Gardaí have launched an investigation after a pensioner was threatened with an iron bar during an aggravated burglary in his home, early yesterday, on the northside of Cork City.

THE latest developments in road safety are, once again, a farce. My son is one of the target drivers. We are being told that the three main reasons for traffic fatalities are alcohol, speed and fatigue.

RECENTLY the new Rules of the Road booklet arrived on my doorstep along with the eircom phone directories.

IN view of the ongoing and apparently worsening road carnage, I have a few questions for Bertie Ahern, Martin Cullen, Gay Byrne and anyone else who might be able to come up with the answers.