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Aer Lingus set Tuesday deadline for deal on work practices
AER LINGUS passengers face the possibility of further industrial relations trouble following a decision by management to set a deadline of Tuesday evening for 1,800 ground-operation staff to agree to operate controversial new work practices. p
HSE's Ennis probe finds 15 died with superbug
A HEALTH Service Executive investigation into the deaths of 15 patients at Ennis General Hospital over a six-month period has revealed they all had the Clostridium difficile superbug when they died. p
DUP absent from celebration of agreement
THE 10TH anniversary of the Belfast Agreement's signing will be marked in Belfast today by a symposium on the accord's legacy and by a conference on dispute mediation throughout Europe. p
United party will 'confront' challenges
PRESS CONFERENCE: FIANNA FÁIL will confront
economic, social and political challenges as "a united and
disciplined party" focused on the common good, the party's leader
designate, Tánaiste and Minister for Finance Brian Cowen, told
a news conference in Dublin yesterday. p
Other Stories
Brutal murder of Grace Livingstone remains a mystery
BACKGROUND : James Livingstone claimed gardaí
developed "an irrational fixation" that he murdered his wife,
writes
Alison Healy . pDepartment criticised for failing to act on Barringtons
A FORMER patient of Barringtons' private hospital in Limerick whose breast cancer diagnosis was delayed for 18 months, has sharply criticised the Department of Health for failing to act for years on concerns raised about the standard of breast cancer services at the hospital. pState faces legal 'hazard' unless stroke care improves radically
IF PROPER stroke services aren't provided across the State, the Government could end up facing legal actions from patients who don't receive appropriate care. pArchbishop apologises to ecumenics school founder
THE CATHOLIC Archbishop of Dublin, Dr Diarmuid Martin, has apologised to the founder of the Irish School of Ecumenics (ISE), Fr Michael Hurley SJ, "for some misunderstandings on the part of my predecessors". pLenihan rejects mediation in feud as it would give legitimacy to criminal gangs
MINISTER FOR Justice Brian Lenihan has rejected calls for mediation in the Limerick gangland feud, saying such an approach would give legitimacy to criminal gangs. pPriest describes drive-by shooting as senseless
A PRIEST at the funeral of a gangland murder victim has appealed
to the women and men involved in violence in Ireland to "look into
their hearts" and realise the pain they are causing to
families. pCall for option to withdraw Olympic funds
THE GOVERNMENT should withdraw funding from the Olympic Council of Ireland if the Irish Olympic team chooses to participate in the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics, the Tibet Support Group Ireland told an Oireachtas committee meeting yesterday. pGreen Paper with elected mayor for Dublin to be published next week
PROPOSALS FOR a directly-elected mayor of Dublin are to be unveiled next week, the Minister for the Environment, John Gormley, has said. pProgress made in suicide prevention
PROGRESS HAS been made in the area of suicide prevention in the last year, it was stated at a conference yesterday. pAnti-treaty vote has 'massive price tag'
A VOTE against the Lisbon Treaty would carry a "massive price tag", sending a "worrying signalinto the board rooms" where decisions on foreign direct investment are made, Minister for European Affairs Dick Roche told a meeting of the American Chamber of Commerce at Microsoft Ireland in Dublin yesterday. Mary Fitzgerald reports. pTesco to relocate over 200 jobs from Tallaght
AN ANNOUNCEMENT by Tesco that it is to relocate more than 200 jobs from a distribution centre in west Dublin has been described as a major blow to the area. pFriends from showband era pay tribute at funeral of Dixies' Brendan O' Brien
FRIENDS AND colleagues from the music and entertainment world came together for the funeral in Cork yesterday of Brendan O'Brien, one of the leading stars of the showband era. pIn Short
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Clara's pride in pedigree of local hero steeped in community
Small towns have long memories and in Clara locals pore over leader's political family tree, writes Ruadhán Mac Cormaic in Co Offaly. pNo 'honeymoon period' in Dáil
OPPOSITION REACTION: THE OPPOSITION yesterday paid tribute to Brian Cowen on his election as Fianna Fáil leader-designate, but it warned he would have no "honeymoon period" in the Dáil. pDay of mild hysteria underpinned by pride
Elbows and handbags flew in a giddy melee in front of the cameras - and in the background Brian Cowen's family was beaming, write Miriam Lord. pSecret meetings were held with loyalist paramilitary leaders
AHERN'S DEPARTING SPEECH: TAOISEACH BERTIE Ahern has disclosed that he held secret meetings with the leaders of the two main loyalist paramilitary organisations within a close distance of Leinster House during crucial periods of the peace process. pLenihan says 'very lonely job' ahead
FF REACTION: BRIAN COWEN has been told he faces a "very lonely job" ahead of him as taoiseach. Minister for Justice Brian Lenihan said yesterday he made the remark when proposing Mr Cowen for the Fianna Fáil leadership. pFG councillor who called for Kenny to quit resigns
FINE GAEL UNREST: A FINE Gael councillor who said on RTÉ that Brian Cowen as the leader of Fianna Fáil would "devour" Enda Kenny has resigned from the party. pCowen speech: full text
Speech by Brian Cowen TD following his announcement as leader-elect of Fianna Fáil pCurriculum Vitae
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Flynn paid almost half of £50,000 donation in tax
FORMER EU commissioner Pádraig Flynn paid the Revenue
Commissioners in 1998 almost £23,000 in gift tax owed on the
£50,000 donation given to him in 1989 by Luton-based developer
Tom Gilmartin after it became public, the Mahon tribunal was told
yesterday.
Fiona Gartland reports. pFlynn denies discussing tax break with man who gave him £50,000
FORMER EU commissioner Pádraig Flynn said he never discussed tax designation status for the Quarryvale development with developer Tom Gilmartin. p
Kennys say disputed land kept as 'reserve'
RTÉ BROADCASTER Pat Kenny and his wife Kathy claim they
maintained part of disputed lands on Gorse Hill in Dalkey as a
"nature reserve" for foxes and badgers and have a claim over it
since 1991 which prevents any development of the lands, the High
Court heard. pCase hinges on question of intent, court told
PAT KENNY and his wife Kathy will have to show they deliberately and intentionally took possession of the Gorse Hill land in Dalkey, Co Dublin, over which they are claiming adverse possession, the High Court heard yesterday. pMan who killed uncle found to be insane
A MAN with "text book" paranoid schizophrenia has been found not guilty of killing his uncle with an axe by reason of insanity at the Central Criminal Court. pCourt rejects job for life claim by diocesan secretary
THE SUPREME Court yesterday dismissed a claim by a former diocesan secretary that she was entitled to a "job for life". pMan wanted in Germany to serve rape term gets bail
A MAN wanted by the German authorities to serve a five-year sentence imposed for the rape of a woman more than seven years ago has been granted bail at the High Court. pAppeal upheld into way man's disability benefit was stopped
THE SUPREME Court has cited a lack of clarity about social welfare appeal procedures in a unanimous decision yesterday upholding a man's appeal against the manner in which his disability benefit was stopped nine years ago. pBoy (4) had to be rescued from restaurant
A BOY, aged four, whose head became stuck in a hole in seating at a McDonald's fast food restaurant, had to be rescued by firemen. pIn Short
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Taoiseach denies stamp duty loophole cost €250m
DÁIL REPORT: TAOISEACH BERTIE Ahern has rejected Labour Party claims that a stamp duty loophole by developers had cost the Exchequer €250 million in a single year. pVisit hospital to see plight of elderly, Kenny urges Ahern
ELDERLY PEOPLE were living in undignified and cramped conditions in a south Dublin hospital, Fine Gael leader Enda Kenny claimed. pAhern questions use of Olympic boycott
IT COULD be a "pyrrhic" move to boycott the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics, because it does nothing to further the situation except make a protest, the Dáil has heard. pNato not on agenda during talks abroad, says Ahern
TAOISEACH Bertie Ahern said Nato was never on the agenda when he held talks internationally. The Republic's position was well known: it was not part of Nato, nor did it wish to be. pMinister says French views on tax 'off the wall'
COMMENTS BY France's finance minister about proposals for a common EU corporate tax plan are "off the wall" and made "from a position of some ignorance", Minister for Foreign Affairs Dermot Ahern has told the Dáil. pQuinn chides Hanafin over school buildings
MINISTER FOR Education Mary Hanafin defended her department during heated exchanges with Labour spokesman Ruairí Quinn. pO'Toole warns of Cowen's battling qualities
SEANAD REPORT: JOE O'TOOLE (Ind) said he had heard a cautionary tale about the new Fianna Fáil leader "which would make me very afraid if I was facing him on the other side of the House. When he was a minor playing hurling for Clara in a match against Lusmagh, they were behind and he went up the field and lost two teeth in achieving victory". p
Omagh bomb components similar to ones used in later devices
COMPONENTS USED in the bomb which killed 29 people and unborn twins in Omagh in 1998 were similar to those used in a range of subsequent bomb and mortar threats in Britain and Ireland, a civil action into the atrocity heard yesterday. p
Call for restoration of surgeon in Cork
OVER 130 GPs have expressed concern that Mallow General Hospital is being downgraded by the HSE from an acute general hospital following the loss of a surgeon post last month which has resulted in reduced operating times at the hospital. pGalway charges on with fuel-free vehicle
SEÁN MAGUIRE, from Kilconly, Co Galway, is the first person in Ireland to take delivery of one of an initial shipment of 10 fuel-free electric cars from Bangalore in India. pTipperary GAA star killed in crash
TIPPERARY SENIOR and under-21 footballer Darrel Darcy (20) was killed in a traffic crash on Tuesday afternoon. pTasters reveal a variety of inspiration
NINETEEN FOURTH-YEAR fashion students from the Limerick School
of Art & Design previewed their graduate collections at a
special fashion show in Dublin yesterday. pIn Short
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