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Crime figure Holland jailed for £10m ransom plot
CRIME FIGURE Patrick "Dutchy" Holland, who denied involvement in the killing of Veronica Guerin, was convicted yesterday in London of masterminding a plot to get £10 million ransom in a kidnapping . p
Father and son killed in bedroom may have known their attacker
GARDAÍ INVESTIGATING the murder of a father and son in Co
Kerry are exploring the possibility that the men may have been
killed by someone who knew them after it emerged that there was no
sign of forced entry to their isolated farm bungalow. p
Brazilian anger over students in Mountjoy
A DIPLOMATIC row has broken out between Ireland and Brazil over the detention in Mountjoy Prison of three students who were trying to enter the Republic, The Irish Times has learned. p
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Fianna Fáil TD says Taoiseach needs to clarify sterling sums
THE CARLOW-Kilkenny TD Bobby Aylward has said that Bertie Ahern has been damaged by the evidence of Gráinne Carruth at the Mahon tribunal and that a clarification was needed from the Taoiseach. pAhern to respond to controversy in the Dáil
THE GOVERNMENT has confirmed that Taoiseach Bertie Ahern will respond to the controversy surrounding the evidence of his former secretary, Gráinne Carruth, during Leaders' Questions in the Dáil next Wednesday. pGilmore to urge Labour to make itself relevant to voters again
THE LABOUR Party leader, Eamon Gilmore, is expected to call on his party today to change itself if it really wants the Irish people to entrust it with the task of changing the country in the 21st century. pHSE denies plan to divert critically ill from Ennis hospital is downgrade
A CONTROVERSIAL plan to discontinue the treatment of critically ill patients at Ennis General Hospital is not a downgrading of the facility, the Health Service Executive said yesterday. pAmbulance strike averted after HSE backdown
THE THREAT of industrial action by the State's 1,200 paramedics has been averted after the Health Service Executive agreed with their union, Siptu, to end its contracts with three private ambulance services. pLisbon opponents are isolationists, says Lenihan
OPPONENTS OF the Lisbon Treaty can only offer a march backwards to isolationism and economic decline, Minister for Justice Brian Lenihan said yesterday. pSenior women civil servants less likely to marry, survey finds
MEN IN senior management positions in the Civil Service are about six times more likely to have children compared with women in similar positions, new research shows. pDrive to recruit sailors for 'Asgard II'
A new promotional body has been set up to help recruit more sailors for the Asgard II training vessel. pOne in four letters fails to arrive on time
ONE OUT of every four letters posted last year failed to arrive as scheduled on the day after it was sent, according to the annual report on the quality of service provided by An Post. pSenior citizens body angry as funds cut
THERE WERE angry responses from many of the delegates at the Senior Citizens Parliament's annual conference yesterday on hearing that its funding from the Department of Health and Children has been withdrawn from the end of 2007. pLenihan to meet relatives of children killed by Irish driver
MINISTER FOR Justice Brian Lenihan is to have a private meeting today with the family of two children who were killed by an Irish driver in Budapest eight years ago. pPoor deserve right to appeal to UN, Amnesty tells Government
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL has called on the Government to decide whether it is willing to stand up for the human rights of people living in poverty by signing up to a major United Nations document next week. Carl O'Brien, Social Affairs Correspondent, reports pM50 traffic faces disruption over work on new Luas bridge
A SEVEN kilometre stretch of the M50 northbound will be closed overnight tonight, while the southbound side will be closed this morning to allow for the construction of a new Luas bridge at Leopardstown in south Dublin. pCall for local courts to tackle louts
THE ESTABLISHMENT of special community courts to deal with those involved in anti-social behaviour has been called for by a business lobby group. pWebsite spreads the word on drugs services
A NEW website for the Midwest Regional Drugs Task Force was officially launched in Limerick yesterday. pAlmost one in five second-level pupils do not get to Leaving
ALMOST ONE in five school students do not complete the Leaving Cert and the number of males staying on in school is much fewer than females, a new survey shows. pHoliday ends in deportation for former illegal worker
A DONEGAL woman who travelled to New York for the St Patrick's holiday was detained and deported when US authorities discovered she had worked there for four years without a valid visa. pStudent garda praised for saving man's life
A STUDENT garda has been praised for saving the life of a drowning man in Dún Laoghaire, writes Ronan McGreevy. p€10m taken from dormant accounts funding schools
Money from dormant accounts in financial institutions is one of the sources of funds under which more than 400 disadvantaged schools and preschools have been allocated almost €10 million. pFuneral of stab victim told of little respect placed on life
IRELAND IN "recent times has witnessed first-hand the little respect and value placed on human life", the funeral of taximan Mark Smyth - who was stabbed to death - was told in Ashbourne, Co Meath, yesterday. p12 held in 'distraction theft' inquiry
TWELVE PEOPLE were questioned by gardaí following a surveillance operation into so-called "distraction thefts" pBelfast version of Monopoly may not pass go
HASBRO, THE maker of Monopoly, is to create a Belfast version of
the popular board game in time for Christmas. In Belfast yesterday,
its representatives were canvassing the public for what city roads
and landmarks should be on the game. Is this wise? pLights out for Earth Hour
LIGHTS ARE to be turned off around the country this evening as part of the global Earth Hour campaign to highlight unnecessary energy use. pIn Short
A round-up of today's other stories in brief. p
Questions over significant sums
ANALYSIS: The Mahon tribunal has raised questions about a series of transactions and lodgements pComplicated cash deals surround address at the heart of the matter
DRUMCONDRA HOUSE: THE MAHON tribunal is investigating whether businessman Michael Wall purchased a house in Drumcondra as Bertie Ahern's nominee in 1995. Ahern has said this is not the case. pMore tax queries following tribunal evidence
REVENUE CORRESPONDENCE: THE REVENUE Commissioners are in correspondence with Taoiseach Bertie Ahern and his tax adviser, Des Peelo, in relation to the information emerging from the Mahon tribunal's inquiry into Mr Ahern's personal finances. pCollins unclear as to who owns building
ST LUKE'S: IN HIS evidence to the Mahon tribunal in February Taoiseach Bertie Ahern praised the role played by his long-time associate Tim Collins in the purchase and development of St Luke's, Mr Ahern's Drumcondra constituency office. p
Up to 90% of those seeking asylum 'get depressed in six months'
UP TO 90 per cent of asylum seekers become depressed after spending just six months in the Republic as a result of the cramped living conditions they have to endure and being denied the right to work, a Kerry-based GP has claimed. pThreat of action over contract for GPs
THE IRISH Medical Organisation (IMO) has threatened legal and industrial action by GPs over a four-year delay in negotiating a new contract to cover the treatment of the State's medical card (GMS) patients. p
Galway water shortage over weekend
A NUMBER of houses and businesses in Galway are likely to be
without water until tomorrow or Monday as the city comes to terms
with its latest crisis over the public supply. pMan charged with manslaughter sent for trial
A MAN charged with manslaughter has been sent forward for trial in connection with the death of a man in Nenagh, Co Tipperary, last year. pTaxi protest blocks Waterford streets
TRAFFIC WAS seriously disrupted in Waterford city centre yesterday due to a two-hour protest by taxi drivers over the lack of spaces for taxis in the city. pPaul Simon to play Cork concert in July
MULTIPLE GRAMMY award winner Paul Simon has been added to the bill for the Live at the Marquee concert series in Cork this summer and is scheduled to perform on July 3rd. p
