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Taoiseach Bertie Ahern with Tánaiste Brian Cowen at the Ógra Fianna Fáil conference in Tullamore, Co Offaly, on Saturday.
Photograph: James Flynn/APX
Kenny to challenge Cowen over support for Taoiseach
FINE GAEL leader Enda Kenny will challenge Tánaiste Brian Cowen in the Dáil tomorrow over his continued support for Taoiseach Bertie Ahern following the latest disclosures at the Mahon tribunal.Tax child benefit for parents on high incomes, report suggests
A PLANNED new welfare payment for poorer families could be financed by taxing child benefit for higher income parents, a report being examined by the Government has suggested.Lynn was buying property in four more overseas locations
MISSING SOLICITOR Michael Lynn was planning to buy properties in Croatia, Brazil, Canada and the Dominican Republic early last year, according to the records of his property business, Kendar Holdings.
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Aer Lingus and Siptu reach deal to avert disruption
A THREATENED disruption to Aer Lingus flights, which could have affected up to 20,000 passengers from today, has been averted following a deal reached between management and the trade union Siptu last night. pGardaí question man over fatal attack in Limerick
A MAN in his 20s was being questioned last night in connection with the death of another man following an assault in Limerick at the weekend. pRivals cry fowl as Irish plump for Turkey song
TO BOOS and applause from the audience and a welter of bad puns
from his critics, Dustin the Turkey has been selected as Ireland's
entry in this year's Eurovision song Contest. pMen due in court after foiled kidnapping
FIVE MEN are due to appear at the Special Criminal Court in Dublin today after gardaí foiled what they believe was a planned kidnapping of a businessman in Cork by members of the Irish National Liberation Army . p'Once' gets Independent Spirit foreign film award
THE MICRO-budget Dublin musical Once was voted best foreign film at the Film Independent Spirit awards ceremony held on Saturday in a marquee on Santa Monica beach. pAwards tribute for Rosaleen Linehan
A SPECIAL tribute award was presented to actor Rosaleen Linehan
for her contribution to Irish theatre at the 11th annual
Irish Times Theatre Awards last night. pSearch of river Suir for missing man (18)
A LARGE scale co-ordinated search continued into last night for a missing teenager who entered the river Suir in Waterford early yesterday in an attempt to rescue his friend. pSligo to honour Flatley tonight
MICHAEL FLATLEY, who is to receive the Freedom of Sligo tonight, reached the top in showbiz because when other boys were playing football, he insisted on dancing. pMcDowell says fathers' rights can be sought under EU law
THE RIGHTS of unmarried fathers can be fought for in the Irish courts through the European Convention on Human Rights, according to Michael McDowell SC. p
World
Bomb blast in tent near Baghdad kills 40 pilgrims
IRAQ : A SUICIDE bomber detonated a vest packed with metal ball bearings in a refreshment tent full of Iraqi pilgrims heading to a Shia festival yesterday, killing 40 people and wounding 60, police said. pClinton attacks Obama tactics
US : HILLARY CLINTON has adopted a harsher tone in
her bid for the Democratic presidential nomination, accusing
frontrunner Barack Obama of misrepresenting, in mailshots to
voters, her positions on healthcare reform and free trade. pSix more bodies may be buried in Jersey home
JERSEY: MORE BODIES may be buried at a former children's home in Jersey, where a youngster's remains were found by detectives investigating allegations of widespread child abuse on the island, police said yesterday. p
Finance
Panamanian firm made payment to Lynn manager
A BUSINESSMAN who worked as a sales manager in Kendar, the
property business owned by missing solicitor Michael Lynn, has
received a payment in recent weeks into his Dublin bank account
through a Panamanian company,
The Irish Times has learned. pBombardier's Belfast plant may not build jets
WORKERS AT Bombardier's Belfast plant may lose out despite the aircraft manufacturer's decision to proceed with its CSeries regional jet later this year. p
Sport
Careering coaches' collision course set
RARELY HAVE three rounds felt like such glorified warm-up acts.
Somehow Ireland's Six Nations campaign was always going to revolve
around Saturday week's rendezvous with Wales and a renewal of old,
eh, coaching acquaintances, and so it has come to pass. That it
does so with Wales seeking the Triple Crown, the two countries
perched atop the table and England's win in Paris having thrown the
title into a four-way race gives it added lustre. p'Beautiful' cup of hope gives Ramos a positive outlook
SOCCER: JUANDE RAMOS savoured a "beautiful" victory
over Chelsea in the League Cup final at Wembley yesterday, which
arrived courtesy of Jonathan Woodgate's extra-time winner, and said
it represented a psychological breakthrough for his club. pTottenham show their resolve and end the wait
Chelsea 1 Tottenham 2 After extra time. 1-1 after 90 mins: SOME VICTORIES are worth more than the trophy itself. Tottenham Hotspur went against the standard operating procedure of English football by coming from behind to beat the supposedly implacable Chelsea. The losers have much left to play for in the Champions League, FA Cup and, just conceivably, the Premier League but no one in their camp felt last night that the League Cup was a cheap trinket dangling meaninglessly from the fixture list. p
