POOR prescribing practice among some GPs is leading to the sale of methadone and benzodiazepines on the black market, according to a leading drugs treatment doctor.

THE cash-strapped Rose of Tralee Festival looks certain to go into liquidation unless €250,000 can be raised by the weekend to rescue the event.

A SNUBBED American committee is withdrawing its long-term support for the Jeanie Johnson famine ship project.

TWO years ago, a committee was formed in the Washington, DC, area to raise funds for the Jeanie Johnston project.