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Health authority to view condition of school
The Health and Safety Authority is to investigate conditions at a primary school in Co Kildare at the request of teaching staff. p

Cuts may drive best researchers abroad, say science deans
Ireland's brightest students and researchers could be "poached" by overseas universities because of recent Government cutbacks at third level, the heads of science at the State's seven universities have warned. p

Victims deplore early release of Brother
A religious brother given the longest sentence for child sex abuse in the history of the State was released from the Curragh Prison on Saturday after serving just three years of a 36-year sentence. p

Other Stories

Haemophiliacs to seek firms inquiry in talks with Martin
The Minister for Health is to contact the Irish Haemophilia Society today in a bid to defuse a row over a promised inquiry into the role of multinational drugs companies in the infection of haemophiliacs with HIV and hepatitis C. p
Honour commitment to take on drugs companies
The Minister has a final chance to prove the Government was genuine in promising an inquiry into the drug firms, writes Joe Humphreys. p
'Funding gap' narrows road-building options
The cost of the Government's ambitious motorway programme has raised serious doubts about whether we can afford to complete it, writes Frank McDonald , Environment Editor. p
Jail officers warn on moves to sell prison in Dublin
The sale of Shanganagh Prison in south Co Dublin, which was "now imminent", would remove one of the last "stepping stones" for young offenders to return to ordinary society, the Prison Officers' Association said yesterday. p
Church protest by abused gets a mixed reaction
The staging of silent protests outside a number of cathedrals across the State yesterday by persons abused by clergy met with a mixed response. p
Graffiti daubed on cardinal's home
Gardaí have begun an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the daubing of graffiti on pillars at the entrance to the Catholic Archbishop of Dublin's residence at the week-end. p
Market-driven care systems can be bad for health, GPs are told
Reform of healthcare towards a more market-driven system could have a negative impact on patients, Irish GPs have been warned. p
Workers for port tunnel firm protest at conditions
A driver working on the Dublin Port Tunnel development at Fairview claims there is widespread discrimination against foreign workers operating trucks owned by a firm subcontracted to remove earth from the site. p
Women's Aid seeks action on barring orders
Women's Aid has called for a speedy resolution of the "limbo" created by last month's Supreme Court ruling on barring orders, which it says is putting domestic violence victims at renewed risk of abuse. p
Report worried at future of Sellafield waste
The THORP reprocessing plant at Sellafield will operate until at least 2010 because of existing contracts, according to a report to be considered by British and Irish politicians later today. p
Cox criticises PDs' European election plans
The president of the European Parliament, Mr Pat Cox, has criticised the Progressive Democrats president and Minister for Justice, Mr McDowell, for not consulting him about a proposal that he lead the PDs' 2004 European election campaign. p
Government to receive €100,000 per year for aquatic centre rental
The Government will receive a rent of €100,000 per annum for five years, and 10 per cent of net profits thereafter, from its €62 million investment in the National Aquatic Centre at Abbotstown. p
Sale of Robbie Williams tickets sets record
In a new box office sales record for Ireland, 90,000 tickets for next year's Robbie Williams concert in Dublin's Phoenix Park were sold on the first day they were on offer. p
Inquiry into Stormont spy ring leaks ordered
An investigation into alleged media leaks on police inquiries into the Castlereagh break-in and Stormont spy-ring has been established by the Chief Constable, Mr Hugh Orde. p
Breakthrough expected in postal dispute
A breakthrough in the dispute which threatens to disrupt postal services in the run-up to Christmas is expected today following the intervention of industrial relations mediator Mr Phil Flynn. p
Tax credits sought to replace house-buying grant
The Government has been urged to introduce tax credits in next month's Budget for first-time home-buyers to help soften the blow from the abolition of the first-time buyers' grant. p
Jesuit to be honorary citizen of Florence
A 92-year-old Irish Jesuit priest, Father Henry Nolan, is to be conferred with honorary citizenship of the city of Florence next Wednesday. p
Dell will not sell if you declare an interest in weapons of destruction
As Washington's war on terror rumbles ever closer to possible open conflict, one Irish-based US multinational has struck upon an ingenious method of weeding out potential megalomaniacs bent on global domination. p
Two men wounded in Dublin gun attack
Two young men were in a stable condition in hospital last night after a double shooting in Finglas, Dublin early yesterday. p
Move to widen terms of Morris tribunal
The Labour Party will this week use a private members' motion to call on the Government to widen the terms of the Morris tribunal. p
Dispute at Ballymun lifts company worsens
A dispute at the company which services the lifts at the Ballymun flat complex in Dublin and a number of hospitals worsened over the weekend. p

The DUP Conference

UUP will be heavily punished by voters - Robinson
DUP deputy leader Mr Peter Robinson has said the Ulster Unionists' days of leadership are over and the party will be heavily punished at the next Assembly elections. p
Fundamentalism gives way to pragmatism
Analysis: Belief that it is to become the dominant unionist group infected the DUP conference, writes Gerry Moriarty, Northern Editor. p
Trimble's 'farmyard' team are sitting ducks
There was much fun, some of a farmyard variety, at the DUP conference, writes Suzanne Breen. p
'The people of Ulster are not fooled'
'The IRA fascist agenda has been adopted lock, stock and barrel'. The following is an edited version of the Rev Ian Paisley's speech to the DUP conference. p
Dodds wants elections and a new agreement
DUP MP, Mr Nigel Dodds, has said the pro-Agreement parties are "flogging a dead horse" by trying to revive the Belfast Agreement, writes Suzanne Breen . p

Regional News

Corrib gas terminal site to be defended at hearing
Two years after the first planning application was filed, Enterprise Energy Ireland (EEI) intends to defend the location of its proposed Corrib gas field terminal at a resumed hearing in Co Mayo today. p
State should not 'negotiate away' environment
Ireland should not "negotiate away" its environment in north-west Mayo for the promise of a few jobs with the Corrib gas field development, the Nigerian activist Dr Owens Wiwa has warned. p
Tanaiste praises Molloy's career in politics
The former minister Mr Bobby Molloy was to Galway what Fianna Fáil's Mr Jack Lynch was to Cork and the PDs' Mr Des O'Malley was to Limerick, the Tánaiste, Ms Harney, said at the weekend. p
Emotional homecoming for man who survived assault in the US
Having completed a seven-hour plane journey, eight weeks after being left fighting for his life in a US hospital, John Brennan was asked how he felt: "Not a bother" came the reply. p
Six treated in hospital after gas alert at club
Gardaí are investigating an incident at a Galway city nightclub early yesterday in which six people had to be taken to hospital because of gas inhalation. p
Alarm over Spanish ship fishing without licence
Fishermen in the south-west have expressed alarm at the Naval Service detention of a Spanish flagship without a licence in Irish waters last week. p

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