“This is a set-up from start to finish,” a judge said as he dismissed a compensation case taken by six people arising out of alleged injuries from a car crash in Macroom in 2009.

A grandfather forced to “break into” his own home in a ghost estate yesterday issued a “hands-off” ultimatum to AIB and accountants KPMG.

While politicians argued the figures inside Leinster House, parents made clear on the streets of Ireland that they reject Government insistence that special needs pupils are getting the right supports in school.

Michelle Burke told a crowd of 80 supporters yesterday that she hopes a meeting with Clare County Council will allow her and husband William Buck, and two other householders, move into their homes.