TO great media fanfare, a group called Spirit of Ireland recently launched its proposal for wind energy in Ireland along the lines suggested by Prof Igor Shvets last December.

An ex-business associate of Alexander Litvinenko said today that the former Russian spy was murdered because of information he held on a powerful Kremlin figure.

Russian sports officials today derided allegations against a reputed mobster charged with conspiring to fix figure skating results at the Salt Lake City Olympics.