MOVES to make the planning of new schools more transparent have been welcomed by the fastest-growing sector of primary education.

Thousands of homes in the north-east were left without mail deliveries today due to an unofficial dispute at the post office in Drogheda, Co Louth.

AN EXPERT group has called for immediate action to ensure the health system tracks seriously disturbed persons like David Brennan who murdered his baby nephew hours after he refused to be admitted to a psychiatric hospital.