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US airmen wait for a plane to take off from the USS Abraham Lincoln yesterday in the Persian Gulf.

US airmen wait for a plane to take off from the USS Abraham Lincoln yesterday in the Persian Gulf.

  • NESC warns that the era of major tax cuts is over

    The era of major tax reductions is over and the overall level of taxation may have to edge upwards to pay for key spending projects, according to an unpublished report being completed for the social partners.

  • Weapons inspectors set to return to Iraq after UN vote

    United Nations weapons inspectors are set to return to Iraq on November 18th following the unanimous backing by the UN Security Council yesterday for a US resolution imposing a tough new weapons inspection regime.
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  • Fishermen begin blockade of ports

    Irish fishermen in the south- west last night began to blockade ports from Dingle, Co Kerry, to Castletownbere, Co Cork, with their fishing vessels in protest at EU plans to allow unrestricted access to the Irish Box fishing waters. p

  • Bid to restart NI talks in few weeks

    Irish and British officials will work over the weekend on arrangements for multi-party talks on the peace process, the Minister for Foreign Affairs said yesterday. p

  • Ex-RTE executive appointed as censor of films

    Film producer Mr John Kelleher has been appointed to the position of Official Censor of Films by the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, Mr McDowell. p

  • Change in boy's death certificate said to be clerical error

    A Department of Health spokesman has confirmed that a copy of a death certificate for a boy who died in St Joseph's Industrial School in Tralee, Co Kerry, issued by the General Register Office in Dublin, gave a different cause of death to the original certificate issued in Killarney. p

  • Proceeds of crime laws to be tested in court

    ANALYSIS: The State faces a challenge confiscating crime proceeds, writes Carol Coulter p

  • Claims that gardai forged signature on confession

    The Morris tribunal has heard claims that gardaí forged a confession by Mr Frank McBrearty jnr which admitted the killing of Richie Barron, a cattle dealer from Raphoe. The death of Mr Barron is central to the inquiry which was set up to investigate allegations of corruption by some gardaí in Donegal. p

  • EU input into Irish criminal law is 'not on'

    The Minister for Justice has ruled out any possibility of Ireland agreeing to give EU institutions an input into domestic criminal law, saying the suggestion has now emerged at the Convention on the Future of Europe. p

  • 62 jobs lost as firm in Wexford closes

    One of the oldest companies in Wexford is to close with the loss of 62 jobs. A subsidiary of Waterford Stanley, Pierce Engineering currently occupies an eight-acre site on Mill Road in the town where it employed 120 people as recently as June 2000. p

  • Solicitors' unpaid work for the poor stressed

    The recent case of exploited Brazilian workers would never have come to court without the work of a solicitor prepared to do it without any real prospect of pay, according to the new President of the Law Society. Ms Geraldine Clarke said she would be working during her year's term of office to correct the impression that members of the profession put their own interests first. p

  • Exotic, but risky, foods pile up at airport

    Department of Agriculture staff at Dublin Airport have seized 23 tonnes of illegally imported food since February. p

  • Former Bula chief takes action against ex-partner

    The former chairman of Bula Resources (Holdings) Ltd, Mr James Stanley, has travelled from Moscow to attend a High Court hearing in a dispute with his ex-partner over a house they shared in Co Kilkenny. p
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  • McGeeney and Shefflin rewarded

    Kieran McGeeney, captain of Armagh, and Kilkenny hurler Henry Shefflin last night became the inaugural winners of the SEAT Player of the Year awards organised by the Gaelic Players Association. p
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  • Turkey in EU would end Union, declares Giscard

    EU: The man presiding over the Convention of the Future of Europe set fire to one of the most contentious issues in European politics yesterday when he asserted that to admit Turkey as a member of the European Union would herald the end of the Union itself. p

  • Chinese leader warns party must adapt or die

    CHINA: China's leader, Mr Jiang Zemin, has ruled out Western democracy for China but warned the China Communist Party's 66 million members they must "keep pace with the times" to stay in power. p
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