Two Former Directors of Anglo Irish Bank have appeared in court charged with facilitating unlawful loans to buy Anglo shares.
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Newstalk’s Courts Correspondent Francesca Comyn reports:

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/> The man accused of the worst multiple shooting in US history has appeared in court this evening in Denver, Colorado.
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/> Wearing a red prison jumpsuit and looking dazed with bright orange hair, 24 year old James Holmes remained silent for the hearing.

He’s accused of murdering 12 people, when he went on a shooting rampage at a cinema in Aurora (A-ROAR-A) on Friday, during a midnight screening of the latest Batman movie.

58 people were also injured in the attack – 11 are said to be critical.

Prosecutors say Mr. Holmes – could face the death penalty if found guilty.

Reporter Ian Woods is outside the court in Denver.

He says Mr. Holmes is due back in court next Monday where formal charges will be filed against him:

/> Gardai are appealing for witnesses to an incident in which a 4-year-old boy died at the National Aquatic Centre in Dublin.
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/> The accident happened at 6.30 yesterday evening in the Aqua Zone area of the swimming pool in Abbotstown.

The child was with his father at the time.

The Aqua Zone will remain closed, while Gardai and the N.A.C carry out seperate investigations.

Barry O’Brien is the Chief Executive of the National Sports Campus Development Authority which operates the centre:

/> Gardai are warning people buying tickets for London 2012 to only use authorised websites.
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/> British police say there are a number of fraudulent sites offering tickets for the Olympic and Paralympic Games.

People in Ireland are advised that the only safe and secure websites are, tickets dot london2012 dot com, or through olympicsport.ie

A Bank of Ireland branch in Central Dublin was forced to close earlier, after protestors entered the building.
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/> A company spokesperson said a number of Occupy Dame Street members entered the O’Connell Street branch just after lunchtime – and left the premises at 4 o’clock this afternoon.

The bank says it closed the outlet to protect customers and staff.

It says it’s extremely unfortunate they had to close and inconvenience customers.

The branch will re-open as normal tomorrow morning.