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Joan Blake, Dalkey, Co Dublin, with her new all-island free travel pass, which was launched for older people North and South yesterday by Taoiseach Bertie Ahern and Minister for Social Affairs Séamus Brennan.
Photograph: Cyril Byrne
Ahern and Harney rule out pay rises for nurses
Taoiseach Bertie Ahern and the Health Minister Mary Harney ruled out any pay increase for 40,000 nurses on the first day of their industrial action over improved pay and conditions yesterday.Progress in North continues as parties agree ministries
The pace of political developments in Northern Ireland continued to quicken yesterday with the four main party leaders signing up to a "gentlemen's agreement" by announcing the ministerial posts they will take up on May 8th.Aer Lingus to charge up to €15 for prebooking seat
Aer Lingus is to charge passengers up to €15 per flight for the privilege of choosing where they can sit on its aircraft.
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House prices stall in first quarter
House prices have stalled in the first three months of the year, according to figures compiled by Permanent TSB and the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI). pAmgen delays Cork plant by two years
US drug giant Amgen has pushed back by two years plans to build
an €820 million manufacturing plant in Co Cork, a move that
delays the recruitment of more than 1,000 staff until 2012. pCork family nets €40m with sale of plastics firm
The Cork-based owners of the Quality Plastics business are believed to have realised some €40 million from the sale of the company to Pipelife, an Austrian-Belgian joint venture. p
Ireland
Gas monitoring to be included in new climate plan
The Government has proposed the establishment of an independent commission to monitor Ireland's record on meeting greenhouse gas reduction targets as part of its revised climate change strategy. pIrish-born drugs baron found guilty
An Irish-born drugs baron has been found guilty of being the British boss of a major international cocaine smuggling operation. pMusic deal will allow downloads without restriction
Music fans who download digital tracks from websites face less restrictions on where they buy their music and on how they can use it following a deal between Apple and EMI announced yesterday. pWater clean-up at least six months off
The quickest solution to cleaning up Galway's contaminated water supply will take up to six months to implement, the city's councillors were told last night. pParties agree to share of ministries without any rancour
The shape of a government in waiting is emerging, writes Gerry Moriarty , Northern Editor pAhern stresses important role of Irish emigrants
Irish emigrants and their descendants continued to play a "very important role" in the world on Ireland's behalf, according to Minister for Foreign Affairs Dermot Ahern. pINO, PNA to consider joint strategy on rolling stoppages
A joint strategy committee of the Irish Nurses Organisation
(INO) and the Psychiatric Nurses Association (PNA) will today
consider whether the industrial action by 40,000 nurses should be
escalated to include rolling work stoppages around the country. pPopular GAA referee killed in car crash hours after All-Ireland final
A popular GAA referee was killed in a car crash yesterday morning just hours after he had officiated at a televised All-Ireland final. p
World
Chernobyl radiation risk 'same as passive smoking'
UKRAINE: The risk of survivors of the Chernobyl accident dying early is far less than supposed, ranking about the same as exposure to air pollution or passive smoking, according to new research. pLANDMARK: first phase for beatification of Pope John Paul completed
VATICAN: The campaign to make Pope John Paul II a
saint has reached a landmark as promoters say they have offered
proof of a purported miracle and a cardinal has suggested it should
be speeded up because there was no doubt of his sanctity. pClinton raises record $26m for election
US: Hillary Rodham Clinton and Republican Mitt Romney have shattered fundraising records for a presidential race, collecting $26 million and $23 million respectively in the first three months of this year. pSarkozy sets out his electoral stall
FRANCE: The presidential candidate says he is more serene, and perhaps wiser, writes Lara Marlowe in Paris p
Sport
St Patrick's take control
St Patricks Athletic 1 Cork City 0: Already through to the semi-finals, St Patrick's Athletic secured a home semi-final last night with a performance that typified their season. The tenacity, graft and honesty with which they have played this season was replicated once again. pDublin abandon plans to use Croke Park for Kerry game
As expected, the Dublin County Board have abandoned plans to use Croke Park for their final round game of the National Football League - the Division One A meeting with Kerry. p
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