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Ireland pays more to borrow money than Greece

Daniel Gros from the Centre for European Policy Studies says the markets' attention was elsewhere and now bond fears have now come to light

Donal O'Mahony, Global Strategist in Davy Stockbrokers says the international press is being unfair to Ireland

Quentin Fottrell, Wall Street Journal columnist, says the coverage is not too harsh and that the international media is just portraying the facts

David Murphy, Business Editor, reports that a compromise on Anglo Irish Bank's future could be reached soon

Navan emergency dept 'unsafe' - consultants

Donal Duffy, Assistant General Secretary of Irish Hospital Consultants Association, says hospital workers have told the Health Service Executive that their workplace is unsafe

Dr Dominic O'Brannigan, Clinical Director for the HSE in Louth/Meath, says that emergency department is not unsafe for patients

UK phone tapping scandal

Brian O'Connell, London Editor, reports Andy Coulson is set to be quizzed today over a newspaper phone-hacking row

Dublin Fringe Festival

Anne-Marie McNerney reports that over the next two weeks the Dublin Fringe Festival will be taking place

Backlash fears as US pastor insists he will burn Koran

Bill Nicholson, Night Editor of USA Today, says that a small church's pastor in Florida says it plans to burn the Koran on the anniversary of 11 September

Top Irish universities drop down rankings

Dr John Hegarty, Provost of Trinity College Dublin, says that Ireland is having difficulty competing with cash-rich universities abroad and fees need to be brought back

Morning sickness research

Dr Anne Matthews, Dublin City University, says that trials of natural treatments did not necessarily provide effective remedies for morning sickness