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The Rev Ian Paisley and Taoiseach Bertie Ahern shake hands outside Farmleigh House in Dublin, yesterday.

The Rev Ian Paisley and Taoiseach Bertie Ahern shake hands outside Farmleigh House in Dublin, yesterday.


Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill

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    The commission of investigation into the Dublin and Monaghan bombings has found no evidence of collusion in the winding down of the Garda investigations into the atrocities in May 1974.
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  • Inquiry likely as British crew of 15 prepares to return from Iran

    Faye Turney (26), the only woman among the 15 British navy personnel seized by Iran, turns away as Arthur Batchelor (far left) waits and Andrew Henderson talks with President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in Tehran yesterday. Mr Ahmadinejad announced earlier he would release the crew. Britain: Relief swept over Downing Street, through Whitehall and across Britain yesterday as Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announced the release of the 15 British naval personnel captured in the Gulf. p

  • Obama raises $25m for presidential campaign

    US: Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has robbed frontrunner Hillary Rodham Clinton of her image as the party's inevitable nominee in 2008 by raising a staggering $25 million during the first three months of this year. p

  • Mugabe increases police patrols to stifle strike

    Zimbabwe: Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe's government yesterday increased police patrols and stepped up a propaganda blitz to stifle a national strike over wages amid a devastating economic crisis. p

  • China to broadcast first TV show with gay theme

    China: Homosexual rights in China will take another tentative step forward this week when a satellite channel launches the country's first TV show to focus on gay issues, called Connecting Homosexuals. p

  • Ahmadinejad says release 'a gift'

    Iran:  The release of the 15 Britons was a "gift" to the British people to celebrate the birth of the prophet Muhammad and Easter, according to Iran's president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. p
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  • O'Brien to double IN&M stake

    Telecoms and media tycoon Denis O'Brien is set to double his stake in Independent News and Media (IN&M) in a move that will cost him over €130 million, writes Barry O'Halloran p

  • EBS board 'not campaigning' against Tinney

    The chairman of the EBS has said he and the board are not campaigning against the re-election of independent non-executive director Ethna Tinney. Colm Keena , Public Affairs Correspondent, reports. p

  • ICG directors to meet rival bidders

    The independent directors of Irish Continental Group (ICG) are set to meet representatives of the parties proposing a rival €530 million offer for the shipping line. p

  • AIB chief executive's pay package exceeds €2.4m

    AIB's chief executive Eugene Sheehy (right) who got a bonus of Eur1.3 million and group finance director John O'Donnell who earned Eur1.075 million. Eugene Sheehy earned €2.436 million during his first full year as AIB's chief executive, according to the bank's 2006 annual report. Caroline Madden reports. p
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  • Rooney provides platform for United

    Manchester United's Paul Scholes is sent off by referee Herbert Fandel after a second booking for fouling AS Roma's Francesco Totti during last night's Champions League quarter-final, first leg match at the Olympic Stadium, Rome. SOCCER/Uefa Champions League quarter-final, first leg, AS Roma 2 Manchester Utd 1: This was a bruising night for Manchester United, both for their supporters and their players. While the fans fought running battles with riot police, Alex Ferguson's team were subjected to a long, difficult evening here in Rome after Paul Scholes's 34th-minute sending off and they will cherish the importance of Wayne Rooney's away goal. p

  • Alert Drogba gives Chelsea a lifeline

    Chelsea 1 Valencia 1: This season has become one long, troublesome and engrossing mystery for Chelsea and there were scant clues in the first leg of this tie as to their fate in this Champions League. p
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