A proposed deal has been struck between Siptu and the HSE to end precarious work practices for the 8,000 home help workers employed in the community sector.

HEART rates quickened and temperatures soared in a hospital yesterday as soccer legend Roy Keane arrived on home turf to open a cancer information centre.

WATERFORD received a much-needed employment boost yesterday when a pharmaceuticals company announced it will be creating 165 jobs over the next five years.

Relatives of the victims of the Dublin and Monaghan bombings today heard the distressing medical reports of the wounds their 34 loved ones suffered in the devastating blasts.