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Jim Sheridan talks about 50 Cent, Sheriff Street, getting rich, paying tax and politics.

There have been no additional firemen or fire prevention officers and only one ambulance added to the Dublin Fire Brigade (DFB) since 1985, despite the fact that the county's population has increased by 25 per cent since then. In 1985 there were 850 firemen; six fire prevention officers and ten ambulances in the DFB. In 2005 there are 850 firemen; six prevention officers and 11 ambulances. The additional ambulance went to the Blanchardstown fire station when it was opened.

A decision by Mary Hanafin, Minister for Education and Science, not to include the Regina Coeli Mother and Baby Unit on the Residential Institutions Redress Board list was based on inaccurate information.

Aged 18 months, Marie Therese O'Loughlin fell into a blazing fire at a Legion of Mary mother-and-baby unit. Now she is seeking compensation under the Residential Institutions Redress Board. Emma Browne reports