Parents have been advised to withdraw unvaccinated children from a West Cork school following a major outbreak of the highly contagious measles disease.

The statement by the Minister for Finance that a no vote in the referendum on the Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union will force him to introduce a harsher budget than is his present intention is little more than an attempt to bully the electorate to deliver the “right decision”.

THE doctor whose research linking MMR to autism in children was described as “flawed” hit back yesterday, saying he welcomed an investigation into his claims.