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Muiris Fitzgerald (9) and Oisin Fitzgerald (7) making electronic bagpipes in Madlab, at the annual science and technology fair as part of Science Week Ireland, in the Institute of Technology, Sligo, yesterday.

Muiris Fitzgerald (9) and Oisin Fitzgerald (7) making electronic bagpipes in Madlab, at the annual science and technology fair as part of Science Week Ireland, in the Institute of Technology, Sligo, yesterday.


Photograph: James Connolly

  • Green policies to feature in tighter Budget

    Key elements of the Green policy agenda and a tighter control of spending across all Government departments are expected to be the outstanding elements of the budget, it emerged last night, following a special meeting of the Cabinet.

  • UDA stands down military wing to cautious welcome

    The British and Irish governments have welcomed the announcement by the UDA that the Ulster Freedom Fighters (UFF) has stood down from midnight last night and its weaponry will be "put beyond use".

  • 60,000 face disruption as Dublin Bus services hit

    Dublin Bus has said that up to 60,000 passengers could face disruption today as a result of industrial action by drivers at the Harristown garage in north Dublin.
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  • Poll promised by January 9th

    PAKISTAN: Pakistan was on course for what may well be troubled elections yesterday after President Pervez Musharraf promised polls by early January but said they may be held under emergency rule. p

  • Clashes at neo-Nazi march in Prague

    Czech anti-fascist activists march in Prague to oppose an illegal march by a far-right party. Photograph: Petr Joske/Reuters GERMANY:  Czech police arrested more than 30 people after clashes between neo-Nazis and anti-fascist protesters in Prague's historic Jewish quarter on Saturday. p

  • Black Sea hit by oil spill after ships sink in storm

    UKRAINE: A severe storm broke a Russian oil tanker in two near the Ukrainian port of Kerch yesterday, spilling up to 2,000 tonnes of fuel oil in what a Russian official said was an "environmental disaster". p

  • Tories bring Aitken back into the fold

    BRITAIN: The Labour Party in Britain last night accused the Tories of returning to their "disgraced, scandal-ridden past" after it emerged that Conservative former cabinet minister and former prisoner Jonathan Aitken is being rehabilitated. p

  • Merkel and Bush agree on Iran sanctions

    US: US president George Bush and German chancellor Angela Merkel have agreed that a third round of UN sanctions against Iran will be unavoidable if Iran does not halt its nuclear programme. p

  • Chavez told to 'shut up' as Spain's king loses patience

    SPAIN: When Hugo Chavez is in full flow, politicians and diplomats know better than to try and cut him dead. But not kings. p
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  • North and South host war memorial services

    President Mary McAleese and Dr Martin McAleese are greeted by Maj Gen David O'Morchoe, president of the Royal British Legion in the Republic, the dean of St Patrick's Cathedral, the Very Rev Robert McCarthy, and Frank Robinson, British Legion chairman, at St Patrick's Cathedral yesterday. Remembrance day services were held on both sides of the Border yesterday. p

  • More rural pubs close as off-licence sector booms

    Rural pubs are going out of business faster than ever, figures from the Revenue Commissioners show. With almost 450 fewer pub licences issued or renewed last year compared with 2005, vintners have called for subsidised rural transport schemes and a relaxation of gambling restrictions to help stem the trend of pub closures. p

  • Allegations over 'Late Late' panel denied by RTÉ

    Minister for Health Mary Harney and RTÉ have rejected claims that political pressure was applied to have Prof John Crown removed from the Late Late Show on Friday night but a spokesman for the Minister confirmed he had told the programme team that the proposed panel was unbalanced. p

  • Election result 'a wake-up call', says Adams

    Sinn Féin's performance in the last general election was a "wake-up call" for republicans, the party's president Gerry Adams has admitted. p

  • FG move to change childcare plan

    Fine Gael will make an attempt in the Dáil tomorrow to try to force the Government to radically change the new Childcare Subvention Scheme due to come into operation next year. p

  • Garda divers to search 'Maggie B'

    A Garda technical team carries out a dry dock search of the wreck of the Pere Charles in Arklow on Saturday. The fishing trawler sank off the Waterford coast last January with the loss of five lives. Garda divers and search teams will today begin a thorough search of the interior of the recovered trawler, the Maggie B , in Arklow, Co Wicklow, in the hope of finding the remains of two of its crew who perished when it sank in 2006. p

  • Howlin says HSE needs skilled management

    The former Labour Party minister for health Brendan Howlin has said the Health Service Executive (HSE) was not functioning well and that a proper manager should be put in place to run the organisation. p

  • State urged to omit jail threat

    The Press Ombudsman, Dr John Horgan, Eileen Dunne, chair of the Irish section of the Association of European Journalists (AEJ), and William Horsley, AEJ media freedom representative, at the 45th AEJ congress in Dublin Castle at the weekend. Defamation Bill: Ireland should "show the rest of the world and create a wonderful example" by becoming the first western EU state to drop legislation that allows for the jailing of journalists for defamation, according to an official from the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE). p
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  • United sound a warning

    Cristiano Ronaldo (right) and Owen Hargeaves celebrate Ronaldo's first goal during the match between Manchester United and Blackburn Rovers at Old Trafford yesterday. Soccer/ English Premier League: If Manchester United sent out a warning to Arsenal by dismantling Blackburn Rovers here last night, then the optimism exuded by the reigning champions should draw shivers of apprehension from their rivals in the title race. p

  • Newcastle draw on fear of failure

    Sunderland 1 Newcastle Utd 1 : Fear of failure is frequently a bigger motivator than lust for glory. p
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