Morning Ireland

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Hand of fate dashes World Cup hopes

Tony Connelly, Europe Correspondent, reports from Paris on the fans reaction after Ireland lost to France after a hand-ball led to the winning goal

Des Cahill says Thierry Henry has admitted that it was a hand-ball that led to the controversial goal

Vincent Murphy watched last night's drama unfold with fans in the Living Room Bar just off O'Connell St in Dublin

Tony Connelly reports on how the French newspapers are covering the win over Ireland

Central Bank chief against salary cap

Brendan Keenan, Irish Independent, says that the head of the Central Bank - Patrick Honohan - has said he does not agree with the €500k cap on bankers' salaries

Report highlights concern over children's hostels

Listen to excerpts of the personal stories recounted in a CD that accompanies the report

Emily Logan, Children's Ombudsman, says that there are 174 separated children who have arrived in Ireland and are now in State care

Cowen hints that pensioners will be spared

Eamon Timmins, Age Action, says that the organisation is still concerned that the Budget will hit older members of the population hard

EU summit on top posts

Thomas Klau, Senior Analyst at the European Council on Foreign Relations, says the two top EU jobs are still wide-open

McCann wins prestigious US award

Colm McCann, who won the National Book Award for fiction for Let the Great World Spin, says he is very surprised that he won the top prize

Woman still critical after fatal Galway crash

Sean Canney, Independent Councillor, says the area on the N17 where the accident happened is locally known as a notorious accident blackspot

Widespread flooding after overnight storm

Conor Faughnan, AA, says that motorists need to slow down in order to be better able to deal with unexpected debris