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20,000 elderly 'may suffer abuse'
As many as 20,000 elderly people living in the community could be suffering some form of abuse, according to a new report, which recommends a framework of services to help tackle the problem. p
'Close Beaumont and start from scratch'
One of the State's leading transplant surgeons has called for Beaumont Hospital in north Dublin to be scrapped and a new hospital built on the site. p
Intimidated into giving up their own homes
An elderly person is confined to living in one room in a house. She is scared and lonely because she has given up the home she has always lived in. p
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Robbie Williams for Phoenix Park in August
First the Pope, then the Irish football team and now Robbie Williams. The multi-millionaire pop star announced details of his European tour, including a concert in the Phoenix Park in Dublin next August, to a packed press conference in Berlin yesterday. pStudy says elderly can gain from drug to cut cholesterol
The most extensive medical research trial carried out in the Republic has shown that a cholesterol-lowering medicine can reduce the risk of dying from heart disease by 25 per cent in people aged over 70. pBrennan says traffic corps plan will not be abandoned
The Minister for Transport, Mr Brennan, has insisted that the new national traffic corps he has proposed as part of a strategy to cut carnage on the roads will go ahead, despite speculation it would be a casualty of Government cutbacks. p€20m paid to legal aid lawyers last year
Barristers and solicitors earned a total of almost €20 million last year under the Criminal Legal Aid scheme. pUnion to ballot members in postmasters' dispute
Large areas of the State could be without mail deliveries in the run-up to Christmas unless talks tomorrow succeed in resolving the three-month-old postmasters' dispute. pPDs among critics of grant abolition
Progressive Democrat TDs have joined the growing number of Government backbenchers revolting over the controversial decision to abolish the first-time house-buyers' grant. pHundreds ask about increasing SSIA amount
Many people with Special Savings Incentive Accounts (SSIAs) have been contacting banks and other financial institutions about increasing their monthly contributions to the scheme. pApplications invited for flood aid
The Office of Public Works was taken by surprise yesterday when it emerged that the Irish Red Cross was already inviting applications for humanitarian aid arising from the recent floods before the Dáil had debated the issue. pFinance sought €1,000 college charge
A 50 per cent increase in the student registration fee to €1,000 a year was sought by the Department of Finance as part of discussions on the Government's Estimates for next year. pUnion leaders meet Ahern on Estimates cuts
Concern about the implications of last week's Estimates for a new social partnership deal will be expressed by union leaders at a meeting with the Taoiseach today. p
SF man in Stormont had 'links to ETA, PLO'
Sinn Féin's administration chief at Stormont headed the IRA's intelligence unit, establishing links with ETA, the PLO and other terrorist groups, a court heard yesterday. pSF warns London against review of NI deal
Sinn Féin has warned the British government against any attempt to renegotiate the Belfast Agreement when talks involving the North's political parties begin later this week. pTrimble aide says remarks 'wrenched out of context'
A spokesman for the Ulster Unionist leader, Mr David Trimble, has said controversial comments he made about the Republic have been taken out of context. pRabbitte critical of UUP leader
Recent comments by Mr David Trimble, the Ulster Unionist Party leader, criticising the Republic of Ireland show he has "still much to learn", the Labour Party leader, Mr Rabbitte, has declared. pTory MP to see how two Belfast halves live
Republican and loyalist politicians have given a guarded but generally positive reaction to a decision by the Tory MP, Mr Quentin Davies, to spend a week living along both sides of Belfast's so-called sectarian peace line. p
GRA rejects criticism at protest inquiry
The Garda Representative Association has rejected as "unfair and unwarranted" criticism of the level of co-operation provided by rank- and-file gardaí to an independent inquiry into the policing of the Reclaim the Streets protest. pDunphy given 10-year driving ban
The broadcaster Eamon Dunphy was disqualified from driving for 10 years and given the maximum €1,000 fine when he appeared before Dublin District Court yesterday. pYouth in fatal gardai crash admits three offences
A 16-year-old passenger in a stolen sports car which was driven into a Garda car, killing two gardaí, has pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to three charges arising out of the incident. pGarda's sentence suspended for taking bribe
A garda who accepted a £500 (€635) bribe from a man he arrested for drink-driving has been given a three-year suspended sentence and fined €3,809 by Judge Des Hogan. pBoy's parents ordered to compensate garage owner
The parents of a teenager who is due before the Circuit Court on serious charges, possibly carrying a lengthy sentence, have been ordered to pay compensation on his behalf in relation to a separate incident, described as a drunken prank, in which he sprayed fire-extinguisher foam over a petrol station forecourt. pRestaurant row led to stab death
A man was murdered in a McDonald's restaurant in Belfast because of a door which would not open, a court heard yesterday. pWarehouse ex-manager contests €9,000 award for unfair dismissal
The chief executive of a pharmaceutical warehousing firm kept a stock of expensive wine under lock and key in the company's "dangerous drugs" strongroom, a judge heard yesterday. pBias claim on age, gender dismissed
A 47-year-old solicitor who claimed he was discriminated against on age and gender grounds when a woman aged 34 was appointed to a post in the Director of Public Prosecutions' Office has been unsuccessful. p
Minister says road scheme is 'shambles'
The Glen o' the Downs to Kilmacanogue road-widening scheme in Co Wicklow has become a "shambles" which should be investigated by the Minister for the Environment, Mr Cullen. pViews sought on lifejacket law for small craft
The Government's new Maritime Safety Directorate is seeking the public's views on compulsory wearing of lifejackets in small watercraft. pMan who died after Co Cork pub row is named
A father of four who died after a row broke out in a pub in Co Cork where local people had gathered to watch a rugby match on television has been named as Mr Richie Ryan. pBody of Kildare man is recovered from river
Gardaí and Civil Defence personnel yesterday recovered the body of a 52-year-old man from Celbridge, Co Kildare, who had been missing since Sunday evening when he failed to return from a shooting trip in Co Tipperary. pUCC web address used for pornographic mailing
A company in the United States has tricked thousands of computer-users into opening pornographic images by using the e-mail address of University College, Cork. The college has been inundated with calls from people who have opened mail with the UCC address only to find pornographic images of women. pGardai investigating alleged abduction, rape in Tramore
Gardaí in Tramore, Co Waterford, are investigating the alleged abduction and rape of a young German woman in the town at the weekend. p
