THE strained relations between Fianna Fáil (FF) and the Progressive Demo-crats (PDs) took another turn for the worse yesterday, when the FF director of elections in Limerick East put out a newspaper advertisement dismissing the role of the junior government partner.

THE Government has been accused of “offering a sop” to councillors by granting them a role in the health board replacement bodies while stripping them of their powers.

RICHARD HARRIS landed his widow with a €500,000 parking bill for a car he put in a garage and forgot about.

DRUNKEN teenagers should “go home and stick their fingers down their throat, rather than waste valuable resources” at Accident and Emergency departments, a health board boss said yesterday.

HEALTH boards need to be totally revamped and much of their community care role needs to be transferred to other agencies, a leading expert said yesterday.

A FORMER Mayor of Limerick yesterday claimed his efforts to make actor Richard Harris a freeman of Limerick were strongly opposed by two members of the city council.