A 13-year-old schoolboy, whose ear was “tightly gripped” and held by a teacher in class, has been awarded €17,500 damages against his school and the Dublin and Dunlaoghaire Education and Training Board.

Irish nurses have been tempted by higher wages and less stress in Australia, says Claire Droney

STUDENT nurses are threatening to strike over a Government plan to impose pay cuts, a move described by the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) as reducing them to the level of “slave labour”.