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Officials from the office of the Garda Ombudsman Commission consult gardaí at the scene of a two-car collision in which two men were killed on the Naas Road, Citywest, Dublin, early yesterday.
Photograph: Matt Kavanagh
Landslide victory for Medvedev in Russian elections
DMITRY MEDVEDEV has secured Russia's presidency with a landslide election victory, exit polls showed last night, confirming the predictions of supporters and also critics who called the ballot a Kremlin-orchestrated farce, writes Daniel McLaughlin in MoscowSafety body appeals to drivers as eight die in weekend crashes
THE ROAD Safety Authority has urged motorists to reflect carefully on their behaviour on the roads, following the deaths of eight people in crashes over the weekend including Friday, writes Alison Healy .Lynn's company spent €35,000 on corporate hospitality in 2006
THE PROPERTY company owned by missing solicitor Michael Lynn spent at least €35,000 on corporate hospitality and entertainment at sporting events over the course of a year, writes Simon Carswell , Finance Correspondent
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SF remarks on policing target date upset DUP
THE PLACID image of the Northern Ireland powersharing
administration suffered a setback over the weekend as a war of
words erupted between Sinn Féin and the Democratic Unionist
Party. pCustoms officials seized 300 vehicles last year
OFFICIALS FROM Revenue's customs service seized more than 300 vehicles, including 49 high-value cars, netting more than €3 million in taxes and penalties in 2007. pO'Malley launches campaign for PD leadership
SENATOR FIONA O'Malley has launched her campaign for leadership
of the Progressive Democrats with a pledge that, if successful, she
would run fewer "big-name" election candidates and engage in closer
consultation with the grass-roots. pThree young men die after their car plunges into sea near Castletownbere
THERE WAS only about five feet of water where three young men drowned in their upturned car near Castletownbere at the weekend. Rescuers used a knife to cut them free of their seatbelts but the men were pronounced dead when taken on land. pOver 1,000 gather for Drimnagh vigil
ONLY THE sound of a distant alarm and passing aircraft broke the
silence. For five minutes they stood silently on a foul night with
driving wind and rain, conditions that reflected the sombre mood of
the crowd. pSearch is stepped up for Dublin man missing in Brussels
THE SEARCH for missing Irishman Conor Synnott was stepped up in Brussels at the weekend as family and friends put up posters around the city. pLourdes surgeons note wait for trauma surgery
PATIENTS IN need of urgent surgery after accidents are having to wait 48 hours or more to get into theatre at Our Lady of Lourdes hospital in Drogheda, it has emerged. pMoral authority of church gone, argue winning TCD debaters
THE CATHOLIC Church's "compassion agenda" in providing services
such as schools and hospitals in Ireland was a form of
"utalitarianism", primarily employed to increase its own authority
and control, according to the Trinity College Dublin Historical
Society team in the final of
The Irish Times Debate 2008. pHoteliers warned of slowing economy
DESPITE FLOURISHING domestic tourism, almost half the hotel rooms in the east coast and midlands region remained unoccupied in 2007. p
World
Over 70 killed as Israel targets militants
ISRAEL: Over 70 Palestinians were killed and more
than 100 wounded in Gaza over the weekend as Israel launched a
deadly assault in the coastal strip that targeted Palestinian
militants, who continued to pepper southern Israel with dozens of
rockets. pFree trade pact returns to haunt Clinton in Ohio
US: FOR THE first time in years, the General Motors plant in Parma, outside Cleveland, is about to see some major construction when the ground is broken on a new project later this year. The new building on the factory's car park won't be part of the car plant, however. It's a veterans' outpatient clinic to treat wounded soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan. pEnthusiasts and sceptics all agree on inevitability of Medvedev
RUSSIA: With Putin's seal of approval and a wellspring of positive public opinion, 96,000 voting centres saw Dmitry Medvedev's name again and again, writes DANIEL McLAUGHLIN pHarry says he wants to return to active service
BRITAIN: Britain's Prince Harry, who yesterday returned from Afghanistan after international media broke a news blackout on his presence, said he wants to return to active service. p
Finance
Ireland does well in competitiveness
IRELAND IS ranked as one of Europe's most competitive economies in two surveys due to be published today by influential European think tanks. pSmart and UPC increase broadband speed to rival Eircom
TWO COMPANIES have significantly increased the speeds of their
broadband services in attempts to make them more attractive
alternatives to Eircom. pSurvey shows 48% of small firms curbing energy costs
ALMOST ONE in two businesses have taken steps to tackle rising energy costs, according to a survey of small and medium-sized businesses from Ulster Bank. p
Sport
Cork draw attention for the right reasons
After a lengthy and bitter dispute, the footballers start their
campaign on a winning note, writes
Sean Moran pBattle for fourth place hots up
FA Premier League DAVID MOYES saw his Everton side
reclaim fourth spot in the Premier League yesterday, but still
insisted that Liverpool were favourites to clinch the final
Champions League place. pLombard puts on show but fails to capture audience
ATHLETICS INTERCLUBS CROSS COUNTRY THE FIRST
runner-up described what he did as "disgusting"; the second
runner-up refused to shake his hand, saying, "You can't trust
someone like that." And this was only part of the response to
Cathal Lombard's winning of the National Interclubs cross country
title. p
