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Kenny backs Shatter over use of information on Wallace

irishtimes.com — Taoiseach Enda Kenny has defended Minister for Justice Alan Shatter's use of information held by the Garda when he revealed that Independent TD Mick Wallace had escaped penalty points for using a mobile phone while driving last year. Mr Wallace has accused Mr Shatter of trying to "discredit" him by revealing the information during an RTE television debate on Thursday night.

Environmentalists fear dams on Nu could befoul one of China’s great waterways

irishtimes.com — When news came that a ban on construction of hydroelectric dams on the Nu river, one of the last great unpolluted rivers in China, was being lifted, it sent shockwaves down the 2,800km length of the waterway.