The chief executive of Cork City Council has ordered a review of the city’s multi-storey car parks in the wake of the devastating Douglas car park fire.

George Finn is one of the lucky ones, but dozens of other car owners face an anxious wait as the massive operation to remove up to 190 cars from a fire-ravaged carpark got underway.

Four anti-austerity crusaders yesterday set off on foot from Limerick to the Dáil to highlight a new political movement, Slí Níos Fearr (A Better Way).

Representatives of the Muslim and Christian faiths in Ireland have united to express their opposition to US/British plans for a pre-emptive war against Iraq.