ANGRY farmers kept Government TDs in their sights yesterday in a fight to retain the scope of the REPS environmentally friendly grants payments.

Eggs were hurled at the home of a Fianna Fáil TD in a late-night attack, the party claimed today.

ROUND-the-clock emergency care will cease at Monaghan General Hospital (MGH) on July 22 and patients with an acute illness or in need of acute surgery will have to travel elsewhere.

The closure of key services including accident and emergency wards at Monaghan General Hospital will undoubtedly threaten lives, it was warned today.

TÁNAISTE Mary Coughlan flew to the Saudi Arabian desert yesterday leaving a storm of controversy over her ability to manage the Department of Enterprise.

A group addressing the legacy of the Troubles in the North has made a direct public appeal today for the IRA to co-operate with its work.

An average of 12,500 teachers across the state pull 'sickies' on every Monday and Friday, an Oireachtas Committee heard today.

ALMOST one-in-five of Government TDs who voted for massive education cutbacks this week are serving or former teachers.

GERMAN Chancellor Angela Merkel’s visit to Dublin last Monday brought predictable criticism that she is somehow “interfering” in our affairs.

People with information on the IRA-linked murder of a Co Armagh trucker must come forward, the Dáil heard today.

THE parents of Paul Quinn, the 21-year-old who was murdered in a shed in Co Monaghan, were yesterday given assurances by the Taoiseach that his killing would be vigorously investigated.

FIANNA FÁIL members should not ignore the houses of “blueshirts” or “provos” when canvassing for votes, Junior Minister Brendan Smith told delegates.

Fianna Fáil has chosen the last of its candidates to contest the forthcoming General Election.