An inquiry is under way today after callers to a UK phone operator’s complaints line were greeted with a string of expletives.

Royal Bank of Scotland put investors on standby for another strong set of results today after seeing “good progress” over the first part of the year.

HEALTH Minister Micheál Martin is considering abolishing half the country’s health boards to improve efficiency and reduce the 70% of his department’s budget that now goes on staff salaries.