At the launch of Fine Gael’s local election campaign, Frances Fitzgerald sent the candidates out to do battle on the doorsteps with a speech beginning with the declaration that most people get into politics in order to change things.

Transition year students are the focus of the ‘Future is Food’ drive to promote Irish artisan foods, launched by the Taste Council of Ireland and Bord Bia.

ORGANIC Irish milk is expected to be proven healthier than both organic and conventional processed imported product, according to as-yet unpublished research by Limerick Institute of Technology.

Work will begin on the long-awaited M20 Cork to Limerick motorway this year, despite Cork’s national roads funding being slashed.

A PRE-TRIAL conference in the multimillion dollar lawsuit against a former New York plastic surgeon has been set for February 2.

THE multi-million-dollar lawsuit being taken by the family of a Limerick woman who died after undergoing a facelift by a discredited US plastic surgeon will open in the New York Supreme Court on February 21, the family’s lawyer revealed last night.

THE husband of Kay Cregan believes his wife underwent the plastic surgery that led to her death as a surprise for him.

An Irish woman has died after undergoing cosmetic surgery with a New York plastic surgeon who has made 33 malpractice payments in the past decade.