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Garda Veronica Walsh, Lisdowney, Kilkenny, with her niece and god-daughter, Jasmin Walsh (4), at the Garda graduation in the Garda College, Templemore, yesterday.

Garda Veronica Walsh, Lisdowney, Kilkenny, with her niece and god-daughter, Jasmin Walsh (4), at the Garda graduation in the Garda College, Templemore, yesterday.

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  • ASTI set to accept €37 supervision offer

    The end of the long-running ASTI dispute is in sight last night, after teachers backed the new €37-an-hour supervision and substitution offer. p

  • Cork hit hardest in latest downpour

    Met Éireann has traced the start of this year's wet weather back to the day of the General Election, so perhaps politicians could be blamed for triggering the rainy spell. p

  • Company director in court over UK VAT payments

    A company director accused of conspiring to cheat the Revenue authorities of £162 million sterling in VAT payments appeared before West London Magistrates' Court yesterday. p

  • New pool makes an architectural splash

    A view of the spacious interior of the National Aquatic Centre in Abbotstown. The Aquatic Centre, perhaps the only element of Sports Campus Ireland that will ever be built, adds some sparkle to a bleak suburban landscape, writes Frank McDonald p

  • 70% of HIV cases heterosexual

    There were 157 new cases of HIV infection diagnosed in the State during the first six months of this year. Some 70 per cent of them were among heterosexuals, most of them women. p

  • State urged to 'reshape' housing policy

    The Government should not bow to demands from builders to change legislation requiring them to set aside 20 per cent of all new estates for social housing, the country's four leading housing agencies have urged. p

  • Public safety primary factor in temporary release, says O'Dea

    Judges are not handing out realistic sentences to prisoners, Fine Gael has claimed in the Dáil. Its party's justice spokesman, Mr John Deasy, said the sentences they imposed did not correspond with reality and "that has weakened the criminal justice system". p

  • Award for conversion of barracks into museum

    The National Museum at Collins Barracks has received the premier award for conservation from the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland (RIAI). p

  • Concerns over taxi industry prompt protest

    Taxi-drivers staged a low-key protest in Dublin yesterday to highlight what they say is the hardship caused by deregulation of the industry two years ago. p
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  • Children among 12 dead in Jerusalem bus blast

    An Israeli rescue worker removes a body part from the bus. ISRAEL: A Palestinian militant killed 11 people and injured 49 when he blew himself up on a crowded bus in Jerusalem yesterday in the first suicide bombing in Israel since the start of a general election campaign. p

  • Leaders of NATO launch expansion to east

    From left, US President George Bush, Secretary of State Mr Colin Powell, National Securoty Advisor Ms Condoleeza Rice and Secretary of Defence Mr Donald Rumsfeld at the NATO meeting. NATO SUMMIT: Leaders of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation have invited seven countries from the former communist bloc to become members, decided to create a NATO Response Force for crisis situations, and endorsed the UN Security Council's position on Iraq. p

  • Seven killed in Nigerian riots

    NIGERIA: At least  seven people were killed and hundreds injured in riots yesterday in the northern Nigerian city of Kaduna, the Red Cross said. p
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  • Economic reports warn of threat from wage rises

    Spiralling wage growth must be stemmed immediately if the Republic's economy is to remain competitive, two major economic commentators have warned, writes Una McCaffrey p

  • Auditor's office in raid by gardai

    Mr paul Appleby, Director of Corporate Enforcement: gardai working for Mr Appleby's office raided five premises. An auditor's office was among premises raided. An auditor's office was among the five premises raided to date by gardaí working for the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement (ODCE).The director, Mr Paul Appleby, would not disclose the name of the auditor whose offices were raided. The raid occurred in the course of an inquiry by the ODCE into a company which availed of the auditor's services. p

  • Well-heeled public trades up from #20 to €50

    Almost a year after the euro's introduction, the €50 note has replaced the £20 note as the most widely used banknote in circulation, write Arthur Beesley p
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  • FAI return to serious business

    With the distraction of Wednesday night's game in Athens out of the way, the FAI's officer board will meet this evening in order to draw up a plan for the implementation of the Genesis report that can be presented to next Friday's meetings of the association's council and board of management. p
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