FOLLOWING the volcanic eruption in Iceland, would I be wise to take the very useful iodine tablets the state kindly sent me some 10 years ago when a government minister showed a severe adverse reaction to intelligent questions by turning beetroot red?

TRANSPORT Minister Seamus Brennan is to call a special summit meeting of all road safety groups within the next fortnight following another weekend of carnage on Irish roads which claimed 10 lives.

Five of the nine people have were killed on Ireland's roads over the weekend have been named by Gardaí.

A COUNTY councillor spoke yesterday about how he came across a horrific head-on crash which claimed the lives of two people.

Gardaí have released the names of the three people killed in two separate road accidents over the bank holiday weekend.