PRESS DIGEST - Ireland - August 23 .  DUBLIN 1996-08-23  Following are highlights of stories in the Irish press on Friday .  Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy .  IRISH INDEPENDENT  - Ireland 's biggest mortgage lender Irish Permanent ended weeks of stalemate when it announced it was increasing its mortgage lending rate by a quarter of a percentage point .  - Two investors who claim to be owed nearly one million Irish pounds by fund manager Tony Taylor believe they may have lost their money .  - A second Japanese trawler was under arrest on Thursday night as the Irish Navy and Air Corps continued a cat and mouse game with up to 40 vessels off the Irish coast .  - The Irish Department of Enterprise and Employment has widened its probe into Taylor Asset Managers to include the investigation of investments of 10 more investors .  - Irish exploration company Ivernia and its South African partner Minorco have received planning permission from the local county council for a major lead and zinc mine at Lisheen , County Tipperary .  - Building materials firm CRH refused to comment on reports that it is about to pay 180 million pounds stering for U.S. stone and concrete business Tilcon Inc .  IRISH TIMES  - Mortgage lending rates are on the way up with banks and building societies poised to add around a quarter of a percentage point to their main variable rates of interest .  - Members of a [START_ENT] County Antrim [END_ENT] Protestant family who were driven into exile by by loyalist paramilitaries two years ago returned yesterday to live in Northern Ireland in defiance of the threat hanging over them .  - Talks will resume next Tuesday in an attempt to avoid a major strike in Irish retail chain Dunnes Stores .  - Top dealers in the London office of U.S. bankers Merrill Lynch are transferring to Dublin .  - The Irish plastics industry called on the government to support incineration to deal with plastics not suitable for recycling .
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