A review of the taxi industry here will seek to target the ability of criminals to operate as taxi drivers, as well as tightening up on those who commit offences.

THE designation of nine towns as regional growth centres is preventing them from applying for certain state grants which could help drive development.

CORK businesses carried off two prizes at the Good Food Ireland Awards held at the K Club in Co Kildare yesterday.

There is absolutely no reason why the Government should have to wait for the reports of the three investigations into Monday’s tragic school bus crash before deciding on any new investment in the fleet, as Taoiseach Bertie Ahern asserted yesterday.