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A round-up of today's other stories in brief...

A round-up of today's other stories in brief...

Release of man held over Dublin killing

Gardaí investigating the murder of a woman at her home in south Dublin late on Friday night have released without charge a man they were questioning about the killing, writes Conor Lally.

The 57-year-old woman, whose body was found at her home in Willow Vale, Ballybrack, has not been formally named but was named by sources as Carmel Breen, a mother of three adult children.

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Gardaí were alerted to a disturbance at her house just after 7.30pm on Friday. The woman was examined at the scene by a doctor who pronounced her dead.

A postmortem on Saturday revealed she had been strangled. The case was initially classified as "assault causing harm" but when the results of the postmortem became known it was upgraded to a murder investigation. A file on the case has been sent to the DPP.

A 60-year-old man was arrested on Friday night and was taken to Dún Laoghaire Garda station where he was questioned under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act.

He was released without charge yesterday after giving a statement to gardaí.

Leaders to discuss Lisbon

The Lisbon Treaty is expected to a main topic of conversation when the Czech president Václav Klaus meets Taoiseach Brian Cowen today.

Mr Klaus, who is a Eurosceptic and opposed the Lisbon Treaty, is the guest of honour at a lunch hosted by Mr Cowen in Iveagh House today. He will also meet President Mary McAleese during his three-day visit.

The trip has already attracted controversy because Mr Klaus is also meeting Libertas and its founder Declan Ganley. The Department of Foreign Affairs has complained to the Czech embassy about what it described as a breach of protocol.

Strike notice to Aer Lingus

Siptu is expected to serve formal strike notice on Aer Lingus today in an escalation of the row over the companys plans for redundancies and outsourcing, writes Martin Wall.

It is understood the union will advise the airline today that it is reserving the right to engage in either all-out strike action or more limited forms of industrial action from Monday, November 24th.

On Friday Siptu members at Aer Lingus voted in favour of both a strike and more limited industrial action in separate ballots.

New appeal over Jo Jo Dullard

Gardaí have renewed their appeal for information on Jo Jo Dullard, who disappeared 13 years ago today.

Ms Dullard, who was 21 at the time, was last seen at a public phone box in Moone, Co Kildare at about 11.35pm on November 9th, 1995. Later the same night a woman fitting her description was seen hitchhiking in the Carlow direction on the road at Castledermot. The Irish Crimestoppers Trust is offering a €10,000 reward. The Crimestoppers number is 1800 25 00 25.

Food delegation hits US firms

A delegation to promote Ireland's food investment and innovation strategy led by the Minister for Agriculture, Brendan Smith travelled to the US at the weekend.

During the visit, Mr Smith and Enterprise Ireland representatives will meet business leaders.