Since the Regulator decided credit unions could not longer advance loans to members in arrears with their mortgage provider, this cut off a valuable source of finance for those in need.

She may be on the brink of bringing home gold, but magnetic Katie Taylor’s feet will remain firmly on the ground.

MINISTER Brendan Howlin is quoted in your newspaper (November 8) as saying that National Irish Bank cannot be forced to pass on (to hard-pressed borrowers) the ECB rate reduction.

IN the 1940/’50s, the US endured the terrible scourge of Senator Joseph McCarthy who typified the extreme anti-communist movement in the US during that period.

MUCH has been written about the resignation of the CEO of the Equality, Niall Crowley.