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The Government have this morning confirmed that that it will obtain a "substantial reinvestment in the economy" through the sale of Bord Gais' energy business and ESB's electricity generation business. The state says it hopes to raise €3bn.

A disciplinary committee from Fine Gael have decided to remove the whip from Kildare Councillor Darren Scully. The decision by the committee comes 3 months after Cllr Scully said he would no longer represent black Africans in Naas.

Online payments company PayPal has this afternoon confirmed that it will create 1000 jobs in Ireland with the opening of a new centre for the company to be based in Dundalk County Louth.

The body which runs the Household Charge website has this afternoon claimed that 109,569 households have paid the €100 household charge to date, less than 10% of the number of private households in the state.

The National Asset Management Agency has branded as "inaccurate and misleading" an article in yesterday's Sunday Independent which claimed that a lack of urgency by NAMA almost resulted in Ireland losing out on an investment by Google in Ireland with the creation of 230 jobs.

The Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping visits Ireland from tomorrow (Saturday) until Monday, following a visit to the United States. Xi, who's widely expected to become the next President of China, has been consistently listed as one of the worlds most powerful people.