New Luas lines are among proposals to improve transport in Dublin. The draft Transport Strategy for the Greater Dublin area lays out plans to develop the capital's travel infrastructure across the next 20 years.
The report includes some projects which have already been approved, including the €2.4bn Metro North plans to link Dublin Airport and the city centre.
The Luas line from St Stephen’s Green to Broombridge in Cabra, could be extended to Finglas. The redline which currently runs along the north side of the Liffey to the 3 Arena in the docklands could continue south of the Liffey, serving Poolbeg and Ringsend.
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Apple will be forced to pay $862m in damages to the University of Wisconsin - it has been ruled that the company copied computer chips which it developed.
The case revolved around Apple's A7 and A8 chips which are used in recent iPhone and iPad models - they were judged to infringe patents previously registered by the University.
The patent is owned by the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, it has previously sued Sony over patent infringements in 2003, both Samsung and IBM in 2004, and Intel in 2008.
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John McHale, chairman of the Fiscal Advisory Council has retracted comments that he made yesterday which suggested that Tuesday's Budget risks breaking EU rules.
He clarified, after making comments on RTE's Morning Ireland, that the European Commission has confirmed that the Irish Budget breaks no rules.
There have been suggested that the Irish Government has moved to increase spending before new EU rules come in to play. Davy Stockbrokers and a number of other bodies have said that the real budget giveaway is closer to €3bn than €1.5bn - this claim has been refuted by the Department of Finance.
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DUP leader Peter Robinson says that he believes that there was “no conflict of interest” when former-NAMA Northern Ireland adviser, Frank Cushnahan met with a potential buyer the 'Project Eagle' Northern Irish portfolio while he was associated with the agency.
This is based on NAMA chairman Frank Daly's saying that “no confidential information” was given to the Northern Ireland advisory committee.
Mr Robinson also defended his actions, saying that claims made by blogger Jamie Bryson that he had personally gained from the transaction are "outrageous."
