A PROGRAMME that led to a doubling of profits on 16 beef farms could help ease the moratorium on public sector recruitment to ensure the lessons of the trial are not lost.

THE leader of the country’s largest trade union has demanded the Taoiseach “call it a day” and name a date for a general election if he cannot “rein in” the Department of Finance from its “slash and burn” policies.

The state’s largest trade union accused the Department of Finance tonight of sabotaging attempts to get the country out of recession by targeting the less well-off.

KEY elements of the Government’s Road Safety Strategy still aren’t in place just two months before it expires, according to Fine Gael road safety spokesman Sean McEntee.

WORLD and US Open singles and doubles champion Paul Brady and Tony Healy of Cork will lead the Irish handball team in the forthcoming Waterford Crystal World Handball Championships in Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, from August 4-13.