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Taoiseach Enda Kenny: no free vote will be offered. Photograph: Julien Behal/PA Wire Motion to allow a free vote in Fine Gael on abortion fails to get over first hurdle

Dublin South TD Peter Mathews unable to get a seconder for proposal to allow conscientious objection

Seán Dunne: handed over hotel assets to his wife. Photograph: Bryan O’Brien Seán Dunne not ‘au fait’ with wife’s business affairs

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Munster’s Paul O’Connell at odds with referee Romain Poite in an Amlin Cup tie. Unpredictable Romain Poite’s selection for potentially decisive third Test sends a shiver down the spine

Both camps have welcomed the appointment of New Zealander Chris Pollock for the first Test

John Treacy, chief executive of the Irish Sports Council.Photograph: Alan Betson Sports bodies speak out against proposed ban on alcohol sponsorship
Donegal head coach and Celtic FC performance consultant Jim McGuinness at the launch of the youth leadership programme Let’s Go Lead Through Sport at Croke Park. Photograph: James Crombie/Inpho Jim McGuinness carries on plotting in Glasgow

Business

Resistance to the concept of retroactive recapitalisation by the ESM has been intensifying in Brussels and Berlin in recent months. Photograph: Fabian Bimmer/AP Decision on the application of ESM to Irish banks may be delayed until 2014

Senior euro zone source says principle of retroactivity will be discussed today

Central Bank to introduce fitness and probity regime to credit unions
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Move designed to improve governance standards at board and management level

An investor has launched a counter-bid to the proposed sale of some properties owned by Johnny Ronan (above) and Richard Barrett. New bid on 16 properties owned by Johnny Ronan and Richard Barrett

Northwood Investors has said it will offer €311 million

Culture

Deep by Raymond Scannell Cork Midsummer brings it all back home

This year’s Cork Midsummer Festival puts the city on stage. So who will be left to watch it, and will it amount to more than the sum of its parts?

Go home. It’s on the telly. Photograph: Tabatha Fireman/Redferns Someone tell the BBC Glastonbury’s over the hill

Glastonbury: the greatest rock festival ever, or the most over-subscribed cultural event in the world?

From grave to cradle

This Belfast-centric performance does exactly what it says on the tin

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EU presidency’s cultural offerings break away from stereotypical Irishness

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Life & Style

Paul O’Neill training in the Dublin mountains for the fearsome Marmotte route. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill Alpine trek: the end of a journey only a bicycle could make possible

As a school boy,I was fascinated by the Tour de France, and now I’m taking on four of its toughest climbs

The Greenway in Westport, Co Mayo. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill Cycling holidays for beginners: a survival guide

Going on a cycling holiday? Before you throw your leg over the crossbar, read this

Control issues can sometimes lead to one spouse bullying the other into relinquishing complete access to their phone, laptop or tablet, and that can be a form of domestic abuse. Photograph: Getty Images Tell Me About It: I’ve done something my husband says is unforgiveable

Kate Holmquist answers your relationship and life queries

Motors

Detection: three-quarters of drivers believe fewer gardaí are on traffic-enforcement duties. Photograph: Cyril Byrne Road safety disputed as penalty notices drop 37%

Garda says fall in fixed-penalty notices is down to better driving and effective enforcement. Road Safety Authority concerned about number of patrols and warns against complacency

Older wiser: For the most of us who use cars for a commute, for shopping, for the daily grind, we can make our money go much farther by buying a slightly used car Yes, you can buy the cheapest car but you will pay for it in other ways

Do the sums: only if the figures add up do you go for diesel and there’s great value to be had second hand

Second-hand Peugeot cars on display<NO1> at an auto dealership in Berlin, Germany, last month<NO>. Next months registration change may affect how second-hand cars are priced. Photograph: Krisztian Bocsi/Getty Customers may benefit from dealers’ depreciation woes

Changes to registration are sure to introduce complexity and ambiguity that should work in the buyers’ favour

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A firefighter tries to put out a fire at a plantation in Rokan Hilir district, Riau province, Indonesia. Riau authorities have deployed two fire brigade teams in Bengkalis district and Dumai to control peatland fires, Antara News Agency reported. The fires are being blamed for dense smog in neighbouring Singapore. Photograph: Aswaddy Hamid/Reuters Singaporean smog and Indonesian fires
This is Nanoweek 2013, and to mark it an exhibition, NanoArt 13, of 100 ‘nanolandscapes’ (research images, at a scale thousands of times smaller than a grain of salt) is being held at Trinity College Dublin, the Tryskell Arts Centre in Cork and the Tyndall National Institute at UCC. Here is a selection of the images. Above, 'Insect egg on a Leaf' by Patrick Carolan, Tyndall National Institute. Insect egg on underside of leaf. Stuff you never get to see

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James Gandolfini is dead

The bulky, charismatic American actor, star of The Sopranos, has passed away at the age of 51
Pionneer of London GAA who wrote first draft of history

London will make history if they beat Leitrim in the Connacht SFC semi-final on Sunday. Monaghan man Packie Hughes was involved the first and last time they won a championship game in 1977

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