In response to the opinion piece in Monday’s Irish Examiner by eight Fine Gael TDs challenging the Government’s stance on the Croke Park agreement, all high earners, be they public or private sector, must accept a significant reduction in their incomes if we are to get out of our difficulties.

A murder investigation was under way last night into the death of a “devoted dad” who may have been lying dead in an abandoned building for up to 24 hours before his body was found by teenagers.

The High Court has approved an award of €1.28m to a Co Waterford teenager who lost his leg in a farming accident.

THE vast majority of Irish people have played team sports at some stage in their lives.