FINANCIAL resources of grandparents – the ‘bank of grandma and granddad’ – is helping many families through tough economic times, the Primate of All-Ireland has said.

Jet skis should be registered with number plates and all users made to undergo training because of a surge in accidents, official investigators recommended today.

ROAD crashes claimed the lives of three more young men over the bank holiday weekend, bringing to 10 the number of accidental deaths since the start of summer on Thursday last.