Man admits Letterman extortion bid (21:51)

A television producer has admitted to trying to blackmail David Letterman in a case that bared the late-night TV host's affairs with staffers.

Police quotas not being devolved (21:36)

The Northern Ireland executive will not be allowed to set quotas for recruitment of Roman Catholics to the Police Service of Northern Ireland when policing and justice are devolved next month, the Government has disclosed.

Crisis talks over X-ray backlog (20:16)

Health chiefs are to hold crisis talks with one of the country's largest hospitals over the discovery that almost 58,000 X-rays were not reviewed by consultant radiologists.

Cowen: Impossible to scrap leases (18:56)

Brian Cowen has said it was impossible to overthrow controversial shop leases struck during the boom years which bar rent reductions.

EC plans translation rights (18:51)

All EU governments will be obliged to provide full interpretation and translation for criminal suspects under European Commission plans.

Warning over obesity surgery delays (18:16)

Deadly obesity is ballooning in Ireland while the only hospital equipped to treat dangerously overweight patients has no available beds, it was revealed.