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FitzPatrick got €49,000 fees from docks body

DISGRACED banker Sean FitzPatrick is one of two former Anglo Irish Bank directors who pocketed more than €100,000 in fees from the troubled Dublin Docklands Development Authority.

Perfect match as rugby stars line out for Donncha's big day

It was the perfect ending to a perfect rugby year yesterday when Ireland, Lions and Munster star Donncha O'Callaghan wed long-term girlfriend Jenny Harte.

Graham Kelliher from Tralee, Co Kerry, takes time out to snowboard around Leith, Tralee, yesterday

Dreams of a white Christmas may prove a reality for some

By Fergus Black, Barry Duggan and Anita Guidera

IT'S beginning to look a lot like a white Christmas for some parts of the country with more snow and below-freezing temperatures forecast right up until Christmas Day.

Swastika Christmas card with harmless message

By Anita Guidera

A CHRISTMAS card bearing an image of a Swastika may seem like a sick joke today, but for the sender in the early 1900s, it was innocently meant.

Rugby Stars line out

By Ralph Riegel

IT was a fairytale ending to a record-breaking year for Munster rugby star Donncha O'Callaghan.

Michael Schumacher returns to F1 with Mercedes

By Oliver Brown

Seven-times world champion Michael Schumacher confirmed his return to Formula One with Mercedes and declared: "I never left the race track. I’m ready for some serious stuff."

Buoyant Collins takes over at crisis-hit Cork despite fears of relegation

By Daniel McDonnell

RODDY COLLINS intends to stick around as manager of Cork City if the troubled Leesiders are demoted to the First Division.

Ryanair jet slides off runway

A Ryanair passenger jet has slid off a runway after hitting a patch of ice at Prestwick airport.

Brittany Murphy: 10 different drugs found at her bedside

By Alastair Jamieson

Ten different drugs, including anti-depressants and painkillers, were found in pill bottles next to the bed of actress Brittany Murphy following her death, it is reported.

Tesco fails to stop rival Dunnes' ad campaign

TESCO has failed in its High Court bid to stop rival supermarket chain Dunnes Stores advertising comparisons between in-store prices at outlets of the two superstore chains.

26,000 jobs lost in State-aided firms

A total of 26,000 jobs were lost in companies supported by the development agency Enterprise Ireland this year, but this was partly offset by the creation of 7,000 new jobs.

Entertainment

Kendra Wilkinson tweets about baby

Kendra Wilkinson can't stop gushing about her new baby, no matter what he does.

LeAnn Rimes agrees divorce terms

LeAnn Rimes and husband Dean Sheremet have agreed a confidential divorce settlement, it has been revealed.

Jude Law: I have three children

Jude Law raised eyebrows when insisted he only had three children The Late Show With David Letterman.

Paris Hilton's best Christmas ever

Paris Hilton has revealed her favourite Christmas memory was sledging in her back garden.

O'Neill in frame for Dundee Utd job

SHAMROCK ROVERS manager Michael O'Neill is in the frame for the vacant position as manager of Dundee United after the departure of Craig Levein to become Scotland boss.

Breast cancer not a single disease, scientists find

BREAST cancer is not a single disease but a collection of at least five separate conditions that differ in prognosis and response to treatment, a genetic study has revealed.

Reindeer take refuge from snow

Firefighters performed a seasonal act of goodwill by coming to the aid of two reindeer caught up in travel chaos caused by the bad weather.

Angelina Jolie says fidelity not essential for relationships to work

Angelina Jolie has said that fidelity is not essential for a relationship to work.

51st middle-aged man wanders in

Aren't we all lucky girls in Ireland to have the wisdom of that wonderful middle-aged, male journalist, Kevin Myers, to put us right on our thinking by, "casting a cold, coherent eye over events in Listowel" (Irish Independent, December 22)?

Portraitgate, Lisbon, abuse reports, floods and F-bombs -- it really was some year

TIS the day after Christmas, when all through the House, not a creature is stirring, not even to grouse. The corridors of Leinster House are deserted as politicians of every stripe are recovering from 2009 -- 12 months described by the Taoiseach this week as "the most difficult I faced in my political lifetime".