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Donald Tusk, leader of the centre-right opposition party Platforma Obywatelska (Civic Platform), waves to PO party members after first exit polls saw him ahead of Poland's ruling Law and Justice Party in the general election.
Photograph: Wolfgang Rattay/Reuters
Kaczynski set to be ousted after big turnout in Poland
Polish voters appeared to have ousted their controversial prime minister, Jaroslaw Kaczynski, last night, after streaming to the polls in numbers not seen since the fall of communism, writes Derek Scally in Warsaw.Family blames 'Provisional movement' for son's murder
Gardaí believe that a man beaten to death in Co Monaghan at the weekend was attacked because he had recently been involved in altercations with a known republican in south Armagh and the son of another republican figure from the area, write Conor Lally , Crime Correspondent, and Dan Keenan in Co Monaghan.Stamp duty abolition costs in excess of €33m since April
Thirteen property deals worth over €1 million each have been exempted from stamp duty since the Government abolished the tax for all first-time buyers from the end of March, writes John Downes .
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Row may disrupt national power supply
Electricity generation at the ESB's Moneypoint plant in Co Clare
may be disrupted later today if a meeting between the Technical,
Engineering and Electrical Union (TEEU) and senior ESB management
fails to result in assurances to 200 Polish workers at the
plant. pAhern seeks opinions of FF members about party going North
Taoiseach Bertie Ahern is to consult the Fianna Fáil
rank-and-file about the party's initiative to set up branches in
the North. pStandards in Irish journalism good, says Horgan
The new Press Ombudsman, Prof John Horgan, has said that
standards in Irish journalism are "already good", evidenced by the
fact that newspaper circulation on this island are stable compared
to the other side of the Irish sea. pSurgeon in cosmetic clinic suspended
A French surgeon operating at a Dublin cosmetic clinic has been suspended from the Medical Council's register, pending the outcome of an inquiry by a fitness to practice committee. pAnother abortion referendum unnecessary, says Dr Brady
The Catholic primate, Archbishop Seán Brady, has said he is satisfied with the present situation where abortion legislation in the State is concerned and that he did not think another referendum on the issue was necessary. pChildcare funding to be limited to those on welfare
Thousands of children will not be eligible for subsidised
childcare as a result of changes to the way community childcare
providers are funded by the State, campaigners have warned. p4,000 in Limerick march for Heathrow service
Four thousand people turned out in Limerick city centre on
Saturday to attend the public rally aimed at forcing the Government
to ensure a Shannon-London Heathrow service. pStaff may go over Shannon error
A Minister for State yesterday suggested that a civil servant could end up resigning over the failure to inform the Minister for Transport, Noel Dempsey, about Aer Lingus's plans to axe its Shannon to Heathrow service. p
World
Erdogan plans retaliation after PKK ambush
TURKEY: Turkish prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan convened an emergency meeting of Turkey's top-ranking security officials, including the ministers of defence and the interior, in Ankara last night to decide on retaliation for an ambush by Kurdish separatists that killed 17 Turkish soldiers and wounded 16 others yesterday. pPolish election a showdown between generations
POLAND : Poland's snap general election ended yesterday as a battle royal between the generations. Young Poles cast off their political apathy and turned out in their millions, causing a shortage of ballot papers around the country. pHopes rise as Iran moderate called in for talks
IRAN: Iran announced yesterday that the country's
former top nuclear negotiator, Ali Larijani, and his successor,
Saeed Jalili, will both take part in Tuesday's talks with EU
foreign policy chief Javier Solana. pUS troops say 49 killed in Sadr City raid seeking kidnap gang
MIDDLE EAST: US forces said they killed 49 gunmen in fierce fighting in Baghdad yesterday during a raid to capture an Iranian-linked kidnap cell leader suspected of abducting US-led coalition soldiers and other foreigners. pPlot to assassinate Olmert uncovered
MIDDLE EAST: A group of Palestinian militants, including several members of the Palestinian Authority security services, planned to assassinate Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert as he travelled in the West Bank earlier this year, the head of Israel's secret service told cabinet ministers yesterday. p
Finance
Cork shipping firm in €38m deal
Cork-based shipping company Mainport has spent €38 million
to acquire British supply vessel firm Havila Rescue. Mainport
expects that the deal will lift its turnover to €80 million
this year. pSignificant economic slowdown forecast
Economic growth would shrink to 1 per cent next year if the construction sector was hit by the kind of downturn suffered in Britain in the late 1980s and early 1990s, a new study has found. pOne51 raises €150m ahead of grey trading
One51 has completed a €150 million fundraising in advance of launching a grey market in its shares at the end of this month. pBanks to value Lynn properties
Valuers working for Bank of Scotland (Ireland) and Anglo Irish Bank will this week set about valuing a portfolio of about 40 Irish properties controlled by Michael Lynn, the Dublin solicitor whose assets have been frozen at the request of the Law Society. p
Sport
Ferrari's modest maverick takes title
F1 Championship : For eight months Formula One
laboured under the almost certain notion that the championship
would come down to a battle between two men. pGold at end for rainbow nation
Rugby World Cup: On the coldest night of the 2007
World Cup, even to vast swathes of rugby followers in their own
living-rooms or bars, Saturday's final probably left them a little
cold too. p
