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The Dalai Lama meets four-year-old Saoirse Egan from Galway yesterday as he leaves the Guildhall, Derry, where he addressed more than 1,000 young people.
Photograph: Trevor McBride
Garda targets 100 drug dealers on the run
A Garda list of an estimated 100 drug dealers who have escaped potentially long jail terms by going on the run has been drawn up and distributed to senior officers across the country as part of a major drive against organised crime.ESB says domestic electricity bills may fall by up to 10%
Electricity prices are set to fall later this year and the ESB believes that it should be possible to cut household bills by up to 10 per cent, or €14 on average.BBC stops competitions after more fake phone-ins
The BBC is to suspend all telephone, interactive and online competitions after an internal investigation revealed a fresh batch of programmes featuring fake phone-ins.
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Deal to avert industrial action at Eircom
Management and unions at Eircom have reached agreement in principle on a deal which is expected to avert threatened industrial action at the company. pO'Brien may take action against inquiry
Businessman Denis O'Brien is considering two substantial challenges to the inquiry by the Moriarty tribunal into the State's second mobile phone licence competition. pExtended Roma family living on M50 site
The case of the 54 Roma adults and children who are living on the M50 roundabout near Ballymun in Dublin has escalated into a "major humanitarian crisis" with Romas being racially abused and attacked with eggs, Pavee Point, the Travellers' rights organisation, said yesterday. pTributes paid to prison inspector Dermot Kinlen
Tributes have been paid to the Inspector of Prisons, former High Court judge Dermot Kinlen, who has died suddenly in Kerry aged 77. pSt Patrick's church feast transferred to March 15th
Church celebrations of St Patrick's Day next year are being transferred to March 15th as it falls in Holy Week. pBridge in Leenane swept away by flood waters
Rising flood waters and mud from a nearby land slippage swept
away most of a century-old bridge in Leenane, Co Galway, yesterday.
Nobody was injured. pAutistic Nigerian boy gets four-weekreprieve
A six-year-old autistic boy and his family have secured a four-week stay on a deportation order to remove them to Nigeria. pHarney set to lead PDs into 2008 as party defers contest
Mary Harney is likely to remain as leader of the Progressive Democrats at least until next year after party sources indicated a leadership election planned for this autumn will be postponed. pIrish players share in poker millions
Six Irish players were among the 621 who shared the prize pool of $60 million in the main event at the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas. pProtesters arrested after clash at Tara route site
Seven campaigners protesting against the route of the M3
motorway near the Hill of Tara in Co Meath were arrested yesterday
following clashes with construction workers and security
personnel. p
Finance
European gender pay gap shows no sign of closing
Woman earn on average 15 per cent less than men in Europe despite being better educated than men. In the private sector, women are paid 25 per cent less than men. p12% increase in exports by Irish companies
Exports by companies supported by Enterprise Ireland increased
by 12 per cent to €11.8 billion last year and continue to
hold up well despite concerns about the weak dollar, the
organisation said yesterday. pBancrofts 'evaluating'Dow-News Corp merger
The board of Dow Jones & Co Inc has endorsed a $5 billion (€3.6 billion) buyout offer from Rupert Murdoch's News Corp, sending the deal to the controlling Bancroft family for final approval. p
World
Crash on suspect runway kills 200 in Brazil
BRAZIL: The world's worst air accident in five
years killed more than 200 people in Brazil on Tuesday night,
leaving the country stunned at a second major air disaster in 10
months and the government struggling to quell doubts about its
capacity to manage the air network. pRepublicans reject US withdrawal from Iraq
US: After a rare all-night debate on the Iraq war, Republican senators have blocked a proposal to bring most American troops home by early next year. pRobinson among 'elders' chosen for peace mission
SOUTH AFRICA: Former president Mary Robinson has joined elder world statesmen such as Kofi Annan and Jimmy Carter on a team of experienced past leaders that is seeking to resolve conflict across the globe. p
Sport
Woods casts long shadow
GOLF: This time, it's different; the beast has been
muzzled, and everyone is happy. Sure, the weather could be better,
but there's no whingeing or moaning about unplayable rough and, in
contrast to the last time that the British Open was staged on the
Carnoustie links in 1999, players are entering this latest edition
of golf's oldest major championship without fear in their
hearts. p
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