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Lord Clifton Hugh Lancelot De Verdon Wrottesley of Ireland celebrates after his run in th first heat of the men's skeleton finals at the Olympic Winter Games in Salt Lake City yesterday.
Photograph: Juergen Schwarz/Reuters
Reprisals by Israel kill 17 in West Bank and Gaza
Seventeen Palestinians were killed yesterday in Israeli air, sea and ground raids in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, as reprisals for the killing of six Israeli soldiers on Tuesday night by Palestinian gunmen near Ramallah. Peter Hirschberg reports from JerusalemIreland just miss out on Olympic bronze
The Eton-educated Lord Clifton Hugh Lancelot De Verdon Wrottesley came within fractions of a second of winning Ireland's first medal in the Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City yesterday.AIB admits trader hid huge losses for five years
The investigation into AIB's $691 million (€793 million) fraud at its US subsidiary Allfirst will now focus on how the losses went undetected for five years.
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Coalition, commission at odds over pill
The Government and the Referendum Commission are in direct conflict over the constitutional position of the morning-after pill, amid growing concern in the Coalition that the abortion referendum could be lost. pSchools confident of averting closures
Hopes of averting school closures were boosted last night with school managers predicting most schools would be able to open when ASTI action begins next month, write Sean Flynn and Emmet Oliver , Education Staff pCourt overturns award to widow of man who died in hospital
The Supreme Court has overturned an award of £112,429 damages made by the High Court to the widow and family of a Dublin man who died at St James's Hospital 10 years ago. pIrish band Westlife win best pop category at the Brit Awards
Irish boy band, Westlife, triumphed at the Brit Awards last night when they collected their second successive "Best Pop Act" gong. pUUP man tells of autistic son during MMR debate
A member of the Stormont Health Committee last night revealed that his hild stopped speaking after receiving the controversial MMR vaccine. pState to insure public hospital doctors
Patients making medical negligence claims against public and voluntary hospitals from July will no longer have to sue individual doctors or nurses, the Department of Health and Children has confirmed. pChemists protest at decision to deregulate the sector
Pharmacists say they will flood a key health administration agency with paperwork to protest at the deregulation of the sector by the Minister for Health. pState agrees to temporary funding of home school for autistic children
As part of the settlement of an action by four autistic children, the State has agreed to pay €215,000 to ensure the survival until July next of a school for the children which was set up by parents in the back garden of one of their homes. p
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At least 373 people killed in Egyptian train blaze
EGYPT: An over-crowded Egyptian train turned into a deadly inferno in the early hours of yesterday, leaving at least 373 people dead and hundreds more wounded. Siona Jenkins reports from Cairo pTight security for US president's visit
CHINA: Security was tightened in Beijing's diplomatic belt last night in preparation for the arrival in China today of President Bush on the last leg of his three-nation Asian tour, writes Miriam Donohoe . pDowning Street plays down Hain's comments on euro
BRITAIN: Downing Street last night sought to defuse the row that erupted over Europe Minister Mr Peter Hain's claim that a referendum on the single currency could be held as early as next spring. p
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Smurfit shares jump as results please market
Full-year results ahead of market forecasts have helped to boost demand for shares in packaging group Jefferson Smurfit, although analysts have warned that the group is facing another difficult year. pOutokumpu seeking a partner to re-open mine
Finnish metals group Outokumpu is seeking a partner to share the costs involved in re-opening its Tara zinc mine in Co Meath. p
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