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Siobhán Kearney's mother and father, Deirdre and Owen McLaughlin, and her sister Brighid (right) talk to the media outside the Four Courts yesterday after Brian Kearney was found guilty of murder.
Photograph: Aidan Crawley
Clinton's comeback ensures long Democratic battle ahead
DEMOCRATS FACE a further three months of tough campaigning after Hillary Clinton rebounded from a month of losses to win three out of four primaries on Tuesday night, including the crucial states of Texas and Ohio, writes Denis Staunton in Columbus, OhioKearney gets mandatory life sentence for murder of his wife
BRIAN KEARNEY began a life sentence last night after being found guilty by a jury at the Central Criminal Court of murdering his wife Siobhán at their home in south Dublin two years ago. Ruadhán Mac Cormaic reportsHarney and Drumm to face questions over cancer reports
MINISTER FOR Health Mary Harney and the chief executive of the Health Service Executive, Prof Brendan Drumm, are expected to come under strong attack over their handling of the Portlaoise cancer controversy when they appear before an Oireachtas committee today, write Martin Wall and Harry McGee
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Ireland
Proposed child detention centre at Lusk could hold all young offenders
A MAJOR new child detention facility is being planned that will accommodate almost all of the State's young offenders and remove children from the prison system. pReport says aircraft 17 seconds from collision
TWO AIRCRAFT came within 17 seconds of a mid-air collision last
September because of the "critical failure" of air traffic
controllers based at Shannon, a report has concluded. pGarda held as money and car scam is investigated
A SERVING garda was under arrest last night as part of an investigation into money-laundering and an alleged fraud involving stolen and imported cars. pPharmacists warn they may not co-operate with HSE
THE HEALTH Service Executive (HSE) has been warned it can no
longer rely on the full co-operation and goodwill of pharmacists if
it continues with its cost-cutting plans relating to drug
costs. pTransport targets will not be met
NONE OF the five key Transport 21 projects due for completion this year will meet their deadline, despite Government spending set to reach almost €8 billion by December. pAhern says policing plans for NI may 'drift' for a time
DÁIL REPORT: PLANS TO achieve devolution of policing and justice in Northern Ireland "might drift for a few months", but the Government "will not procrastinate on this issue", Taoiseach Bertie Ahern told the Dáil. pExpert convinced of energy potential
AN IRISH expert remains absolutely convinced that energy derived from the waves around our coastline will be providing power to our homes within the next five years. However, a "bottleneck" threatens to slow the process of bringing it ashore. pMaze escaper can stand trial over Tidey kidnapping, court rules
THE SUPREME Court has cleared the way for the trial of Maze
Prison escaper Brendan McFarlane on charges connected with the 1983
kidnapping of supermarket boss Don Tidey. pEnright and Banville shortlisted for book awards
BOOKER PRIZE winners Anne Enright, John Banville and Roddy Doyle are among the authors who have been shortlisted for the Irish Book Awards this year. p
Finance
Irish banks curtail recruitment of new staff
AIB AND Bank of Ireland, the largest financial institutions in the State, have curtailed the recruitment of new staff in light of cuts in their profit forecasts due to the economic downturn and the sustained decline of the property market. pEmployment growth slows, but jobs up 3.2% on 2006
WHILE THE pace of employment growth is slowing down, healthy job
gains were still recorded in the Irish economy during 2007,
according to the
Quarterly National Household Survey , published yesterday
by the Central Statistics Office. pGlanbia planning to spend €200m on acquisitions
DAIRY AND nutritional ingredients company Glanbia will spend up to €200 million on acquisitions this year as it seeks to develop its interests in the high-margin specialist dairy ingredients industry. pElan boss waives $1m bonus and plumps for options on 73,874 shares
ELAN CHIEF executive Kelly Martin last month waived his $1 million cash bonus for 2007 in favour of the granting of options on 73,874 ordinary shares. p
World
Clinton reignites Democratic race with latest wins
The role of 795 super delegates will now become central to who
wins the Democratic nomination, writes
Denis Staunton pTory call for poll on Lisbon Treaty rejected
BRITAIN: IRELAND OFFERED the last remaining hope for British Euro-sceptics last night after the House of Commons soundly defeated the Conservative demand for a referendum on the Lisbon Treaty. pPremier Wen warns on inflation but looks forward to Olympics
CHINA: PREMIER WEN Jiabao gave his annual work
report to delegates at China's annual parliament yesterday,
flagging a bureaucratic shake-up in the state apparatus and warning
that rising prices must be tamed to ensure ordinary people enjoyed
a decent standard of living. p
Sport
Rampant Chelsea show no mercy
Chelsea 3 Olympiakos 0 Chelsea win on 3-0
aggregate AVRAM GRANT can only dream that Chelsea's
progress in the Champions League will remain this serene over the
next two months. While Manchester United and Arsenal were subjected
to testing examinations before taking their place in the last
eight, Chelsea secured their quarter-final berth with consummate
ease last night. pBrady outlines new role in Irish set-up
SOCCER REPUBLIC OF IRELAND MANAGEMENT TEAM LIAM BRADY confirmed last night that he will be taking a role within the Irish team's managerial set-up alongside Giovanni Trapattoni. The 52-year-old said that he had talked to his employers at Arsenal and that having received their approval all that remains is for details of his contract to be finalised with the FAI. pBrennan sees benefit of future Rules series
GAELIC GAMES NEWS ROUND-UP THE GAA would be opening
itself to an onslaught of recruitment by Australian Rules football
clubs if it votes against the resumption of the International Rules
series, according to association president Nickey Brennan. p
