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Thomas 'Slab' Murphy, flanked by gardaí yesterday, after appearing at Ardee District Court, Co Louth, on alleged Revenue offences following an operation involving the Criminal Assets Bureau.
Photograph: Dara MacDónaill
Unions say calls for pay control are not credible
Trade union leaders and the Opposition yesterday criticised Government calls for workers to exercise wage restraint just weeks after Ministers accepted large pay increases for themselves.Protestant schools take legal action on staff redeployment
Four Protestant schools in Dublin have begun legal proceedings against the Department of Education in an increasingly bitter dispute about the redeployment of teachers in second-level schools.Five Marys boost our rating on women's role in politics
Ireland has scored well in a worldwide index of women's involvement in politics but only because it has had a female president for so much of the recent past.
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Ireland
HSE will list breastcare units it can stand over
The Health Service Executive is expected to announce today which
hospitals in the State have breast cancer services where patients
can be sure they will receive a proper assessment if they have
symptoms of breast disease. pGardaí to receive data on all air and sea passengers
Plans have been unveiled for new electronic border controls which will result in the travel details of all air and sea passengers to and from the State being entered into a centralised database and monitored by gardaí. pPere Charles families pray as trawler is raised
Over 30 relatives of those who died when the
Pere Charles sank off Hook Head on January 10th last
travelled out to the salvage barge moored about 1km off Dunmore
East yesterday to see the trawler in which their loved ones
perished. pMental health body criticises progress
The State's watchdog on mental healthcare has expressed concern at the slow pace at which health authorities are working to implement a national policy on developing mental health services. pBearhugs as President hails Olympians
There were handshakes, and even bearhugs, for President Mary
McAleese as she greeted Ireland's recently returned athletes from
the Special Olympics World Summer games in China at Áras an
Uachtaráin yesterday afternoon. pIrish translation costs get 'undue attention'
Costs for the translation of public documents into Irish receive
undue attention, when they are only a very small percentage of the
overall cost of producing the documents, particularly as only a few
key documents require translation, according to Minister for
Gaeltacht Affairs Éamon Ó Cuív. pCouple win case against HSE over death of baby
A couple who argued that the right to life of the unborn
amendment to the Constitution supported their claim of entitlement
to damages for wrongful death of their stillborn baby son have
settled their High Court action for a substantial sum and with an
admission of liability by the HSE. pThurles Erin Foods factory to close in June with loss of 95 jobs
The Erin Foods factory that has been in operation in Thurles, Co Tipperary, for the last 46 years is to close next June with the loss of 95 jobs, the company announced last night. p
Finance
Rising cost of food pushes inflation higher
The rising cost of food pushed inflation higher last month as increases in the price of bread, flour, milk, cheese and other dairy and bakery products hit consumers. Laura Slattery reports. pWaterford continues to lose its sparkle
Troubled luxury goods group Waterford Wedgwood saw its losses widen to €29 million in its first half after the company ran out of cash and could not meet demand for its revamped range of crystal products. Laura Slattery reports. pIseq falls 2% as weekly losses hit €7.2bn
The Irish market shed another 2 per cent of its value yesterday, bringing its losses for the week to 7 per cent, or €7.2 billion. pBanks trying to 'jump the queue' to claim against Lynn
Some of the State's leading banks are trying to "jump the queue"
in the race to be the first to register claims over properties on
which multiple mortgages were allegedly taken out by solicitor
Michael Lynn, the High Court has been told by lawyers for other
banks.
Mary Carolan reports. p
World
Bhutto to defy rally ban
PAKISTAN: A crunch moment in Pakistan's emergency rule crisis loomed last night as opposition leader Benazir Bhutto prepared to stage a mass rally today, in defiance of a government ban. pFinland mourns students
FINLAND: Finnish politicians have said Helsinki may
drop its opposition to EU plans to tighten gun control laws as the
country struggles to deal with Wednesday's school shooting which
left nine dead. pGeorgian leader bows to protesters and calls elections
GEORGIA: Georgia's leader Mikhail Saakashvili bowed
to the will of opposition parties and demonstrators yesterday by
announcing early presidential elections for January 5th. p
Sport
Late Arteta and Anichebe goals see Everton through
SOCCER/Uefa Cup Group stage/Nurnberg 0 Everton
2: Southern Germany proved a fertile breeding ground for
English clubs in Europe last night as Everton secured their place
at the summit of Group A with a late victory over Nurnberg. pMorgan quits after selection problems
GAELIC GAMES: Billy Morgan has stepped down as manager of the Cork footballers, indicating that he would not be seeking a new appointment. Citing his unhappiness at the Cork County Board decision to impose selectors on the management, Morgan brought the curtain down on an involvement with the county senior footballers that stretches back over 40 years. pSA suspend the ban on overseas-based players
RUGBY: South Africa yesterday suspended a decision
to ban overseas-based players from appearing for the Springboks
clearing the way for John Smit to lead the world champions in a
one-off Test against Wales. p
