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Britain's Prince Philip and France's first lady Carla Bruni smile as they stand with French president Nicolas Sarkozy during a review of the guard of honour at Windsor Castle yesterday. Mr Sarkozy is on a state visit.
Photograph: Lewis Whyld/Reuters.
O'Malley says Ahern must clarify tribunal evidence
A CANDIDATE for the leadership of the Progressive Democrats, Senator Fiona O'Malley, has said the credibility of the Government is being undermined by the contradictions surrounding the Taoiseach's evidence at the Mahon tribunal, STEPHEN COLLINS , Political Editor reportsGovernment tells HSE to divert funds from nursing home care
THE GOVERNMENT has instructed the Health Service Executive (HSE) to divert millions of euro set aside for the planned "fair deal" scheme on funding long-term nursing home care into other areas of health spending. CARL O'BRIEN & MARTIN WALL reportLimerick teens sell software firm in multimillion deal
TWO TEENAGE Limerick brothers have shared in a multimillion-dollar payday following the sale of their fledgling software company, Auctomatic, to publicly quoted Canadian firm Live Current Media. JOHN COLLINS reports
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Luas Docklands extension to cost €60m a kilometre
THE COST of the Luas extension to Dublin's Docklands is €90 million - or €60 million a kilometre, the chief executive of the Railway Procurement Agency (RPA), Frank Allen, has revealed. pPaperwork distracts teachers from job
ASTI CONFERNCE/GENERAL SECRETARY'S ADDRESS: TEACHERS ARE being distracted from their real work by a populist modernisation programme that places bureaucratic burdens on schools involving "endless paper trails", a trade union leader claimed yesterday. pSex, drugs and . . . Pistols get ready to picnic
PUNK LEGENDS The Sex Pistols are to headline the Electric Picnic
festival - making it the first time the band has played in
Ireland. pDeaths of Roscommon couple not considered suspicious
GARDAÍ INVESTIGATING the deaths of an elderly couple at their home in Co Roscommon do not suspect foul play. pNI civil servants in strike threat over job cuts
NORTHERN IRELAND civil service union NIPSA is threatening industrial action over plans by the Northern Ireland Housing Executive to cut more than 450 jobs over the next three years. pYes vote for 'peaceful Europe'
MINISTER OF State Pat the Cope Gallagher last night urged a Yes vote on the basis that it would ensure the continuation of "a peaceful Europe from the Atlantic to the Urals". pConsultant contracts set to dominate IMO annual meeting today
THE MUCH-DELAYED hospital consultant contract is likely to dominate the annual meeting of the Irish Medical Organisation (IMO), which begins in Killarney today. pFinger severed in accident, not in assault as claimed
AN ENGLISH teenager who said he lost his finger in an attack on St Patrick's Day in Dublin severed it while attempting to climb over a fence, gardaí said yesterday. pYoung male drivers' delusions make them dangerous, says Byrne
FOUR "DELUSIONS" shared by young male drivers made them the most "dangerous category" of people on roads, according to the Road Safety Authority (RSA)chairman Gay Byrne. p
Finance
Regulator to examine ISE dealings
THE FINANCIAL Regulator is preparing to examine share dealing records stored by the Irish Stock Exchange and the London exchange in its inquiry into "false and misleading" rumours about the fiscal position of Anglo Irish Bank and other Irish financials. pGoodman's C&D investment a boost for Reynolds firm
BACKGROUND It's been over a decade since beef tribunal investigated Goodman's dealings with Albert Reynolds pMangans to net €45m in sale of food wholesaler
THE MANGAN brothers - Gabriel, Terence and Leo - are set to share in a near €45 million windfall after agreeing yesterday to sell their Ennis-based wholesale group to rival BWG. pBofI reduces forecast for economic growth to 3%
BANK OF Ireland has cut its economic growth forecast due to a more severe slowdown in the housing sector but still expects the economy to grow by 3 per cent this year, buoyed by strong exports. Simon Carswell , Finance Correspondent, reports p
World
Zimbabwe opposition campaign unhindered in Harare
ZIMBABWE: In stark contrast to previous elections
marred by violence, Robert Mugabe's intimidation tactics have been
noticeable this time only by their absence, writes
Bill Corcoran in Harare pMilitia in Basra given 72 hours to surrender their arms
IRAQ: IRAQ'S PRIME minister, Nouri al-Maliki, yesterday gave Shia militia and other gunmen a 72-hour deadline to surrender their weapons as his forces engaged in fierce street battles in the southern city of Basra for the second consecutive day. p'Lidl Stasi' spied on staff, German magazine reports
GERMANY: GERMAN DISCOUNT retailer Lidl has been accused of systematically spying on its employees with hidden cameras and microphones. pPeru's cocaine traffickers enjoy high life again
PERU: Booming demand and the ingenuity of new gangs have given impetus to Peru's drugs trade, writes Patrick McDonnell in Santa Lucia. p
Sport
Capello has little cause for cheer
SOCCER International Friendly/France1 England
0: "ENGLAND TILL I die," sang the visiting support as the
night wore on. Fabio Capello will be glad to hear it because this
was the sort of friendly that would have lesser men deserting.
David Beckham duly made his 100th appearance, but the side was tame
in defeat and the victors held a near-monopoly on excitement,
especially when Nicolas Anelka was in possession. pDempsey delivers damning verdict on rule
LONGFORD MANAGER Luke Dempsey says Division Three games have reached championship intensity this year due to the spectre of being denied a route through the All-Ireland qualifiers for the relegated teams. pOlazabal to miss Ryder Cup
GOLF: TWICE FORMER US Masters champion Jose Maria
Olazabal said yesterday he will almost certainly not play in
September's Ryder Cup. The 42-year-old, who is Nick Faldo's
vice-captain for the Kentucky event, will make his return to
competitive action at the Andalucia Open today after persistent
problems with rheumatism cut short his 2007 season. p
