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The wreckage at the scene of a crash in Adare, Co Limerick, yesterday afternoon, in which a child was killed and nine people injured. A truck was also involved.

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McCreevy denies 'hoodwinking' voters over €610m budget windfall
The Government was aware since the beginning of the year that Brussels would not let it use windfalls from the Central Bank to flatter its fiscal position. But the information was kept under wraps until after the recent election campaign when the Government's handling of the economy was the central issue.

Stock markets hit new lows as investor trust dissolves
After nine weeks of declines, stock markets around the world slumped again yesterday. Wall Street recorded lows not seen since 1998 as the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost another 3 per cent in value in the wake of the WorldCom bankruptcy.
Teenager shooting blamed on the INLA
Security and republican sources have blamed the INLA for shooting a Protestant teenager in north Belfast. The incident was followed by two gun attacks on nationalists, two attempted shootings and the murder of Catholic teenager Gerard Lawlor.

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Israel frees some Palestinian Authority funds
Israel has allowed the reopening of the Jerusalem offices of a leading Palestinian moderate. At the same time, the government began transferring funds to the Palestinian Authority it had frozen, and Palestinians said that Foreign Minister Mr Shimon Peres had indicated that Israel would be ready to withdraw its troops from two West Bank towns. p
President Bush stops $34 million voted for UN Population Fund
The Bush Administration has announced it will not hand over some $34 million voted by Congress to the United Nations Population Fund, ostensibly because of its alleged support for coerced abortion in China. p
Brazilian official to succeed Robinson at UN
The United Nations Secretary-General, Mr Kofi Annan, has named a prominent Brazilian official working with the world body to succeed Mrs Mary Robinson in the sensitive post of UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. p
Crumbling fortunes of the tycoon unmasked as a killer
One of Britain's wealthiest men is facing a life sentence for ordering the killing of a business associate. p
US seeks to stay immune for good at ICC
The United States is seeking bilateral agreements with European governments that would prevent US soldiers ever being prosecuted at the new International Criminal Court (ICC). p
Pope to set out on tour of Americas
Pope John Paul is due to leave today on a gruelling 11-day tour of Canada, Guatemala and Mexico. The tour is likely to tax the ailing 82-year-old pontiff's strength to the limit. p
George Mitchell offered UN post in Middle East
Mr George Mitchell, the former US senator who oversaw the Northern Ireland peace process, has been offered the new post of UN humanitarian aid envoy to the Palestinian territories. p

Ireland

Voyage to the heart of a deadly nuclear cargo ship
Paul Cullen visited the British Nuclear Fuels vessel in Barrow-on-Furness yesterday as Greenpeace protesters were attempting to block two sister vessels off the coast of Australia p
Pilot error blamed for 1994 helicopter crash
British Defence Secretary Mr Geoff Hoon yesterday said pilot error was the only "plausible explanation" for the 1994 Chinook helicopter crash on the Mull of Kintyre. p
Call for link between fines and income
Fines should be indexed against inflation and should vary to take account of offenders' ability to pay, according to the Law Reform Commission. p
Managers approve regional incinerator
Anti-incineration campaigners in the south-east say their fight is not finished, despite the decision of two county managers to approve plans for a regional waste incinerator. p
Irish Nice vote is the last obstacle to EU enlargement, Prodi claims
The Commission President, Mr Romano Prodi, has described Ireland's referendum on the Nice Treaty as the final obstacle on the road to EU enlargement. p
€15m in cannabis seized in Dublin Port
The largest Irish seizure of herbal cannabis on record was made yesterday by Customs officers in Dublin Port. They removed more than six tonnes of the drug from a container which arrived last Thursday. p
Bishop speaks of halting site 'crisis'
With some 50 Travellers camped yesterday in an unauthorised halting site on his front lawn in Ennis, Co Clare, the Bishop of Killaloe, Dr Willie Walsh, said he "has a strong sense of failure over the present crisis situation". p
Legal costs ruling at tribunal postponed
Witnesses attending the Morris Tribunal, inquiring into complaints against some gardaí of the Donegal Division, will be given a nominal amount of money at the time for travelling expenses and bed-and-breakfast accommodation. p
New council HQ is entry for architecture exhibition
Limerick County Council's new headquarters in Dooradoyle, currently under construction, is to be showcased as Ireland's entry for the forthcoming International Architecture Biennale in Venice. p
Intoxicated undertaker drove hearse dangerously
A Waterford undertaker assaulted two gardaí after they observed him driving a hearse dangerously in Galway city. p

Finance

MBNA set to create 500 jobs in Leitrim expansion
US credit card company MBNA is to create 500 new jobs in Carrick-on-Shannon, Co Leitrim, over the next five years, writes Laura Slattery. p
Former ICC director says bullying led to resignation
A former investment director with ICC Venture Capital has told an Employment Appeals Tribunal she was forced to resign after she became traumatised by bullying and sexual harassment. Conor Lally reports. p