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Tánaiste Brian Cowen is greeted warmly by former taoiseach Albert Reynolds at last night's launch of the updated edition of The Far Side of Revenge, Making Peace in Northern Ireland by Deaglán de Bréadún of The Irish Times.
Photograph: Bryan O'Brien
Cowen dismisses speculation on changes in Cabinet
BRIAN COWEN will today be formally elected as the seventh leader of Fianna Fáil - in advance of becoming the 12th head of Government since independence in 1922.Serious limitations in stroke services costing lives, says report
SERIOUS DEFICITS in the way stroke patients are treated in the Irish healthcare system are outlined in stark terms in a new report which says the way services are currently organised is costing patients' lives.Olympic body may abandon international torch relay
THE INTERNATIONAL Olympic Committee (IOC) is to meet on Friday to consider abandoning the international leg of the Beijing Olympic torch relay following protests in Paris, London and San Francisco in recent days.
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Progress in Iraq fragile, says US commander
US: THE TOP United States military commander in
Iraq has told senators that progress there is "fragile and
reversible" and called for an indefinite halt to troop withdrawals
in the summer. Gen David Petraeus said that once the last of 20,000
extra troops sent to Iraq last year come home in July there should
be a 45-day pause before any further withdrawals are
considered. pTalk of plan for common tax base 'premature' in Brussels
EU: THE EUROPEAN Commission's top official has said
it is still "premature" to say whether it will ever propose a
common method of computing corporate taxes across the Union. pEx-Israeli president rejects rape plea bargain
ISRAEL: IN A stunning reversal, former Israeli president Moshe Katsav said yesterday that he had decided to reject a plea bargain that would have seen him plead guilty to sexual harassment charges. He could now face much more serious charges, including rape. pViolence widespread, claims Zimbabwe's opposition
ZIMBABWE: HOPES THAT Zimbabwe's electoral crisis could be resolved peacefully began to fade yesterday amid reports of widespread violence against people opposed to the ruling regime. p
Ireland
Postmortem finds man shot in head
A MAN whose body was found buried in a shallow grave on waste
ground in Limerick city had been shot once in the head, a
postmortem has concluded. pCourt told in graphic detail of carnage in Omagh
THE OMAGH civil action has heard detailed and graphic witness
accounts of the bombing in 1998 which killed 29 people and unborn
twins and injured hundreds. pKenny neighbour claims he was jostled and barred from entering disputed strip of land
A DISPUTE over ownership of a strip of land beside the homes of
RTÉ broadcaster Pat Kenny and his neighbour blew up, involving
physical confrontation. pSurvey shows massive support for carbon taxes
A GOVERNMENT-commissioned opinion poll shows an overwhelming majority are concerned about the impact of climate change in Ireland and back the punitive measures proposed to reduce carbon emissions. pHSE to discuss controversial cutbacks in services
THE BOARD of the Health Service Executive (HSE) is expected to consider controversial proposals for cutbacks in services when it meets today. pBeverley Flynn welcomed back to Fianna Fáil party
MAYO TD Beverley Flynn rejoined the Fianna Fáil parliamentary party at a meeting of the organisation yesterday evening - on the eve of Brian Cowen's election as leader of the party. pInvestments of £68,000 came from cash in safe
INVESTMENTS TOTALLING £68,000 made by Beverley Flynn on behalf of former EU commissioner Pádraig Flynn came from cash he had accumulated in his safe, the Mahon tribunal was told yesterday. pArt history repeats itself as Clare takes top prize
CO CLARE has taken the top prize in Ireland's premier young
people's art competition for the second year in a row. pMan was 'flipped in the air' by car, murder trial told
A MAN on trial for the murder of a another man in Arklow, Co
Wicklow, deliberately drove his car at the victim, flipping him
high up into the air, a court has heard. p
Finance
House prices show signs of stabilising, says NIB
HOUSE PRICES in the Republic are showing signs that they are
about to stop falling, National Irish Bank said yesterday. pIMF puts credit crisis cost at $1,000bn but says worst is over
THE FINANCIAL sector faces potential losses of nearly $1,000 billion as a result of the credit crisis, the International Monetary Fund said yesterday, warning of further losses and writedowns on prime mortgages, commercial real estate, leveraged loans and consumer finance. pLondis in forecourt deal with Texoil for 20 stores
WHOLESALE FOOD and drinks group ADM Londis has signed a deal with fuel distributor Texoil to operate forecourt shops at 20 new Texaco service stations. p
Sport
Liverpool advance after pulsating tie
Liverpool 4 Arsenal 2 (Liverpool win 5-3 on
agg): LIVERPOOL ADVANCE yet again to a Champions League
semi-final with Chelsea, but the future will have to wait because
this match leaves everyone who witnessed it in the grip of their
memories. pLittle love lost despite routine handshakes
IT IS almost a year since Rafael Benitez was invited to consider the deterioration of what had once been a relationship fuelled by healthy respect. "We were good friends until Liverpool started winning," said the Spaniard of Jose Mourinho, whose Chelsea side he was preparing to confront for the 14th time in under three years in the first leg of the Champions League semi-final. Familiarity had bred contempt. History may now repeat itself. pMeyer throws hat into IRFU ring
THE IRFU'S three-man appointments committee of Neil Jackson,
Noel Murphy and Pa Whelan are continuing their search for a new
Ireland head coach but with little sign of them coming to a
decision in the short term. Ideally, they would like to have the
new man in place for the Tests against New Zealand and Australia on
June 7th and 14th but the possibility of a caretaker coach assuming
command has not been ruled out. p
Motors
RSA miss deadlines on safety actions
THREE OUT of four of the road safety actions in the Government's new Road Safety Strategy have not been implemented by their deadline of March 31st.
