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Celia Larkin bought house with Ahern cumann money
A house was bought by the Taoiseach's former partner Celia Larkin in 1993 with money donated to Bertie Ahern's cumann in Drumcondra, the Mahon tribunal heard yesterday. Colm Keena , Public Affairs Correspondent, reports.Lisbon Treaty Bill will reaffirm neutrality
The Government is to propose a constitutional provision to copperfasten Ireland's military neutrality in the Lisbon Treaty referendum. This is aimed at forestalling attempts by the No side to raise fears on the issue. Deaglán de Bréadún , Political Correspondent, reports.Dustin's Eurovision song no turkey, says Geldof
His participation in tonight's final may have already ruffled a few feathers, but Dustin the Turkey yesterday received the heavyweight backing of Bob Geldof in his bid for Eurovision glory, writes John Downes.
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Evidence suggests Kearney strangled, jury told
Siobhán Kearney died from asphyxiation due to neck
compression, a Central Criminal Court jury has heard. Brian Kearney
(50), Carnroe, Knocknashee, Goatstown, Dublin, has pleaded not
guilty to murdering his wife Siobhán (38) on February 28th,
2006, his 49th birthday. p2,000 on waiting lists decline offer of private treatment
More than 2,000 public patients on hospital outpatient waiting lists, who were offered treatment privately by the National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF) last year, declined the offer and chose to continue waiting, according to figures published today. pFiona Shaw and Colm Meaney honoured
Irish actors Colm Meaney and Fiona Shaw and US director James L
Brooks were the recipients of the third annual Oscar Wilde:
Honouring the Irish in Film awards presented by the US-Ireland
Alliance at a ceremony in the Ebell theatre in Los Angeles on
Thursday night, writes
Michael Dwyer , Film Correspondent, in Los
Angeles pMajority back devolution of policing
Six out of 10 people in Northern Ireland, including a majority of DUP supporters, favour the proposed devolution of responsibility for policing and justice to the Northern Executive, according to a new British government survey. pAer Lingus talks continue in bid to avert strike action
Talks between management at Aer Lingus and the trade union Siptu were continuing last night in a bid to avert industrial action from next week which could affect up to 20,000 passengers daily. Martin Wall , Industry Correspondent, reports. pIrish teenagers spend 43 minutes a day on Bebo
Irish teenagers spend an average of 43 minutes per day on the social networking site Bebo, 10 minutes more than their British counterparts, according to figures supplied by the company. p50% of farmers oppose walkers on lands
In a survey on rural tourism, 50 per cent of farmers said they would not be willing to participate in a walking scheme even if they could be indemnified against claims and no permanent right of way would be established. pPlan for Dún Laoghaire baths gets guarded welcome
Proposals to redevelop Dún Laoghaire baths as part of a €129 million scheme to provide new beach and aquatic facilities at Sandycove were given a guarded welcome by local councillors and the campaign group Save Our Seafront. pThree arrested over allegedly forged will
Gardaí in Co Wexford have arrested three people for questioning and have interviewed a fourth person as part of an investigation into the alleged forgery of a will relating to a large farm in the county worth several million euro. pFormer priest jailed for abusing children
A former Catholic priest who pleaded guilty to 53 counts of
indecently assaulting children has been jailed for four years. p
Finance
AIB takes stake in Bulgarian bank for €216m
AIB has agreed to buy a 49.99 per cent stake in Bulgaria-American Credit Bank (BACB), a commercial lender, for €216 million in cash as part of its continued expansion into eastern Europe. Simon Carswell , Finance Correspondent, reports. pFinance Ireland suspends its lending as costs surge
A lending company that allowed older people to borrow money using their homes as security against the loans has suspended business due to the higher cost of funding in the debt markets caused by the credit crunch. Simon Carswell , Finance Correspondent, reports. pLender's investors unlikely to recover funds
Shareholders in specialist lender International Securities Trading Corporation (ISTC) are unlikely to recover their money after London investment bank Collins Stewart signed a deal to take control of the troubled company, write Arthur Beesley and Simon Carswell. pVW worker in bribery case jailed
The Volkswagen sex and bribery scandal returned to the headlines
yesterday after the company's former works council head was
sentenced to nearly three years in prison for breach of trust. p
World
Turkey to pull troops from Iraq 'in shortest time'
TURKEY: Turkish leaders have moved rapidly to
assuage international concerns, as the Turkish military launched
what appeared to be its biggest incursion into Iraq in over a
decade. pTV debate fails to halt momentum for Obama
US: Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton returned to campaigning in Texas yesterday after a televised debate failed to change the dynamic of a Democratic race that is moving powerfully in Mr Obama's direction. pEU and US urge Serbia to protect their embassies
EU: The European Union and the US demanded
yesterday that Serbia protect western embassies in Belgrade after
several were attacked and one man was killed in a night of rioting
fuelled by anger over Kosovo's independence. p
Sport
Another point of no return
RUGBY: Eight years ago Ireland faced a point of no
return. They were without a win against the Scots in a dozen
attempts and, coming off a 50-pointer at Twickenham, they threw
caution to the wind with a new team. The 44-22 victory represented
a turning point. The good times rolled for years afterwards. pKeane happy to return fire
SOCCER: Roy Keane, his words dripping in sarcasm, referred to FAI chief executive John Delaney as "a great man" yesterday, and Eamon Dunphy as "a good friend of mine". Delaney and Dunphy have this week attacked Keane, Delaney for his record in the transfer market as manager of Sunderland, Dunphy for Keane's "bullshitting" in his weekly pre-match press conference. p
