The Irish Wheelchair Association (IWA) is shutting the Cuisle centre in Donamon in Co Roscommon because of funding issues.

It is hoped predicted Beast from the East-style low temperatures won’t have a detrimental impact on the St Patrick’s Day parades which get under way around the country tomorrow.

It isn’t easy to go on a fully accessible holiday when you’re in a wheelchair, says Evan Maye, but facilities are improving — at home and abroad.

THE threat of cancer lingered for a number of women last night when a surgical review of their breast ultrasounds indicated they require further medical follow-up.

THE witty ditty known worldwide as the Limerick has been banished from a poetry festival launched yesterday in the city that gave the famous poem its name.