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Woman and baby feared dead in crash
Two people, a woman and her baby, were feared dead in a two-vehicle collision outside Letterkenny, Co Donegal, last night.
The crash happened at Newmills, about 3km from Letterkenny.
Elsewhere, a man died in a single vehicle crash near Borrisokane, Co Tipperary, last night. Gardaí said that the dead man was a foreign national.
Meanwhile, a man was seriously injured when his car collided with a truck at Ashbourne, Co Meath, yesterday.
Murder trial shown video
The jury in the trial of a 28-year-old man accused of committing murder in Mountjoy Prison has been shown video footage of the alleged incident.
Declan O'Reilly (28), of Parnell Road, Crumlin, Dublin, has pleaded not guilty at the Central Criminal Court in Dublin to murdering Derek Glennon on June 25th, 2007.
Anthony Sammon SC, for the prosecution, told the jury that evidence in the case would be "quite succinct" and would consist largely of visual images taken from the prison's security video system.
Chief officer John Farrell of Mountjoy Prison told the court that he saw "what appeared to be horseplay between two prisoners" and he walked towards the men.
The incident then "seemed to intensify into a fully fledged fist fight between Declan O'Reilly and Derek Glennon".
€29,000 for damage to boat
Plans for weekend boating trips around Ireland and summer breaks were ruined for businessman Brendan Martin and his family in 2006, a judge heard yesterday.
Ronan Dolan, counsel for Mr Martin, told the Circuit Civil Court that Mr Martin had hired Auto Marine Engineering Services Ltd, Co Cork, to service both engines on his 37-metre motorboat.
When the work had been carried out Mr Martin, Woodcliff Heights, Howth, Co Dublin, and a friend decided to take the boat on a test trip around Lambay Island.
During the trip the starboard engine failed and the boat had to limp back to Howth harbour on the port engine only. Tests revealed the starboard engine had been written off and Mr Martin discovered the bilges around the engines were full of oil.
Judge Jacqueline Linnane heard Mr Martin had sued Auto Marine Engineering Services Ltd, Aughatubrid Beg, Glandore, for breach of contract in the carrying out of the service contract.
The judge awarded Mr Martin €28,696, to include the cost and fitting of the replacement engine, depreciation and loss of use and damages.
Cash found in car forfeited to State
A man who claimed that €20,000 found in a Garda search resulted from the sale of a car has had the money confiscated and forfeited to the State as the proceeds of crime.
Michael Cronin (35), Belclare Lawns, Ballymun, Dublin, told gardaí he had just sold his car to a named car dealer in Swords, but the firm's owner denied any such transaction had taken place.
Seán Gillane, for the Revenue Commissioners, told Judge Katherine Delahunt at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court that gardaí, acting on information in relation to drug trafficking, stopped a vehicle in Finglas in which Cronin was a passenger.
The cash was found in the passenger door.
10-year sentence in cocaine case
A man who was caught mixing and packaging cocaine valued at more than €2 million in a rented council house in Lucan has been given a 10-year sentence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.
Vincent Concannon (38), Fairlawn Park, Finglas, had no previous convictions but became involved as a result of developing a cocaine and cannabis addiction and running up a "drug debt".
HSE and Impact to meet today
The HSE and the Impact trade union will meet again today in an attempt to find a resolution to a dispute which has resulted in about 28,000 health sector staff taking industrial action.
The staff, including those working in administration, are involved in a work to rule for the past three weeks over the imposition by the HSE of tighter restrictions on recruitment.
The HSE and Impact had a preliminary meeting yesterday regarding the dispute. The sides meet again today at 1.30pm.
Minister for Health Mary Harney said yesterday the HSE faced an enormous challenge trying to live within its budget this year and "the challenge next year will be even greater".
Irishman recovers after croc attack
An Irishman is recovering in hospital after being attacked by a crocodile in Mexico at the weekend.
Seán Treacy (23) was swimming in Nichupte lagoon near Cancun when he was attacked. He received injuries to his upper arm and suffered a punctured lung.
Despite the prevalence of crocodiles in the 5,000- hectare Nichupte lagoon, it remains a draw for tourists and is frequently used for boating excursions and jet-ski jungle tours.
Website for teens launched
A new website has been established providing links to hundreds of programmes and activities for young people across the State.
www.teenspace.ieis funded out of the €400,000 allocated each year to Government youth schemes like Dáil na nÓg (the annual youth parliament) and Comhairle na nÓg (regular youth council meetings).
Minister of State for Children Barry Andrews said the idea came from the young representatives at Dáil na nÓg.