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Josef Fritzl who has admitted to holding his daughter captive in his cellar for 24 years and to repeated sexual assault.

Josef Fritzl who has admitted to holding his daughter captive in his cellar for 24 years and to repeated sexual assault.


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  • Shell rejects proposal to move gas terminal

    The Corrib gas terminal in north Mayo. The bill for Garda deployment there has been running at €800,000 per month SHELL EP Ireland has rejected a proposal by Erris residents that it should move its gas refinery to a coastal, rather than offshore, location. p

  • Man killed in explosion at Cork plant

    The process reactor vessel plant at the Cordon Pharma Chem factory in Little Island, Co Cork, where a man died following an explosion at the chemical and pharmaceutical factory at about 1.25am yesterday. Photograph: Darragh Kane /Provision THE HEALTH and Safety Authority and An Garda Síochána have launched separate investigations into an explosion at a pharmaceutical plant in Cork which claimed the life of one man and left another man fighting for his life in hospital. p

  • Man gets 12 years for repeatedly raping woman

    Richard Finn leaving the Central Criminal Court in Dublin yesterday after being jailed for repeatedly raping a woman for over two hours in church grounds. Photograph: Stephen Collins/Collins Judge takes account of early guilty plea in sentencing p

  • Consumer body to discuss prices with estate agents

    Ann Fitzgerald: giving misleading house prices is the same as creating false share markets CONCERNS ABOUT the supply of misleading information about house price sales are to be raised this morning by the National Consumer Agency with the representative bodies for estate agents. p

  • Roddy Doyle donates manuscripts to archive

    “MODEST AND undemanding” Roddy Doyle has been praised for his donation of a collection of his original works to the National Library of Ireland. p

  • Free film channel planned for TV viewers

    IRISH TV viewers will have free access to a proposed new channel devoted to Irish, European and international cinema. The Irish Film Channel will be one of many new services available when RTÉ 1, RTÉ 2, TV3 and TG4 switch from analogue to digital transmission. p
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  • Eircom financier received €7.34m in pay last year

    ROB TOPFER, the financier who orchestrated the takeover of Eircom by Australian investment fund Babcock Brown Capital, received a remuneration package worth €7.34 million last year. Babcock Brown Capital is an offshoot of Australian investment bank Babcock Brown, whose annual report shows that Mr Topfer was among the five highest-paid executives in the bank during 2007. p

  • UK media group sets up tax base in Ireland

    LONDON-BASED United Business Media (UBM) is to become the latest UK company to establish a base in Ireland for tax reasons. p

  • First Active 'deceived' developer into selling best asset, High Court told

    FIRST ACTIVE turned itself into a shadow director of a building group, forced the company's owner out of any managerial role in the business and "deceived" him into selling the group's best asset, it was claimed before the High Court in Dundalk yesterday. p
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  • Clinton battles to keep campaign alive in Carolina

    US: STANDING ON the banks of Cape Fear river with a battleship in the background, Hillary Clinton was in her element as she addressed a crowd of 5,000 in the North Carolina port of Wilmington. p

  • Nearly 40 killed in Sadr attack on US and Iraqi forces

    Prime minister Nuri al-Maliki: crackdown against Sadrists IRAQ: AT LEAST 38 people were killed in Baghdad in fierce clashes on Sunday, the US military announced yesterday. Shia militiamen took advantage of cover afforded by a sandstorm to launch attacks on US and Iraqi troops and bombard the fortified Green Zone, where foreign embassies and Iraqi government offices are located. p

  • Beijing maintains hostile tone on Dalai Lama

    Performers attend a dance rehearsal in Huai'an in Jiangsu province yesterday. They will be performing tomorrow as part of the 100-day countdown for the Beijing Olympic Games in September . Photograph: Patty Chen/Reuters CHINA: China's offer of talks still has no conciliatory tone, writes Clifford Coonan , China Correspondent p

  • Right-wing candidate elected mayor of Rome

    ITALY: CENTRE-RIGHT candidate Gianni Alemanno, a former member of the fascist MSI party that traced its roots to Benito Mussolini, yesterday pulled off an emphatic and highly symbolic victory in this weekend's Rome mayoral election. p
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  • McCloskey criticises use of Parnell Park for league finals

    John McCloskey: 'We have to be more professional' GAA FOCUS ON DERRY FOOTBALLERS: DERRY TRAINER John McCloskey has criticised the use of Parnell Park as a venue for the weekend's Footbal League finals. p

  • All Blacks to play Munster in November

    RUGBY NEWS ROUND-UP: MUNSTER WILL play New Zealand on Tuesday, November 18th, to mark the official opening of the redeveloped Thomond Park. The All Blacks have confirmed the acceptance of an invitation from the IRFU to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Irish province's 12-0 victory over New Zealand at the venue in 1978. p
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