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Irish will need passports to visit Britain from 2009
The Government has instructed senior officials to prepare a plan to deal with the ending of the Common Travel Area between Ireland and Britain, which has existed since the foundation of the State in 1922, writes Stephen Collins , Political Editor.'Irish Times' ordered back to tribunal
Newspaper publishers and journalists have expressed disappointment at the High Court's decision to order two Irish Times journalists to disclose the source of an article about payments to Bertie Ahern, writes Paul Cullen .Staunton's contract terminated by FAI
The FAI confirmed early today that they have terminated their contract with Irish soccer manager Steve Staunton after just 21 months in the position, writes Emmet Malone .
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Changes to affect 20 constituencies
Constituency changes: Extensive changes to more than 20 Dáil constituency boundaries are contained in recommendations published by the Constituency Commission yesterday. pBank gets order against Dublin solicitor
IIB Bank has secured a temporary High Court order against a Dublin solicitor restraining him from reducing his assets below €9 million, and also freezing bank accounts in his name. pAhern warns of tough action on criminal gangs
The Government will consider the possibility of "draconian
measures" including the use of the Special Criminal Court, if
criminal gangs continue to break the law, Taoiseach Bertie Ahern
has told the Dáil. pDunlop 'bought €64,000 horse but never saw it'
Former government press secretary Frank Dunlop told the tribunal that he bought a horse or "a leg of a horse" for almost £64,000 in 1992, but he never saw the animal and it died the following year. pUnion may picket Moneypoint station
A trade union has said it will place pickets at the ESB generating station at Moneypoint in Co Clare from tomorrow morning if there is no progress in talks in the dispute over the payment of wages and job security for around 200 Polish workers at the plant. pRamsay keeps cool for restaurant opening
Knives were expected to fly when Gordon Ramsay officially opened
his new restaurant at Powerscourt in Co Wicklow yesterday. The
Scottish chef, once voted TV's most terrifying celebrity, is famous
for his fiery temper and expletive-ridden vocabulary. pDaly murder was well planned - gardaí
Gardaí believe the murder of Dublin criminal John Daly was a well-planned killing, organised from the time he was released from Portlaoise Prison two months ago. pCall for national policy on bereavement leave
The head of the Irish Hospice Foundation has called for legislation that will force employers to grant bereavement leave to workers. p
World
Two die as gales spread wildfires
US: More than half a million people have been told
to leave their homes in California as scorching, gale-force winds
whipped up wildfires in an area stretching from the Mexican border
to Santa Barbara. pFour drown while trying to save children off Portuguese coast
PORTUGAL: Four British children and one German child were yesterday coming to terms with tragedy after powerful currents off southern Portugal left two of them without both their parents, two without their mother and another without a father. p73% Irish-based Poles voted for Civic Platform
IRELAND/POLAND: Poles living in Ireland voted overwhelmingly for a change of government in last Sunday's general election. pCivilians killed in US air strike
IRAQ: The US military said it killed 11 people in a helicopter attack on a group of men seen planting a roadside bomb north of Baghdad yesterday, but police and residents said the dead were farmers, women and children. p
Finance
Former Roches outlets lose £400,000
The nine former Roches Stores shops made an operating loss of
£400,000 (€575,325) in their first year under the
control of Debenhams. pRaise tax or borrow to improve services, says ESRI
The Government will either have to raise taxes or borrow if it wants to deliver any appreciable improvements in public service provision next year, Dr Alan Barrett of the ESRI said yesterday. pShannon airport executive chairman resigns
Shannon airport's executive chairman, Pat Shanahan, resigned yesterday in protest at the Dublin Airport Authority (DAA) not informing him of Aer Lingus's plans to end its Shannon-Heathrow service. pStrategy aims to generate €4bn in exports
A new three-year Enterprise Ireland strategy, to be launched today, will set a target of generating €4 billion in new export sales by 2010. p
Sport
United find the perfect counter
SOCCER/Dynamo Kiev 2 Manchester Utd 4: The
number of players in the treatment room might give Alex Ferguson
cause for concern though an emphatic victory that all but secures a
place in the last 16 should help to ease the Manchester United
manager's state of mind. He surely could not have imagined that
this trip to Kiev without several key personnel would yield four
goals for the third successive match as United secured their place
at the top of Group F. pFitzhenry and Comerford recognised by their peers
GAELIC GAMES/Hurling GPA All Stars: The last thing the Gaelic Players Association (GPA) would want with their Opel Team of the Year announcements is for a quick comparison with the GAA All Stars, but of course that's inevitable. p
