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Wednesday, 16 September 2009

Presented by Aine Lawlor & Richard Downes

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NAMA legislation on agenda as Dáil returns

NAMA legislation on agenda as Dáil returns

play David McCullagh, Political Correspondent, reports that TDs are coming back early to the Dáil to start debating the NAMA legislation

play Kathleen Barrington, Sunday Business Post, recalls the Government's bailout of the Insurance Corporation of Ireland in 1985

play John Murray Brown, The Financial Times, discusses the reaction of the international markets to the NAMA proposals

play John Murray visited Mullingar in Co Westmeath to see the effects of the banks' reckless lending culture

play Colm McCarthy, UCD Economist, says the task of the rescue plan is to sort out the banks at a minimum cost to the Exchequer

play Evelyn McClafferty asks people whether they have faith in Irish politicians solving the various problems they face

play Willie O'Dea, Minister for Defence, and George Lee, Fine Gael TD, engage in a energetic debate on NAMA

Mafia claims to have sunk toxic waste ship

play Paddy Agnew, The Irish Times, says a Mafia informant has claimed he blew up a toxic waste ship off the Calabrian coast

Commission recommends introduction of living wills

Commission recommends introduction of living wills

play Eamon Timmins, Age Action, welcomes the recommendations from the Law Reform Commission that legislation be introduced to allow adults to refuse treatment

Dan Brown's new novel released

Dan Brown's new novel released

play Nick Owchar, LA Times, gives his opinion on Dan Brown's first book in six years entitled The Lost Symbol

Business News

Business News

With Emma McNamara

play 7.10 bulletin: What to pay for the banks' property and land development loans. Bank chiefs were summoned to Merrion Street after office hours to go over the details of NAMA.

play 7.50 bulletin: Former Bank of Ireland chief financial officer John Bourke says he hopes the banks retain a degree of free market enterprise during and after NAMA

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Sports News

Sports News

With Darren Frehill

play 7.35 bulletin: Bohemians, Shamrock Rovers and St Patrick's Athletic are dumped out of the FAI Cup. Nicolas Murphy looks ahead to this weekend's All-Ireland final

play 8.35 bulletin: Eamon Dunphy on Roy Keane's troubles at Ipswich Town. Sporting Fingal manager Liam Buckley on his side's FAI Cup victory over Shamrock Rovers

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It Says In The Papers

It Says In The Papers

With Caroline Murphy

play There is a lot on NAMA, of course, but there is a lot, too, on Darren Sutherland. The Irish Daily Star, Irish Independent, Irish Daily Mirror and The Sun all lead with more on his death. In the Star, we are told Darren's father Tony said of him: 'Darren was a peace-loving young man who never hurt anyone in his life'