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The vehicle that was rammed into a terminal at Glasgow on Saturday and set on fire is taken away from the scene yesterday. Five people have been arrested in connection with the London and Glasgow attacks.
Photograph: Chris McNulty/Reuters
Quinlan spends €700m on half of London office block
Irish financier Derek Quinlan will make a personal investment of more than €700 million to acquire half of a 42-storey Citigroup building in London's docklands. The deal is the second-largest single property transaction in Britain.
UK terror risk 'critical'
British home secretary Jacqui Smith will make an emergency statement to MPs in the Commons this afternoon amid growing police confidence that they will identify the network behind the latest terror attacks on London and Glasgow.Mother was released from hospital two days before death
A woman who died following the birth of twins at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda last March had presented at the hospital a few days before the infants were born, claiming her waters had broken, it has emerged.
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Hospitals told to cut costs after massive overspend
Hospitals across the State will be ordered to introduce a wide range of cost-saving measures by the Health Service Executive in coming weeks in an effort to rein in massive over-spending on their day-to-day budgets. pAction on stamp duty loophole deferred
Minister for Finance Brian Cowen has deferred a decision on whether to close a controversial stamp duty loophole used by major property developers to avoid paying the levy. pJune was one of wettest on record
Met Éireann has confirmed what we all suspected - it was one of the wettest months of June on record. pFarmers' campaigner dies at 69
Joe Rea, former president of the Irish Farmers' Association
(IFA), died on Saturday after a short illness. pSix deaths on roads at weekend bring toll to 166
Six people died on the roads in the Republic over the weekend, bringing the death toll so far this year to 166. pDrive-by shooting at nightclub
A hotel nightclub which was shot at in an apparent drive-by shooting at the weekend had been receiving threats. pFashion to the fore as bookies enjoy their Derby day
Convoys of white limousines and helicopters are not things
normally found abandoned in the muddy country fields of Kildare.
But Budweiser Irish Derby day is an exception to many rules and is
certainly one of the most colourful days on the Irish sporting
calendar. pIrish climber breaks seven summits record
An Irish climber has smashed the world record for the fastest ascent of the seven highest mountains on all seven continents by a full month. Ian McKeever reached the summit of Mount McKinley in Alaska at 11.10pm (8.10am Irish time) on Saturday, slicing 31 days off the previous seven summits record of 187 days set by Canadian Daniel Griffith in November of last year. pOrange march passes off peacefully
Saturday's contentious Orange Order Whiterock parade in west Belfast concluded peacefully despite criticisms of the Parades Commission both by nationalist residents and Orangemen. p
World
Putin to discuss Kosovo, Iran in visit to US
THE US: President George Bush last night welcomed his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, to his summer retreat in Kennebunkport, Maine, at the start of an encounter of less than 24 hours designed to patch up deteriorating relations between the two powers. pDay marked by fireworks and mass protest
HONG KONG: Hong Kongers marked a decade of Chinese rule yesterday with fireworks and parachute displays, as well as a mass street protest to demand more democracy. pSpanish gay parade far from being a drag
SPAIN: A homosexual march is hardly the place one would expect to see the Teletubbies. But Tinky Winky and his pink handbag was one of the stars of the fourth annual gay pride celebrations in Madrid this weekend. pKatsav's plea bargain deal is shelved
ISRAEL: Israeli prosecutors postponed a plea bargain deal with former president Moshe Katsav yesterday after public watchdog groups that want him tried for sexual misconduct appealed to the Supreme Court, officials said. p
Finance
IFSC firm had role in 'improper' Australian dealing
IFSC firm Cologne Re Dublin had support from the highest level of its US parent General Re Corporation when taking a prime role in three "improper" deals in Australia, according to a new report for Australian regulators. pDavy forecasts Aer Lingus growth
Aer Lingus could have been a stronger global airline as a subsidiary of Ryanair if the low-cost carrier's takeover of former State firm had gone ahead, Ryanair stockbroker Davy argues in a new report. p
Price Watch
A goji berry a day . . .
What's the story with superfoods? There was a time
when all that was needed to keep the doctor at bay was an apple,
but these days, if you're serious about living as long as possible,
you'll have to find an increasingly exotic cocktail of fruit and
vegetables, writes Conor Pope. p
Sport
Hard to derail Kerry locomotive
Gaelic Games: In Kerry, the turnover in dynasties
is swift. The All-Ireland champions rumbled out for their first
truly solemn assignment under Pat O'Shea in the valley of the
Macgillycuddy Reeks yesterday, and after a fine, heavyweight
encounter against Cork, it was business as usual. pTalk of Lampard move hots up
Soccer: Frank Lampard could be heading for the
Stamford Bridge exit door after reportedly turning down a massive
contract offer at Chelsea. pFortune smiles on Heffernan
Irish Derby : Séamus Heffernan stepped into
the most intense spotlight that racing can provide in Ireland when
Soldier Of Fortune ran out a breathtaking nine-length winner of
yesterday's Budweiser Irish Derby at the Curragh. pKilkenny cruise in second gear
Leinster SHC final/ Kilkenny 2-24 Wexford 1-12 : There should be a black box, some device for hurling's forensics people to examine as they sift through the wreckage of this Wexford performance. p
