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Knitters plan to weave new record
HUNDREDS of people will gather at Dr Hyde Park in Roscommon today in a bid to knit their way into the Guinness Book of Records.
Around 1,000 participants will need to knit simultaneously for 15 minutes if the current record is to be broken.
Under the rules imposed by the watchdogs from the records book, anyone who drops their needles or pauses during the knitting session will be disqualified.
Knitters from as far afield as Germany and the US have registered to take part in the novel event.
Teenagers charged over house raid
TWO teenagers – a 16-year old and an 18-year-old – have been remanded in custody after they were charged in connection with a house raid in north Dublin on Wednesday night.
The incident happened on Botanic Avenue when five people entered a house at around 11.30pm.
The house had been ransacked and the occupant, a 21-year-old man, was brought out in his own car and forced to withdraw money from nearby ATM machines, before he managed to escape uninjured.
Woman died after hospital fall
A woman who died of a head injury following a fall at a private Dublin hospital where she was a patient was being treated with an anti- clotting medication at the time, an inquest has heard.
Margaret White (88) of Marino Park Avenue, Fairview, Dublin 3, was found lying at the foot of her bed at the Mater Private hospital after a fall in the early hours of December 18th, 2009.
A CT scan confirmed a brain bleed and Ms White underwent a procedure to remove the subdural haemorrhage. But she never regained consciousness and died eight days later on December 26th.
The anti-clotting medication Plavix and her age meant Ms White was more susceptible to bleeding.
Coroner Dr Brian Farrell recorded a verdict of accidental death due to a fall in hospital.
No need for special treatment for judges' pay, says Taoiseach
The Taoiseach said yesterday that he saw "no need for special treatment for judges", on the issue of pay and pensions. Mr Kenny made the comments after the disclosure that Chief Justice John Murray availed of a meeting with him last week to voice concerns about the taxation of judges pensions.
Speaking in Drumshanbo, Co Leitrim, he said while the issue of pensions was discussed, it was not a central issue at his meeting with the Chief Justice. Citing other priorities such as "disadvantaged children" as more pressing for the Government, he said he did not think there should be special treatment for judges. Mr Kenny continued, "Obviously there is a proposal for a referendum to deal with this and that will be a matter that the Government will consider in due course."
Sir Denis Mahon dies aged 100
Sir Denis Mahon, who has died aged 100, was one of the most distinguished art historians and collectors of the 20th century.
Born in London in 1910, he was the son of John Fitzgerald Mahon and Lady Alice (née Browne), a daughter of the 5th Marquess of Sligo. Educated at Eton, it was later at Oxford, where he studied history, that his passion for art was kindled.
Mahon is credited with almost single-handedly raising the profile of Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, known as Guercino, a once neglected 17th-century Italian painter.
Personal data released at Trinity
The names of students and staff of Trinity College Dublin, along with their addresses, ID numbers and e-mail addresses, were "inadvertently" made accessible on a local network, the college said.
TCD said that it had reported the incident to the Data Protection Commissioner.
The college said it had been advised on March 30th that a file containing the data "was inadvertently made accessible on the local college network between August 2009 until March 2011".
Dermot Sweeney of TCD library dies
The death has occurred of Dermot Sweeney, higher library assistant at Trinity College. Mr Sweeney (44), late of Ushers Island, was a regular letter writer to this paper, with a letter from him published in The Irish Times just last week.
Mr Sweeney is reposing at his family home in Anne Devlin Park from 3pm today. Removal is to the Church of the Holy Spirit, Ballyroan, to arrive at 5.30pm. The funeral will be on Monday, after 11am Mass, to Kilmashogue Cemetery.