MIGRANT workers claiming more than €90 million a year in child benefits for dependents living in other EU countries have been subjected to an anti-fraud crackdown.

OILSKINS and wellies were required for a period at the country’s top livestock show in Tullamore, Co Offaly, yesterday as heavy rain lashed the event.

EDUCATION Minister Noel Dempsey will repay almost €2,600 to his Department after the parliamentary ethics watchdog found he had not adhered to the code of conduct for office holders.

EDUCATION Minister Noel Dempsey faces further criticism from victim support groups after he ruled out transferring responsibility for the Child Abuse Commission from his department.