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Police officers inside the Jokela high school in Tuusula, Finland, yesterday, where a teenager opened fire before the complex was surrounded and he was overpowered by police.
Photograph: Antti Aimo-Koivisto/Lehtikuva
Minister was warned in 2005 of Portlaoise 'shambles'
The Minister for Health Mary Harney was warned by a senior doctor in a letter over two years ago that radiological services at the Midland Regional Hospital in Portlaoise were being provided "by people who have no expertise in this area".Finnish youth's shooting rampage leaves eight dead
An 18-year-old Finnish youth died in hospital last night hours after shooting dead seven of his schoolmates and his head teacher. Earlier, he had announced the bloodbath with a posting on the internet site YouTube.'Slab' Murphy arrested in Dundalk for tax offences
Alleged former IRA leader Thomas "Slab" Murphy was arrested and charged with tax offences last night following an operation involving Criminal Assets Bureau officers and specialist gardaí.
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Finance
US dollar tumbles to record lows
Crude oil jumped to within striking distance of $100 a barrel
yesterday as the dollar tumbled to record lows, prompting fresh
fears of a resurgence of global inflation. pO'Brien builds stake in IN&M to over 11%
Billionaire businessman Denis O'Brien has returned to the market for shares in Sir Anthony O'Reilly's Independent News & Media (IN&M), increasing his stake in the group to a little over 11 per cent. pBrokers increase margin calls on CFDs as Iseq tumbles
Investors were left nursing significant losses yesterday when margin calls were made on hundreds of leveraged positions in Irish stocks as the market took its latest tumble. pHouse of Fraser to open store in Swords
House of Fraser is to open its third Irish store at The
Pavilions shopping centre in Swords, Co Dublin. The UK department
store multiple also trades in Dundrum Town Centre and next March it
will become one of the anchor tenants in the new Victoria Square
shopping centre in Belfast. p
Ireland
Paisley seeks pledge from Brown on passports
The Rev Ian Paisley has asked Gordon Brown for reassurance that British government plans for electronic borders will not see Northern Ireland citizens required to produce passports in order to travel to other parts of the United Kingdom. pMan gets five years for deaths of two motorcyclists
A 23-year-old man was yesterday sentenced to five years in prison and banned from driving for 25 years after "a horrific" incident in which he caused the deaths of two Polish motorcyclists in Co Kerry. pO'Toole warns of dangers to unarmed gardaí
Céifin Conference: Chief inspector of the
Garda Síochána Inspectorate Kathleen O'Toole said
yesterday she was worried about the safety of unarmed gardaí
because of increasing gang-related violence. pMinisters' constituency staff cost €4m a year
The Cabinet and Ministers of State have nearly 130 civil servants and privately-recruited staff working solely on constituency queries, costing the exchequer at least €4 million annually. pO'Donoghue encouraging moves on Dáil reform
Ceann Comhairle John O'Donoghue has taken steps to encourage significant reform in the daily operation of the Dáil, including changes that would give TDs greater freedom to raise emergency issues. pGardaí seek motive for killing of man
Gardaí in Cork are keeping an open mind on a possible
motive for the killing of a 74-year-old man who was found with his
arms and legs tied in his house on the northside of the city on
Tuesday. pSignificant numbers of migrant women feel exploited
Many migrant women feel marginalised from society due to a range of factors such as a lack of information about their rights in the workplace and the community, according to new research. pLawlors seek copy of death coverage inquiry
The family of the late Liam Lawlor is seeking a copy of an
unpublished internal investigation by the
Sunday Independent into the manner in which it reported the
former Fianna Fáil TD's death. p'Appalling' social issues in Limerick estates
The social problems in the Moyross and Southill areas of
Limerick are among the worst he has encountered in nearly 30 years
of working in disadvantaged areas, the chief executive of the
city's two regeneration agencies said yesterday. p
World
Bhutto threatens to lead mass rally to Islamabad
PAKISTAN: The mood of confrontation in Pakistan
intensified yesterday when Benazir Bhutto threatened to lead a mass
rally to the capital, Islamabad, unless president Pervez Musharraf
met her demands to step down from the army and restore
constitutional rule. pSarkozy receives standing ovation at US Congress as speech mends relations
US: The long years of animosity between the US and
France formally ended just after 11am yesterday when French
president Nicolas Sarkozy entered the US House of Representatives
to applause and yelps of approval. pBurma rejects UN bid for three-way talks
BURMA: Burma's ruling junta has rejected UN special envoy Ibrahim Gambari's bid for three-way talks with detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi during his visit, official media said on Tuesday. p
Sport
United race into next stage
SOCCER: Uefa Champions League/Manchester Utd 4, Dynamo Kiev
0 Manchester United guaranteed qualification from
Group F like a team in a hurry and, on this form, they will be in a
rush, too, to begin the next phase of the competition. pEndgame has that rare Feale about it
GAELIC GAMES/Kerry County football final: It's
endgame in the county-final season and fitting that Kerry has saved
the best until last. Sunday's football final features a classic
north-south rivalry and several All-Ireland medallists, and even
though the winners don't get to play in the Munster championship
there's plenty at stake, including the Kerry captaincy for
2008. pBowl shaped to leave room for afters
OLYMPIC GAMES: Plain but powerful, and
offering a post-Games legacy, is how the designer describes
London's flagship venue for the 2012 Olympics. p
