The former chairman of Anglo Irish Bank, Sean Fitzpatrick is facing trial as part of an investigation into alleged fraud at the bank.
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Newstalk’s Courts Correspondent Francesca Comyn reports:

Permanent TSB is seeking 250 voluntary redundancies as it tries to return to profitability.
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The voluntary redundancy programme will begin in August – and will be completed by the end of the year.

The Archbishop of Dublin says he’d like to see new “research based” investigations into the abuse scandals in the Catholic church.
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/> Dr. Diarmuid Martin’s told the Magill summer school in Glenties that while no one has an appetite for costly investigations, public interest would be served by finding out what happened at mother and baby homes and Magdalene launderies.

Dr. Martin says the truth should emerge.

House prices fell by 14.4 per cent in the year to June – according to new figures from the Central Statistics Office.
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Overall, residential properties prices around the country are now half that paid at the height of the boom.

Chief Economist with Davy Research Conall MacCoille says prices may fall by as much as 70 per cent by the time the market finally bottoms out:

David Cameron’s former spin doctor Andy Coulson and former News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks are among eight people who will be charged with phone hacking.
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Coulson is also accused in relation to allegedly hacking into Milly’s phone.

Mr Coulson’s spoken out to deny the claims.