A GARDA Superintendent wrote to a HSE social worker last week and told him the gardaí had no power to stop the 17-year-old girl travelling to Britain for an abortion.

THE Association of Secondary Teachers Ireland has lifted its ban on a new Junior Certificate science course, after being told it breached the social partnership agreement.

DOZENS of dilapidated primary schools could be closed by striking teachers as they protest against the lack of Government funding for modern buildings.