A round-up of today's other stories in brief.
Taoiseach to meet Stardust campaigners
The Stardust survivors' long-running campaign for a proper inquiry into the tragedy will continue next week.
Six people who lost loved ones in the blaze will meet with Taoiseach Bertie Ahern and Minister for Justice Michael McDowell at Government Buildings on Monday.
The long-awaited talks are a milestone for the families, who believe they have been ignored for a quarter of a century.
"This is very important for us," said Antoinette Keegan, who lost two sisters in the tragedy. "We have waited 25 years for this.
"We are hoping for closure for the victims, but we will be approaching this with a certain amount of trepidation as we have been ignored for so long."
Forty-eight young people perished when a fire engulfed the Stardust nightclub in Artane, north Dublin on St Valentine's Day 1981.
Ms Keegan, who escaped from the building while her sisters Martina and Mary died in the horrific blaze, said the group will discuss a number of key issues with the party leaders.
Funeral of man killed in Kildysart
The funeral has taken place in Co Clare of the 32-year-old father of five, who died in hospital after he was found with serious head injuries in Kildysart on September 3rd last.
Vincent Hehir's funeral was due to take place last Sunday but was postponed because an independent autopsy was sought by the solicitor for three men questioned about his death.
Mr Hehir, originally from Glencanauane, Kildysart, was found unconscious with serious head injuries outside a public house at Main St Kildysart at around 11.45pm on Sunday September 3rd.
Man held after Antrim murder
Police launched a murder investigation in Northern Ireland last night after the discovery of the body of a man in Co Antrim.
The body was found in a flat in Ballymena, a police service spokesman said.
The scene around the flat in the Dunclug area of the town was sealed off while detectives and forensic experts carried out a detailed search.
One man was arrested and was being questioned about the murder.
At this stage, police did not believe there was any sectarian element to the killing, the spokesman added.
DUP member in expenses row
A Democratic Unionist Party member of the Northern Ireland Assembly was under fire yesterday after claiming over £18,000 in travel expenses in a single year.
The SDLP questioned how Mark Robinson could run up such a bill travelling to Stormont when he only represents South Belfast.
The £18,058.68p claimed by Mr Robinson, was only out-done by Sinn Féin's Pat Doherty, the West Tyrone MLA who actually lives across the Border in Co Donegal and claimed £21,494.15.
Fellow South Belfast MLA, the SDLP MP Dr Alasdair McDonnell, was outraged at the size of the claim from a member whose constituency was only around the corner from Stormont.
"People will ask how exactly did Mark Robinson travel to Stormont? Chauffeur? Private jet?"
He said people would be stunned that a man who hadn't made any impression in the Assembly had made such an impression on its financial office.
Dr McDonnell said: "At a time when people in my constituency are being crippled with huge rates bills it is simply breathtaking that the DUP, the so-called party of efficiency, are claiming £18,000 of public money for a small journey from Finaghy Crossroads to the Newtownards Road, a journey of less than seven miles."
The DUP declined to make any comment.