INCREASED hand-washing will become a priority for workers in hospitals next year as Health Minister Mary Harney has warned she is determined to tackle the spread of infection.

NECESSITY is the mother of invention, goes the old adage. It held true when Colette Swift arrived in London some years ago and walked straight into he middle of a tube train strike and had no option but to buy a bike to commute across the city to work.

A detective saw alleged Real IRA leader Michael McKevitt in the company of the FBI spy testifying against him, a court heard today.