FIANNA FÁIL was heading for another bruising convention showdown last night as the party’s election high command was warned not to “parachute” a high-profile candidate into Clare over the heads of delegates.

UNION officials who exposed widespread immigrant abuses last week were in Poland yesterday on a fact-finding mission.

UNION officials who exposed widespread immigrant abuses last week were in Poland yesterday on a fact-finding mission.

Labour MEP Proinsias De Rossa told Members of the European Parliament this evening that as many as one in seven Dubliners may show signs of lung damage caused by asbestos poisoning.