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• Church must ‘review structures’, says bishop

  The Catholic Church in Ireland must review its structures “to make sure that they are appropriate to the needs of the 21st century,” said Bishop of Elphin Kevin Doran during his installation as Bishop of Achonry yesterday.

• An Irishman’s Diary

  Erik Weisz, better known professionally as the great escapologist, illusionist and stunt performer Harry Houdini, had many links with Ireland. He first came to public attention in vaudeville in the United States where he challenged police officers to try and keep him in handcuffs, out of which he would of course swiftly escape.

• Consumers could face €1,000 hike in bills as prices continue to rise

  CONOR POPE Consumer Affairs Correspondent

• Appreciation

  Conor Keane died on January 9th, 2025, at the age of 87. He made major contributions to our understanding of hospital-acquired infections nationally and internationally, and especially those due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA).

• Central Bank members discussed Israeli bonds

  JOE BRENNAN Members of the Central Bank commission in January discussed correspondence it received criticising the regulator’s role in approving prospectuses for Israeli state bond sales amid the Palestinian conflict, according to minutes of the meeting published last week.

• Actor Richard Chamberlain, star of Dr Kildare and Shogun, dies at 90

  Richard Chamberlain, the handsome hero of the 1960s television series Dr Kildare who found a second career as an award-winning “king of the miniseries,” has died at the age of 90.

• Coalition looks to contain US tariffs fallout

  JACK HORGAN-JONES

• By the time the new Micheál Ó Muircheartaigh cup was presented to the Kerry captain Gavin White there were just a couple of thousand people left in Croke Park. In the league nobody is looking for a drink after closing time. Everybody has homes to go to.

• HSE and unions claim victory on important issues

  The row over staffing which threatened significant disruption to patient services this week centred on what unions saw as a unilateral move by the Health Service Executive (HSE) to cap numbers employed in the health service.

• New laws planned to increase cap at Dublin Airport

  JACK HORGAN-JONES Political Correspondent The Government is considering interventions to lift the passenger cap at Dublin Airport, including laws allowing the limit to be increased.

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