Is this the solution to the ghost estate problem?

Sneaking onto derelict housing estates to plant trees and commit other crimes of beauty may sound a little odd, but mounting frustration with the eyesores left over from the building boom has finally reached a tipping point.

A TV advert for deodorant which portrayed three young women dancing in the back seat of a car was in breach of the advertising code because the women were not wearing seatbelts.

Concern is growing for the safety of a 48-year-old Co Leitrim woman who has been missing for almost a week.