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Red kite fledging in Co Wicklow yesterday. Up to 30 young red kite chicks were introduced to the wilds at the start of the programme to restore this native bird of prey to Ireland.

Red kite fledging in Co Wicklow yesterday. Up to 30 young red kite chicks were introduced to the wilds at the start of the programme to restore this native bird of prey to Ireland.


Photograph: John Griffin.
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  • O'Reilly's counsel warns jury on media attention

    Joe O'Reilly arriving at court in Dublin yesterday for the 19th day of his trial, in which he is accused of murdering his wife, Rachel. Defence counsel in the murder trial of Joe O'Reilly warned the jury against being swayed by media attention to the case. In his closing speech, Patrick Gageby SC urged the jury not to court popularity by finding Mr O'Reilly guilty. p

  • Suicide woman's family awarded €25,395 against sex abuser

    In a landmark legal ruling, a Kilkenny father whose daughter died by suicide has successfully sued a man who sexually abused her as a child. p

  • Five killed, three badly hurt in crashes

    The Road Safety Authority (RSA) has called for motorists to take more care following the deaths of five people in four separate road crashes in Kilkenny, Galway and Dublin yesterday over a 24-hour period. p

  • TCD head warns on need for extra funding

    MacGill Summer School: Irish universities need "significantly higher" budgets than are being offered by the Government's seven-year National Development Plan, one of the State's leading academics has said. p

  • Bookshops get ready for final Potter adventure

    Aisling O'Reilly dresses the front window in Dubray Bookshop on Grafton Street in advance of the Harry Potter book launch. The wizard has landed. At a warehouse on the outskirts of Dublin, 110,000 copies of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows were yesterday being loaded into vans and trucks in preparation for tonight's minute-past-midnight release. p

  • Lenihan says all races must feel welcome

    Ireland must not repeat the "horrendous and stupid" mistakes other European countries have made in dealing with integration, Minister of State Conor Lenihan has warned. p

  • Lusk inquest gardaí to be behind screen

    A further five members of the Garda emergency response unit will give evidence from behind a screen at an inquest into the deaths of two men who were shot during a failed post office raid in Lusk, Co Dublin, two years ago. p

  • Parties and groups criticise terms of reference for McElwee inquiry

    There was widespread criticism of the terms of reference published by the Health Service Executive (HSE) yesterday for an inquiry into the Dr Niall McElwee affair. p

  • AG stresses need to tidy laws

    The speed at which laws are enacted and amendments are made is making the legal system more inaccessible to the public, the Attorney General has said. p

  • Girl (6) needed surgery after sex assault by relative

    A six-year-old girl underwent reconstructive surgery to her genital area and had to cope with a post-operative colostomy bag following an aggravated sexual assault by her mother's cousin. p
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  • Jurys financier opts out of Irish property

    John Gallagher: "I think there's a correction here and how bad that correction is I dont know. There's a whole bunch of factors which will influence whether it's a soft one or a hard one." Photograph: Cyril Byrne John Gallagher, the financier who helped Jurys Doyle to realise some of the highest property valuations in Europe from the sale of its Dublin hotels, has said he will not invest in Irish property because there is "certainly no upside" in the market. p

  • Judge declines to revoke Black's bond

    Judge Amy St Eve of US District Court yesterday rejected arguments from prosecutors who said Conrad Black no longer had the assets to cover his $21 million bond and that an extradition agreement he made in a US court might not be enforceable in Canada, should Black, a 62-year-old member of Britain's House of Lords, return to his native country. p

  • Payment of $2.3m agreed to settle charges

    Four former executives of Irish e-learning group SmartForce have agreed to pay $2.3 million (€1.7 million) between them to settle charges from the US regulator that they violated accounting rules. p
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  • UK condemns Russia's expulsion of envoys

    UK: Russia yesterday expelled four British diplomats and banned its officials from travelling to the UK in a move denounced as "completely unjustifiable" by Britain. p

  • Turkey's opposition is its own worst enemy

    Young election campaigners in Istanbul put up their candidate's posters over the posters of other candidates campaigning for Sunday's elections. TURKEY: Polls ahead of Sunday's elections show the secular opposition heading for only 20 per cent of the vote, writes Nicholas Birch in Istanbul. p

  • Blair makes debut in Middle East role

    MIDDLE EAST: Less than a month after leaving office, Tony Blair returned to a new and high-profile international role yesterday as envoy for the Quartet of Middle East peacemakers, which insisted there would be no dealings with the Islamist movement Hamas. p
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  • No bellyaching from Garcia

    Sergio Garcia puts some serious body language on this approach to the 12th hole at Carnoustie, Scotland The past is the past. This time, the Carnoustie links was no torture chamber. And, for Sergio Garcia especially, there was a measure of redemption. p
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