CASH-STRAPPED secondary schools are exploiting their own pupils by installing machines stuffed with fatty snacks in order to help fund teaching, a TD yesterday warned.

CASH-STRAPPED Waterford County Council, whose capital account is in debt to the tune of a massive €7.2 million, splashed out almost €20,000 on funding last month's controversial visit by an eight-member delegation to New York for the St Patrick's Day celebrations.

CASH-STRAPPED Cork Opera House passed up the opportunity to stage the hit musical, I, Keano in the soccer star’s home town, the show’s producer has claimed.

CASH-STRAPPED asylum seekers from EU accession states may be asked to leave the country by the end of this month if they “cannot provide for themselves”.

CASH-STRAPPED US police forces are to raise funds by displaying advertisements on patrol cars.