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A Garda sub-aqua unit and locals searching along the River Slaney at Enniscorthy, Co Wexford.
Photograph: P.J.Browne
Gardai escape despite video evidence
A number of gardaí on duty during the Reclaim the Streets protest in Dublin last May have avoided disciplinary action because fellow officers refused to identify them, the Garda Complaints Board has said.
Town in shock as river is searched for three bodies
Searches will resume today for the bodies of two men and a woman, reported missing after jumping into the River Slaney in Co Wexford at different times over the last eight days.Investors may be prevented from topping up SSIAs
The Government is prepared to move to prevent tens of thousands of people from topping up their Special Savings Investment Accounts (SSIAs) between now and Budget day.
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UN weapons inspectors begin talks with Iraqis
IRAQ: UN arms inspectors arrived in Baghdad yesterday to search for weapons of mass destruction, a mission which will decide whether the US goes to war with Iraq. pGreek Cypriots accept UN plan to reunify island for EU entry
CYPRUS: Greek Cypriots have formally accepted a UN plan for the reunification of the Mediterranean island. A definitive response has yet to come from the Turkish side. pAccession of 10 new states to EU put back by four months
EU: European Union foreign ministers have agreed that the Union's enlargement to include 10 new member-states should be postponed by four months to May 1st, 2004. pViolence in Iran over dissident's death sentence
IRAN: Hundreds of Iranian hardliners clashed with pro-reform students at a demonstration in Tehran yesterday in the first serious outbreak of violence in 10 days of university protests against a dissident's death sentence. p
Ireland
20,000 elderly 'may suffer abuse'
As many as 20,000 elderly people living in the community could be suffering some form of abuse, according to a new report, which recommends a framework of services to help tackle the problem. p'Close Beaumont and start from scratch'
One of the State's leading transplant surgeons has called for Beaumont Hospital in north Dublin to be scrapped and a new hospital built on the site. pGarda's sentence suspended for taking bribe
A garda who accepted a £500 (€635) bribe from a man he arrested for drink-driving has been given a three-year suspended sentence and fined €3,809 by Judge Des Hogan. pMinister says road scheme is 'shambles'
The Glen o' the Downs to Kilmacanogue road-widening scheme in Co Wicklow has become a "shambles" which should be investigated by the Minister for the Environment, Mr Cullen. pStudy says elderly can gain from drug to cut cholesterol
The most extensive medical research trial carried out in the Republic has shown that a cholesterol-lowering medicine can reduce the risk of dying from heart disease by 25 per cent in people aged over 70. pYouth in fatal gardai crash admits three offences
A 16-year-old passenger in a stolen sports car which was driven into a Garda car, killing two gardaí, has pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to three charges arising out of the incident. pUnion to ballot members in postmasters' dispute
Large areas of the State could be without mail deliveries in the run-up to Christmas unless talks tomorrow succeed in resolving the three-month-old postmasters' dispute. pBias claim on age, gender dismissed
A 47-year-old solicitor who claimed he was discriminated against on age and gender grounds when a woman aged 34 was appointed to a post in the Director of Public Prosecutions' Office has been unsuccessful. pTrimble aide says remarks 'wrenched out of context'
A spokesman for the Ulster Unionist leader, Mr David Trimble, has said controversial comments he made about the Republic have been taken out of context. pRobbie Williams for Phoenix Park in August
First the Pope, then the Irish football team and now Robbie Williams. The multi-millionaire pop star announced details of his European tour, including a concert in the Phoenix Park in Dublin next August, to a packed press conference in Berlin yesterday. pTory MP to see how two Belfast halves live
Republican and loyalist politicians have given a guarded but generally positive reaction to a decision by the Tory MP, Mr Quentin Davies, to spend a week living along both sides of Belfast's so-called sectarian peace line. pBrennan says traffic corps plan will not be abandoned
The Minister for Transport, Mr Brennan, has insisted that the new national traffic corps he has proposed as part of a strategy to cut carnage on the roads will go ahead, despite speculation it would be a casualty of Government cutbacks. p
Finance
Pensions Board may alter defined schemes
The Pensions Board is considering relaxing its funding requirements for defined benefit pension schemes in response to sustained weakness in the stock markets. pSmyth and Irish Club fall out over property sale
Property developer Mr Noel Smyth and the council which runs the Irish Club in London have fallen out over whether the club should accept an offer for its premises. A deal the club signed with Mr Smyth earlier this year gave him certain rights over the sale of the property. The council is understood to be very unhappy that it cannot proceed with a sale. pESB International profits rise to €22.7m
Day-to-day profits at ESB International rose last year to €22.72 million from €14.81 million in 2000, accounts newly lodged in the Companies Office reveal. p
