A glance at the week that was...
M9 delays
They've built a nice stretch of road on the M9 which bypasses Kilcullen, Co Kildare, on the way to Carlow. It was finished in time for Christmas, but that hasn't pleased some of the local businesses, who don't like the idea of people driving around the town rather than through it. The AA's Conor Faughnan complained that they were joining a long list of naysayers who are always proved wrong. But the Minister for Transport, Noel Dempsey, decided to delay the opening of the bypass until after Christmas – but then changed his mind. It will open on Monday.
Gloom at bay
Time to breakout the champagne and light the fireworks – the recession is over! We can now look forward to an economic golden age. There's no need for the gloom anymore. Spend, spend, spend. Okay, so the CSO was a little more measured when telling us that there had been slight growth in the third economic quarter but that much of the rise in GDP was attributed to profits from multinationals based in Ireland. Other analysts also warned about getting carried away. But what do economists know? They would have seen the recession coming in the first place. So, let's party.
We now know
-294C
Temperature on part of the moon, the coldest place in the solar system to be officially measured
6,000
Number of people who have been stopped on Dubai’s beaches for offences such as ogling, kissing or swimming in their underwear
Britain is phasing out chequebooks.
A Jesus-era burial shroudfound in Jerusalem differs a lot from the Turin Shroud.
Iraqi insurgents have hacked into the video feeds of US unmanned drones, according to reports.
