A round-up of today's other home news in brief.
Murder inquiry after Polish man stabbed
The PSNI has launched a murder inquiry after a 37- year-old Polish man was stabbed to death in Omagh, Co Tyrone in the early hours of yesterday morning. He was stabbed in a flat in the Hospital Road area of the town at about 3am.
A 36-year-old woman, also from Poland, was arrested yesterday morning.
Later yesterday, a 27-year- old man was arrested and is also being questioned by detectives about the killing.
Body of man (34) found in house
Gardaí at Castlebar, Co Mayo, are investigating all the circumstances surrounding the discovery of the body of a 34-year-old man at a house on Upper Thomas Street, Castlebar, shortly after 1.30pm yesterday.
The body was removed to Mayo General Hospital, Castlebar, where a postmortem will be conducted today. The scene was preserved for technical examination.
AIB seeks 2.5m from company
A bank is seeking court orders against a property investment company for the repayment of loans of €2.5 million advanced to help buy properties here and in Canada and Romania.
The application by Allied Irish Bank for judgment in that sum from Stopwell Investments Ltd will be heard by the Commercial Court next month.
AIB claims it lent the money from 2003 to November 2006 to Stopwell, Avonlea Demesne, Lucan, Co Dublin, on foot of five accounts operated by the company at the AIB branch at Patrick Street, Cork.
It claims €800,000 was lent in 2003 to buy premises at Princes Street, Cork and North Main Street, Cork, while an additional €1.25 million was lent in May 2006 to fund renovations to a commercial property and to finance further property investments.
A further €1.25 million in November 2006 was advanced to help purchase a hotel in Vancouver Island, Canada and for fees and contributions relating to lands in Romania.
Mr Justice Peter Kelly admitted the proceedings to the Commercial Court yesterday and adjourned the application for summary judgment to January 17th.
1.4bn invested in research
More than €1.4 billion has been invested by the Government in grants for scientific research and development since 2007, Minister for Enterprise Mary Coughlan has said.
The investment in the Strategy for Science, Technology and Innovation (SSTI) had led to significant progress in scientific research in Ireland, Ms Coughlan said.
The latest SSTI progress report, published yesterday, showed that growth in research and development in third-level institutions and the business sector had almost doubled since 2000.
Investment through the IDA and Enterprise Ireland, including a new €500 million research and development grant for companies, and an enhanced research and development tax credit, was attracting new business to Ireland, the Tánaiste said.
Youth pleads guilty to attacks
A teenager yesterday pleaded guilty to attacking a civil servant who has been in a coma since the assault 2½ years ago.
Due to face a trial for attempted murder at Belfast Crown Court, Daryl Proctor (18) pleaded guilty to inflicting grievous bodily harm with intent on Paul McCauley (30), a father of one, on July 16th, 2006.
Proctor, the Fountain, Derry, also pleaded guilty to inflicting grievous bodily harm with intent on Mark Lynch and attempting to cause grievous bodily harm to Gavin Mullin.
The prosecution accepted the amended plea and Mr Justice Hart adjourned sentencing until the new year pending probation reports on Proctor.