd’s assertion yesterday that Irish Water has "abjectly failed" in its approach to introducing water charges will be echoed far more widely than the utility company might care to acknowledge.