1896 Opening ceremony of first modern Olympics takes place, Athens
Equivalent to a human jumping the length of Croke Park, a flea can jump 350 times its body length.
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- The 20-year-old was detained following an incident in which a Lithuanian man was fatally injured in Finglas, Dublin.
- The Minister for Finance, Brian Cowen, has said the Government would try to prevent Aer Lingus selling its valuable slots at Heathrow Airport after the State sells the airline.
- Hundreds of dead animals have been discovered on an unauthorised site near Kilbeggan in Co Westmeath.
- The men are well known to gardai as experienced criminals and members of a Finglas-based gang involved in armed robberies.
- Judge Curtin tried and failed to stop an Oireachtas inquiry into his alleged misbehaviour in relation to accessing child pornographic websites.
- Mr Fanning said only two of his attackers have been brought before the courts. The other five walked free.
- THE school bus involved in Tuesday's fatal crash in Co Offaly did not have a licence to carry passengers
- Figures from the Education Department have revealed there is a shortage of 63 psychologists in the National Educational Psychological Service.
- A 20-year-old Dublin man described in court as a very sick chronic schizophrenic was jailed today for four years over a vicious assault on a schoolteacher.
- The 5.3km single lane road took 1.5 years to build and cost EUR21m.
- The Department of Education has placed ads in the national newspapers today seeking staff for new teams being established to tackle indiscipline in Irish schools.
- A post mortem has confirmed that former British agent Denis Donaldson died of a shotgun blast to the chest.
- He said many of those arrested in relation to the investigation complained about their treatment while in custody.
- The Government was facing legal action from the European Commission today over its failure to provide an adequate 999 emergency telephone alert system.
- He said that what Mr Elukanlo wanted to do was that, after the birth of his child, to say that he was the father of an Irish child and that he has rights.
- Mr Ahern said he had "no idea" who killed Donaldson but whoever was responsible "was no friend of the peace process" - a point also made by Sinn Fein's Martin McGuinness.
- In the submission the company warned that Ireland's reputation 'as an open-minded, fairly-operated and business-friendly society' would be damaged by Government interference.
