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The captain of Clongowes Wood College, Conor Gilsenan, celebrates with team-mates after their victory over St Michael's College in the Leinster Schools Junior Cup rugby final at Donnybrook, Dublin, yesterday.
Photograph: Matt Kavanagh
Stocks dive, dollar hit as Fed rescues major US bank
STOCKS PLUNGED and the dollar hit new lows after Bear Stearns, one of the most venerable names on Wall Street, received a massive emergency bail-out, raising fears that the bank could collapse within days.EU leaders commit to binding laws on CO2 emissions targets
EU LEADERS have said they will pass binding laws to implement ambitious cuts in greenhouse gas emissions within the next 12 months.National Museum accused of putting its collections at risk
A SPECIAL report by the State's spending watchdog on the National Museum of Ireland has identified significant shortcomings in record-keeping and sub-standard storage that may put the national collections at risk of "damage and decay".
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Shots fired in security van robbery
GARDAÍ WERE last night searching for a gang of armed
raiders who opened fire with a handgun as they robbed money from a
cash delivery van in a busy shopping centre. pDublin may have lost the Skyfest but still has lots to offer
THE ST Patrick's Day Skyfest may have moved to the Rock of
Cashel but festival organisers say there will be plenty of activity
in Dublin for families and revellers alike. pActivists call on Minister to visit Tara
PROTESTERS CAMPED near the Hill of Tara in Co Meath have called
on Minister for Environment John Gormley to "come and see for
himself" that the M3 motorway is being built within the
preservation area of the Rath Lugh national monument. pPharmacist wins court injunction halting HSE drugs plan
A PHARMACIST has secured a temporary High Court injunction preventing the HSE from changing the way he is paid for dispensing drugs to medical card holders under a controversial new payments scheme. pJudge criticises failure to brief agms on loan
BERTIE AHERN was the Dublin Central constituency treasurer's source of information about the so-called "BT account", the Mahon tribunal heard yesterday. pSlow start as iPhones hit the shelves
ONE SHOPPER does not a queue make, but Colin Byrnes from Glenageary wasn't complaining as he became the first person to buy the new Apple iPhone in the State since it went on sale early yesterday morning. pLeonard Cohen concerts sell out in minutes
TICKETS FOR two Leonard Cohen concerts in Dublin in June sold out within minutes yesterday. pFahey says he is 'far from the wealthiest in the Dáil'
FORMER minister Frank Fahey has said that he is "far from the wealthiest person in the Dáil" and claims that he has been the subject of an "unbelievable" and "orchestrated campaign" over the past couple of years. pGarda operation against crime in Sligo continues
A MAJOR Garda operation into organised crime in the Sligo area continued throughout yesterday, with detectives searching a number of houses and an island in the middle of a lake. p
Opinion
Ó Searcaigh not alone in having questions to answer
OPINION: Neasa Ní Chianáin's film about the poet suggests she too can be accused of misusing power, writes Dermod Moore . p
World
English girl (9) found alive 24 days after going missing
BRITAIN: Family and friends of nine-year-old
Shannon Matthews were celebrating last night after she was found
alive 24 days after going missing. pTibetan protesters burn shops and cars
CHINA: PROTESTERS SHOUTING "Free Tibet" burned shops and cars in the Tibetan capital, Lhasa, yesterday as the most violent disturbances in the Himalayan enclave in two decades continued, with reports of shootings. pMichigan to hold new primary as rivals vow to be nicer
US: MICHIGAN Democrats have agreed to hold a new
presidential primary in June after party leaders ruled out
recognising delegates chosen by an unauthorised primary earlier
this year. p
Finance
Ahern calls for calm in face of 'pessimistic' growth forecast
TAOISEACH BERTIE Ahern has called for a calm approach to the
economy and warned against "short-term, knee-jerk reactions" which,
he said, would cause unnecessary damage to long-term prospects. p
News Features
Human rights, poetic redress
In his introduction to a major series of new writing in The
Irish Times marking the 60th anniversary of the Universal
Declaration of Human Rights,
FONT-WEIGHT: bold Seamus Heaney reflects on how
the Declaration's 30 Articles remain a profound force for
historical good p
Sport
England at home appear to have edge
RUGBY: AS ONE wag observed during the week, this
could be the first game in the Six Nations where both sets of fans
will be cheering for the opposition in order to be rid of their
respective coaches. But come kick-off at England's headquarters
this afternoon, nothing could be further from the truth. This is
England v Ireland after all. Nuff said. p
