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Aer Lingus chief executive Dermot Mannion takes time to reflect last night at the Labour Relations Commission during talks between pilots and management
Photograph: Aidan Crawley
US pilots offer Aer Lingus colleagues $1m in aid
As talks at the Labour Relations Commission between Aer Lingus management and pilots' representatives aimed at averting a threatened dispute continued last night with no sign of a breakthrough, pilots in the US have offered $1 million (€714,000) to support their Irish colleagues.Law reform head says judges should not discuss their cases
Retired Supreme Court judge Catherine McGuinness has said it would be preferable if serving judges did not comment on cases they were involved in because they might become controversial figures.Alcohol label to warn of health risk during pregnancy
Mandatory labelling of alcohol containers with a health warning about the dangers of drinking alcohol during pregnancy is to be introduced.
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Ireland
State defends 'local needs' planning rules to avert EU action
The Government has told the EU that local planning regulations
based on criteria such as a person's bloodline or ability to speak
Irish are "well balanced and proportionate". p140 Dublin pharmacists to stop giving methadone
More than 140 pharmacists will stop dispensing methadone to
about 3,000 clients in Dublin today in a dispute between the Irish
Pharmaceutical Union and the Health Service Executive (HSE). pPress Council to accept complaints from 2008
The Press Council will accept complaints from the public from January 1st about any articles published or broadcast since October 1st, it has emerged. pFunds to build new campus for art college
A painting presented to a London art college in lieu of rent by
Irish-born artist Francis Bacon has been sold for about £8.1
million (€11.6 million) at Christie's auctioneers in
London. pIreland weak on rights for migrant workers
Ireland has been ranked bottom of an EU-wide league table for not providing long-term residence rights for migrant workers. pDev's biggest failure was on emigration issue, says Taoiseach
Éamon de Valera's inspiring leadership sustained the State
in lean and difficult times, but his biggest failure was the
inability to end emigration, Taoiseach Bertie Ahern has said. pCrime Act introduced to 'garner votes' in election
The Criminal Justice Act had been introduced to "garner votes" and claims that it was necessary to tackle gangland crime were "manifestly untrue", a conference on human rights and criminal justice was told at the weekend. pSex offender focus in search for Swiss girl's killer
Gardaí investigating last week's murder of Swiss student Manuela Riedo in Galway are examining profiles of recent sex offenders and suspects as part of their inquiry. pConnemara-born US soldier buried
Down by the shoreline of Eanach Mheáin in south Connemara,
a small white sign for "reilig" points to one of the most tranquil
resting places on the Atlantic coastline. pSeven-second fall to Earth
It was more of a wake than a party yesterday when a combination
of explosives and gravity brought the giant cooling tower of the
last remaining old-style peat-fired electricity generating station
in Ireland crashing to the ground. p
Finance
Cowen warns over public pay increases
Benchmarking: Minister for Finance Brian Cowen
fired a shot across the bows of the benchmarking body in his speech
to the Dublin Economics Workshop in Kenmare, Co Kerry, on Saturday
night. pPfizer set to invest extra €500m at new Cork facility
Hundreds of new jobs are to be created in Cork by pharmaceutical giant Pfizer as part of a major $500 million (€353 million)expansion of a new biological facility. pB of I launches inquiry into its US fund manager
Bank of Ireland has launched an internal inquiry into its US fund manager Guggenheim Advisors in tandem with an investigation by the New York state attorney general into the bank's subsidiary. p
World
Howard aims for fifth win in Australian poll
AUSTRALIA: Australia's federal election will be
held on November 24th in a poll prime minister John Howard says is
about the "right leadership", writes
Pádraig Collins , in Sydney. pBrown 'needs vision' as Labour trails
UK: British prime minister Gordon Brown came under pressure to set out a clear vision of where he wants to take Britain yesterday after a poll showed opposition Conservatives enjoying their strongest support for 15 years. pMiddle East deal unlikely soon - Rice
MIDDLE EAST: US secretary of state Condoleezza Rice
began a Middle East visit yesterday by voicing doubts that Israel
and the Palestinians would agree during her four-day trip on
parameters for a conference on Palestinian statehood. p
Sport
Argentina cut off at the pass
Rugby World Cup/ South
Africa 37 Argentina 13: Argentina brought
something fresh, different and vibrant from the long-established
elite of the world game to this Coupe du Monde, but for them too,
what looked like a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity ended in the
Stade de France. pInjury rules Long out of Cyprus encounter
International Soccer: Shane Long has been ruled out of Wednesday's European Championship qualifier against Cyprus in Croke Park. pMcGeeney faces old fox Micko for starters
Gaelic games/ Championship draw : It may be the off season but matters GAA are churning over with the championship draw for 2008 made in Croke Park last night. p
