A combination of soccer card collectable and strategy game, Attax is great fun for smallies, writes Ruth O’Connor, and it also offers a head start in terms of numeracy and getting along with others

The lives of gravediggers will be endangered by draft by-laws requiring graves to be dug to a depth of 8ft (2.4m), it was claimed yesterday.

A confectionery company that was established two years ago has seen its turnover balloon from zero to in excess of €4 million, based on one simple idea.

THE carnage on Irish roads claimed four more lives in the past 24 hours — two in Co Limerick and two in Co Donegal.