Ireland facing huge bill under carbon tax deal
IRELAND will have to find new ways to cut its emissions of greenhouse gases, or face an annual bill of hundreds of millions of euro in just over two years time, as the cost of fuel continues to soar.

McDowell facing quiz on coma man's custody horror
JUSTICE Minister Michael McDowell will be quizzed in the Dail about a 20-year-old man, now in a coma in hospital, who suffered horrific injuries in a garda station.