A round-up of today's other stories in brief
€3.7m injury award for young student
A young student and former dancer who is wheelchair-bound as a result of a car accident is to receive €3.7 million in settlement of her High Court action.
Alison Keane (26), of Ard Carraig, Caherslee, Tralee, Co Kerry, had brought proceedings arising from the accident near Fenit, Co Kerry, in February 2001.
It was claimed she sustained severe injuries when a car driven by Eric Hurley, in which she was a rear-seat passenger, went to the wrong side of the road and crashed into a wall.
Ms Keane had sued Brigid Hurley, a housewife of Ard Carraig, Caherslee, Tralee, the owner of the Nissan Micra car involved, and her son Eric Hurley, the driver of the car. Liability was conceded in the case.
Yesterday, Gerald Tynan SC, for Ms Keane, said she would never stand or walk normally again as a result of the accident.
Prior to the accident, Ms Keane had attended Kerry school of music, did ballet and modern dance, and also participated in community games, feis and various dance competitions.
Mr Justice John Quirke congratulated Ms Keane on her remarkable achievements in her third-level studies since the accident.
Man remanded on murder charge
A man was remanded in custody yesterday charged with a murder allegedly linked to a fall-out involving dissident republicans.
Gerard Mackin (25), Raheen Close, Tallaght, Dublin, appeared before the Dublin District Court charged over the death of Edward Burns (36) in Belfast in March.
Mr Burns was found shot dead in Bog Meadows, an area in west Belfast. Mr Mackin was also charged with the attempted murder of Damien O'Neill on the same day and location.
Mackin was remanded in custody to Cloverhill District Court on November 20th.
Judge charges jury in murder case
The judge in the trial of three men accused of the murder of a Limerick bouncer has begun charging the jury at the Central Criminal Court.
Gary Campion (24), Pineview Gardens, Moyross, Limerick; Desmond Dundon (23), Ballinacurra Weston, Co Limerick; and Clare businessman Anthony Kelly (50), with an address at Kilrush, plead not guilty to murdering Brian Fitzgerald in the early hours of November 29th, 2002, at Brookhaven Walk, Mill Road, Corbally, Limerick.
Mr Justice Peter Charleton warned the jury of 12 men that they must be wary of the evidence of chief prosecution witness James Martin Cahill as he was an accomplice.
He told them that accomplice evidence could be strengthened by corroborating evidence but there was no such evidence for either Desmond Dundon or Anthony Kelly.
The jury were sent to a hotel and are expected to begin their deliberations today.
Council accused over bypass delay
A construction company has claimed its work on the final section of a bypass is being delayed by Carlow County Council's insistence that an unsafe access be provided to a landowner.
Nesselside Builders Ltd, owned by Sean McLoughlin, Pollacton House, Carlow, also claims a Carlow County Council official, Seamus O'Connor, has made threats to damage his business.