Members from the IF campaign wear masks representing world leaders dressed as chefs, outside the City Hall, Belfast on Saturday. Photograph: Ben Birchall/PA Wire

Overseas Development Institute warn of ‘fading commitment’ but other observers optimistic that aid levels will rebound

Canadian prime minister Stephen Harper will make a courtesy call to Áras an Uachtaráin to meet President Michael D Higgins as well as visiting the Guinness Brewery this evening, and the Jeanie Johnson Famine Ship tomorrow.   Photograph: Leon Neal/PA Wire

Stephen Harper greeted at Dublin Airport by Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore

Scholar Terence Killeen said: ‘Although Joyce (pictured above) may have toyed with the name Finn’s Hotel as a possible title for the final work, there is no evidence that he ever envisaged these pieces as a separate publication, and his intentions should surely be respected by any serious scholar.’ Photograph: Hulton Archive/Getty Images

No evidence Joyce envisaged Finn’s Hotel pieces as a separate publication, says scholar

One of those who managed to slip through the tax loophole before it was closed was Irish trucking magnate Robert “Pino” Harris. Photograph: Garrett White/Collins

Change in tax law brought foreign-registered limited partnerships into tax net in 2005

Dr Mary Murphy, Dept of Sociology, NUI Maynooth: “Women tend to be bunched into a narrow range of occupation types which are lower paid.”  Photograph: Bryan O’Brien

Ireland has a long way to go before it achieves parity of pay between the sexes

Marriage bar: between 1933 and 1973 woman teachers had to retire if they married. Photograph: Hans Wild/Time & Life Pictures/Getty

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The programme for government contains a commitment to develop national standards for home support services but as yet nothing has been done.  Photograph: Michael Donne/Science Photo Library

Minister of State says it is not possible to provide a timeline for regulation

Home help services provided directly by the HSE or by voluntary or private service providers are subject to guidelines.  Photograph: Alan Betson

Co-chairman of homecare group says private sector has called for regulation of home helps for years

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Team P W D L F A BP Pts
Ulster 22 17 1 4 577 348 11 81
Leinster 22 17 0 5 585 386 10 78
Glasgow 22 16 0 6 541 324 12 76
Scarlets 22 15 0 7 436 406 6 66
Ospreys 22 14 1 7 471 342 4 62
Munster 22 11 1 10 442 384 8 54
Treviso 22 10 2 10 414 450 6 51
Connacht 22 8 1 13 358 422 4 38
Cardiff 21 8 0 13 335 450 6 38
Edinburgh 22 7 0 15 499 504 8 36
Dragons 22 6 0 16 358 589 4 28
Zebre 22 0 0 22 288 573 10 10