There are no plans to introduce mandatory identification for voters at polling stations, the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government has told councillors in Kerry where there has been disquiet over the registration and identification of voters.

The Government has ruled out allowing hard-pressed drivers pay their motor tax in monthly instalments, despite making an additional €55.3m this year from those forced to renew their discs on a three- or six-monthly basis.

A 77-year-old man died after he choked on a piece of beef at Beaumont Hospital, an inquest heard.

A TECHNOLOGICAL breakthrough in the management of chronic pain has helped teenager Niamh Redmond pull herself out of a wheelchair and get her life back on track.