• Airline disputes set to worsen

  Aer Lingus has withdrawn cheap flight concessions from 400 catering staff over work stoppages yesterday in a move that brings the prospect of a major dispute significantly closer. Baggage-handlers, clerical staff and cabin crew are all preparing for strike action, while Aer Lingus pilots began a work-to-rule, also over pay, at midnight.

• Minister's speeding car was returning from hurling final

  The Minister for Justice, Mr O'Donoghue, has been criticised for taking almost 48 hours to explain how his ministerial car was stopped for speeding in Co Kerry last month.

• US calls talks as Middle East death toll nears 50

  Amid deepening international concern, Israeli-Palestinian violence seemed to be spiralling out of control yesterday, with the death toll from five days of fighting close to 50 and every indication that further escalation was likely. However early this morning, AFP reported that a Palestinian security source said that both sides had reached an agreement for a ceasefire in the Palestinian territories.

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