No 1 – The Taoiseach has backed comments made by the education minister Ruairi Quinn signalling that student fees will rise to 3-thousand euro.
Enda Kenny has denied that the middle class are bearing the brunt of budget cuts.
But he says third level education must be “at its best” if the country is going to prosper , and that doesn’t “come cheap”.
No 2 – A struck-off solicitor is on bail this evening having appeared in court accused of fraud charges and of stealing around 52 million euro in mortgages.
Thomas Byrne with an address at Aungier Street in Dublin used to practice in Walkinstown before he was struck off the register by the Law Society in late 2007.
Newstalk’s Courts Correspondent Francesca Comyn reports:
No 3 – Two people have died of tear gas inhalation after erupted between police and protesters in central Cairo.
Protests had been taking place near the interior ministry when riot police fired tear gas and demonstrators hurled rocks.
The unrest comes amid mounting anger over football-related violence on Wednesday that left over 70 people dead.
No 4 – Arnold Schwarzenegger’s dream of visiting the Taj Mahal has been terminated.
The former California governor travelled to the Indian city of Agra – but wasn’t told that the monument’s shut on Fridays.
Tourists are kept away because of Muslim prayers at a nearby mosque.
No 5 – A Kilkenny man has won a once in a lifetime trip to the Academy Awards after winning a George Clooney look-a-like competition in his local pub.
27-year-old David Glendon pipped 782 others to scoop the prize at Dylan’s Whiskey Bar.
However there could yet be a stewards inquiry!
The George Clooney fansite has been in touch to pass on its congratulations to Mr. Glendon.
But it also queried the competition criteria.
