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Shades of autumn on the surface of the Grand Canal at Wilton Place, off Baggot Street bridge, Dublin, yesterday.

Shades of autumn on the surface of the Grand Canal at Wilton Place, off Baggot Street bridge, Dublin, yesterday.


Photograph: Bryan O'Brien

  • Cabinet meets on anti-crime package that includes tagging

    A major package of anti-crime measures is to be discussed by the Cabinet today, including electronic tagging and mandatory minimum sentences for certain firearms offences, writes Liam Reid , Political Reporter.

  • 14 Likud members join new Sharon party

    Israeli politics have entered a new era following a succession of political upsets which has recast the party landscape and will guarantee a hotly contested campaign ahead of snap elections due next March, writes Nuala Haughey in Jerusalem.
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  • Number with 'no religion' in North increases

    One in nine people in Northern Ireland now view themselves as having no religion, a new study has found. p

  • British expert to assist hospital inquiry

    A professor of surgery in the UK has been appointed to assist with the inquiry into the death of a man who bled to death at Monaghan hospital last month. p

  • Truck ruling not relevant - Ahern

    Taoiseach Bertie Ahern Taoiseach Bertie Ahern has said a European Court judgment on heavy lorries had "no relevance" to Ireland in relation to the possible banning of so-called super-trucks. p

  • Ruling today on challenge to Morris inquiry

    The High Court will rule today on a bid by a detective sergeant to prevent the Morris tribunal inquiring into the circumstances surrounding the arrest and detention of seven people at Burnfoot, Co Donegal, in May 1998. p

  • Priest appeals for end to cycle of reprisal at funeral of gun victim

    An appeal for "constructive leadership" to bring to an end the cycle of murder, reprisal and grief was made at the funeral of one of the young men shot dead in Dublin last week. p

  • Ahern plays down childcare package

    Taoiseach Bertie Ahern has moved to play down expectations of a giveaway package to tackle the childcare issue in next month's budget. p

  • Cori challenged on selective schooling

    In a highly significant move, the main second-level teachers' union has challenged the Conference of Religious in Ireland (Cori) to explain what it calls the socially divisive nature of some Cori schools. p

  • Committee urges better preparation for Olympics

    The Oireachtas Committee on Sport has described Irish participation in the 2004 Athens Olympics as a "fiasco" and is recommending the establishment of a high-powered steering group to oversee preparations for Ireland's participation in the 2012 Olympics in London. p
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  • Trichet rules out series of rate increases

    ECB president Jean-Claude Trichet: he said the ECB had been 'very bold' to hold interest rates for so long at levels not seen since the second World War. The European Central Bank (ECB) has no plans to implement a series of interest rates rises, Jean-Claude Trichet, ECB president, said yesterday as he sought to head off political criticism of the bank's decision to start monetary tightening. p

  • Goodbody says food bills may fall by 4%

    The end of the below-cost selling ban on groceries will ultimately cut prices in the Republic by between 3 per cent and 4 per cent, an industry expert says. p

  • AIB on brink of pensions merger with Aviva

    AIB will hold 25 per cent of the merged Hibernian and Ark Life pensions business that it and UK giant Aviva are expected to announce shortly. p

  • Harney flags move on private healthcare

    The Minister for Health Mary Harney has told private health insurance companies that she is considering the introduction of a controversial risk equalisation system from early next year. p
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  • HIV/Aids infected 5 million people last year

    A baby with HIV/Aids holding the hand of a child-minder in the Ethembeni Babies Home in Johannesburg. This photograph was taken in 200O. UN: The HIV/Aids pandemic is continuing its deadly spread across the globe, infecting five million more people last year and bringing the total living with the virus to over 40 million, the UN said yesterday . p

  • Britain berated over EU budget difficulties

    EU: The prospects for agreement on a new EU budget in December receded yesterday as several EU foreign ministers clashed bitterly with British foreign secretary, Jack Straw, over the current EU presidency's handling of the negotiations. p

  • Director says CIA 'does not do torture'

    US: CIA director Porter Goss has acknowledged that the agency's interrogators use "unique and innovative ways" to extract information from prisoners, but insists that they do not use torture. p
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  • Doubt cast on betting claims

    GAELIC GAMES/Match-fixing allegations: A leading bookmakers firm has cast doubt on the likelihood of betting coups being launched on the basis of GAA fixtures. p

  • Keane can forget about the Italian lessons

    SOCCER: Any chance of an escape to Italy for Roy Keane appears to have dissolved after Juventus and Roma ruled themselves out of the running to sign the former Manchester United captain. The 34-year-old left Old Trafford by mutual consent last Friday and is free to sign for any club. p
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