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Top garda told tribunal he was smeared by TDs
A senior Garda has told the Morris tribunal that he believes politicians deliberately used their parliamentary privilege to damage his reputation. p
Arson suspected at Cabra industrial complex
Arson is suspected as the cause of a fire that destroyed a number of businesses at an industrial complex in north Dublin yesterday. p
€20m TCD plan to broaden education of students
Trinity College Dublin has announced a €20 million programme aimed at broadening the education of its students, by giving them tuition in foreign languages and computers and allowing them study disciplines outside their own course. p
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McCreevy rejects claim he misled electorate
The Minister for Finance strongly rejected Opposition claims that the Government had misled voters on the economy in last May's general election. pFive to monitor Colombia trial
A Fine Gael senator said last night he was going ahead with a visit to Colombia later this month to monitor the trial of three Irish citizens charged with presenting false identity documents and training members of the FARC paramilitary organisation. pCancellation of helicopter deal deplored
The news that the tender for three medium airlift helicopters for the Air Corps was to be cancelled was "greeted with astonishment" in Baldonnel and had a severe effect on Air Corps morale, an aeronautical engineer told the 10th annual delegate conference of the Representative Association of Commissioned Officers (RACO) in Tralee, Co Kerry. pUranium found in Wicklow water
The Environmental Protection Agency has discovered Uranium 238 in a well supplying water to homes in Baltinglass, Co Wicklow. pNeed for CCTV in Garda stations stressed
The Minister for Justice, Mr Mc Dowell, has reiterated the Government's commitment on the creation of a Garda Inspectorate which will independently investigate complaints against members of the force. pBone meal traces in US grain shipment
A shipment of grain from the US, intended for use as an ingredient in cattle feed in Ireland, has been found to contain traces of bone meal which can carry a risk of BSE. pIFI workers plan action over pension deal
Irish Fertlizer Industries workers at Arklow, Belfast and Cork have said they intend to take industrial and legal actions over a shortfall in pension and severance packages. pFischler critical of Government
The European Commissioner for Agriculture and Fisheries, Dr Franz Fischler, has accused the Irish Government of "misinterpreting" his proposals for fishing fleet size. pCrash inquest jury urges council survey
A jury of the Dublin City Coroner's Court has recommended that Fingal County Council carry out a survey of dangerous road bends in its area following the death of four Bosnians in an accident at Balcunnin, near Skerries, last year. pDangers of sauna steam emphasised at inquest
Steam from a sauna can be five and a half times more injurious than boiling water, a pathologist explained at an inquest into the death of a 71-year-old former missionary nun from Co Mayo. pTaoiseach launches new Dail reference book
The Taoiseach launched in Dublin last night what he described as the definitive Irish parliamentary reference book and guide, The Irish Times Nealon's Guide to the 29th Dáil and Seanad. pA double-edged sword for Opposition
ANALYSIS: The motion of no confidence in Charlie McCreevy was a stunt from which the Government gained at least as much as the Opposition, writes Mark Brennock , Political Correspondent pAhern accepts public is concerned about Garda
DAIL REPORT: The Taoiseach said he accepted there was public concern about the Garda, and the concern existed on a number of fronts, particularly relating to allegations made at the Morris tribunal. pShannon arrangements unchanged - Cowen
The Government has no intention at this point to revise current arrangements on the granting of military overflight and landing facilities at Shannon airport. pMartin outlines concerns over variant CJD SEANAD REPORT
SEANAD REPORT: The most difficult and challenging board for anyone to serve on nowadays was the Irish Blood Transfusion Service Board, the Minister for Health and Children, Mr Martin, said. pNew law will halt 'unsafe' concerts
Tough new legislation that will allow public authorities to cancel potentially unsafe concerts, was introduced in the Dáil yesterday. pFor Government, hairshirt is now only option
ANALYSIS: In an attempt to control overspending, the Department of Finance has now moved back into the driving seat, writes Cliff Taylor pWarning of delays in spending capital funds
Little more than half of the Government's capital budget was spent in the first nine months of the year and doubts now exist that all of it will be spent by the new year, a leading consultancy firm has warned. pMexican president tours Dublin on visit
The unanimous vote of the United Nations Security Council on Iraq had sent "a strong message", the President of Mexico, Mr Vicente Fox, said in Dublin yesterday. pASTI warned of legal action over syllabi
Teachers have been warned they could end up facing "enormous" legal costs in a few years if they continue to block plans by the Minister for Education, Mr Dempsey, to introduce new syllabi into second-level schools. pRTE will clarify row on air with FG leader
RTÉ Radio's Morning Ireland programme will this morning clarify comments that arose in a heated exchange on yesterday's programme between presenter Cathal Mac Coille and the Fine Gael leader, Mr Enda Kenny. pPlan to improve heart, stroke care
A pilot project at Beaumont Hospital in north Dublin is expected to ensure better care for many patients currently at risk of heart disease and stroke, as well as reducing hospital waiting lists. pSF deal on policing seen as key to reviving Assembly
A conditional pledge that former IRA members could be part of the new policing arrangements is understood to be part of the British and Irish governments' plans to restore the collapsed Northern Executive and Assembly. pLuas to preserve 17th-century stable ruins
The Luas electricity sub-station due for construction in Lower O'Connell Street, Dublin, is to be relocated northwards by three metres to preserve the remains of a 17th-century stable found on the site. pThreats halt Dun Laoghaire work
Work in Dun Laoghaire on the site where a replica fountain is due to be erected to replace one destroyed by the IRA in 1981 has stopped after construction workers received threats. The fountain commemorates Queen Victoria's visit in 1901. pBetting part of the bigger picture for Sky interactive subscribers
A quarter of a million Irish subscribers to Sky Digital can now place bets, send e-mails and play online games on their television screens following the introduction of the company's interactive service yesterday. p'Vulgar' nightclub dating promotion cancelled
A "vulgar" and "schoolboyish" dating promotion - labelled "Shagtag" - was cancelled at a Co Mayo nightclub following an objection by a Garda superintendent. p
None of 61 McBrearty complaints was upheld
A total of 61 complaints was made to the Garda Complaints Board by the McBrearty family and friends over a four-year period, and none of them was upheld, the Morris tribunal was told yesterday. p
Bail granted to Nigerian woman held for 5 weeks
A Nigerian mother of five children, who has been detained for five weeks, was granted bail by the High Court yesterday pending her legal challenge to the validity of a deportation order against her. pAlleged Munster 'Real IRA' chief caught with explosives, court told
The alleged leader of the "Real IRA" in Munster was caught "red handed" in a bomb factory, a senior Garda officer told the Special Criminal Court. pFirm 'not aware' of risk material
The managing director of a company which stores products for use in the food-processing industry told the High Court yesterday he and his co-directors were unaware until told by a Department of Agriculture official that material in their tank farm was specified risk material. pYouth set fire to pensioner as prank, court told
A mentally retarded pensioner was afraid to leave his home for several weeks after a 15-year-old boy set fire to him in a chip shop, a Cork court heard yesterday. pYouth pleads to be released from 'drug culture' in detention centre
A troubled youth who pleaded to be held in St Patrick's Institution for his own safety begged to be released yesterday after experiencing the "oppressive drug culture" there. pCar dealer ordered to compensate ex-lover
The proprietor of a Dublin car sales firm has been told by a judge to compensate the former live-in lover he "constructively dismissed" in a bid to rebuild his marriage. pCourt order restrains pickets in sub-contracting dispute
A continuing dispute over the use of sub-contractors on building sites led yesterday to the High Court granting an interim order restraining pickets on three sites in Dublin and Kildare. p
€100m plan for shopping centre on derelict site in Kilkenny
A planning application is expected to be lodged with Kilkenny Borough Council this year for a €100 million development earmarked for a largely derelict site adjacent to McDonagh railway station. pPsychiatric nurses set to escalate dispute
Members of the Psychiatric Nurses Association (PNA) have told the Southern Health Board they will escalate their industrial action at Tralee General Hospital following unsuccessful talks yesterday. pWestdoc scheme to go ahead despite pull-out
Although 40 doctors have pulled out of the Western Health Board's new emergency GP co-op in a disagreement about payment, 70 doctors from Galway city will be participating when it starts next month. pBig rise in drug-abuse treatment
The numbers seeking treatment for drug abuse in the mid-west increased last year by 30 per cent on 2000 figures, it emerged yesterday. p
