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Legal row over Church abuse files

Joe Little, Religious & Social Affairs Correspondent, reports on the dispute between Cardinal Desmond Connell and Archbishop Diarmuid Martin

Deirdre Fitzpatrick of One in Four calls on Cardinal Connell to abandon his High Court action and to co-operate fully with the commission of investigation

Chad rebel movement delays EU troops

Journalist Simon Roughneen doubts whether Irish troops should be going to Chad at all as part of the EU force

Commandant Gavin Young, Defence Forces Press Officer, says all EU forces have been delayed as rebel forces make their way towards N'Djamena

Riverdance beached on Blackpool beach

Aisling Donnelly speaks to Michael Mulford, RAF Rescue Centre in Kinloss, about last night's unsuccessful re-floating operation

Paul Parks, Liverpool Coast Guard, discusses the ongoing operation, while Tom MacSweeney, Marine Correspondent, says it was not unusual for the vessel to be out in rough weather

Row over IFA farms visited in Brazil

Marco Amarante, Brazilian Ambassador to Ireland, speaking on RTÉ Radio's News At One, says the IFA did not visit any farms of quality

John Bryan, Chairman, Kilkenny branch IFA, disputes comments from Mr Amarante, who said the IFA were tourists in Brazil on an illegal mission

Ban due in Kenya for peace talks

Maina Kiai, Kenya National Commission on Human Rights, says he believes the key to stopping the violence is to deal with the election itself

Social websites used for anti-drug message

Brendan Fitzpatrick reports on efforts to find an effective means of communicating an anti-drugs message to the young adult population

Dublin's festival of light

Aisling O'Riordan reports on the world's first ever science gallery this weekend in Trinity College Dublin

File-sharing website faces copyright suit

John Collins, The Irish Times, says Pirate Bay has been charged with conspiracy to break copyright law in Sweden