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EU leaders reach Greek rescue agreement

Tony Connelly, Europe Correspondent, reports that the EU and the IMF are to provide a mechanism to help Greece tackle its debt crisis

Daniel Gros, Director of the Centre for European Policy Studies, says the mechanism is only an interim measure

Prionsias de Rossa, Labour MEP, says protecting the euro is just as important as the rescue of Greece

Vatican denies US abuse cover-up

Fr Tom Doyle, canon lawyer, discusses the allegations that Pope Benedict did not do enough about a US priest accused of abusing 200 boys at a school for the deaf

Joe Little, Religious & Social Affairs Correspondent, reports that Cardinal Seán Brady has been asked to withdraw his defence in a legal battle with one of Fr Brendan Smyth's alleged victims

CPSU could escalate industrial action

CPSU members tell Pat McGrath that they are determined to press ahead with their campaign against the pay cuts

NAMA prepares to take developers' loans

Paul Colgan takes a tour of Dublin's NAMA monopoly board in the company of Sunday Tribune Business Editor Neil Callanan

David Murphy, Business Editor, says next week is a big one for the financial sector, as Anglo Irish Bank and Bank of Ireland announce results

Overcrowding at Galway emergency department

Noreen Muldoon, INMO, tells Sharon Gaffney that staff at University College Hospital Galway are struggling to cope

Bernard Gloster, HSE West, says the public service recruitment ban is not to blame for the overcrowding

Bray students benefit from Chinese lessons

Eleanor Burnhill reports that Loreto Secondary School Bray has been running a pilot project teaching Mandarin to its pupils for the last three years

ESB to unveil electric car 'juice points'

Paul Cunningham, Environment Correspondent, reports that the ESB is to unveil Ireland's first on-street charging points for electric vehicles