AS pest control experts hunted down rats in a Limerick primary school yesterday, parents in Kilfinane said this was the last straw.

A MORE innovate anti-crime strategy, involving the recruitment of a garda reserve, was called for yesterday by Senator Michael Finucane of Fine Gael.

FINE GAEL last night chose Cork South Central TD Simon Coveney as their European election candidate to replace retiring party MEP John Cushnahan in the South constituency.