In Short

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

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

60 jobs lost at US firm in Cork

Cork suffered a jobs blow yesterday when the US-owned company RR Donnelly Global Turnkey said it was to make 60 of its staff at its plant in Hollyhill redundant over the coming three to four months.

The company, which provides print and related services to IT corporations, employs 140 staff at the Cork plant as well as 750 at a plant in Limerick which will not be affected by yesterday's announcement.

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Missing tourist in Tenerife is safe

An Irish tourist who went missing in Tenerife on Sunday morning, shortly after arriving with her family for a holiday, has been discharged from hospital after her discovery, writes Karl McLaughlinin Tenerife.

Lizzie Butler (68), an Alzheimer's sufferer from Kilkenny, was missing from her hotel for almost three days. She was spotted on Tuesday night wandering in a confused state on waste ground a few kilometres from her hotel. A family source said she was in very good spirits.

Warning over human trafficking

Despite the seriousness of human trafficking, the true reality of the problem still lacks visibility in the State, the Irish Human Rights Commission (IHRC) said yesterday.

Suzanne Egan, of the IHRC, said a lack of knowledge on the subject among the public and "probably also in political circles" could be attributed to a shortage of concrete information on trafficking and the victims remaining hidden from public view.

Ms Egan was speaking as the IHRC and the Immigrant Council of Ireland held a discussion in Dublin on the legislative options available to provide protection for victims of trafficking.

Sunlight can clean water

The problem of contaminated drinking water in the developing world can be tackled using just sunlight, according to research carried out by the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI).

RCSI scientist Dr Brian McGuigan said putting drinking water in plastic bottles and leaving it exposed to sunlight for six hours kills the bacteria that cause the deaths of millions of people, particularly children, in the developing world every year.

Longford man (51) goes missing

A 51-year-old Co Longford man has been missing since last Sunday.

Séamus Delaney (51) was last seen at his home in Barnacor, Ballymahon, Co Longford, at 9am last Sunday.

He is described as being 1.8m (5ft 11in) tall with slim build and a ruddy complexion. When last seen, he was wearing blue jeans, a green body warmer top, a dark blue jumper and black wellington boots.

Gardaí in Athlone are appealing for help.

Large ecstasy haul in Limerick

About 30,000 ecstasy tablets were found in Limerick yesterday by gardaí investigating the death of James Cronin (20) and other recent incidents in the Southhill area of the city.

Gardaí discovered the tablets with an estimated street value of €300,000 during the search of a field at O'Malley Park.

Man badly hurt in Bray Head fall

A man in his 20s was airlifted to hospital with multiple injuries after falling from a cliff at Bray Head, Co Wicklow, yesterday evening.

The young man fell about 12m (40ft) after wandering off the main cliff path between Bray and Greystones some time before 5.15pm.

He was rescued by the Coast Guard helicopter and brought to Beaumont Hospital, where he underwent X-rays for multiple fractures. Last night he was in a stable condition.