A round-up of today's other stories in brief.
Drugs seized in Limerick, Dublin, Louth
Seizures of drugs worth an estimated €2.2 million following raids in Dublin, Limerick and Co Louth over recent days led to arrests and court appearances at the weekend.
Three men were brought before Dublin District Court on Saturday in connection with the seizure by the Garda National Drugs Unit of almost €500,000 worth of cocaine in Coolock on Thursday. They were remanded in custody with consent to bail and granted legal aid.
A man appeared at Ardee District Court on Saturday following the seizure of cocaine and heroin valued at €1.7 million from an address in Ardee, Co Louth, also on Thursday.
In Limerick, a man appeared before a special sitting of Limerick District Court on Saturday following the seizure of heroin with an estimated street value of €19,000 and a quantity of cocaine worth €300. He was remanded in custody with consent to bail to reappear in court on Wednesday.
In Derry city yesterday, police discovered drugs, mostly cocaine, valued at approximately €580,000 after two houses, one in the Waterside and the other in the Cityside, were raided. Two men in their 20s will appear in court today.
'Rossport 5' reject Kenny claims
The five Rossport men who were jailed for contempt of court for more than three months have rejected claims by Fine Gael leader Enda Kenny that members of Sinn Féin were involved in picketing his constituency office in Castlebar, Co Mayo.
Last week Mr Kenny said Sinn Féin had exploited the campaign in support of the five Rossport men to attack Fine Gael over its opposition to the release of the killers of Det Garda Jerry McCabe. He said his constituency office had been picketed by Sinn Féin on several occasions when the five men were jailed.
Yesterday, in a joint statement, the five said the allegations were false and an "insult" to the thousands of people who supported them.
Disability strategy 'a shambles'
The Government's Disability Strategy, which allocated an extra €1.3 billion to the disability sector up to 2009, is in a shambles, the national chairman of People with Disabilities in Ireland (PwDI) said yesterday.
Nigel Brander was speaking in Switzerland on his election as president of the International Federation of Persons with Physical Disability.
Calling for a root and branch review of State disability services, he said there was maladministration and paucity of policy happening under the strategy, launched over a year ago. "That strategy, allocating an extra €1.3 billion to the disability sector up to 2009, is in shambles," he said. "Responsibility for implementation is stretched across seven Government departments with no one department or body co-ordinating or leading it. It is, effectively, a rudderless ship."
Bishop in organ donor card appeal
The gift of life could be given through the simple act of carrying an organ donor card, Bishop Fiachra O'Ceallaigh said.
The bishop was speaking at the 20th annual service of remembrance and thanksgiving for donor families and organ transplant recipients at Corpus Christi Church, Drumcondra, Dublin.