IVOR Callely is being investigated by committee of Fianna Fáil for “conduct unbecoming a member” of the party.

FORMER Fianna Fáil MEP Eoin Ryan received the highest amount of political donations last year, followed closely by Labour MEP Proinsias de Rossa.

The former Glanbia plant at Rooskey, Co Roscommon will become a €40m worth Business Park if plans for the site are approved.

The new deputy leader of the Seanad today vowed to change the upper house’s reputation as an expensive “talking shop”.

I WOULD like to thank the Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern, for his grubby and incredibly cynical attitude to the electorate who recently reluctantly returned him to power in appointing Ivor Callely, John Ellis and Eoghan Harris to the Seanad.

TAOISEACH Bertie Ahern’s “jobs for the boys” Senate nominations continued to draw fire last night.

NINE defeated general election candidates were yesterday appointed to the Seanad in a line-up which produced many unexpected winners and losers.

The Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern, has named his 11 nominees for the Seanad this lunchtime.

THE Taoiseach is expected to announce his 11 nominations to the Seanad, within the next 48 hours, with the Greens and Progressive Democrats each securing two coveted seats.

It's all to play for in the Roscommon/South Leitrim Constituency with just weeks to go before a General Election.

FIANNA FÁIL is poised to pip Fine Gael for the last seat in the new constituency of Roscommon/South Leitrim, according to the findings of the latest opinion poll.

A recording of the Welsh anthem Land of my Fathers supposedly performed by Jimi Hendrix during the 1970s has been exposed as a hoax.

An 60km tunnel linking Ireland to continental Europe could be built by 2025 to boost international trade and competitiveness, a business lobby group said today.

THERE was a widespread welcome last night for a decision to hold public Oireachtas hearings into the Government’s controversial proposal to privatise Aer Lingus.

Holding ongoing discussions over the proposed privatisation of Aer Lingus is giving the Government the perfect excuse to delay making a decision it was claimed tonight.

MORE THAN 800 serious road accidents involving non-national drivers were recorded last year as the number of such incidents has shown a strong upward trend since 2003.

GARDAÍ are set to dramatically increase the number of checkpoints outside pubs and nightclubs after the Attorney General confirmed random breath-testing is legal and constitutional.

Some foreign nationals in Ireland are drinking heavily at weekends and getting involved in fatal road accidents, Garda Commissioner Noel Conroy said today.

WOULD the strange nature of Ireland’s neutrality be maintained if 330,000 Iraqi militants passed through Shannon during the next year on their way to wage war against the USA?

A METRO including a circle line linking Dublin’s transport hubs would give the city the world-class service that Transport 21 will fail to deliver, an Oireachtas committee heard yesterday.

A metro which includes a circle line linking Dublin’s transport hubs would give the city the world class service that Transport 21 will fail to deliver, an Oireachtas committee heard today.

GARDAÍ are to increase the use of unmarked patrol cars to clamp down on dangerous driving and speeding.

A TRADE union representing staff at Aer Lingus has called for an independent investigation into the alleged bullying culture at the national airline.

Dáil Deputies John Ellis and Michael Finneran were chosen tonight as Fianna Fáil candidates to run for seats in the Roscommon South Leitrim constituency in the next election.

Fianna Fáil TD John Ellis has called for so-called "alcolocks" to be made mandatory in all cars in Ireland.

The fallout from a “sinister” Aer Lingus staff memo continued tonight after after a Government Chief Whip described the national airline’s tactics as “despicable and cruel“.

AT the heart of the insider dealing action taken by Fyffes against DCC lies less than a dozen pages of financial information.

IN the end the only politician named during the funeral homily of Sean Doherty was Charlie Haughey.

The National Roads Authority confirmed it is in talks with the Government in a bid to buy up the Westlink Toll Bridge, it emerged tonight.

The National Roads Authority is due to outline details of a proposed new orbital road around Dublin during an appearance before the Oireachtas transport committee today.

MOTORISTS driving through red lights have been blamed for a series of accidents involving Luas trams in Dublin.

DRAMATIC changes in Dáil constituencies announced yesterday could militate against smaller parties and Independent candidates at the next General Election.

MUNSTER’S forgotten man, Anthony Horgan, has finally been given the all clear to resume contact training - but even getting the good news summed up the Cork Con’s winger’s luck of late.

Fine Gael could lose one of its two seats in Sligo-Leitrim at the upcoming general election, according to an MRBI poll published today.

Farmers who say they are owed thousands of euro by Sligo-Leitrim TD John Ellis have admitted losing the documents which prove their claims.

Fianna Fail TD John Ellis has said he and his brother, Caillian, have settled their financial dispute with the Irish Farmers Association.

The Moriarty Tribunal has been told that Charles Haughey made two payments totalling £26,000 to Sligo-Leitrim Fianna Fail TD John Ellis in 1989 and 1990.

A body has been found in the wheel well of a US Airways jet at San Francisco International Airport.