Adam Higgins

THE DAIL was temporarily shut down today after Finance Minister Michael McGrath clashed with Sinn Fein's Pearse Doherty in a shouting match over the rising price of fuel that was described as a “circus.”

IMMIGRATION has joined housing, health and the cost of living as one of the concerns among Irish people in recent months.

SIMON Harris hit back at criticism from Israel that he did not mention hostages taken by Hamas in his first speech as Taoiseach, during which he claimed innocent children were being “starved and slaughtered” in Gaza.

A STALYBRIDGE woman is hoping to lose weight again to fulfil her dream of starting a family with her fiancee.

Candice Bannister has transformed her Ashton-based cupcake business, Candy's Cupcakes , into a green operation by actively making changes.

Saddleworth Model Railway Exhibition will be returning over the May bank holiday weekend at the museum on High Street in Uppermill.

David Webb is a Chartered Legal Executive working at Oldham law firm Pearson Solicitors.

PARENTS of children left languishing on surgery waiting lists today call on the new Taoiseach to fix his broken promise that no child with scoliosis would wait longer than four months for surgery.

WORKERS will cash in on major tax breaks as part of the Coalition's last budget, Michael McGrath has revealed.

THE friends' group of a park in Ashton-under-Lyne is looking for volunteers to help keep its facilities running.