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American Indian Larry Yazzie (40) of the Meskwaki nation performing a sun dance on the corner of Moore Street and Henry Street in Dublin yesterday. Larry has been flown in by an advertising agency to try to bring sun to Ireland.

Photograph: Kate Geraghty

Hotelier steps in after debs debacle for Cork students
A hotel manager has stepped in to rescue the debs balls of nearly 2,500 Leaving Certificate students in Cork after a planner reportedly made off with over €195,000 in fees collected for the graduation nights.

Board of DCC seeks to win support for Flavin
DCC is campaigning for support from the investment community for its executive chairman Jim Flavin after the Supreme Court ruled he held insider information when making a deal in which the firm made an €85 million profit. The company's interests range from healthcare to energy.
Brown retains right to pull out troops ahead of US
President Bush yesterday lavished praise on the new British prime minister, Gordon Brown, at their first summit together, saying he was a man of principle who understood the ideological war against terrorism.

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Global markets steady as Irish stocks struggle
Global stocks steadied somewhat yesterday following their decimation last week, though the Republic failed to climb out of the doldrums and continued its decline. p
Pressure grows at ICG as second deadline passes
Pressure mounted on the independent directors of Irish Continental Group (ICG) yesterday after the two parties seeking to take over the ferry group for €560.9 million spurned a second deadline aimed at bringing the five-month saga to an end. p
Xerox Dublin staff told to expect job losses
Printing giant Xerox has warned employees at its Irish operation that the outsourcing deal with IBM Global Services which comes into effect at the beginning of September will result in job cuts at its Dublin offices. p
Quinn challenges risk equalisation scheme
The Quinn Group, which earlier this year acquired Bupa Ireland, has brought a fresh High Court challenge to the implementation of the risk equalisation scheme in the health insurance market. p

Ireland

Mother pleads for end to 'senseless killings'
The mother of a Limerick teenager who died after he was attacked by a group of men has pleaded for an end to the "senseless killings" in the city. p
Omagh relatives demand explicit Garda support
A representative of relatives of those killed in the Omagh bombing has written to the Garda Commissioner, Noel Conroy, seeking clarification of the force's support for their civil action against those they believe were behind the 1998 atrocity. p
Workers at bookbinders accept LRC proposals to end dispute
An independent assessor has been appointed to carry out an examination of the viability of the country's largest bookbinders. p
Farm income down 26% last year
Average family farm income amounted to just €16,680 last year, the agriculture and food development authority Teagasc reported yesterday. According to Teagasc, the average full-time farmer on a family farm earned an income of €34,486. But the average income for part-time farmers was €7,899 in 2006. p
Second road death inquiry launched
The Garda Ombudsman has initiated its second road death investigation within 24 hours in Co Galway. p
Punters soak up festival vibe in record numbers
He doesn't look much like Lugh, the Celtic sun god, and his second name is not Zeus or Thor. However, Galway racecourse manager John Moloney was close to some sort of deification last night for single-handedly banishing black clouds from Ballybrit. p
Jackpot winners in no hurry to claim €16m
The winners of Saturday's €16 million Lotto jackpot have made contact with National Lottery officials but the record-breaking prize has not yet been collected. p
ESB grid transfer prompts debate on strike
ESB unions will consider today the possibility of industrial action in protest at Government proposals for reform of the electricity market. However, no definitive decision is expected until the autumn. p
€500m plan for cleaner coastal waters
The Government has decided to spend €500 million over the next 10 years to improve water quality in bays and inlets around the Irish coast and to ensure that pollution laws are enforced and breaches punished. p

World

Death marks end of a cinema era
SWEDEN: The great, gaunt magus of European arthouse cinema, Ingmar Bergman, who has died at the age of 89, finally declared that even he found his own films too depressing to watch. p
43% of Iraqis live in absolute poverty
IRAQ: Forty-three per cent of Iraqis live in absolute poverty and one-third of the population is in need of emergency aid, according to Oxfam International and the NGO Co-ordinating Committee in Iraq. p
Lifelong Atlanticist Brown seeks wider US links
US: A storm broke as Gordon Brown arrived in Washington, but it was purely of the meteorological variety. Not even the torrential rain that deluged Andrews air force base as the prime minister was whisked by helicopter to Camp David could mask his palpable delight in the trip p

Sport

Replay deemed the main event
GAELIC GAMES/Gaelic Games Championship 2007 news: The Cork and Waterford All-Ireland hurling quarter-final replay will be the main event at Croke Park next Sunday as it gets priority over the semi-final between Kilkenny and Wexford. p
Alex heads home to wait for permit
SOCCER: Chelsea's pre-season lurched into crisis last night after it emerged that Alex, the centre-half whose presence would have helped alleviate a worsening injury list, has returned to his native Brazil after being informed by customs officials at Heathrow that he was unlikely to qualify for a work permit. p
Leinster seek earlier start in Toulouse
RUGBY/Heineken European Cup fixtures: Leinster have petitioned the Heineken Cup organisers, ERC, to have the kick-off of their fixture against Toulouse at Stade Ernest Wallon on Sunday, November 18th, brought forward from 9pm local time (8pm Irish time). The fixtures and television schedule for the first four rounds of fixtures were released yesterday. p