Former Fianna Fáil TD and MEP Niall Andrews has died at the age of 68 following a long illness.

CHRIS ANDREWS, the son of former MEP Niall Andrews, was last night selected as a Fianna Fáil Dáil candidate for the Dublin South East constituency.

THE destination of the eircom League Premier Division title might be going right down to the wire but one thing is certain - there will be a new name on the championship trophy this season.

UCD can all but assure their Premier Division status for next season by beating struggling Waterford United at Belfield Park tonight.

Waterford United 1 Bray Wanderers 2

Bray lead Waterford tonight in the eircom League tonight while Derry and Shamrock Rovers are scoreless, as are UCD and St Patrick's Athletic.

GOALKEEPER Packie Holden earned Waterford United an eircom League Premier Division point against UCD at the RSC on Saturday night.

Waterford United 0 UCD 0

Bohemians 2 Waterford United 1

The Government is leaving no stone unturned in its attempts to free aid director Margaret Hassan from her captors in Iraq, the Dáil was told today.

Daryl Murphy scored a hat-trick inside four minutes to take his tally on the night to four goals in a crazy game at the RSC which also saw a trio from Willie Bruton.

PRESIDENT of the European Parliament Pat Cox will make his farewell speech today after two and a half years as its president, but his future career path is still uncertain.

EUROPE AFFAIRS Minister Dick Roche yesterday called for an overhaul of the EU-expenses system after an investigation claimed Irish MEPs were abusing lucrative allowances.

Irish MEP Niall Andrews has reiterated his call for a speedy ruling in the trial of three Irishmen accused of training anti-government rebels in Colombia.

A delegation was today flying to Colombia for a series of meetings with some of the country’s senior politicians about the fate of three Irishmen accused of training Marxist rebels.

Campaigners for the three Irishmen accused of training left-wing rebels in Colombia have called on the Irish Government to use its presidency of the EU to ensure the men’s human rights are not breached.

Three Fianna Fáil MEPs are to travel to Iran this week to discuss how the European Union will help in the aftermath the earthquake in Bam.

AER LINGUS will provide US authorities will details of all passengers flying to America from the end of this month, despite fears that it may invade people’s right to privacy.

THE trial of three Irishmen accused of training FARC guerrillas in Colombia was described as a farce as it entered its final phase yesterday.

The trial of three Irishmen accused of training FARC guerrillas resumes today.

OBSERVERS from three continents are expected to attend the controversial trial of three Irishmen accused of training FARC rebels in Colombia which is due to resume in the capital, Bogota, today.

GREEN Party TD Ciarán Cuffe lacked political cop-on by holding onto shares in unethical companies, his party colleague MEP Patricia McKenna said yesterday.

Fianna Fáil MEP Niall Andrews has criticised his party for abandoning Irish neutrality.

Bray Wanderers have moved to the top of the Eircom League First Division after beating Kilkenny City 2-1 last night.

It is expected that aid from Ireland for Ethiopia will exceed €27m this year.

PRESIDENT of the European Parliament Pat Cox was last night caught in the middle of a row that led to the cancellation of a major meeting with politicians from some of the world’s poorest nations.

THREE unsuccessful general election candidates are being investigated by gardaí for failing to return a list of campaign donations they received to the State’s political watchdog.

Dublin MEP, Niall Andrews, is on his way to Sudan as the European Union restores its diplomatic relations with the war torn country.

Following the declaration of referendum results from 10 of the country’s 41 constituencies, none had voted in favour of the Treaty of Nice.