The Taoiseach Brian Cowen has assigned the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government to Minister Éamon Ó Cuív and the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources to Minister Pat Carey.

MORE than four-in-five of the record 160,000-plus applications for help with the cost of uniforms have been processed but families in some parts of the country must still wait up to a month after applying.

MINISTER Eamon Ó Cuiv had a lucky escape yesterday when his car burst into flames after a crash near Killarney, Co Kerry.

MINISTER Éamon Ó Cuív displays faulty logic when he says that to press the case for the inclusion of Irish among the European Union's official working languages would be inappropriate during the Irish presidency.

STUDENTS and disability groups in Galway presented a petition to Minister Éamon Ó Cuív last night demanding the Government introduce rights-based legislation for people with disabilities.