Saturday/Sunday
Mr Justice Hugh O'Flaherty announced his resignation from the Supreme Court following the Chief Justice's damning report on the handling of the Philip Sheedy case. Mr O'Flaherty said he was resigning "so that confidence can be restored in the administration of justice", noting "the highest duty of a judge is impartiality, as well as the appearance of impartiality".
The Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr Andrews, visited Dili in East Timor to talk to key figures seeking a resolution to the conflict between Indonesia and the pro-independence movement. His meeting with the Nobel Peace laureate, Bishop Carlos Belo, was interrupted by a man who informed them his son was being murdered at that moment by Indonesian army-backed paramilitaries.
At its annual conference, the Green Party attacked the Government's decision to seek to join the NATO-sponsored Partnership for Peace without holding a referendum.
The Progressive Democrats expressed anger at the leaking to a Sunday newspaper of confidential banking documents detailing the party's indebtedness.
Monday
The Taoiseach, Mr Ahern, and the British Prime Minister, Mr Tony Blair, held an intensive round of negotiations in Downing Street with the Ulster Unionists, Sinn Fein and the SDLP. The talks failed to achieve a breakthrough on decommissioning and the implementation of the Northern executive.
The High Court increased by £100,000 an award of £165,000 "general damages" made by the hepatitis C compensation tribunal to a 44-year-old married woman. The decision meant the lifting of a cap of £150,000 on general damages referred to in a 1984 Supreme Court judgment.
Dublin architect Philip Sheedy appeared before Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to appeal the four-year sentence given to him after pleading guilty to dangerous driving causing death.
Dublin's local authorities announced their intention to adopt a common action programme over the next four years aimed at relieving the housing crisis by providing sites for an additional 66,000 homes.
A campaign for an independent international investigation and a judicial inquiry into the murder of the Lurgan solicitor Ms Rosemary Nelson was opened in Belfast.
Tuesday
Mr Justice Cyril Kelly of the High Court announced his resignation along with Mr Michael Quinlan, the Dublin County Registrar of the Circuit Court who was involved in the listing of the Sheedy case. The resignations coincided with the publication of a Department of Justice report on the affair which said Mr Quinlan's dealings with the Department's inquiry "fell well short" of expected standards.
The Flood tribunal was adjourned as lawyers for the Murphy group prepared to challenge Mr Justice Flood's decision to admit into evidence a controversial affidavit prepared by a former chief executive.
Jurys formally announced the takeover of the Doyle Hotel Group, a move which will make it the largest hotel group in the State.
Some 5,000 smear tests in seven hospitals are to be reviewed following the incorrect diagnosis of some tests, the Minister for Health, Mr Cowen, said.
Ireland's greenhouse gas emissions in 2010 could be up to four times higher than the legally binding target of 13 per cent, an environmental conference was told.
Wednesday
Telecom Eireann announced the first phase of its share offer information campaign. Invitations to register for an allocation of shares were sent to the 2.8 million people on the electoral register.
The Committee of Public Accounts issued a report criticising the Department of Energy's sale of Glen Ding Wood to Cement Roadstone Holdings in 1992 without going to public tender.
About £26 million in EU aid for the building of the national convention centre in Dublin was released by the European Commission.
The High Court reserved judgment on an application by the Criminal Assets Bureau for judgment for almost £2 million against Mr Gerry Hutch.
Cork's Roy Keane helped Manchester United to reach the Champions League final by scoring the team's first goal in a 3-2 win over Juventus in Turin. The Manchester United captain, however, earned a second yellow card which rules him out of the final against Bayern Munich.
Thursday
The Fine Gael leader, Mr John Bruton, said his party would oppose the payment of a pension to Mr Cyril Kelly until he gave an assurance that he would explain his actions in relation to the Sheedy case.
Dublin's first £1 million new homes went on the property market at Carrickmines in south Dublin. All 15 houses were sold within four hours.
Northern Ireland's First Minister, Mr David Trimble, visited John Paul II in the Vatican as part of a meeting of Nobel laureates with the Pope. Mr Trimble described the visit as a courtesy call.
The Department of Justice agreed to grant a pension to and clear the name of a 100-year-old former Garda superintendent who was dismissed from the force 71 years ago. Mr William Geary was sacked for allegedly accepting a £100 bribe from the IRA.
More than a third of the plutonium dumped in the Irish Sea by Sellafield is unaccounted for, British scientists said.
