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The Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All-Ireland, Dr Seán Brady, with pupils from St Catherine's College outside St Patrick's Cathedral in Armagh yesterday, following the announcement that he is to be made a cardinal.
Photograph: Eric Luke
Turkey authorises military incursions into Iraq
Turkey yesterday moved a step closer to military intervention in northern Iraq when parliament voted by 507 in favour to 19 against to authorise cross-border attacks on guerrillas from the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).Archbishop Brady appointed as third cardinal in Ireland
The idea that Catholicism was merely a "collection of prohibitions" must be corrected, the Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All-Ireland, Dr Seán Brady said yesterday after the Vatican announced he is to be made a cardinal next month.Dempsey was not told by official of Shannon move
Minister for Transport Noel Dempsey has said Aer Lingus told a department official on June 13th it was considering moving its Shannon-Heathrow operations to Belfast, but the matter was not brought to his attention until six weeks later.
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Chemists to appear before inquiry next week
Up to 15 pharmacies in the Dublin area were visited yesterday by the Competition Authority as part of its investigation into whether pharmacists who have withdrawn from providing methadone to recovering drug addicts are breaking the law. pReport highlights sex-trafficking here
More than 70 women have been victims of sex-trafficking into Ireland in the past six years, according to a report to be published at NUI Galway today. pChawke shooting trial ends as plea changed
The trial of man charged with shooting publican Charlie Chawke during an armed robbery was suddenly halted at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court yesterday after he changed his plea to guilty on all counts. pScope for voluntary job cuts at HSE, says Harney
HSE staff numbers could be cut on a voluntary basis, Minister
for Health Mary Harney told the Dáil. pRise in number of foreign nationals on housing list
The number of foreign national households on the housing waiting list has climbed to 6,224, according to latest official figures. pDublin high-rise schemes rejected
An Bord Pleanála has refused planning permission for two
high-rise schemes in Dublin's Digital Hub in the Liberties, saying
that they would "seriously injure the residential amenities of the
area". pPlans to develop Swords as new city for 100,000
Swords in Co Dublin is to be redeveloped as a new "city" with a population of 100,000, nearly the same size as Cork city, under new plans from Fingal County Council. pIreland tops list of most friendly countries
Ireland is the world's friendliest country and is seen as an
optimistic land where anything seems possible, according to the new
edition of
Lonely Planet Bluelist 2008 . pFire brigade warns of bonfire dangers
Dublin Fire Brigade and Dublin City Council yesterday launched a
safety campaign aimed at raising awareness of the dangers of
bonfires and fireworks in the run up to Halloween. pMan remanded on murder charge
A man has appeared in court charged with the murder of Joanne
Mangan (20), who died following a knife attack at a house near the
village of Grange, Co Tipperary, early on Tuesday morning. p
World
'Reasonable' chance to secure peace, says Rice
MIDDLE EAST: US secretary of state Condoleezza Rice
said yesterday a US-led push for Israeli-Palestinian peace had a
"reasonable chance of success" as both sides sparred over a planned
Middle East conference. pSummit hopes to bury six years of wrangling
EU: EU leaders meet in Lisbon today for a summit intended to end six years of institutional wrangling and decide a new blueprint for the future of the Union. pBhutto due to arrive in Pakistan today
PAKISTAN: Despite death threats and deepening
turmoil, Benazir Bhutto is due to fly into Karachi today, ending
eight years of self-imposed exile and launching one of Pakistan's
most ambitious political resurrections. p
Finance
Pensions issue fudged, says FG
The Government was accused of continuing to fudge the looming
pensions crisis by Fine Gael yesterday, after it published a
long-awaited Green Paper on pensions but did not give any
indication of how it plans to proceed with pensions reform. pNationwide owed most by Michael Lynn
Irish Nationwide Building Society is owed the most money by the
solicitor and property developer Michael Lynn, whose legal practice
was shut down on Monday, according to the report on the Law
Society's investigation into his practice. pPrem Group to spend €168m on European hotels
Prem Group, the hotel management business of property developer
Paddy Kelly, and Goodbody Stockbrokers are spending €168
million on the purchase of 11 three- and four-star hotels in
Belgium and France, and the expansion of the chain into northern
Europe. p
Sport
Finnan's late equaliser fails to cover up familiar flaws
Soccer/Republic of Ireland 1 Cyprus 1: In the
stands there was a variation on the old half-full, half-empty
debate at Croke Park last night. pCabrera pips Harrington
Golf/PGA Grand Slam: British Open champion Padraig
Harrington, five clear at one point, lost to US Open champion Angel
Cabrera at the third hole of a sudden-death play-off in the
four-man, 36-hole PGA Grand Slam at Mid-Ocean in Bermuda
yesterday. pAll Stars have no room for Cork
GAA: "For as long as All Star teams have been picked there were always people that compared A and B, saying one was better than the other . . . and I'm sure this year will be no different." So said GAA president Nickey Brennan in announcing the Vodafone Hurling All Stars for 2007 - and setting off the annual debate over players lucky to make the team, and those unlucky to miss out. Inevitably, there will be disappointments, most likely in Cork. p
