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Poll on children may be delayed to 2009
The Government's planned referendum on children may be delayed until next year as a growing consensus emerges that it should not be held on the same day as the Lisbon Treaty poll. p

Integrated ticketing costs soar to €50m
The Department of Transport has defended the estimated €50 million cost and the timeframe of the delay-plagued integrated ticketing scheme for public transport, blaming complex technical issues. p

Armagh's role as a centre of history and influence laid bare
Strong associations with St Patrick are part of a rich and complex tale, writes Eileen Battersby p

New Red Cow layout today
The first real test of the new layout at the Red Cow roundabout in Dublin will come this morning at rush hour. p

Other Stories

Signs seek to end confusion at roundabout
The National Roads Authority has been accused of many things, most notably inadequate signposting. p
Inefficient hospitals' budgets cut by €10m
Some 16 hospitals across the State are to have their budgets cut by over €10 million this year for inefficiencies. p
Enda Kenny statement on Taoiseach's financial affairs
Full text of Mr Kenny's statement: p
Gilmore calls for public debate on pay
Labour Party leader Eamon Gilmore has said there should be a review of the method of determining pay in the public sector. p
School water policy wrong - Labour
The Government is wrong is its approach that schools must pay the full cost of water charges under the terms of the EU Water Framework Directive, the Labour Party has claimed. p
Taoiseach starts visit to South Africa and Tanzania
Taoiseach Bertie Ahern today begins a five-day visit to South Africa and Tanzania, which will focus on developing trade links and offering a greater profile for Irish overseas development aid. p
Offices focusing on mental health and older people planned
The Government is planning to establish separate ministerial offices with responsibility for mental health and older people to improve the co-ordination of policy in these areas. p
Dunlop to take stand as tribunal resumes
The Mahon tribunal is to resume tomorrow with former Fianna Fáil press secretary and lobbyist Frank Dunlop scheduled to give evidence. p
Flood alerts continue as more rain forecast for this week
Despite widespread rainfall during the weekend, there was no fresh flooding in the southeast. There has been some limited flooding of homes and businesses in the region but major damage has been averted. p
Empty feeling at Shannon as era comes to an end
It was as desolate as Oliver Goldsmith's Deserted Village at the Aer Lingus check-in desk by 5.25pm at Shannon airport yesterday. The last Aer Lingus flight to London Heathrow was just leaving and there was not a sinner around. Just the monitors. p
Mannion will see off first Belfast to Heathrow flight
Dermot Mannion, Aer Lingus's chief executive, along with other senior executives, will be at Aldergrove airport this morning for the opening of the new Aer Lingus service from Belfast to London. p
Decision day for Dublin airport extension plan
The Dublin Airport Authority (DAA) will learn today if it has secured planning permission to build a 7,500sq m (80,729sq ft) extension to its existing terminal at Dublin airport. p
Repossession of house orders up 50% last year
Specialist lender Start Mortgages had the highest number of repossession and mortgage suits before the High Court at the end of 2007. The company had 171 suits before the court, according to figures released by the Court Services. p
Regulator set to oversee specialist mortgage firms
From next month specialist mortgage providers are to come under the control of the Financial Regulator. p
Poet and author John O'Donohue laid to rest
"Never in my life have I been so sad and broken," Pat O'Donohue told the congregation at the end of his brother John's funeral Mass in St Patrick's Church, Fanore, Co Clare on Saturday. p
Three die in weekend road traffic collisions
Two young people, one a teenager, have died in crashes in Meath and Limerick at the weekend. In Northern Ireland, an elderly man was killed on Friday night in Derry. p
Armed gang steal €10,000 in raid on greyhound track
Gardaí are searching for an armed and masked gang who held up staff at a greyhound track in Co Kildare in front of schoolchildren. p
Cocaine seized from halting site in Dublin
Cocaine valued at an estimated €1.5 million has been seized by gardaí from a halting site at Coolock in Dublin. p
Polish man burned in Limerick attack
Gardaí in Limerick are investigating an attack on a Polish man who suffered serious burn injuries when he was attacked in the city at the weekend. p
Solicitor warns on media intrusion
The solicitor representing Wayne O'Donoghue, who is to be released from prison this week, says his client would find it "extremely difficult" to remain in Ireland because of media intrusion and possible fears of retribution. p
Daredevil adventurer buried
An adventurer well known for his exploits of motorcycling, gliding, climbing, canoeing and parachuting, has been buried in Kilcully, Co Cork. p
HSE in hospital hygiene advertising campaign
Patients should now ask doctors, nurses and other healthcare workers if they have cleaned their hands before treating them, the Health Service Executive advised yesterday. p
Arts still the most popular choice of students
College Choice/Brian Mooney: Arts courses are the most popular third-level option, with more than a quarter of all applications listing humanities and human science courses as their first-preference choice. p
In Short
A roundup of today's other news stories in brief p

In the North

Inquiry into Belfast 'walk of shame'
The PSNI has appealed for public assistance in establishing the full circumstances behind an incident in which two young men were forced to make the so-called "walk of shame" along the loyalist Shankill Road in Belfast. p

Law Matters

New service aims to summarise judgments
Law Matters is a new legal page which will be published in The Irish Times every Monday of the legal term. It is edited by Dr Carol Coulter, Legal Affairs Editor p
The absence of finger-print evidence does not expose accused to serious risk of an unfair trial
Title: Kelly -v- DPP SUPREME COURT Judgment delivered December 21st, 2007, by Denham J, sitting with Mr Justice Hardiman and Ms Justice Macken, who concurred. p
Sentence for dangerous driving causing death should contain element of general as well as personal deterrence
Title: D.P.P.-v- James O'Reilly COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEAL Judgment delivered on December 11th, 2007, by Mr Justice Kearns. Composition of court: Mr Justice Kearns, Mr Justice Murphy and Mr Justice McMenamin. p
Hong Kong courts should decide on family law claims
Title: W Y -v- C HIGH COURT Judgment delivered on November 23rd, 2007, by Mr Justice Sheehan p

Angling Notes

Saving the salmon
Angling Notes/Derek Evans: The Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, Eamon Ryan, has announced a number of changes towards the conservation and management of wild salmon in 2008. p

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