He who is slient, is strongest.

At least 53 people have been killed in a suicide bombing targeting a Shia Muslim rally in Pakistan's southwest city of Quetta.

Taoiseach Brian Cowen has said the immediate winding up of Anglo Irish Bank could cost €70bn or more.

Wicklow Labour TD Liz McManus has said she will not seek re-election to the Dáil.

Shareholders in a Cork co-op are to share a cash windfall of more than €25m after they cleared the way for the co-op to be sold to Kerry Group.

The Medical Council has halted its inquiry into the removal of the wrong kidney from a young boy, saying it did not amount to serious professional misconduct.

The Dept of Education has confirmed it has temporarily stopped claiming European Social Funds for FÁS until issues raised in a European Union audit are addressed.

An illegal dump and laundering plant has been discovered at a premises at Reban, Shantonagh, Castleblaney, Co Monaghan.

Fine Gael's Justice spokesperson has strongly criticised the suggestion by Justice Minister Dermot Ahern to start charging bank customers for ATM withdrawals.

The National Transport Authority has approved Iarnród Éireann's application to suspend services on the Waterford to Rosslare line.

Dublin City Council has been accused of attempting to mislead politicians and the public over the threat of compensation connected with the Poolbeg incinerator.

A Portuguese court has ruled that seven defendants committed child abuse at a state orphanage.

500 shareholders in a North Cork dairy co-op are to share €25m when Co-op is sold to Kerry Group.

Militant groups in Gaza say they have joined forces to step-up attacks against Israel, possibly including suicide bombings.

President Mary McAleese is to make a four-day official visit to Russia next week.

The High Court has ruled that the Dept of Marine & Natural Resources acted outside its powers and imposed unreasonable conditions on the owners of a Donegal marina.

A woman from Malaysia has been jailed for a week for attempting to smuggle two illegal immigrants into Ireland last month.

Bord na Móna workers, who had been suspended for three weeks at Lough Ree power plant in Co Longford, have returned to work.

US Coast Guard helicopters have carried out another inspection of the US-owned oil and gas platform that went on fire in the Gulf of Mexico yesterday.

The Irish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children has revealed that waiting lists are at an all-time high for its Teenfocus service.

The Amazon river is at its lowest level in over 40 years near its source in northeastern Peru.