The Tánaiste and Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment, Mary Coughlan, outside Leinster House on her first full day in her new office yesterday.

• US urges delivery of aid without Burma’s permission

  THE US and France yesterday called for international aid to be delivered to cyclone victims without the permission of the Burmese military government if the regime continues to block the arrival of foreign aid workers and material assistance.

• Record €1m fine for contractor who engaged in illegal dumping

  A RECORD €1m fine has been handed down by the Circuit Court to a waste contractor who engaged in illegal dumping over a four-year period in west Wicklow.

• Guinness plant at St James’s Gate faces major scaledown

  GLOBAL DRINKS giant Diageo is expected to announce a major scaledown in its brewing activities at the iconic St James's Gate plant in Dublin, which has been making Guinness since 1759.

• Diageo to shut breweries in Kilkenny, Dundalk

  Diageo is to close its breweries at Kilkenny and Dundalk, significantly reduce its brewing capacity at St James's Gate and build a new brewery on the outskirts of Dublin under a plan announced today.
• 18:43Woman's body found in Athlone
• 18:38Poulter cuts a dash at Sawgrass
• 18:36Body recovered after Kerry search
• 18:30Stepanek ends Federer's challenge
• 18:30Talks over psychiatric dispute continue

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  Extended squad raises questions

  Ireland's interim coaching team has named a 37-man squad ahead the match with the Barbarians at Kingsholm on May 27th, but only 30 of those will travel to the southern hemisphere to face New Zealand and Australia.