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Deadline for North parties to respond to St Andrews plan

Dermot Ahern, Minister for Foreign Affairs, says the two governments intend to press on as planned

Tommie Gorman, Northern Editor, reports that matters have turned out as the British and Irish governments expected

Monaghan representatives disappointed with Harney meeting

Cllr Padraig McNally, Mayor of Monaghan, outlines the events at last night's meeting over the future of Monaghan Hospital

Tallaght survey highlights Traveller suicides

Áine Hegarty met some of those who have been affected by a sharp increase in suicide in the Travelling community

Annan faced growing political pressure as term went on

Mary Robinson, former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, on the outgoing UN Secretary General's growing alienation from the US

Corrib protestors in fresh clashes with gardaí

Jim Fahy, Western Correspondent, reports from Bellanaboy, where a confrontation between gardaí and protestors is taking place

Jim Fahy reports that a garda baton charge was made in an attempt to clear the road

Supreme Court adoption case ruling expected today

Geoffrey Shannon, an expert on children's law, explains that the case hinges on a mother's change of mind over a baby she had consented to have adopted

Leas Cross report to assess failure in care for the elderly

Journalist Niall O'Connor reports on the inquest on an elderly man who died having been left beside a radiator in a Kilkenny nursing home

Fergal Bowers, Health Correspondent, says Prof Des O'Neill's report on the nursing home is expected to to conclude that the quality of care is poor elsewhere too

Death of controversial architect Sam Stephenson

Sam Stephenson told Vincent Browne about the night he slept with Charlie Haughey

Frank McDonald, Environment Editor of The Irish Times, recalls a colourful friend and sparring partner

Rumsfeld exit a loss to picturesqueness

Cian McCormack delves into the musings of Donald Rumsfeld with Hart Seely, author of 'Pieces of Intelligence: The Existential Poetry of Donald H Rumsfeld'

Armagh arson victim dies of injuries

Tommie Gorman, Northern Editor, reports on the death overnight of 33-year-old Thomas O'Hare