UP to 50 animal rights activists last night picketed the Dáil to call for dog breeding regulations to outlaw puppy farms.

Growth plan for regions has failed to deliver, writes Political Reporter Mary Dundon

The number of fire deaths in Kerry last year matched the toll in Dublin despite an eight-fold difference in population, it emerged today.

COINCIDENCE and convenience are comfortable bed fellows. It’s just a coincidence that farmers will be getting EU subsidy payments of more than €500 million just three days before the Nice Referendum.

ELECTED representatives must be forced to choose between the Dáil and local council membership, Progressive Democrats chairman Senator John Minihan said yesterday.