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Arthur McElhill, Lorraine McGovern and their children (from left) James (10 months), Caroline (13), Bellina (4), Sean (7) and Clodagh (1). All seven are feared dead after a fire at their home in Omagh.
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Aer Lingus to suspend staff who take part in stoppages
Aer Lingus has said that it will suspend ground operation and cabin crew staff who are members of Siptu from the payroll from next Tuesday unless they provide a written undertaking not to participate in industrial action planned by the union for next week.Court asked to consider disqualifications in DCC case
The public enforcer of business law has asked the Supreme Court to consider whether anyone should be disqualified as a director in the case in which DCC executive chairman Jim Flavin was found to have engaged in insider dealing when selling shares in Fyffes.Landladies ordered to pay students €115,000 in damages
Two Dublin landladies have been ordered to pay damages totalling more than €115,000 to 10 students who were tenants in their house after the Circuit Court found they had kept the students under secret electronic surveillance.
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No public hospital given top rating in review
None of the State's 51 public hospitals received a top score in
the latest national review of hospital hygiene published
yesterday. pCobh man found guilty of brother's death
A 25-year-old man was yesterday given a five-year suspended
sentence after he pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of his brother
who died trying to prevent the accused from committing suicide when
he drove his car off the quayside in Cobh, Co Cork. pLabour Court intervenes as bus row drags on
The chairman of the Labour Court, Kevin Duffy, has intervened in the dispute at Dublin Bus which has left around 60,000 passengers, mainly in north and west Dublin, without services for the past two days. pConcerns over time parents spend with children
Most parents feel that mothers and fathers do not spend enough time with their children and that work patterns are negatively affecting the parenting of young people. pFinancial services firm set to shed 80 jobs
The Shannon Free Zone in Co Clare looks set for more job losses, with confirmation that Thomson Financial Ireland is exploring a proposal to move from Ireland with the possible loss of 80 positions. pAddictive and negative message of TV soaps is criticised
Parents and teachers should be more aware of the effects EastEnders and similar soaps have on young people's outlooks, a conference on suicide prevention in schools warned yesterday. pLicence to operate Corrib refinery granted
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has approved an operating licence for the Corrib gas refinery in north Mayo. pNumber of acute beds is below average, says OECD
The Republic has a below average number of acute hospital beds, but one of the highest bed occupancy rates among OECD countries, a report published yesterday has found. pCost of VHI may rise after EU rules against exemption
Consumers could be facing further price increases in the cost of health insurance after the European Commission formally called on the Government to abolish special rules for the VHI and to make it subject to the same rules as other health insurance providers. p
World
All-Ireland exclusion zone to tackle bird flu
IRELAND: The authorities on both sides of the Border moved swiftly yesterday to prevent the spread of the potentially lethal H5NI strain of bird flu reaching Ireland following confirmation of an outbreak in Suffolk. pThompson wins backing of US anti-abortion lobby
US: Former Tennessee senator Fred Thompson has received a big boost in the race for the Republican presidential nomination, winning the endorsement of the powerful National Right to Life Committee (NRLC). pBritish minister accused of cover-up in security scandal
BRITAIN: Britain's home secretary has defended her decision not to disclose that some 5,000 illegal immigrants were cleared to work in security jobs amid Conservative charges of "blunder, panic and cover-up" at the home office. pBhutto calls on Musharraf to quit as president
PAKISTAN: Benazir Bhutto called on a "contaminated"
President Pervez Musharraf to quit power yesterday, ruling out
further co-operation and saying her party may boycott
elections. p
Finance
Vodafone to acquire Perlico
Vodafone has agreed to acquire Dublin-based fixed-line telecoms provider Perlico for up to €80 million in a move aimed at giving it a full offering of mobile, broadband and fixed-line telephone services. pAn Post to keep lucrative welfare contract
Europe's highest court has ruled the Government does not have to put out to tender a €52 million annual contract with An Post for the supply of welfare payments. p
Sport
Spend big, you get big - Hunt
SOCCER; Stephen Hunt admitted yesterday the FAI is
likely to get no more and no less than it is willing to pay for
when the association finally enters the market to recruit Steve
Staunton's replacement, writes
Emmet Malone. pMcCarthy voices opposition to proposed Cork directive
GAELIC GAMES; Cork senior hurling manager Gerald McCarthy yesterday voiced his outright opposition to the county board decision to force a selection committee upon their inter-county managers, writes Gavin Cummiskey. p
