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It's led to Cancer Focus NI launching an equal access campaign. The charity is waiting to put its case to the first and deputy first ministers after it was promised a meeting with Northern Ireland's two main leaders.

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Jim Allister has lashed out at his fellow MLAs saying it's taking more mints than ever to keep them sweet. <?xml:namespace prefix = "o" ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />

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The TUV leader has discovered that Stormont Assembly Members are chewing more publicly funded mints than ever before. Demand for the free sweets has risen by over 50% in the past year, taking the cost to the public purse, since the practice began 5 years ago, to nearly 1400 pounds.

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But at a time when Northern Ireland's budget is under severe pressure should the free sweety train be stopped in its tracks?