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Investigations into bus and Luas collision

Cian McCormack gets some eyewitness accounts on O'Connell Street shortly after the collision took place yesterday afternoon

Vincent Murphy says investigations have been launched and the bus and tram have been removed from the scene

Vincent Murphy brings an update on the investigation into the crash and morning traffic from O'Connell Street

NAMA details outlined in Dáil

David Murphy, Business Editor, says it is difficult to force banks to lend even if they have received state support

Brian Lucey, Associate Professor in Finance, TCD, says the Government will issue this debt and it is then up to the banks to decide what they will do with it

Brian Lenihan, Minister for Finance, says the figure of €54bn is an estimate, which is subject to a detailed valuing of each loan

Tom Parlon, Director General, Construction Industry Federation, says there are opportunities for developers to work with NAMA

Iarnród Éireann quizzed about viaduct collapse

Ivan Barrett, Sea Scout leader, tells Colman O'Sullivan that he called Irish Rail and told them some stonework had been washed away on the pillar

Barry Kenny, spokesman, Iarnród Éireann, says there was a full inspection of the causeway and the erosion was out of sight of the engineers

US missile defence shield plan dropped - report

Bill Nicholson, USA Today, says the Obama administration is to shelve the plan for a missile defence system according to a Wall Street Journal report

EU leaders seek common position on global finance

Tony Connelly, Europe Correspondent, reports there will be broad support for a global cap on bonuses but getting agreement for a system will be difficult