TODAY'S PAPER - IRELAND
By Seán McCárthaigh
The country’s leading cancer expert has warned that new cases of the disease in Ireland are likely to rise dramatically over the next 20 years — and existing cancer patients may be denied potentially life-saving drugs as a result of ongoing health service cutbacks.
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By Noel Baker
The family of Nigerian taxi driver Moses Ayanwole have been told by the Department of Justice that he can become an Irish citizen — almost two months after he died.
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By Paul O’Brien, Political Editor
The fiscal compact will “fall apart” within two years because the EU’s strongest member states will gradually reject the austerity demands it places on them, Alan Dukes has predicted.
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By David Raleigh
Limerick City is to host the first Gay Wedding/Civil Partnership Fair in Ireland.
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By Mary Regan, Political Correspondent
The Central Bank forked out almost €30m last year for advice on the winding down of Anglo and the restructuring of the banking system.
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By Caroline O’Doherty
Priory Hall residents will mark four months out of their homes with a protest march tomorrow to highlight the legal limbo in which they are trapped.
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By Conall Ó Fátharta
The Irish Hospice Foundation has received an unexpected fundraising boost from an unlikely source — Victoria Beckham.
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By Claire O’Sullivan
THE HSE is due next month to complete a review into how a caretaker on the sex offenders register remained working at a Donegal school and was able to rape and sexually assault four boys — even though he had already been convicted of abuse at the school.
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By Bonny Ghosh, New York
On a chilly winter afternoon, Andrej Pejic settles into a Manhattan cafe with a cup of Earl Grey tea, sitting gracefully, long legs crossed.
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By Stephen Maguire
The gang who murdered Andrew Allen in Co Donegal tried to force their way into his house before shooting several shots into a downstairs bedroom.
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By Sean O’Riordan and Louise Roseingrave
The grieving father of the final crewman to be recovered following the sinking of the trawler Tit Bonhomme was “heartbroken but relieved” after his son’s body was brought ashore yesterday.
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By Conall Ó Fátharta
Construction unions have told employers they will strongly resist any attempt to further cut wage rates in the struggling industry.
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By Catherine Shanahan
The use of expensive private care arrangements for children in the care of the HSE is to be reviewed as the executive seeks to reduce costs in childcare services by 7% in 2012.
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By Ann Cahill, Europe Correspondent
The Government has yet to decide if there will be a cut-off point beyond which unemployed people will no longer receive state support under the new social welfare system, Education Minister Ruairi Quinn has said.
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By Dan Danaher
A Co Clare couple have spoken of their shock at being told of plans to demolish their home of almost 50 years to facilitate the construction of a controversial road.
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By Cormac O’Keeffe
The shotgun used to kill Melanie McCarthy was pressed against the passenger window when it was fired — giving the 16 year old no chance of survival.
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By David Richelle, Lima
IT was the tournament that launched a million footballing passions on this side of the world, as Mario Kempes, Daniel Passarella and Leopoldo Luque stole our hearts en route to their first World Cup triumph in 1978.
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By Noel Baker
One of these days Moses and his wife Olusola should have been getting into the car parked outside their front door and driving to a ceremony where they would have celebrated being granted Irish citizenship. Times, however, are very different now.
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By Carl Dixon
Neil Jordan’s in-production Byzantium is just one of many films to use the Beara Peninsula as a backdrop, says Carl Dixon
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By Ed Carty
The girlfriend and parents of a co-pilot killed in a plane crash a year ago are today suing two companies involved in running the flight.
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By Fintan O’Toole
He has an All-Ireland final in Croke Park tonight, and a wedding date with his fiancée in little over a month. But Charleville hurler Des Fitzgerald has already proved there is no challenge he can’t confront.
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By Conall Ó Fátharta
People appealing the loss of social welfare payments can be waiting over nine months for a decision on their case.
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By Nick Bramhill
The Vatican yesterday dismissed as “delirious” a newspaper report that the Pope would be assassinated within the next 12 months.
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By Conor Ryan
The acclaimed Augustine’s restaurant in Cork city is closing down despite its renown among critics and customers.
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By Caroline O’Doherty
Eircom has apologised after failing to protect the personal information of more than 7,000 mobile phone customers and employees, which was stored on three stolen laptops.
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By Vivion Kilfeather
Independent TD for North Tipperary Michael Lowry has lost his High Court bid to secure summary disposal of a defamation case brought over comments by journalist Sam Smyth.
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By Claire O’Sullivan
If your beau or belle is Irish, don’t be expecting them to wow you with a last-minute trip to Venice or Paris, as research shows they are the least likely to whisk their loved one away on a Valentine break.
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By Donal Hickey
Angry constituents of Arts, Heritage and Gaeltacht Minister Jimmy Deenihan are due to protest again outside his office in Listowel, Co Kerry today against the ban on turf-cutting.
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By John Riordan, New York
A 28-year-old from Cavan has won $10 million (€7.6m) in the New York Lottery.
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