The Labour Party has queried the legality of the US demand for fingerprints to be taken from airline passengers at Irish airports.

THE drinks industry should be forced to pay the Government a special levy of up to €40m to fund education programmes for young people, Labour’s Joe Costello has said.

TRANSPORT Minister Séamus Brennan vowed yesterday to plough ahead with plans to introduce random drug and alcohol testing for train drivers despite opposition from opposition parties and trade unions.