We need to take to the streets

We now know 87,000 people emigrated in the year up to April 2012.

Up from 80,000 the previous year.

It is revealed that our TDs were paid travel expenses during their eight weeks of holidays. State-owned AIB bank announced it is increasing its variable mortgage interest rate by half of 1% (€60 per month of an increase on a €200,000 mortgage).