A JUNIOR bondholder in AIB withdrew its challenge to a state-backed burden-sharing scheme yesterday as the Government forged ahead with plans to recapitalise the state-owned lender.

BANK of Ireland has announced plans for a rights issue to be underwritten by the state as the latest element of its overall recapitalisation effort.

IRISH banks’ borrowings from the European Central Bank and the Central Bank of Ireland fell by 12% in April, primarily due to the country’s debt agency temporarily placing deposits with some lenders.

Dozens of Irish servicemen and women forgotten for decades after being buried in unmarked graves were finally remembered today at a poignant Armistice Day ceremony.

Donal Hickey on manipulating cloud to produce rain.

AS a taxpayer interested in national planning and wanting to see everyone get value for money, why can’t we have a less elaborate and far less costly road that that currently proposed for the N20 between Blarney in Co Cork and Patrickswell in Co Limerick?

I WISH to congratulate Ryle Dwyer for his column on so-called global warming by means of fossil fuel burning (Irish Examiner, March 20).

IT’S been reported that upwards of €100 million is about to be spent on a dual carriageway connecting the N20 with the N8, north of Cork city.

Southend confirmed their League One title with a 1-0 win at home to Bristol City – and they will be joined in the Coca-Cola Championship next season by Colchester, whose goalless draw at Yeovil was just enough.

I WISH to protest against the waste of taxpayers’ money on barriers in the middle of part of the Cork-Mallow Road. With the vast sums spent on the new road, the public are entitled to something better.

A Garda Inspector told the Special Criminal Court today that he saw two men place a Real IRA wreath at a republican plot in a Cork cemetery on Easter Saturday in 2003.