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Michael Lynn (39), who practised as Capel Law in Dublin, owns more than 100 properties.
Photograph: Garrett Whilte/Collins
Solicitor's practice is shut after assets are frozen
A Dublin law practice has closed after the High Court heard yesterday that a solicitor and property developer, who has drawn down bank loans of €26.3 million since January, used his clients' account for personal dealings.Time has come for creation of Palestinian state - Rice
US secretary of state Condoleezza Rice has said the time has come for the creation of a Palestinian state, and that Israelis and Palestinians are engaged in the "most serious" attempt in years to resolve the conflict.Half of all family law cases relate to domestic violence
Domestic violence generates almost half of all the family law applications that are made in the District Court, new figures show.
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Lib Dems seek new leader as Campbell quits
BRITAIN: Britain's Liberal Democrats are seeking
their third leader in less than two years following Menzies
Campbell's decision to quit with immediate effect. pUS army confident al-Qaeda in Iraq is defeated
US: Senior American military commanders believe
they have broken the power of al-Qaeda in Iraq, which the Bush
administration has characterised as the most formidable threat to
US troops there, according to a report in the
Washington Post . pPutin shrugs off assassination rumours as he heads for Iran
RUSSIA: Russian president Vladimir Putin has shrugged off rumours of an Iranian assassination plot against him ahead of his arrival in Tehran this morning, when he becomes the first occupant of the Kremlin to visit Iran since Soviet leader Josef Stalin in 1943. pPolice identify internet paedophile
THAILAND: Detectives hunting a paedophile pictured on websites sexually abusing young children have identified him as an English language teacher in south-east Asia, Interpol confirmed yesterday. p
Ireland
Authority to investigate pharmacists
The Competition Authority is investigating whether pharmacists who have this week withdrawn from providing methadone to around 3,000 recovering drug addicts are breaking the law. pDesign contest for new Abbey Theatre planned
An international competition to select a design for the new
National Theatre (the Abbey) at George's Dock in Dublin's docklands
is to be held over the coming months, Minister for Arts, Sport and
Tourism Séamus Brennan announced yesterday. pCabinet may extend voting eligibility rights
Minister of State for Integration Conor Lenihan has said the Government is considering allowing some categories of foreign nationals to vote in Irish general elections. Funding will also be made available to political parties to recruit immigrants. pConvicted rapist who absconded to US is jailed for seven years
A convicted rapist who was extradited from the US in August has been jailed for seven years by Mr Justice Paul Carney at the Central Criminal Court. pAer Lingus pilots expected to endorse deal brokered by LRC
Pilots at Aer Lingus were last night expected to endorse a new
agreement reached in the early hours of yesterday morning between
their union, Impact, and company management on the establishment of
the airline's new base in Belfast. pCancer patient 'mobilised country'
By highlighting a personal tragedy for herself and her family,
Susie Long mobilised a country into thinking about where we are
going as a society, mourners attending her funeral in Dublin heard
yesterday. pHarney insists she will quit as PD leader
Progressive Democrats leader Mary Harney has rejected supporters' calls to stay in the post, insisting that she wants to stand down by Christmas, or early in the New Year. pBill of rights forum being hijacked, say unionists
Northern Secretary Shaun Woodward has been warned of deep unionist concern about the push to agree a bill of rights for Northern Ireland. pInquest told of pile-up in dense fog
A young mother lost her life in a multi-car pile-up that
occurred in "atrocious" driving conditions on the M7 motorway in
Kildare earlier this year, an inquest was told. p
Finance
Profits up at Lowry's refrigeration firm
Michael Lowry's refrigeration installation and maintenance
business made a pre-tax profit of €472,568 last year, a
significant improvement on the previous year, according to accounts
lodged recently with the Companies Registration Office. pElan's shares rise after move to sell by partner
Shares in biopharma group Elan jumped sharply yesterday on news that its US partner in the Tysabri multiple sclerosis drug programme had put itself on the market. pThree share Nobel prize
Three US economists who established and developed theories
governing how trade between two individuals or companies takes
place and how it can be optimised have won the Nobel Prize in
Economics. p
Sport
Robson stands by his Stan
While John O'Shea helped his manager's cause yesterday by coming
through an entire training session at Malahide without any apparent
problems, Bobby Robson mounted an impassioned defence of Steve
Staunton to journalists whom he accused of being unfair to the
Republic of Ireland boss. pFlagship event loses sponsor
One of the longest-running sponsorship associations on the PGA European Tour came to a conclusion yesterday when the Smurfit Kappa Group, who had bankrolled the European Open at The K Club for the past 13 years, announced it was terminating the deal with immediate effect. pGeorge to have another crack at Breeders' Classic
RACING: George Washington is set to have another
crack at the Breeders' Cup Classic at Monmouth Park on Saturday
week and Aidan O'Brien's mercurial former champion miler could be
part of a five-strong Breeders' Cup team for Ireland's champion
trainer. p
