The Labour Relations Commission has once again been tasked with finding enough common ground between Aer Lingus management and its staff to stave off potentially significant strikes which could ground tens of thousands of passengers in the run-up to Christmas.

THE earliest human settlement in the south-west of Ireland has been discovered in a huge archaeological find on the Lakes of Killarney.

Peter Woodman

An ancient piece of Bronze Age jewellery thought to be more than 3,000 years old was being heavily guarded today after a man simply walked into a jewellers and asked what it was.