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15:46 Taoiseach Bertie Ahern said today he intends to stay on in the role until 2012, despite growing Opposition calls for him to resign over revelations in the Mahon tribunal. Speaking to Irish reporters during a visit to the Austrian capital Vienna, Mr Ahern said: "My mandate expires in 2012."
Ahern insists he will stay on until 2012
Girl (16) killed, 7 injured in Tyrone bus crash
18:56 A schoolgirl (16) died and her nine-year-old cousin was critically injured when a lorry crashed into their school bus on a notoriously dangerous Northern Ireland road today.Fannie and Freddie boost US market
17:24 US stocks rose this afternoon after lenders Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac got permission to invest more money in the mortgage market after the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight lifted an investment cap on the companies.Police search Jersey children's home for bodies
16:04 A specialist search dog used by police looking for bodies at a Jersey children's home showed an "extremely strong reaction" when it was sent into a bricked-up area of the building today, police said today.Headless lions found in Co Antrim
20:58 The bodies of four decapitated lions were discovered today at a Northern Ireland wildlife park where the owner was this week evicted for allowing children to stroke a tiger.
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