Some of today's other stories in brief.
Garda targets non-wearing of seatbelts
Motorists caught without wearing seatbelts are to be targeted by gardaí as part of a two-day operation starting today on 15 national traffic routes around the country.
"Operation Lifesaver", involving gardaí from both the Traffic Corps and regular Garda units, will see gardaí adopting a "zero tolerance" approach to the non-wearing of seatbelts.
Gardaí say they have issued 1,895 fixed charge notices for seatbelt offences since April 3rd.
Six hurt in multicar collision
Gardaí in Limerick are investigating the cause of a multivehicle collision yesterday in which six people were injured. At least one of these, a male, was understood to be in a serious condition at the Mid-Western Regional Hospital last night.
The incident happened at around 9.30am yesterday near Pallasgreen on the N24 road from Limerick to Tipperary.
Meanwhile, police in Northern Ireland yesterday released the name of a motorcyclist who died after he was involved in a car crash in Co Armagh on Tuesday evening. Drew Coulter (28) from Dungannon, Co Tyrone, died in hospital following the collision on the main Loughgall to Portadown road shortly after 7pm.
Curtin meeting uneventful
A brief meeting of the Oireachtas committee set up to inquire into the conduct of Judge Brian Curtin took place yesterday, but no major decisions were taken, writes Carol Coulter.
It had expected to meet the London-based computer expert engaged to examine the judge's computer, but he was unable to attend.
Meanwhile, Judge Curtin's solicitor has issued a statement appealing to the media to respect fully the rights of the judge in general, and also his rights and those of the committee to have the investigation conducted in private.
DAA appeals conditions on plan Dublin Airport Authority has appealed a number of conditions attached to its planning permission for a € €150 million new runway to the north of the existing runway, writes Paul Cullen.
However, the authority has not appealed a condition imposed by Fingal County Council last month that it pay a €21 million infrastructure levy, much of which will be used to improve the road system around the airport.
A DAA spokeswoman said the appeal to An Bord Pleanála represented an attempt to "tighten up" the planning permission and would have no effect on the cost or duration of the project.