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Government does not intend to complete Western Rail CorridorMinister for Transport Paschal Donohoe has said his priority for funding heavy rail is to protect the operational network and to maintain safety standards rather than to expand the network. “I have no immediate plans to further expand the rail network,” he said. Photograph: Eric Luke/The Irish Times
A&E overcrowding may get worse, HSE admitsAmbulances outside Beaumont Hospital in Dublin on January 6th, 2015, as the overcrowding crisis in Irish hospitals reaches new record proportions with more than 600 patients on trolleys. Photograph: Niall Carson/PA Wire
Consumer Electronics Show: Techs focus on high definitionFormer professional skateboarder Tony Hawk holds the X1000V action camera during the 2015 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Sony unveiled an ultra-high-definition action camera as it challenges GoPro in the market for filming extreme sports. Photograph: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg
Rift between Bill de Blasio and police officers widensPolice stand guard at a crime scene in the Bronx on Tuesday after two New York plainclothes officers were shot and injured while responding to a grocery store robbery. Three suspects are being questioned. Photograph: Bebeto Matthews/AP
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Jonathan Sexton on course to return in time for France game Jonathan Sexton: was advised not to play for 12 weeks by Paris-based neurologist Dr Jean-François Cherman. Photo: Billy Stickland/Inpho
Prominent Germans sign letter condemning xenophobia A counter-protest against the anti-Muslim immigration march by the German far-right group Pegida in Berlin. Photograph: Hannibal Hanschke/Reuters
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The dangers of a Greek euro exit: will they stay or will they go? Pensioners hold a banner during a rally demanding their pension bonuses back outside the labour ministry in Athens. Photograph: Simela Pantzartzi/EPA
TDs Shane Ross and Michael Fitzmaurice to form alliance Shane Ross (pictured) will join up with Independent TD Michael Fitzmaurice to form an alliance. Photograph: Cyril Byrne / The Irish Times
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