The Irish Times - Front Pagehttp://www.irishtimes.comArticles from The Irish Times - Front Pageen-ieCopyright 2012, irishtimes.com.The Irish Times2012-02-09T00:00:00irishtimes.comhttp://www.irishtimes.com/http://www.irishtimes.com/feeds/rss/rss_logo.gifSearch The Irish TimesSearch for articles on irishtimes.comkeywordshttp://www.irishtimes.com/search/index.html?rm=listresultsGreek deal on bailout stalls as cuts to pensions are opposedhttp://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/frontpage/2012/0209/1224311530183.htmlLAST-DITCH talks to secure a second EU-IMF bailout for Greece will continue today after the country’s government came close to a deal early this morning to back a swingeing new austerity plan.TextFront PageTopStoriesARTHUR BEESLEY in Brussels and DAMIAN Mac CON ULADH in Athens2012-02-09T00:00:001224311530183Youngest victim of gang crime was not target, gardaí sayhttp://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/frontpage/2012/0209/1224311520606.htmlGARDAÍ BELIEVE 16-year-old Melanie McCarthy-McNamara was fatally wounded in west Dublin when a gunman targeting another man in a drive-by shooting botched his aim and shot into the wrong window of the car she was in.TextFront PageTopStoriesCONOR LALLY Crime Correspondent and STEVEN CARROLL2012-02-09T00:00:001224311520606Average credit card debt falls by just €20 since peak of boomhttp://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/frontpage/2012/0209/1224311520563.htmlTHE AVERAGE amount owed on Irish credit cards has fallen by just €20 since the height of the boom as consumers struggle to pay off debts run up before the recession took hold.TextFront PageTopStoriesCONOR POPE, Consumer Affairs Correspondent2012-02-09T00:00:001224311520563Skipper's family pays tribute to searchershttp://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2012/0209/1224311518689.htmlTHE FAMILY of trawler skipper Michael Hayes whose body was recovered yesterday, some 25 days after theTit Bonhommesank at the mouth of Glandore Bay in west Cork, has paid tribute to all those involved in the search.TextFront PageRegional NewsBARRY ROCHE, Southern Correspondent in Union Hall2012-02-09T00:00:001224311518689Trinity team helping develop fold-up TVhttp://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2012/0209/1224311518831.htmlSCIENTISTS AT Trinity College Dublin are helping to develop a television screen that can be rolled up and put in your back pocket. They are also helping a brewing company build a better beer bottle.TextFront PageOther storiesDICK AHLSTROM Science Editor2012-02-09T00:00:001224311518831Supreme Court halts trial of priest on buggery chargehttp://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2012/0209/1224311519379.htmlA SUPREME Court majority decision halting the trial of a priest for alleged buggery of a teenage boy in 1970 due to “inexplicable” failures by the Oireachtas when decriminalising buggery in 1993, has important implications for other persons charged with buggery offences prior to 1993.TextFront PageTopStoriesMARY CAROLAN2012-02-09T00:00:001224311519379Indaver offers to take over Poolbeg projecthttp://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2012/0209/1224311517779.htmlINDAVER IRELAND has offered to take over the controversial Poolbeg incinerator project from US waste management company Covanta, at no cost to its principal promoter, Dublin City Council.TextFront PageOther storiesFRANK McDONALD, Environment Editor2012-02-09T00:00:001224311517779Santorum surge forces Romney to take stockhttp://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/world/2012/0209/1224311519658.htmlSantorum has deflated the argument that Romney will inevitably be nominated candidate, writesLARA MARLOWEin WashingtonTextFront PageOther world stories2012-02-09T00:00:001224311519658California court throws out gay marriage banhttp://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/world/2012/0209/1224311519665.htmlA FEDERAL appeals court panel has thrown out a voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage passed in 2008, upholding a lower court’s ruling that the ban, known as Proposition 8, violated the constitutional rights of gay men and lesbians in California.TextFront PageOther world storiesIAN LOVETT in Los Angeles2012-02-09T00:00:001224311519665Spanish judge Garzón says conscience is clear as final arguments presentedhttp://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/world/2012/0209/1224311519670.htmlFINAL ARGUMENTS were heard in Madrid yesterday in the case against Spanish judge Baltasar Garzón, accused of abusing his powers by investigating the crimes committed by the former dictator, Gen Francisco Franco, and his supporters, during and after the Spanish Civil War (1936-39).TextFront PageOther world storiesPADDY WOODWORTH2012-02-09T00:00:001224311519670France warned deficit targets off without more cutshttp://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/world/2012/0209/1224311520061.htmlOPPOSITION CLAIMS that the French president is holding back austerity measures until after the spring election have been strengthened after the country’s spending watchdog said the government would miss its own deficit targets without much deeper cuts.TextFront PageOther world storiesRUADHÁN Mac CORMAIC in Paris2012-02-09T00:00:001224311520061New measures aim to make Irish finance industry more attractivehttp://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/finance/2012/0209/1224311519199.htmlIFSC:THE GOVERNMENT has introduced a package of 21 measures in the Finance Bill to help improve the attractiveness and competitiveness of the international financial services industry.TextFront PageTopStoriesSIMON CARSWELL2012-02-09T00:00:001224311519199Interest relief for boom years buyershttp://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/finance/2012/0209/1224311519278.htmlMORTGAGE ARREARS:THE MORTGAGE interest relief programme outlined yesterday for certain homeowners who bought at the height of the boom will see some couples better off by up to €2,000 this year while a single person who meets the criteria will have €1,000 extra.TextFront PageFinance BillCONOR POPE2012-02-09T00:00:001224311519278