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No plan out of Rice talks: Lebanese minister

Richard Crowley talks to Ephraim Halevy, former head of the Israeli intelligence service, Mossad, and now of an influential think tank about Israel's next moves in the conflict

An excerpt of remarks by Condoleezza Rice, US Secretary of State, on the conflict in Lebanon before this morning's talks with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert

Richard Downes reports from northern Israel where he sought people's views in Haifa and spent the day with an Israeli Defence Force artillery unit

Noel Dorr, former Irish Ambassador to the UN, assesses the moves towards a diplomatic resolution to the Israel-Hezbollah crisis and the prospect of an international force in Lebanon

Planning board error may cost Meath council €13m

Richard Dowling, North-East Correspondent, reports on Meath County Council's bid to overturn an An Bord Pleanála decision which omitted provisions for social & affordable housing

EU Accession Focus: Baby-trafficking in Bulgaria

Anne-Marie Green visits Bulgaria to find out more about the disturbing crime of selling babies to couples abroad, which is one of the issues the EU says Bulgaria must tackle

Click here for more on Anne-Marie Green's visit to Bulgaria

RPI identifies Kerry house with high radon levels

Dr Ann McGarry, CEO, Radiological Protection Institute of Ireland, discusses the case of a Co Kerry house with the highest ever levels of radon gas concentration in Ireland [For more information on radon see http://www.rpii.ie/radon/]

Blaneys oppose reunion with Fianna Fáil: report

Michael O'Regan of The Irish Times discusses the opposition of the late Neil Blaney's family to the amalgamation with Fianna Fáil of Blaney's breakaway group

ESRI asks Govt to rein in pre-poll spending

Dr Alan Barrett, ESRI economist, discusses the think tank's report which predicts that continued strong growth in 2006 and 2007 will be followed by an economic slow down

Global trade deal talks collapse after five years

Peter Mandelson, EU chief negotiator at the global trade talks, discusses the break down after five years of debate on a deal that would better the world's poorest countries' trading stance

Man critical after attack at Belfast barbecue

Susan McKay, journalist, reports on the attack by a gang of eight men on two people at a barbecue at a Catholic house in Belfast which the PSNI has described as purely sectarian

Supreme Court to rule in Carrickmines/M50 row

Campaigner Vincent Salafia explains how today's ruling on whether there is a constitutional duty on the authorities to protect heritage could impact on the Hill of Tara/M3 case