An Israeli soldier carries a mortar shell outside the central Gaza Strip on Thursday. A three-day ceasefire is to begin at 8am. Photograph: Reuters/Baz Ratner Israel and Hamas agree to 72-hour humanitarian ceasefire
Negotiations to start as ceasefire begins at 8am local-time
Rising house prices lift 45,000 out of negative equity The ESRI estimated that the total number of mortgage loans in negative equity peaked at 314,000 in late 2012
ESRI research suggests households benefiting from recent surge in property prices
Water in Ireland to cost more than in most EU states People with water meters installed will be charged €4.88 for every 1,000 litres of water used, but will have their bills capped for six months.
Annual cost for unmetered household of two adults, two children will be €278
Man found not guilty of murder of Roma teenager Marioara Rostas: was just two weeks in Ireland, after arriving from very poor circumstances in Romania, when she was abducted in 2008.
Accused’s former friend had turned State’s evidence and was placed into witness protection
Richard Dunne brings down the green curtain Richard Dunne: “Retiring from international football has been an extremely difficult decision for me to make.”
Defender (34) calls time on international career which started against Greece in 2000
Man falls under bus during row in Dublin city centre The scene of an incident in Dublin this evening in which a may appeared to fall in front of a bus. Photograph: Mark Hilliard/The Irish Times
Gardaí examining CCTV with a view to pursuing possible attempted murder inquiry
Paddy Power to contact 650,000 customers over data breach Bookmaker Paddy Power is attempting to contact almost 650,000 customers affected by a historical data breach. Photograph: Alan Betson / The irish Times.
Bookmaker says financial and password information not compromised in 2010 case
Lyons sent back to prison for 18 months for sexual assault Anthony Lyons: the aviation broker attacked and sexually assaulted a 27-year-old woman near his home on Griffith Avenue, Dublin, in October 2010. Photograph: Collins Courts
Businessman Anthony Lyons bows head as sentence increased after DPP appeal
Kenny draws listeners to Newstalk but RTÉ still dominates The 20,000 growth (to 134,000) recorded by The Pat Kenny Show is one of a number of positives in the latest Joint National Listenership Research survey for Denis O’Brien’s Communicorp. Photograph: Frank Miller/The Irish Times
Today FM picks up listeners in morning and evening as market share rises to 9.2 per cent

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