A hotel and local residents have successfully challenged a decision by Dublin City Council to grant planning permission for a large new outlet for a German discount supermarket group.

Up to 50 jobs are to be created in three Superdrug stores in Dublin and Wexford, it was confirmed today.

TAOISEACH Bertie Ahern has challenged claims by the Society of St Vincent de Paul (SVP) that there are 300,000 children living in families on incomes of less than €175 per week.