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Govt proposals over partnership talks

Ingrid Miley, Industry & Employment Correspondent, reports on the Government's new proposals to unions for talks on a new national partnership agreement

Peter McLoone, President, Irish Congress of Trade Unions, gives his view on the proposals for a basis to negotiations

Britain withdraws legislation on 'on-the-runs'

Maggie Beirne, Director of human rights group Committee on the Administration of Justice, gives her view on how the issue of so-called 'on-the-runs' should be dealt with

Peter Hain, Northern Secretary, discusses yesterday's withdrawal of legislation dealing with so-called 'on-the-runs'

Greg O'Neill of the Justice for the Forgotten victims' group gives his reaction to the withdrawal of the legislation

Peter Hain discusses the situation in Northern Ireland in the context of yesterday's development

High Court challenge against M3 to begin

Richard Dowling, North-East Correspondent, outlines the case being taken by campaigners led by Vincent Salafia over the route of the proposed M3 motorway

Young Scientists: Focus on event's impact

Leo Enright, Chair of Discover Science and Engineering at Forfás, has the second of three reports on the Young Scientist Exhibition, today examining the event's effect on pupils' careers

Relatives react to Wexford woman's death

Damien Tiernan, South-East Correspondent, reports on statements from relatives regarding the death of Wexford woman Evelyn Joel last weekend

US & Britain say Iran's UNSC referral is likely

Paul Rodgers, Professor of Peace Studies, Bradford University, discusses the possibility of Iran's referral to the UN Security Council and its potential impact on Iran

Focus on development of bio-fuels

Paschal Sheehy, Southern Editor, reports from Cork on the increasing use of pure plant oil, an alternative fuel produced from Irish-grown rape oil seed

Ryanair plane in near crash: magazine report

Colin Murphy, journalist with Village magazine, explains what an internal Ryanair report reveals about an air incident on a flight to Rome's Fiumicino Airport last year

Michael O'Leary, CEO, Ryanair, says the information in the report is correct but that the incident was not a near crash