The Government is to face stiff questioning in the Dáil over the data breach scandal at Independent News and Media (INM) this week, with Sinn Féin and Fianna Fáil expected to raise the issue.

US President George Bush wants Congress to aggressively expand the use of alternative fuels, mainly ethanol, to reduce the need for petrol and put the brakes on growing US oil consumption.

In his first State of the Union address to a Democratic-controlled Congress, US President George Bush is asking Americans to cut gasoline consumption by up to 20% by 2017.