RAY BURKE and NASA’s capsule, Genesis, have a few things in common. They were both in orbit and both came crashing down to earth in spectacular fashion.

HEALTH Minister Micheál Martin has appealed to off-licences not to stock controversial vodka sachets which hit the market yesterday.

IT is the height of cynicism to suggest that selling vodka in a sachet will not lead to greater consumption of spirits among teenagers and make the problem of under-age drinking even worse.