A FISHERMAN has taken an advert in a local paper to tell Dáil hopefuls and their canvassers to “clear off”.

European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso erupted in fury today as Socialist MEP Joe Higgins accused Brussels of destroying Irish services and living standards.

Socialist MEP Joe Higgins has said he has a "very strong possibility" of regaining his Dáil seat if a General Election is called in the next few months.

CRAMMED awkwardly into the window of Arnott’s, Declan Ganley and Micheál Martin were wedged between the perfume counters, but Mairead McGuinness could smell only one thing — testosterone.