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Man who abused daughter, six others gets five years
A west Dublin man who sexually abused his daughter while reading her bedtime stories as well as sexually interfering with six other young females over a 15-year period has been given a five-year prison sentence. p

Regional roads to get €618m funding boost
A €618 million package of grants for local and regional roads, the fifth year of record funding for non-national roads, was unveiled yesterday by Minister for Transport Noel Dempsey. p

Old and new stars dazzle at Meteor awards
It was a big moment for Ireland's musical veterans at the Meteor Music Awards last night as Dublin northside stalwarts Aslan took the award for Best Irish Band after 25 years in the business. Fiona McCann reports. p

Other Stories

Roche calls Lisbon Treaty opponents 'Eurosceptics'
Minister of State for European Affairs Dick Roche sharply criticised opponents of the Lisbon Treat yesterday. Deaglán de Bréadún , Political Correspondent, reports. p
Ó Cuív urges people to vote in favour of the Lisbon Treaty
Éamon Ó Cuív, the Fianna Fáil Cabinet Minister who voted No in the first referendum on the Nice Treaty in 2001, has urged people to vote in favour of the Lisbon Treaty. Stephen Collins reports. p
Law Society drops complaint of overcharging
The Law Society is withdrawing complaints to the Solicitors' Disciplinary Tribunal about solicitors who were alleged to have overcharged institutional abuse victims who attended the Residential Institutions Redress Board, The Irish Times has learned. Carol Coulter , Legal Affairs Editor, reports. p
Solicitors blocked efforts to get data on accounts
Lawyers for the Law Society of Ireland outlined to the High Court yesterday the difficulties the society had in obtaining information on the accounts operated by Dublin firm Roger Greene & Sons. p
Youth leaders vote for changes in education, mental health
All teachers should receive training in communication skills, according to 200 youth representatives who attended the seventh annual Dáil na nÓg yesterday. p
M50 motorists face weekend delays
Motorists using the M50 this weekend have been warned to expect further disruption and delays due to continuing work on the upgrading of the road. p
Major award for 'Irish Times' man
Irish Times photographer David Sleator has won a major award for his picture of the parents of murdered Co Armagh man Paul Quinn. Sleator won 1st place in the people category at the AIB Photojournalism Awards for 2007, which was held in the Crown Plaza Hotel, Dublin last night. p
Visitor numbers top eight million
Visitor numbers to Ireland surpassed eight million for the first time last year. Ronan McGreevy reports. p
Taoiseach warns that pay deal expectations must be 'realistic'
Taoiseach Bertie Ahern has warned that expectations in the forthcoming talks on a new national pay deal will have to be "realistic". Martin Wall , Industry Correspondent, reports. p
Museum puzzled by Seanad plan
The director of the National Museum of Ireland, Pat Wallace, has said he is "puzzled and concerned" about the plan to relocate the Seanad to the natural history museum on Merrion Square during the summer. p
O'Rourke says death sparked autism remarks
Fianna Fáil TD Mary O'Rourke has said that the death of her autistic godchild was the motivating factor in her recent comments about autism. p
Intellectually disabled graduate from Trinity
"Next I want to go travelling to America and New Zealand," says Jan Mahon, one of the first graduates of a pioneering Trinity College Dublin course for people with an intellectual disability. p
Republic falls back in healthcare, says Martin
Archbishop of Dublin Dr Diarmuid Martin has described the Irish health system as an example of the uneven distribution of economic growth and wealth in a globalised world. p
Funeral of Paul Goldin ends with last applause 'to send him on his way'
"Those who never loved and were never loved, never lived. Those who loved and were loved never really die," Mitchell Wax, cantor and old friend of Paul Goldin's said at the latters's funeral service in Dublin yesterday. Mr Wax was quoting his own mother. Paul Goldin died in Dublin on Wednesday. p
Revenue to get new detection equipment
Revenue's Customs and Excise Service is to acquire a new patrol vessel and an X-ray container scanner as part of its fight against crime gangs importing drugs and contraband into the Republic. Conor Lally , Crime Correspondent, reports. p
McDonagh's 'In Bruges' gets warm reception at Savoy
Last night three of the mightiest figures in Irish entertainment went before the curtain in the Savoy cinema to help celebrate the opening night of the fifth Jameson Dublin International Film Festival, writes Donald Clarke. p
REM to play at Oxegen festival
REM have become the second act confirmed for Oxegen 2008, which takes place in July. p
Miriam Lord's week
Newstalk's nuisance calls; lawyer made to belt up; Donie's bullocks; raffle of destiny; how Lord Killanin thwarted a spy; Mary Hanafin's golf course education; RTÉ's senior moment over the Cosgraves; Fine Gael love affairs p
In Short
A round-up of today's other stories in brief. p

In the Courts

Three years for telling witness to withdraw charge
A man has been jailed for three years by Judge Patrick McCartan at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court for interfering with the principal prosecution witness in an attempted murder trial. p
Man seeks damages after arrest warrant mix-up
A garda who arrested a man who is seeking damages after wrongfully spending eight days in prison after he was mistaken for someone else has told the High Court he believed that all the arrest warrants referred to the plaintiff. p
Boy (16) banned from Luas
A teenager's drunkenness brought Luas trams in Dublin to a temporary standstill, a court has heard. p
Doctor fails to stop inquiry
A doctor has failed to stop a Medical Council inquiry into alleged professional misconduct relating to claims of sexual assault after a High Court judge ruled yesterday there was no substance to suggestions of bias by members of the inquiry. p
Man jailed after assault victim sold up
A relapsed drug addict who assaulted a Chinese restaurant owner, causing the man to sell his business, has been given a four-year sentence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court. p
Robbers forced victims into canal
A Chinese national spent half an hour in the Royal Canal on a freezing winter night after being pushed into the water by three teenagers who tried to rob him. p
In Short
A round-up of other court stories in briefs. p

Mahon Tribunal

Dunphy told that Taoiseach was 'taken care of'
Broadcaster Eamon Dunphy said yesterday that Cork developer Owen O'Callaghan told him Taoiseach Bertie Ahern had been "taken care of" to ensure a development in Athlone was given tax designation. Fiona Gartland reports. p
Broadcaster would believe developer's sworn statement
Eamon Dunphy told the Mahon tribunal that if Cork developer Owen O'Callaghan were to swear to the inquiry that he did not pay Taoiseach Bertie Ahern for tax designation in Athlone in 1994, he would believe him. p
Dunphy proves more of a pussycat than a Rottweiler
Where would we be without Eamon Dunphy to add to the gaiety of the nation? He was in the Mahon tribunal yesterday to talk about what he knew about developer Owen O'Callaghan "taking care" of Bertie. Oh, joy of joys! Eamon "I am a human being first, I am a journalist second, I am a citizen of this country" Dunphy didn't disappoint, writes Miriam Lord at Dublin Castle. p
Known facts support account of O'Callaghan's comments
Analysis: Bertie Ahern signed a tax designation order on his last day as minister for finance in 1994, writes Colm Keena. p

In the North

Teenager questioned over murder
Police are continuing to question a teenager following the murder of a man in Belfast city centre. p
Priest calls killers perverted and twisted
A priest said yesterday that the killers of Strabane man Andrew Burns, whose body was found in a roadway in the Co Donegal village of Castlefin on Monday night, were devoid of morals and caught up in their own warped process of thought. p
Morrison in bid to overturn conviction
Former IRA prisoner and Sinn Féin publicity director Danny Morrison will go to the Court of Appeal in a bid to clear his name in relation to a false imprisonment conviction in 1991. p
Animal tests ordered as bluetongue case confirmed
Confirmation of the first case of bluetongue disease on the island in an imported animal in Co Antrim has sparked a major alert. Seán Mac Connell , Agriculture Correspondent, reports. p
Bluetongue explained
Bluetongue is a disease that affects cattle, sheep, goats and deer, and is spread by infected Culicoides (midges), blood or semen. It does not harm humans. p
Portrush lifeboat freed after 18 days on rocks
The £2 million (€2.67 million) Portrush lifeboat, which has been stuck fast on rocks off Rathlin Island, has finally been pulled free in a three-hour salvage operation. p
Omagh case judge to seek evidence from gardaí
The judge hearing a multimillion-pound compensation claim by relatives of the Omagh bomb victims wants to take evidence in the Republic from 24 gardaí. p

Regional News

More delays caused to flights from Cork airport
Further disruption of early morning flights at Cork is expected again today due to the air traffic controllers' dispute. p
Durty Nelly's cleans up with €10m pub sale
One of Ireland's oldest and most famous pubs, Durty Nelly's in Bunratty, Co Clare, has been sold to a pair of Ennis businessmen in a deal thought to be worth in excess of €10 million. p
Irregular fish may be linked to chemicals
Fish with male and female sexual features have been discovered on the Shannon system which may be linked to chemicals emanating from sewage treatment plants. p
Piece of missing Galway sculpture found
Galway City Council has found a "piece" of a missing State-funded sculpture work which was commissioned more than 20 years ago from artist Eddie Delaney. p

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