A round-up of some of the day's other news.
Labour seeks fairness in 2006 budget
The Labour Party has demanded fairness in next week's budget, saying "bulging government coffers" were of no use unless they were used to give people a better quality of life.
In a pre-budget statement yesterday, the party put forward Seven Minimum Demands for a Fair Budget. Party leader Pat Rabbitte said that these were "the absolute minimum that must be met if people generally are to judge next week's budget as fair".
The party's submission to the Government makes the following demands:
Reward work - index the standard tax rate band by 15 per cent; cap doctors' fees and extend relief for medical costs; bring justice to taxation - a minimum effective tax rate on the super wealthy; double the fuel allowance for senior citizens; create opportunity in welfare - reform the rent allowance; double school capitation grants, and introduce a childcare payment and paid parental leave.
Mr Rabbitte said this year the Minister for Finance had unprecedented funds available to him and "should use that money to make a real positive impact on the lives of ordinary people".
Man who died on mountain named
The young man whose body was removed from the east face of Ireland's highest mountain, Carrauntoohil, near Killarney, on Thursday was named yesterday as Paul Fergus (23) from Cheshire.
Mr Fergus had set out alone to tackle the mountain from the western side on Tuesday.
When he failed to turn up as expected at the home of a relative on Wednesday night, the alarm was raised. Kerry Mountain Rescue discovered the body.
The young man's parents travelled from England on Thursday night.
A postmortem was carried out at Cork University Hospital yesterday.
Ecumenical walk of light in Dublin
Six Christian denominations will take part in a walk of light in Dublin city tomorrow, the first Sunday of Advent.
Co-sponsored by the Roman Catholic diocesan advisory committee on ecumenism and the Dublin Council of Churches, it will leave St Mary's church on Haddington Road at 5.40pm after Mass and proceed to the Romanian Orthodox congregation at Christchurch, Leeson Park.
From there it will cross the Grand Canal to St Finian's Lutheran church on Adelaide Road for a concluding evening prayer.
Man held after Navan drug seizure
A man was in Garda custody last night after cocaine and heroin with an estimated street value of €60,000 were seized in Navan, Co Meath.
The drugs were found in a house in the town at about 6pm. The man, who is known to gardaí, is being detained under the Drug Trafficking Act which allows for his detention for up to seven days.