Is there anyone anywhere which I could do an import on?
Yes I know this sounds lazy but I have spent a day and half trying to get things working and have gone over the steps provided to do this procedure http://docs.codehaus.org/display/GEOSDOC/Loading+TIGER+data several times.
If I had a data set which I knew was fine at least I know I can rule this out as the problem.
Thanks, S.D.