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Aoife Donnelly (5) with Kay Brennan, both from Kilkenny, singing Christmas carols with a group bidding to break the world record for the largest number of people singing Christmas carols at the same time in Nowlan Park, Kilkenny, yesterday. The world record bid failed but organisers claimed a new European record for the event.

Aoife Donnelly (5) with Kay Brennan, both from Kilkenny, singing Christmas carols with a group bidding to break the world record for the largest number of people singing Christmas carols at the same time in Nowlan Park, Kilkenny, yesterday. The world record bid failed but organisers claimed a new European record for the event.

  • Primate cites growing coarseness and aggression

    A "growing coarseness and aggression" in Irish society has been attributed by the Catholic Primate of All-Ireland, Archbishop Seán Brady, to increased secularisation and the marginalisation of religion.

  • End to ward of court system proposed

    The Law Reform Commission will today propose that the current ward of court system for people with limited mental capacity be replaced by a guardianship system that would decide whether a person had the capacity to make key decisions.

  • McDowell to seek civilian staff to free up gardaí

    Minister for Justice Michael McDowell is to seek Government approval this week for the employment of more civilian staff to the Garda Síochána to free up officers from administrative duties to fight crime.
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  • Palestinian factions agree ceasefire after day of bloodshed

    Fatah supporters attending a rally in support of President Mahmoud Abbas in Gaza yesterday. Hamas and Fatah fought battles throughout the day which caused the deaths of three people; dozens of others were injured. Middle East: As the Gaza Strip dangled perilously on the verge of all-out civil war last night, rival factions Hamas and Fatah agreed to a ceasefire. p

  • Medics face death over HIV claim

    Libya: Five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor could face a firing squad if a Libyan court convicts them tomorrow on charges of deliberately infecting hundreds of Libyan children with the virus that causes Aids. p

  • Stevens warns killer will strike again

    A poster with the faces of the five women whose bodies were all discovered in Suffolk in the last two weeks, pictured at a candlelit service of prayer and reflection at St Peter's Church, Copdock, near Ipswich. Britain: A former police chief has stressed the urgency of catching serial killer, writes Frank Millar . p

  • Blair arrives in Baghdad as gunmen stage mass kidnap

    Iraq: British prime minister Tony Blair pledged yesterday to support Iraq's government as it battles instability, underscored when gunmen carried out a mass kidnapping at a Red Crescent office in the capital. p

  • Mugabe's rule may be extended to 2010

    Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe's ruling party has approved plans to extend President Robert Mugabe's rule to 2010, a step that critics believe will plunge the southern African country deeper into crisis. p
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  • Four die in road crashes over weekend

    One of the two cars that collided at Uregare, Kilmallock, Co Limerick, yesterday. A 26-year-old man was killed and another man critically injured in the crash. Two men and two women were killed in crashes on roads around the country and four people were injured over the weekend. A 26-year-old man was killed and another young man critically injured in a two-car collision in Co Limerick yesterday. p

  • Gardaí to monitor Hyland removal

    A heavy garda presence is expected at the removal tonight of murdered drug dealer Martin "Marlo" Hyland. p

  • FF seeks to delete parts of rendition report

    The Government is seeking to delete key parts of a European Parliament report that criticises Ireland for allowing its airports to be used by CIA aircraft linked to rendition. p
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  • ESRI warns of electricity shortages

    Long-term contingency plans should be drawn up to ensure essential services do not run out of electricity at peak times, the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) has said. p

  • Punchestown owners end land dispute with State

    In Compliance and War of Attrition (right) take part in a race at Punchestown: KHC, the owners of the racecourse, have agreed a deal that will see Horse Racing Ireland receive security over the land used for racing. Members of the club that owns Punchestown racecourse have backed a deal that will end an ongoing dispute with the State over lands leased for racing. p
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  • A perfect day all round for West Ham

    Alan Curbishley celebrates SOCCER: Before taking the West Ham job last week, Alan Curbishley sought the advice of Alex Ferguson. As the two managers shook hands yesterday evening at the end of a gripping match, the Scot presumably wished he had told his friend not to accept the challenge of succeeding Alan Pardew. "It's been a perfect day," Curbishley reflected afterwards. p

  • Majestic Concerto makes the grade

    Report from Navan: Aran Concerto made the transition from "talking horse" to proven Grade One winner in some style at Navan yesterday and catapulted himself to the position of a Cheltenham festival favourite in the process. p

  • More moaning from Mourinho

    Chelsea's Didier Drogba celebrates after scoring his side's brilliant late winner in a dramatic 3-2 victory over Everton at Goodison Park yesterday. SOCCER: Jose Mourinho's unrivalled ability to fall out with opposition managers resurfaced yesterday in a row with David Moyes about whether Andrew Johnson had dived to try to win a penalty during Chelsea's 3-2 win at Everton. p

  • Liverpool are flying, Charlton are dying

    Charlton - 0 Liverpool - 3: Liverpool's season has sprung to life. Their scoring rate has increased and the defence is achieving clean sheets with the regularity of a Chinese laundry. They are about to meet Arsenal in each of the domestic cup competitions and Barcelona await in the Champions League. Meanwhile, Rafael Benitez's team are gathering points aplenty as they consolidate their place back in the Premiership's top four. p
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