As a Dublin couple with an extensive property portfolio evicted from their upmarket home continue their protest, Finance Minister Michael Noonan has said the Government has “ no pledge to keep people in 21 different homes and we must distinguish between people who can’t pay and those who won’t pay”.

Finance Minister Michael Nooan has said that the Government has pledged to keep people in their homes, but not in ''21 different homes''.

A postman who failed to deliver thousands of letters out of “pure laziness” has been given a suspended sentence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court