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Callely set for court over expenses

Pat Leahy, Sunday Business Post, says that Senator Ivor Callely is to apply for leave to challenge Seanad Members Interest Committee decisions over his expenses

Obama unveils massive infrastructure plan

Richard Downes, Washington Correspondent, reports that US President Barack Obama has proposed a $50bn six-year plan to rebuild US roads, railways, and ports

Poolbeg incinerator review extended

Colman O'Sullivan reports that Dublin City Council has announced it is agreeing a review of the contract for the incinerator at Ringsend

Paul Cunningham, Environment Correspondent, reports that the contract will be reviewed by all four of Dublin's councils

Boy carries pipe bomb into classroom

Alan Murray, journalist, says a group linked to the UVF is behind the pipe bomb that was left at a Co Antrim school yesterday and carried inside the building by a child

Tipperary celebrates All-Ireland win

Pat McGrath reports that 30,000 people turned out to welcome home the victorious 2010 All-Ireland champions

Anglo discussed by Lenihan and EU commissioner

Ciaran O'Hagan, Société Générale, says it is likely that Anglo Irish Bank is going to be wound down over the next ten years

Irish genetic code sequenced

Prof Brendan Loftus, UCD, says the mapping of the genome is vital as it helps in determining why certain diseases are prevalent among the Irish population

Dublin Convention Centre opens

Paul Ferris reports that the €380m convention centre is to be opened today more than 20 years after it was first proposed

Plans to build weather database

Dr Peter Stott, UK Met Office, explains that climate scientists meeting in Britain hope to build a database to precisely predict natural disasters