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A sunbather enjoying the fine weather at Palmers Rock in Salthill, Galway, yesterday.
Photograph: Joe O'Shaughnessy
Emergency law to prevent copyright threat to Joyce show
The Government is bringing emergency legislation before the Seanad today to ensure that a major exhibition of James Joyce's work is not blocked by a copyright dispute.
Poll fears led Cabinet to delay Aer Rianta break-up
Fear of damage to the Coalition parties in the elections was the main reason that Ministers decided to postpone the plan to break up Aer Rianta at their meeting on Tuesday, it has emerged.Ashcroft warns al-Qaeda is almost ready to strike at US
Citing "credible intelligence from multiple sources", US Attorney General Mr John Ashcroft warned Americans yesterday that al-Qaeda was almost ready to "hit the United States hard" in the next few months.
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High Court ruling boosts investigation into former Ansbacher customers
The decision by the President of the High Court, Mr Justice Finnegan, in favour of the Revenue Commissioners, will give a boost to the Revenue's investigation into former clients of Ansbacher Cayman. pCommittee seeks to compel AIB to attend
The Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance and the Public Services is to write to the chairman of AIB, Mr Dermot Gleeson, seeking a bank representative to appear before the committee. The committee is also examining whether it can be given powers to compel people to appear before it in future inquiries. pBumpy ride predicted when US rates rise
The US economic recovery is sustainable but will become "bumpy" when the Federal Reserve raises interest rates, according to a prominent US economic analyst. p
Ireland
Dublin Bus starts implementing safety recommendations
Dublin Bus has started to implement a series of wide-ranging safety recommendations following the bus crash which killed six people on Wellington Quay earlier this year. pNurse remanded on 4 charges
A nurse who has been under investigation since she was suspended from Naas General Hospital last year was yesterday charged with recklessly administering a substance to patients which she knew to be capable of interfering with their bodily functions. pEames calls on nationalists to understand the apprehension of NI Protestants
Catholics and nationalists in Northern Ireland "need to understand the uncertainty and apprehension of their Protestant neighbours so far as the future is concerned," the Church of Ireland Primate, Archbishop Robin Eames, said in London last night. pGovernment rules out hearing on decentralisation
The Government yesterday rejected Opposition attempts to hold an Oireachtas hearing into the plans to transfer 10,000 civil servants out of Dublin. pLegislation for judge to attend hearing altered
The Government's proposed legislation to force Circuit Court judge Mr Brian Curtin to appear before an Oireachtas inquiry had to be changed yesterday after it emerged that it would not apply to him. pDeveloper sent cheques to Louth councillors
The 12 elected members of Drogheda Borough Council, who are all seeking re-election, have either returned or donated to charity cheques for €500 posted to them by a local development company. pParents sue over baby's organ removal
In an action believed to be the first of its kind here, a Dublin couple is seeking damages arising from their claim that organs were removed in 1988, without their consent, from their stillborn baby daughter at the National Maternity Hospital at Holles Street, Dublin. pRyan accuses Sinnott of having right-wing views
European campaign: Independent European Parliament candidate Ms Kathy Sinnott has been challenged to declare her attitudes towards contraception, divorce and other social issues by the Labour Party. p
World
France remains opposed to mention of Christianity
FRANCE: France reaffirmed its opposition to any mention of Christianity in the European Constitution yesterday, saying the reference in the preamble text to the continent's religious heritage was sufficient. pBlair denies split with US on Iraq sovereignty
THE US/BRITAIN: The British Prime Minister Mr Tony Blair has emphatically dismissed suggestions of a split with the United States over the sovereign authority to be exercised by the new interim Iraqi government. pUp to 50 Shia militiamen killed in Najaf
US troops fought Shia fighters in Najaf yesterday leaving several dozen rebel fighters dead and seizing a militia commander. p
Sport
Roy plays it cool in beach hotel drama
Soccer: Another hotel. Another press conference. Somebody should compile a list of all these events and rate them. Five stars: Excellent (at least one walk-out). One star: Disaster (Mick McCarthy/backside/bacon slicer/Burton's window, etc). Tom Humphries reads between the lines at yesterday's press conference in Malahide pPorto give Mourinho perfect send-off
Soccer/Champions League Final: FC Porto 3 AS Monaco 0: If this was the final interview, then Jose Mourinho has not just got the job. He can surely write his own terms. Before the watching Chelsea chief executive Peter Kenyon he masterfully steered his astute Porto team towards a comprehensive victory in the European Cup final. pChampion let down by mind and matter
Tennis/French Open: The world number one and 2003 French Open champion, Justine Henin-Hardenne, is saying she has not fully recovered from sickness. We are telling her she has psychological problems. Johnny Watterson at Roland Garros reports p
