CASH-STRAPPED local authorities are in dire need of funding to grit dangerous roads as the big freeze yesterday claimed another life and left many seriously injured.

A CASH-STRAPPED local authority could be facing a penalty of more than €300,000 after voting last night against relocating a public library.

CASH-STRAPPED Waterford County Council has lost much more than the battle to site a 50-acre “super dump” five miles outside Dungarvan.