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Sinead Stapleton (left) and Joanne Butler from Co Tipperary at a wet Leopardstown racecourse for yesterday's Chase Day.

Sinead Stapleton (left) and Joanne Butler from Co Tipperary at a wet Leopardstown racecourse for yesterday's Chase Day.

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  • 'Considerable progress' in talks - SF

    Sinn Féin has reported "considerable progress" in talks with Irish and British government officials about policing and justice which are central to the restoration of powersharing at Stormont. p

  • Christmas sales frenzy hits fever pitch

    So, where were we? After an interlude of two days, they queued like communists in the morning rain yesterday; hundreds of thousands of bargain-chasers bracing themselves for the struggle ahead. p

  • Dr Casey still waiting for Vatican clearance

    Former bishop of Galway Dr Eamon Casey is still awaiting clearance from the Vatican to return to full priestly ministry, four months after the Director of Public Prosecutions said no charges would be brought against him arising from child sex abuse allegations. p

  • NRA hearing into draft tolling scheme for M3

    The National Roads Authority (NRA) is to hold an oral hearing next month on its draft tolling scheme for the proposed M3 motorway from Clonee to Kells in Co Meath amid indications that preparatory work for the road is already under way. p

  • Nursing homes object to publishing of reports

    Private nursing home owners are opposing the manner in which inspection reports of facilities are being published by the Health Service Executive. p

  • Sargent rejects 'green' claim by Ahern

    The Green Party has dismissed claims by the Taoiseach that Fianna Fáil has been following a green agenda for decades. p

  • Leas Cross nursing home paid €5m by health services

    Close to €5 million in taxpayers' money was paid by the health services to Leas Cross nursing home in north Co Dublin before it closed. p

  • Kerry man killed when struck by ambulance

    A 45-year-old father of three was killed when struck by an ambulance while walking home on the main Ring of Kerry road near Killorglin early yesterday. p
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  • National day of mourning in US as Ford dies

    Former president Gerald Ford and his wife, Betty. Mr Ford stepped into the presidency in August 1974 after Richard Nixon resigned in the face of almost certain impeachment. US: US president George Bush has led tributes to former president Gerald Ford, who has died aged 93, declaring a national day of mourning for a self-effacing leader who helped to unite Americans after the Watergate scandal and the loss of the Vietnam War. p

  • Rescuers seek survivors of helicopter crash in Irish Sea

    BRITAIN: A major sea rescue attempt was under way last night after a civil helicopter ditched into the water at Morecambe Bay, the British Maritime and Coastguard Agency said. p

  • Somali and Ethiopian forces close on Mogadishu

    SOMALIA: Six months ago Jowhar's military strongman, Mohamed Dheere, fled in the face of advances by Islamic militias as they swept all before them. p

  • Another turbulent year for UN

    UN: Deaglán de Bréadún examines the outlook for the United Nations as it faces tough challenges in 2007 p

  • As sea ice melts, US says polar bear is endangered species

    US: The Bush administration has decided to propose listing the polar bear as threatened under the Endangered Species Act, putting the US government on record as saying that global warming could drive one of the world's most recognisable animals out of existence. p
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  • House price growth for November just 0.1%

    The rate of increase in house prices has fallen to a virtual standstill as home-buyers feel the impact of the relentless rise in mortgage rates, according to new research from Permanent TSB and the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI). p

  • Toyota shares at record high amid rumours of Ford deal

    Toyota shares rose to a record level yesterday after Fujio Cho, chairman of the Japanese group, met Alan Mulally, Ford's chief executive, amid speculation on possible co-operation between the two carmakers. p
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  • A big twinkle in the sky

    An ambitious new European project aims to create the world's largest ground-based telescope. Ireland has a chance to be part of the adventure, writes Dick Ahlstrom p
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  • Leinster get boot in Thomond toe-to-toe

    Brian O'Driscoll runs into a red wall as Federico Pucciariello, Paul O'Connell and Donncha O'Callaghan close him down at Thomond Park yesterday. RUGBY/Celtic League/Munster v Leinster: A newish, or at any rate, revised casting as these two met at Thomond Park for the first time in 11 years but the same dog-eared script and no less absorbing for all of that. p
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