A cyclist who did everything right was killed by a motorist who turned around momentarily to tell one of her children to remove a tag from a toy they had just bought.

Whether it’s good, bad or indifferent, everyone has had something to say about the €6 billion worth of cutbacks and tax hikes introduced by the Government in Budget 2011.

HOPES for an Irish teenager who fell overboard a luxury cruise liner in the Caribbean are fading as an ongoing rescue operation yesterday failed to discover any trace of the missing student.