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A local hill walker pauses on his descent of Keeper Hill, Co Tipperary, yesterday evening in the crisp autumnal light. Photograph: Fergal Shanahan
UN weapons inspectors to arrive in Iraq on Monday
UN weapons inspectors will begin returning to Iraq on Monday for the first time in four years, following Baghdad's reluctant decision yesterday to accept the UN Security Council's tough new resolution on disarmament, writes Conor O'Clery , North America Editor
Report to call for control of alternative medicine sector
Protection of the public through better regulation of the alternative healthcare sector will be recommended in a report today which is expected to set out practical steps for registration of complementary medicine practitioners.Cabinet to defer some key election promises
The Government will today freeze the implementation of key election pledges on health, education and infrastructure when it announces paltry increases in spending for 2003. This is in an attempt to control the national finances, write Mark Brennock and Cliff Taylor
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Republic's growth forecast drops to 3.3%
The European Commission has revised downwards its forecast for economic growth in the Republic, predicting that the economy will grow by just 3.3 per cent this year. The Commission's Autumn Economic Forecasts, which were published in Brussels yesterday, predict sluggish growth in Ireland next year before the economy bounces back in 2004. pChief executive named for €250m Digital Hub
The firm which is managing the Government's flagship €250 million plan to develop a Digital Hub in Dublin has appointed a new chief executive, Mr Philip Flynn. p
Ireland
McCreevy rejects claim he misled electorate
The Minister for Finance strongly rejected Opposition claims that the Government had misled voters on the economy in last May's general election. pNeed for CCTV in Garda stations stressed
The Minister for Justice, Mr Mc Dowell, has reiterated the Government's commitment on the creation of a Garda Inspectorate which will independently investigate complaints against members of the force. p€100m plan for shopping centre on derelict site in Kilkenny
A planning application is expected to be lodged with Kilkenny Borough Council this year for a €100 million development earmarked for a largely derelict site adjacent to McDonagh railway station. pTop garda told tribunal he was smeared by TDs
A senior Garda has told the Morris tribunal that he believes politicians deliberately used their parliamentary privilege to damage his reputation. p€20m TCD plan to broaden education of students
Trinity College Dublin has announced a €20 million programme aimed at broadening the education of its students, by giving them tuition in foreign languages and computers and allowing them study disciplines outside their own course. pYouth pleads to be released from 'drug culture' in detention centre
A troubled youth who pleaded to be held in St Patrick's Institution for his own safety begged to be released yesterday after experiencing the "oppressive drug culture" there. pFive to monitor Colombia trial
A Fine Gael senator said last night he was going ahead with a visit to Colombia later this month to monitor the trial of three Irish citizens charged with presenting false identity documents and training members of the FARC paramilitary organisation. pCancellation of helicopter deal deplored
The news that the tender for three medium airlift helicopters for the Air Corps was to be cancelled was "greeted with astonishment" in Baldonnel and had a severe effect on Air Corps morale, an aeronautical engineer told the 10th annual delegate conference of the Representative Association of Commissioned Officers (RACO) in Tralee, Co Kerry. pUranium found in Wicklow water
The Environmental Protection Agency has discovered Uranium 238 in a well supplying water to homes in Baltinglass, Co Wicklow. p
World
US bishops approve Vatican's revised paedophile priest policy
US: Roman Catholic bishops in the US overwhelmingly approved the Vatican's version of a policy on paedophile priests yesterday, with the Boston cardinal at the heart of the American scandal arguing for both apology and forgiveness. pJiang to retire today after forcing rival out
CHINA: China's senior Communist leader, Mr Jiang Zemin, is expected to step down from power at the party congress in Beijing today after forcing a popular rival to leave the stage with him. p
Sport
Bellamy gamble hits the jackpot
Feyenoord - 2 Newcastle Utd - 3 A night of seriously dramatic entertainment in a great stadium pulsing with excitement ended in appropriate fashion for Newcastle United when Craig Bellamy scored a 90th-minute winner. The three points were a superb achievement in their own right, but they also brought Newcastle a place in the Champions League second phase as Juventus, to everyone's surprise, won 2-1 in Kiev. p
