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  • Ahern £5,000 a 'political donation, for personal use'

    The Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern, made a voluntary disclosure to the Revenue Commissioners in 2006 about a £5,000 cheque he used to open a building society account in Drumcondra in January 1994, when he was minister for finance, the Mahon tribunal heard yesterday. Colm Keena , Harry McGee and Fiona Gartland report.

  • Airline seeks talks to avert dispute

    Aer Lingus management last night invited the trade union Siptu to last ditch talks in an attempt to avert possible industrial action at the airline next week. Martin Wall , Industry Correspondent, reports

  • Property developers owe over €100bn to banks

    Irish property developers now owe more than €100 billion to the country's banks, new figures show. Barry O'Halloran and Paul Tansey report.
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  • SRT may shed 200 jobs over loss of key contracts

    Dermot Mannion: tender process yielded cost savings Up to 200 jobs could be lost at Dublin-based aircraft maintenance company SR Technics (SRT) after it was revealed that the company will retain just one of four key contracts with Aer Lingus, its biggest customer. p

  • AgCert seeks High Court scheme

    Carbon credits firm AgCert International is preparing to ask the High Court to put the Dublin-based business into examinership as it seeks to renegotiate contracts with customers after its greenhouse gas reduction projects failed to meet targets. p

  • EU lukewarm on latest Microsoft proposals

    Microsoft has unveiled what its says are "a set of broad-reaching changes" to its business and technology practices, in a response to ongoing pressure from the European Commission to make its products work with those of its competitors. p

  • Sales of 'Irish Times' up 2.5% in six months

    The Irish Times achieved an average daily circulation of 119,051 between July and December 2007, according to figures released yesterday by the Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC). p
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  • Ireland to contribute €500m per year to EU by 2013

    Ireland is expected to contribute an estimated €500 million annually to the EU budget by 2013, as it moves from being a recipient of some €40 billion in support over the years to becoming a net annual contributor, the secretary general of the Department of Finance revealed yesterday. p

  • Extra €40m for infrastructure projects in arts

    Eur36 million to film making (Section 481) Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism Séamus Brennan has announced an additional €40 million for arts and culture infrastructure projects this year, bringing to almost €245 million overall investment in the area for 2008, writes Fiona McCann. p

  • Drunk driver who killed four friends gets seven years

    A drunk driver who crashed his car after a night out, killing four young friends, was jailed for seven years yesterday and banned from driving for 12 years. p

  • Bullets threat to Mountjoy officers

    Two people have been arrested over an incident at Mountjoy Prison in Dublin, in which two bullets were delivered by hand to the jail on Monday. p

  • 'Once' plays star role for Irish film

    Costume designer Joan Bergin, who won an Emmy for her work on the television drama The Tudors; Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova, who starred in Once, and the film's director John Carney at a reception at the Mondrian hotel in Los Angeles. As Oscar fever builds towards the crescendo that is awards night in Los Angeles on Sunday, it helps to have a strong calling card when competing for the attention of Hollywood studios to back Irish film projects and to support Ireland as a location for international productions, writes  Michael Dwyer ,Film Correspondent,in Los Angeles p

  • Secret service fund of €430,000 unused in 2006

    More than €430,000 deposited into a bank account to fund the work of the State's secret service was not spent in 2006, a Dáil committee heard yesterday. p

  • Bill to help some workers 'in legal limbo'

    Undocumented workers who arrive in Ireland legally but have ended up in a legal limbo through no fault of their own will be "accommodated", Minister for Justice Brian Lenihan pledged. p

  • Personal data put online by councils

    Sensitive personal and financial information, such as bank statements, social welfare information and pay slips submitted by individuals seeking planning permission, have been put online by local authorities. Olivia Kelly and Mark Hennessy report. p

  • Ministers shun Newstalk over on-air calls

    Government Ministers are refusing to be interviewed on Newstalk 106 and the Health Service Executive has pulled its advertising, following the station's refusal to stop calling the offices of Ministers and civil servants live on air. Mark Hennessy , Political Correspondent, reports. p
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  • Serb protesters set US embassy on fire

    The US embassy in Belgrade burns after masked attackers broke into the building and set an office on fire following a massive protest in the Serbian capital against western-backed Kosovo independence. Serbia: Serb protesters stormed and set alight the US embassy in Belgrade last night following a 200,000-strong rally to denounce Kosovo's western-backed declaration of independence. p

  • McCain denies affair with political lobbyist

    United States: Republican presidential frontrunner John McCain has strongly denied that he had an affair with a woman lobbyist, describing as untrue a New York Times report that he did political favours for the woman and her clients. p

  • Ipswich murderer likely to spend rest of his life in prison

    Steve Wright: convicted of killing five prostitutes. Britain: A 49-year-old forklift truck driver from the east of England, is likely to spend the rest of his life in prison after being found guilty of killing five women who worked as prostitutes in what the prosecution called a six-week "campaign of murder" at the end of 2006 . p
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  • Harrington points to unforced errors

    WGC Matchplay Championship : Padraig Harrington was sore after crashing out to Stewart Cink for the second year in a row in the second round of the WGC-Accenture Matchplay Championship at The Gallery Golf Club near Tucson yesterday. p

  • Arsenal's anger gives way to belief

    Soccer/ Uefa Champions League : Alexander Hleb has revealed that Arsenal's initial reaction to their failure to puncture Milan's stubborn resistance on Wednesday evening was one of anger, but already determination has replaced regret as they took forward to next month's second leg. p

  • Underdogs keen to be unleashed again

    All-Ireland Club hurling championships : Whereas the prospects of not having to face Joe Canning would cheer most teams, Loughmore-Castleiney manager Eamonn Sweeney regards the fuss over the Portumna shooter as a distraction ahead of Sunday's All-Ireland club hurling semi-final. p
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