A round-up of today's other stories in brief.
Two killed in separate road accidents
Two women were killed in separate road traffic accidents yesterday morning.
At around 2am the car in which Mayo woman Una Gallagher (27) was driving struck a wall near her home at Straide, Foxford, Co Mayo. She was taken to Mayo General Hospital but died later from her injuries.
Shortly after 7.30am in west Cork, a 57-year-old woman, who has not yet been named, was killed when the car she was driving hit a wall at East End, Drimoleague, on the main Bandon to Bantry road.
SF councillor criticises party
A Sinn Féin member of Dublin City Council last night joined in a unanimous vote calling for an end to intimidation of the Rafferty family, writes Olivia Kelly.
Fianna Fáil councillor Garry Keegan had launched an attack on Sinn Féin for what he said was their protection of the killers of Joseph Rafferty, who was gunned down in Dublin last April.
Mr Keegan said that Mr Rafferty's family were being intimidated by his killers on a daily basis.
The family had approached local Sinn Féin councillor Daithí Doolan in relation to these threats, made by a man who, Mr Keegan told the council, is known to gardaí as a Sinn Féin and IRA activist.
Mr Rafferty, a 29-year-old from the south east inner city, was shot by a lone gunman outside the apartment where he lived in Clonsilla, west Dublin.
The shooting is believed to have followed a minor altercation during a party the previous October. No one has been charged with his murder.
"That Joseph's life was worth so little to these people is disgusting. That they walk among us unpunished is a disgrace. That they are protected by Sinn Féin, supposedly a democratic party, beggars belief," Mr Keegan said.
Mr Doolan said he had given advice and support to the Rafferty family and had distributed leaflets calling for those involved to come forward.
He joined in supporting the motion which was proposed by Mr Keegan and called for the immediate end to the intimidation of the Rafferty family. It was passed unanimously by the council.
Speaking after meeting last night, Mr Rafferty's sister, Esther, said she is to meet the sisters of murdered Belfast man Robert McCartney this week and is seeking a meeting with Taoiseach Bertie Ahern.