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Martin has meetings on 'undocumented'

Charlie Bird, Washington Correspondent, reports that the Minister for Foreign Affairs has been meeting with Senator John McCain on a working visa plan

Record number of prisoners in Irish prisons

Stephen Langton, Mountjoy Prison's visiting committee, says there are plans to build new wings in prisons to provide more humane conditions

Preparations for Gately funeral

Gerry Fay, Chairman North Wall Residents' Association, says people have been volunteering to get the interior and exterior church ready for Stephen Gately's funeral

Events to pamper carers

Eleanor Burnhill reports over 100 therapists from all over Ireland are providing their services for free and carers will pay a small donation

NAMA draft business plan published

Robert Shortt outlines the main points of the 35-page draft plan published by Finance Minister Brian Lenihan

Richard Bruton, Fine Gael Spokesman on Finance, and Frank Fahy, Fianna Fáil, give their views on the business plan

Arts figures address issue of cuts

Conor Hunt reports that Brendan Gleeson, Gabriel Byrne and others outlined the importance of arts to Ireland at an Oireachtas Committee

FÁS changed student's marks - report

Shane Phelan, Investigative Correspondent, Irish Independent, says there were concerns in the North-East over doctoring and manipulation of results

McCann shortlisted for US National Book Awards

Colum McCann, author, says he was shocked and delighted to be shortlisted for the fiction award for his book Let The Great World Spin

Cost of document translation criticised

Brian Meaney, Green Party Councillor in Co Clare, says this element of the language act does nothing for the image of the Irish language