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Flowers left on the street near the flat on Connolly Street, Clonakilty, Co Cork, where the body of 30-year-old Rose Patterson was found yesterday under suspicious circumstances.
Photograph: Patrick Hogan/Provision
Roaming mobile phone charges may fall by up to 70%
Consumers look set to enjoy savings of up to 70 per cent on mobile calls made and received while abroad from this summer, following a vote in the European Parliament.
Pay claims warning as inflation rate rises to 5.1%
The Government was attacked for its record on inflation yesterday by Opposition parties and business groups, who warned that any further wage increases would fuel even higher rates of inflation and pose a threat to economic prosperity.Stamp duty delays FG-Labour manifesto
The launch of the Fine Gael and Labour joint economic manifesto has been delayed, due to a failure of the parties to agree the final detail of stamp duty reform proposals.
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IMO advises consultants not to apply for positions
2 The Irish Medical Organisation (IMO) is to advise
its consultant members not to apply for posts which Minister for
Health Mary Harney has said will be advertised next week. pNew drink drive law referred to High Court
New penalties for drink-driving introduced by Minister for Transport Martin Cullen last month are to be referred to the High Court for clarification. pDiversions begin at Red Cow ahead of rebuilding
A new phase of traffic diversions begins on Dublin's M50 this
morning, in preparation for the rebuilding of the Ballymount, Red
Cow (N7) and Lucan (N4) interchanges. pUnion wants new deal for meetings with parents
Second-level teachers are to seek to have all parent-teacher meetings held within normal school hours, despite having signed up to an agreement to attend such meetings in their own time. pBody of young mother found in west Cork
Gardaí are poised to open a murder inquiry today when they
expect a postmortem examination to confirm that a 30-year-old
mother of three died as a result of stab wounds in Clonakilty in
west Cork. pExpert in new Stardust inquiry named
John Gallagher SC has been appointed by the Government to examine the case for a new inquiry into the Stardust bar fire of 1981. pRainfall has been practically non-existent as fine spell continues
The immediate cause of the current fine spell is the same as
always: an anti-cyclone hovering in the vicinity of Ireland to
deflect from our shores the normal eastward procession of
troublesome weather fronts and deep depressions. pMore lone parents paying support
Much greater numbers of separated parents are paying child maintenance to their former partners than was previously estimated, new figures indicate. pDocument a forgery, claims Quinn Direct
Insurance company Quinn Direct says it can prove a document containing allegations of serious malpractice by the firm is a forgery. pMcGimpsey a surprise choice as second UUP minister
The Ulster Unionists will today announce the surprise choice of Michael McGimpsey alongside Sir Reg Empey as its ministerial nominees. p
Finance
Ryanair's US service to cost up to €200m
Ryanair's new low-cost transatlantic airline could cost
€100- €200 million to set up, chief executive Michael
O'Leary said yesterday. However, he said that there was a huge
appetite among investors, particularly Ryanair investors, to fund
the venture which will be run separately from Ryanair.
Ciarán Brennan reports. pBeatles to join the digital age
The availability of the Beatles back catalogue in legal digital download format has become more likely with news yesterday that the group's company, Apple Corp, had settled a royalty suit with record label EMI, writes John Collins. pOakhill appoints Peter Lynch as chairman to lead expansion plan
Shares in troubled printing group Oakhill soared yesterday after the Dublin-based company announced plans to bring former Eircom finance director Peter Lynch on board as executive chairman to prepare the group for significant expansion. Claire Shoesmith reports. p
World
Suicide bomber kills 8 within Green Zone
Iraq: US officials admitted last night that the
bombing of the Iraqi parliament shows that not even the heavily
fortified Green Zone is safe any more, despite the security
crackdown launched earlier this year in the Iraqi capital. pGoogle Earth maps Darfur atrocities
Sudan : Millions of people use Google Earth's online satellite images every day for school projects, to gain a snapshot of life around the globe or simply to see what their house looks like from outer space. pAmerican novelist Kurt Vonnegut dies at 84
United States: American novelist Kurt Vonnegut,
whose dark, satirical vision in works including
Slaughterhouse-Five and
Cat's Cradle was shaped by the horrors he witnessed during
the second World War, has died aged 84. p
Sport
Spurs rally comes too late
Uefa Cup Semi-Final/ Tottenham ... 2 Sevilla ...
2: There will be no Uefa Cup for Tottenham Hotspur, just
the pang of recalling a comeback that came too late. With a 2-1
defeat endured in Spain, the second-half onslaught started with the
Uefa Cup quarter-final already beyond retrieval pEnglish clubs 'taking legal advice'
Rugby/ European Cup Stand-off: Premier Rugby in
England is taking legal advice after the Six Nations, spurred on by
the International Rugby Board, yesterday issued a strongly worded
statement reaffirming the role of unions as the governors of the
game and emphasising the inferior standing of clubs. pIreland resolved to avoid mauling
Ireland coach Adrian Birrell said his World Cup rookies would be looking chiefly to avoid an annihilation by world champions Australia in their Super Eights match today. p
