A round-up of today's other stories in brief.
Woman killed in Kilkenny crash
Gardaí are investigating a fatal crash at 8.30am yesterday at Glenmore, Co Kilkenny, on the New Ross to Waterford road. A woman in her 20s was killed when the car she was driving was in collision with an articulated lorry.
The lorry driver was taken to Waterford Regional Hospital suffering from shock and minor injuries.
Laird named most promising poet
Nick Laird, whose first book of poetry, To A Fault, was published this year, has been named Most Promising Poet of 2005 by the Ireland Chair of Poetry Trust. He was nominated by the Ireland Professor of Poetry, Paul Durcan.
The prize is awarded by the trust to "a poet of promise" on Durcan's nomination. Laird, born in 1975 in Co Tyrone, is based in London and is married to Booker-nominated novelist Zadie Smith. The award entitles the poet to a period at the Tyrone Guthrie Centre in Annaghmakerrig, Co Tyrone.
Flood launches book on tribunals
A new book claiming to outline the "best and worst" of the various tribunals was yesterday formally launched in Dublin. Trials and Tribunalations presents a humorous look at some of the key proceedings of the Flood/Mahon and Moriarty tribunals.
Its authors, actors Joe Taylor and Malcolm Douglas, are otherwise known for their dramatic reconstructions of events on RTÉ radio. They have also toured with various stage versions of the show.
Launching the book, Mr Justice Feargus Flood said that when he was asked to chair what was to become the Flood tribunal, he was told that it would last between six and eight months, but it was still going 7½ years later when he retired in 2003.