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Dublin Bus workers picket Harristown bus depot yesterday The industrial action, which affected 60,000 commuters, is in response to a new roster by Dublin Bus which lengthens their working day, they claim.
Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill
Top Irish investors lose out in finance firm write-off
Several of the country's leading business figures are nursing losses on their investments in a Dublin finance firm which yesterday said it was writing off at least €70 million in assets due to the global credit crunch.Dublin Bus fears dispute may spread to other depots
Dublin Bus has expressed concern that the dispute at its Harristown garage in north Dublin could escalate and affect other depots across the city today.Welfare inquiry centres on non-resident Poles
Social welfare officials are investigating a case of alleged welfare fraud involving EU nationals accused of flying into the Republic on a monthly basis to claim welfare benefits and then returning home.
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Crackdown demanded after another PSNI officer is shot
The DUP has demanded a security crackdown against dissident republicans after an off-duty PSNI officer was shot several times and seriously injured in Dungannon last night. The policeman, the second to be shot in five days, was attacked as he sat in his car in heavy traffic in the Co Tyrone town at about 5.30pm. pBeaumont unable to isolate all MRSA patients
Beaumont Hospital in Dublin is unable to isolate one in three patients with the MRSA "super bug" because of insufficient bed capacity, it has emerged. pMother (22) found dead with knife wounds in Carlow home
A young mother was found dead with knife wounds at her home in
Carlow yesterday. Gardaí said a postmortem is to be carried
out on her body at the city morgue in Dublin. pMan (26) jailed for life for killing his mother
A 26-year-old Dublin man who killed his mother two years ago was
jailed for life yesterday by Mr Justice Paul Carney at the Central
Criminal Court. pDUP seeks Orde meeting over murder
The Democratic Unionist Party is seeking an emergency meeting with PSNI chief constable Sir Hugh Orde this morning concerning the murder of Paul Quinn on an isolated farm in Co Monaghan last month. pAirport chief turns on critics as Pier D opens
At the official opening of the new Pier D facility the chairman
of Dublin Airport Authority, Garry McGann, claimed the efficiency
of Dublin airport is no worse than most other European
airports. pRTÉ explains why it dropped Crown
The final decision to drop cancer expert Prof John Crown from last Friday's Late Late Show on RTÉ was taken by the programme-makers, on foot of concerns expressed by a senior executive, the station said yesterday. pSix women to get result of cancer diagnosis this week
Six women awaiting results of final tests to determine if they were given a correct or incorrect breast cancer diagnosis at the Midland Regional Hospital in Portlaoise are expected to get those results later this week. pLimerick plant to close with loss of 163 jobs
Limerick manufacturing plant Atlas Aluminium confirmed yesterday that it is to close with the loss of 163 jobs. pVisit of Finnish president
President Mary McAleese yesterday offered the sympathies of the Irish people to Finnish president, Tarja Halonen, following last week's killings at a Finnish school. Nine people including the 18-year-old gunman died. p'Interferers' warned of robust EU treaty debate
Minister for European Affairs Dick Roche said yesterday he hopes for a balanced debate on the EU Reform Treaty, but warned that those who come to Ireland to "interfere" in next year's referendum campaign should expect a "robust" debate. p
World
Brown reaffirms the primacy of US-British bond
BRITAIN: British prime minister Gordon Brown moved to dispel any lingering impressions of a policy rift with Washington last night in a major foreign policy speech strongly reasserting the primacy of the Anglo-American alliance. pBlack Sea coast facing 'ecological catastrophe'
RUSSIA: Long stretches of Russia's Black Sea coast
face an ecological catastrophe, local authorities said yesterday,
after a fierce storm broke up a tanker, disgorging hundreds of
tonnes of oil on to the shore. p
Finance
Ryanair could face action on ticket sales
Ryanair could face legal action to force it to adopt more consumer-friendly policies following an EU-wide investigation into unfair practices in the airline industry. pDCC profit wiped out by insider dealing provision
Holding group DCC reported pretax losses of €14.86 million
after a €50 million insider dealing provision wiped out its
profit in the first half of its fiscal year. p
Sport
Arsenal enjoy a Madejski stroll
SOCCER: Reading 1, Arsenal ... 3 Arsenal have breezed back to the pinnacle having barely broken into a sweat. Arsene Wenger's side were given the freedom of this corner of Berkshire last night, their swagger rarely checked by obliging hosts whose mind-set never veered from the utterly defensive. Class was always likely to tell, with the trio of goals crafted so gloriously all worthy of champions. pHayes set to resume training
RUGBY: Munster coach Declan Kidney received mixed
news yesterday with regard to the make-up of the squad that will
face the French side Clermont Auvergne next Sunday in the second
match of their Heineken European Cup campaign. p
