Students studying abroad under the Erasmus programme could be stranded without their EU monthly grant from January if a row over funding between member states is not resolved quickly.

TRUCKS carrying 70 portacabins left Cork this week for site use in constructing eight new schools, under a €100m PPP investment of 25 years with contractors BAM PPP.

Over the last couple of weeks, we’ve enjoyed the spectacle of the Olympics at London 2012 and rejoiced in Irish competitors winning their various medals.