AN EXTENDED canvass through Wexford offered Micheál Martin a timely reminder there was more on voters minds than banks, Berlin and bondholders.

A PROGRAMME of financial support to assist fishermen upgrade critical life-saving, fire-fighting, and other safety equipment on board their fishing boats was launched in Wexford yesterday.

A EUROPEAN anti-drugs campaigner has accused the Government of falsely blaming EU laws for the delay in banning head shop drugs such as mephedrone.