Authorities said it was amazing no one was hurt after a helicopter came crashing down on a busy Honolulu street.

TAOISEACH Brian Cowen has insisted that banks will start to lend more as a result of NAMA, despite warnings from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) that the agency would not result in the freeing up of credit.

FORMER Revenue chairman Frank Daly and outgoing IMF consultant Stephen Seelig have been appointed to the board of NAMA by Finance Minister Brian Lenihan.