Labour leader Joan Burton has been criticised for being “completely out of touch” after releasing a ‘feelgood’ video, which suggests that families now have more disposable income thanks to her party’s policies.

Struggling single mothers are increasingly turning to soup kitchens and charities to feed their children.

Always having more pace than his rivals, Derryman Kevin Lynch parented by Francis O’Regan (Subaru WRC) won the Midleton-based Moonraker Rally, round four of the McCauley Trailers Irish Forest Rally Championship.