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Probe into murder of ex-SF official Donaldson

Eileen Magnier, North-West Correspondent, reports from Co Donegal on the latest in the investigation of yesterday's murder of former Sinn Féin official Denis Donaldson

Tommie Gorman, Northern Editor, looks back on Denis Donaldson's involvement with Sinn Féin and what he did in the wake of last year's revelation he was working as a British spy

Hugh Jordan, Sunday World reporter, discusses what Denis Donaldson told him when the newspaper tracked him down to his isolated cottage in the Glenties

Tommie Gorman discusses the Donaldson murder and its political implications for efforts to revive power sharing in Northern Ireland

Drivers advised to avoid East Link protest

Joan O'Sullivan reports from the East Link toll bridge where hauliers are staging a protest between 7am and 9.30am over tolls for truck drivers

Government paves way for Aer Lingus sale

Brendan Fitzpatrick went out on to the streets of Dublin after it emerged last night that a majority stake in Aer Lingus was to be sold to see if the public were ready to buy shares in the airline

David Learmont, Editor, Flight International, gives an international context to the Government decision to sell up to 59.9% of Aer Lingus on the stock market

Workers to picket FÁS over decentralisation

Ingrid Miley, Industry & Employment Correspondent, reports on this morning's picket of the agency's offices in Dublin over plans to decentralise the agency to Birr, Co Offaly

Maynooth college launches teaching archive

Dr Brendan Walsh of NUI Maynooth's Education Department discusses the college's Teaching Voice Archive dedicated to the recollection and experience of teachers in Ireland [Weblink: http://www.nuim.ie/academic/education/archive.htm]

Drought intensifies in Horn of Africa

Simon Roughneen of the aid agency, GOAL, who is on the road assessing the humanitarian situation in south Ethiopia, discusses the current state of the food crisis

Clara in shock after school bus tragedy

Cian McCormack reports from Clara, Co Offaly, on a community deeply affected by yesterday's school bus accident in which a 15-year-old boy was killed and 32 others were injured

Carthagena Minnock, Principal, Killina Presentation Secondary School, explains the steps the school is taking to cope with the aftermath of yesterday's tragedy

Nuclear energy a possibility for Ireland: Forfás

Gerard O'Neill from Amárach Consulting, who contributed to the report, discusses the conclusion that nuclear energy is a long term possibility for Ireland in seeking to meet its future energy needs

Maritime historian de Courcy Ireland dies

Lorna Siggins, The Irish Times Marine Correspondent, recalls the life of John de Courcy Ireland, maritime historian and political campaigner, and discusses how he will be remembered

Des Brannigan, former head of the Maritime Institute of Ireland, discusses de Courcy Ireland's legacy and the recent funding secured in a campaign he took part in for a seaman's memorial