Reynolds tells of Yeltsin's favours after Shannon snub

Former Taoiseach Albert Reynolds managed to extract two favours out of the late Russian president Boris Yeltsin in return for famously snubbing him at Shannon Airport in 1994, it emerged today.

Tributes were paid to Mr Yeltsin, 76, who led his nation for most of the 90s after succeeding Mikhail Gorbachev.