18:30 The Federal Reserve slashed a key US interest rate by three-quarters of a percentage point this evening, a substantial cut but smaller than many in financial markets had expected, as part of an effort to hold off a deep recession and financial meltdown.
Fed cuts key US interest rate to 2.25 per cent
Four men charged with IRA membership
21:31 Four men arrested during a Garda operation into the activities of dissident republicans in Co Donegal were charged with membership of the IRA at a special sitting of the Special Criminal Court tonight.Obama addresses 'racial stalemate' in US
16:35 US Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama addressed the race issue head on today saying the US was in a "racial stalemate" and has been stuck in it "for years".Two Irish women killed in Rome hit-and-run
15:58 Two Irish women were killed in a hit-and-run incident in Rome this morning.
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