Anglo trial
The first witnesses in the trial of 3 former Anglo Irish Bank executives are due to take the stand today.
Former Anglo chairman Sean FitzPatrick, former finance director Willie McAteer and former head of lending in Ireland Pat Whelan deny providing unlawful assistance to individuals to buy shares in the bank in July 2008.
The jury hasn’t been told which of the 103 witnesses we’ll hear from today – among those due to give evidence are the so called ‘maple ten’ of investors.
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Cabinet meeting on jobs
A special Cabinet meeting on jobs takes place this morning.
The Taoiseach and Tánaiste have promised 20-14 will see them focus more and more on generating jobs.
This morning's special meeting will also look at the final quarter of the action plan for jobs 2013 and sign off on a new plan for 2014.
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Garda Ombudsman Investigation
The Garda Ombudsman Commission is investigating the death of a man in Galway after his body was taken from the River Corrib.
The man in his 40's had been stopped at a Garda traffic checkpoint when he left his vehicle and was seen entering the water at O’Brien’s Bridge.
Gardai alerted the coastguard and a search operation involving the fire brigade, Galway RNLI and a Shannon based rescue helicopter was launched.
The body of the man was located near the entrance to the lower bridge at Lough Atalia at around half seven and airlifted to shore.
