PRESIDENT Mary McAleese recently launched the regeneration project for the more deprived areas of Limerick — Moyross, Southill and Ballinacurra Weston.

THE Royal College of Physicians wants a reduction in the number of off-licences, a ban on alcohol promotions, set prices and a register of establishments selling alcohol.

FORMER British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw has said the Muslim veil is “a statement of separation and difference”.

THE UN security council’s condemnation of the apparent underground nuclear test in North Korea was to be expected.