A round-up of today's other stories in brief
Adults distracted from reading - survey
Three quarters of Irish adults do not read as much as they would like, a survey on behalf of Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Ireland has found. The survey, to publicise the annual MS Readathon, found that one-third of people said work prevented them from reading more, while 44 per cent noted "too many distractions". There is one week left for schools to sign up to the MS Readathon before the one-month reading period commences on October 15th.
For more details call 01-6781600 or visit msreadathon.ie
Six arrested after explosives found in house in Wexford
Army bomb experts who were called to a private home in Keelogue, Co Wexford over the weekend found two detonators and a small quantity of Semtex explosives, writes
Tim O'Brien.
The explosives which were made safe were handed over to the Garda for forensic examination yesterday. Six men were arrested, including a pensioner who was being held at Enniscorthy Garda station yesterday. The six were part of a total of nine men, aged from 19 to 71 years, who were detained during searches in Louth and Waterford on Friday. A 24-year-old woman was also taken into custody on Saturday.
Funeral of Maurice Neligan tomorrow
The funeral of heart surgeon and
Irish Timescolumnist Maurice Neligan will take place in Dublin tomorrow. He died suddenly at his home in Dublin on Friday, aged 73.
He performed the first coronary artery bypass graft in Ireland in 1975 and Ireland's first heart transplant in 1985. He pioneered the development of open heart surgery in children and was one of the founders of the Blackrock Clinic.
His remains will be taken to the Church of the Assumption, Booterstown Avenue, Dublin today, arriving at 5pm. The funeral will be held tomorrow after noon Mass (not 11.30am as originally stated) to Mount Jerome crematorium at Harold's Cross.