D Friday, October 2, 2009 METRO TV travel presenter Kathryn Thomas, Senator David Norris and author Anna McPartlin delve into some of the recommended reads for The Great Irish Book Week at the National Library of Ireland yesterday. The campaign, which runs from October 24 to 31, aims to rekindle the nations passion for books Picture: Maxwells read it hereradio newswire iNN set to close INDEPENDENT Network News (INN) has confirmed it is to close at the end of the month with the loss of 16 jobs. In a statement, INN chief executive John OConnor said the service would close on October 30. He blamed a collapse in advertising revenue in the first quarter of the year. The decision to close was confirmed at an extraordinary general meeting yesterday morning. INN, set up in 1997, supplies national and international news to 21 radio stations around the country. No cod: Record catch Angler lands huge salmon A LUCKY fisherman has caught the largest salmon for almost 20 years on a river badly hit by falling stocks until recently. Angler Martin White hooked an enormous 32lb (14.55kg) salmon from the River Nore just outside Kilkenny. He plans to get the fish stuffed and put on display. This is a fish people dream of catching, he said. He caught the specimen on September 25, the last week of the season. Records show the salmon ranks among the top 15 heaviest rod-caught salmon in Ireland. By BRIAN huTTON Bank keeps its files from fraud squadANGLO IRISH Bank will not hand over certain files sought by fraud investiga- tors, claiming they are legally privileged. Detectives entered the banks St Stephens Green headquarters in Dublin on Wednesday night to seize computer records quarantined since an earlier raid in February. The Director of Corporate Enforce- ment, Paul Appleby, leading the inquiry, agreed to call in a retired judge to adjudi- cate on the hand-over of the files. After seven months of negotiations, a deal was reached with bank bosses allowing some records to be kept secret. Mr Applebys office insisted the inves- tigators would not be hindered without the small amount of material. The inquiry into Anglo is focused on the loan of 451million to investors to buy shares owned by businessman Sean Quinn, the movement of 7.45billion in deposits between Anglo Irish and Irish Life & Permanent to bolster Anglos books and loans of more than 106mil- lion to ex chairman Sean FitzPatrick. In a statement yesterday, Anglo Irish said computer files which were not hand- ed over cannot be legally used by the cor- porate enforcement directors office. Meanwhile, Environment Minister John Gormley said Mr FitzPatrick, who re- signed last December in a controversy over loans to directors, will be given preferential treatment but will be pursued for every penny he owes after reports he could not pay the 400,000-a-month interest on his loans. Elsewhere Mr Gormley has backed a proposal from research body the Comhar Sustainable Development Council to transform the now nationalised bank to a low cost green bank, offering cheaper mortgages for eco-friendly homes. insolvency rate double this year THE number of insolvencies in Irish businesses has doubled in the first nine months of 2009. Research by insolvency practice Kavanagh Fennell revealed that 1,094 companies became insolvent between January and September and predicts that 1,400 companies will be unable to pay their debts by the end of the year. The rate is over four times higher than in 2007. Construction has been the worst hit sector, followed by retail. index.html2.html3.html4.html5.html6.html7.html8.html9.html10.html11.html12.html13.html14.html15.html16.html17.html18.html19.html20.html21.html22.html23.html