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Governments to meet on reviving agreement
The British and Irish governments will this week attempt to push forward with a new two-pronged initiative to pave the way towards the full reactivation of the institutions of the Belfast Agreement. p
Kenny says FG reform is needed if party is to survive
Fine Gael is facing the prospect of electoral extinction if it does not undergo radical and wide-ranging reform, the party leader has tacitly admitted. p
New law on citizens to affect fraudulent marriages
Non-nationals who marry Irish citizens after next week will no longer have the automatic right to acquire Irish citizenship after a certain period of marriage. p
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Witnesses sought to city stabbing
Gardai in Dublin are seeking witnesses to an incident in which two teenagers were stabbed in the north of the city at the weekend. pTransition year may 'disrupt education'
The transition year programme in schools should be "re-examined" because it may be introducing pupils to the world of part-time work too early in their lives, says a new report. pNon-EU students in protest over high fees
Foreign students studying at Irish universities have for the first time raised serious concerns about high tuition fees. pWhitaker named Ireland's greatest living person
Dr T.K. Whitaker was named Greatest Living Irish Person at the ESB/Rehab People of the Year Awards at the weekend. pHigh income poverty levels noted among Dublin council tenants
The income poverty level among Dublin City Council tenants is three times that of the general population, according to a new survey. The profile of 24,073 tenant households in the greater Dublin area shows that six out of 10 live on incomes of less than half the national average. This compares to two in 10 of the general population. pRabbitte seeks a new party spirit
The Labour Party has lost its activist campaigning dimension, according to the party leader, Mr Pat Rabbitte. pNo State funding in Estimates for opera festival
There will be no funding for the Anna Livia International Opera Festival next year, according to the 2003 Estimates for the Department of Education and Science. It is understood the Minister, Mr Dempsey, does not consider it a priority. pWoods critical of 12% foreign aid cut
The Minister for Finance, Mr McCreevy, has been strongly criticised by the newly elected chairman of the Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs, Dr Michael Woods, for reducing the humanitarian assistance budget by 12 per cent in the Estimates. pIrish priest stabbed to death in South Africa
An Irish priest has been killed in South Africa. Father Declan Collins, a member of the Salesians of Don Bosco, was assaulted with a brick before being stabbed to death with a kitchen knife at his residence in what appeared to be an attempted robbery at the parish church in the Ennerdale township, Johannesburg, at 9 p.m. on Saturday night pCabinet agrees spatial policy to guide future development
The Government has agreed a National Spatial Strategy, which will act as the planning framework for development over the next 20 years. pIsrael deports Irish activist involved in West Bank protest
An Irish activist, Mr Michael McGrath, has been deported from Tel Aviv, following what the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign says was a peaceful demonstration in the West Bank. pTeachers discuss decline in religious faith among pupils
A consultative conference of the Irish National Teachers' Organisation (INTO) has been told that "in the Monday morning religion class, neither the teacher nor half the class might have been to church the previous day". pPower restored to most homes hit by floods
Electricity was restored to all but 20 houses in Drumcondra, Dublin, by last night, after extensive flooding had caused a loss of power to about 250 homes. pCarolyn Swift will be remembered for unique contribution to theatre
Carolyn Swift, writer, director, actress, dance critic and champion of fringe theatre, died in Our Lady's Hospice, Harold's Cross, Dublin, at the weekend following a long illness. pCancer patients angered over lack of south-east radiotherapy unit
The absence of any provision in the Government's spending plans for a radiotherapy unit at Waterford Regional Hospital has prompted an angry response from cancer patients and their families in the south east. p
Reform urged to aid 'redundancy' of IRA
The British government, by bringing its security services under control, could facilitate the "redundancy" of the IRA, Prof Monica McWilliams told the Women's Coalition annual conference on Saturday. pTrimble tells US paper State has only two reasons to exist
The Northern Ireland First Minister, Mr David Trimble, has described the Republic as a state which, if it were not for "Catholicism and anti-Britishness", would not "have a reason to exist". pWomen's Coalition prepares for Assembly elections
The Women's Coalition must galvanise its members and supporters for the next Assembly elections so that the electorate will subscribe to Mr Tony Blair's high estimation of the party by voting for its candidates, said party MLA Ms Jane Morrice. p
Body found in search for missing hiker
The body of a man found in the Wicklow mountains yesterday afternoon is believed to be that of a 74-year-old man who went missing on Saturday. pCargo sailings resume to Inish Mor after talks on safety
Cargo sailings to the Aran island of Inish Mór have resumed following attempts by Galway County Council to resolve the dispute between the island's harbourmaster and the State-subsidised ferry operator over safety. pHistoric cottage in Killarney demolished
A 19th-century cottage on one of Killarney's major tourist roads has been demolished by builders who were carrying out extensions to the property.The cottage, which was built in the early 1800s, is said to have been of historical significance. p
