The Irish Times - Ireland

• Families ordered to stop staging bareknuckle bouts

  SIXTEEN MEMBERS of two midlands families were bound to the peace yesterday by a judge who ordered them to refrain from organising bareknuckle fighting.

• Irish duo ready to leave Canada for 784km trek to North Pole

  ADVENTURERS Clare O’Leary and Mike O’Shea are preparing to leave northern Canada for their 784km trek to the North Pole.

• Construction site death trial

  A MAN killed when the dumper he was driving overturned during the building of the M3 motorway in Meath was not trained to operate the vehicle, Trim Circuit Court has heard.

• Regional rail plan to boost speeds and frequency

  IMPROVEMENTS TO the speed, frequency and quality of regional rail services ultimately leading to the electrification of the inter-city service, were among development targets announced by Iarnród Éireann yesterday.

• Anti-eviction blockades promised

  AN ANTI-EVICTION group that prevented a county sheriff from taking possession of a home in Co Laois this week has promised to blockade similar properties around the country.

• Farmers in Burren get €1m payout

  FARMERS ACROSS Ireland’s flagship heritage landscape the Burren are to share a payout of nearly €1 million from the State after creating the optimum conditions for growing rare and wild flowers.

• New shine on old tricks as Cash for Silver plan unveiled

  DÁIL SKETCH: LONG, LONG ago, way back in the mists of time, a different coalition was in power.

• Taoiseach says sale of State assets will begin next year

  THE SALE of State assets is expected to begin next year, Taoiseach Enda Kenny has said.

• 50 Nama debtors transferred assets

  OVER 50 of Nama’s debtors have transferred assets to family members, while the agency has initiated legal action in five cases to reverse such asset transfers.

• Bank bailout deal should be off the table - Norris

  SEANAD REPORT:THE AGREEMENT to bail out the banks should be abrogated if there was substance to claims that it had involved a conflict of interest, said David Norris (Ind). The deal should be off the table. We should not have to pay another single penny if it had been corruptly done because of a conflict of interest.