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Convention Centre opening could be delayed

Olivia Kelly, The Irish Times, says the opening of the €380m centre on Customs House Quay could be delayed because it lacks a proper sewerage facility

Lenders still not properly assessing risks

Karl Deeter, Irish Mortgage Brokers, says a review by the Financial Regulator's office of recent lending practices is wrong to criticise the entire sector

'Big Bang' machine to be discussed at Paris conference

Dr Steve Myers, CERN - the European centre for nuclear research, explains what the large hadron collider research has discovered

75 Quinn Insurance jobs saved

Michael McAteer, joint administrator of Quinn Insurance, speaks to Aoife Hegarty about why the jobs are now being saved

Michelle Gildernew, Sinn Féin MP for Fermanagh and South Tyrone, says the news is a huge relief to many in the area

Tourism sector recovery could take years

Eamonn McKeon, Irish Tourist Industry Confederation, says the industry is particularly worried about the reduction in the number of tourists coming from Britain

Mary Hanafin, Minister for Culture, Sport & Tourism, says she plans to meet NAMA to discuss the problems of the hotel sector

Dáil committee to discuss bank guarantee

David Murphy, Business Editor, reports that the Secretary General of the Department of Finance is appearing before the Dáil Public Accounts Committee this morning

FitzPatrick got €2.6m top-up from Anglo

Shane Phelan, Irish Independent, says the former Anglo Irish Bank chief executive got the loan on the same day it was taken into State ownership

Chopin inspiring animation

Eleanor Burnhill reports that a group of young animators has been participating in a free workshop taking the music of Chopin as inspiration for their own short film

12 July national holiday proposed

Arthur Morgan, Sinn Féin, and Winston Smith, Member of the Orange Order in the Republic, discuss the prospect of the all-Ireland holiday

Humpback whale spotted off Rathlin Island

Padraig Whooley of the Irish Whale and Dolphin Group says the recent sightings of whales in Irish waters shows marine ecology is good in the area