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Teenage boys do not seek mental health help, study shows
SEVERAL FACTORS, including concerns about confidentiality and a lack of understanding about the nature of depression, make many Irish teenage boys unlikely to seek professional help for mental health problems, a new study has found. p

Cowen picks economist as key policy adviser
TAOISEACH BRIAN Cowen has appointed a high-profile environmental economist with a strong track record in environmental issues, and an outspoken critic of decentralisation, as his special policy adviser. p

Gormley to tighten law on parklands
MINISTER FOR the Environment John Gormley has pledged to tighten regulations surrounding parklands and to assist the residents of Dartmouth Square after Dublin City Council decided not to serve a compulsory purchase order (CPO) on the Rathmines park. p

Other Stories

Cutbacks in support services for IT in schools
THE FUTURE of the Government’s €252 million plan for computers in schools is in doubt after the Department of Education yesterday imposed severe cutbacks in IT training and support for teachers and schools. p
Young people seen as secondary, group claims
YOUNG PEOPLE living in Ireland have problems engaging and participating in society because they feel they are regarded as a secondary force by adults, the founder of a national youth website has said. p
Truck driver's father 'hopeful' killers will be caught as inquest begins
THE FATHER of murdered truck driver Paul Quinn yesterday said he was more hopeful than ever the killers will be caught as the inquest into his son’s death opened. p
NI patients notified over suspect treatment
MORE THAN 300 women who received gynaecology treatment at Daisy Hill Hospital in Newry, Co Down are to be contacted as a matter of “urgency” by the hospital following concerns about a healthcare professional who was involved in treating them. p
Fatal collision in Leixlip
AN 18-year-old motorcyclist died in a road collision in Co Kildare yesterday. The man died after his motorcycle collided with a car at Kellystown Road, Leixlip, at 4.30pm. p
Council flushed with success as 'loo with a view' sells for €400k
A DERELICT “loo with a view” at the seaside resort of Lahinch yesterday scooped €400,000 for Clare County Council at a public auction in Ennis. p
Special events set to mark summer solstice
THE LONGEST day of the year will be marked this morning with a gathering at the Hill of Tara for the summer solstice. p
Plan to create more full-time health jobs supported
THE NATIONAL Implementation Body (NIB) has backed proposals to allow health service managers to use money currently spent on overtime and agency staff to create more full-time positions. Health management and unions believe that this could facilitate the reduction of the working week for more nurses. p
Council to scale back plans for Mountjoy site
DUBLIN CITY Council is proposing to scale back its plans for the Mountjoy Prison site, following a submission from site owners the Office of Public Works (OPW) that the range of community facilities was too ambitious. p
Docklands theatre may open in November
DUBLIN’S NEWEST and biggest theatre, which will be situated in the Docklands, is likely to open in November and could stage the first musical by U2’s Bono and The Edge, it has been announced. p
Traffickers may have brought minors here
TWO UNACCOMPANIED minors who may have been brought to Ireland by human traffickers were remanded in custody in separate cases at the Dublin Children’s Court yesterday, pending a Garda inquiry into their backgrounds. p
Judge says he will reveal verdict soon as McCartney murder trial ends
THE JUDGE presiding over the Robert McCartney murder trial said he will reveal his verdict “in the not too distant future”. p
Youth stabbed over Bebo webpage
A TEENAGER was stabbed and beaten with knuckle-dusters over comments he allegedly made about a girl on a Bebo webpage, a court has heard. p
Man charged over Limerick death
A MAN is to appear in a Limerick court this morning in connection with the death of Brendan McEvoy, whose body was found at an apartment complex in the city on Thursday morning. p
Mediation on pharmacies' discount fails
A HIGH court judge has been told that mediation talks have failed between the Health Service Executive (HSE) and the Irish Pharmacy Union (IPU) in a dispute over the HSE’s decision to reduce discount payments to pharmacies under a community medical scheme. p
Matter of UN Chad remarks 'closed'
DEFENCE FORCES Chief of Staff Lieut Gen Dermot Earley has said Irish troops in Chad were disappointed at “misinformation” by a UN official about their actions in the African country. p
Unlicensed dump is not polluting reservoir, says Wicklow County Council
WICKLOW COUNTY Council has said it has no reason to believe an unlicensed dump at Russborough on the edge of Blessington Lake is polluting the reservoir. p
Major confident powersharing will last
HAILING IRELAND for its “tolerant” nature, former British prime minister John Major said he was confident the Northern Ireland powersharing Executive would continue. p
Shake-up will see Rail Safety Commission move to Louth
THE RAIL Safety Commission is to be moved to Drogheda, Co Louth, instead of Ballinasloe, Co Galway, as part of changes to elements of the controversial decentralisation programme approved by the Government. p
In Short
A round up of today's other stories in brief... p

EU Summit

EU leaders 'have no interest' in reopening Lisbon text
TAOISEACH's PRESS CONFERENCE: TAOISEACH BRIAN Cowen acknowledged after the European Council summit in Brussels yesterday that a number of his fellow leaders had no interest in reopening the text of the Lisbon Treaty, although they had expressed their respect for the Irish referendum result. p
No campaign convincing - Yes voters
SURVEY OF VOTERS: EVEN PEOPLE who voted in favour of the Lisbon Treaty thought the No campaign was more convincing than the Yes campaign, a survey shows. p
Sarkozy attacks EU trade chief's tactics
TRADE TALKS: FRENCH EXASPERATION with the course of World Trade Organisation (WTO) talks on agriculture flared at the summit when President Nicolas Sarkozy took a swipe at EU trade commissioner Peter Mandelson. p
Enlargement 'on hold' unless treaty ratified
FRENCH PRESIDENCY: THE POLITICAL imperative of EU enlargement into the Balkans would be impossible within the confines of the Nice Treaty, French president Nicolas Sarkozy told journalists attending the Brussels summit. p
EU chiefs urge free and fair vote in Zimbabwean presidential election
WORLDWIDE ISSUES: "ZIMBABWEANS SHOULD be allowed to choose their future freely," European Union leaders affirmed yesterday, in a strong declaration on the elections which warned of the union's willingness to increase sanctions against individuals responsible for violence. p
Irish No vote may be insurmountable roadblock for treaty, says Major
COMMENT ON NO VOTE: STRESSING THE need for Ireland's No vote on the Lisbon Treaty to be honoured, former British prime minister John Major argued yesterday that the EU may have hit an insurmountable "roadblock". p
Berlin may agree to deal on commissioners
GERMAN REACTION: GERMANY MAY agree to let all EU member states keep their EU commissioner as a contribution to resolving the impasse caused by Ireland's No to the Lisbon Treaty. p
France and Germany put the squeeze on Cowen
ANALYSIS: EU leaders expect the Taoiseach to resolve the 'Irish situation' before elections next June p
PM warns ratification will depend on court review
CZECH DELAY: CZECH PRIME minister Mirek Topolanek made a reluctant promise yesterday to work to ratify the Lisbon Treaty, but warned that a final decision may be out of his hands. p
British ratification to await court ruling
UK HIGH COURT JUDGMENT: BRITISH PRIME minister Gordon Brown has confirmed that the UK cannot formally ratify the Lisbon Treaty until after a high court ruling on a bid by Tory fundraiser Stuart Wheeler to force a British referendum. p
Summit Speak
Quotes from the summit p
Timeline
How the EU got here and what happens next? p

In the Courts

Lethal toxin Ricin 'found in alleged conspirator's cell'
THE JURY in the hitman trial in the Central Criminal Court heard yesterday that the lethal toxin Ricin was found in the prison cell of a former Las Vegas poker dealer accused of conspiring with Sharon Collins to kill her partner and his two sons. p
Knife-wielding thief drank tea with 'very nice' victim
A THIEF who drank tea with a Chinese woman after terrorising her at knife-point in her apartment said that in the end he was unable to take the computer and video she offered him. p
Man acquitted in copyright case after search warrant ruled invalid
A TALLAGHT taxi driver has been acquitted by direction of the judge of infringing copyright through running a counterfeit DVD and CD operation. p
Senior garda refuses to reveal who gave details on McFarlane
THE FORMER head of Garda intelligence yesterday refused to reveal to a court the source of the information that led to the arrest of former IRA leader Brendan “Bik” McFarlane over his alleged kidnapping of supermarket chief Don Tidey. p
Court quashes man's conviction for assault
THE COURT of Criminal Appeal has quashed the conviction and five-year sentence imposed on a doorman in relation to an incident outside a pub in Dublin in which a man sustained a serious brain injury. p
In Short
A round up of today's other court stories in brief... p

Miriam Lords Week

Miriam Lord's Week
Minster's late engagement; Surprise for golden oldie; Dáil broods over baby ducks; Lisbon blame game; Mary's maths test p

Regional News

Sentence for sex with child criticised
RAPE CRISIS Network Ireland director Fiona Neary yesterday strongly criticised a two-year sentence with 12 months suspended handed down to a 48-year-old man who plied a 15-year-old girl with drink before videotaping himself having sex with her. p
Mother and infant who died in crash laid to rest
A TEENAGE mother and her child were buried in the same coffin yesterday following their deaths earlier this week in a car crash in Co Donegal. p
Farmfest attracts 30,000 visitors
THERE MAY be a lot of doom and gloom surrounding the future of agriculture but there was not a sign of it yesterday when up to 30,000 farmers and their families visited the Mellows Campus in Athenry for the Teagasc Farmfest ’08. p

Exam Times

Papers throw up no nasty surprises
EXAM TIMES: LEAVING CERT ENGINEERING, HIGHER AND ORDINARY LEVELS: THERE WERE no nasty shocks for engineering students on the final day of the Leaving Certificate exams, as they opened papers that were “largely similar to other years”, according to TUI subject representative Dan Keane, a teacher in Beaufort College in Navan. p
Paper adds up to a fair and interesting test
LEAVING CERT APPLIED MATHS: HIGHER LEVEL: AN EXAM with, "Something for everyone," was the verdict on the Leaving Cert applied maths paper yesterday afternoon. Teachers praised the paper as well written and carefully structured. p
Opening tricky but fair overall
LEAVING CERT: AGRICULTURAL SCIENCEHIGHER-LEVEL: A TRICKY opening may have thrown some, but students soon settled into what was, overall, a "very fair" agricultural science paper yesterday afternoon. p

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