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  • Family in turmoil hoping mother found

    Ms Helen McKendry was out shopping yesterday evening when she heard news that she hopes and prays will allow her to bury her mother, Jean McConville, writes Gerry Moriarty, Northern Editor p

  • 300 immigrants challenge moves to deport them

    Some 300 immigrant parents of Irish citizen children hoping to avoid deportation attended a crowded information meeting in Dublin yesterday.There was some confusion when half of the crowd was obliged to wait outside Liberty Hall for an hour, due to an unexpectedly high turnout. p
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  • Only three bodies of 'disappeared' were recovered

    In 1999 the IRA informed the Commission for the Location of Victims' Remains where it believed nine people it had killed, including Jean McConville, were secretly buried. p

  • More children arriving undetected, says report

    An urgent call for measures to combat child-trafficking in Ireland has been made by the Irish Refugee Council amid dramatic increases in the numbers of children arriving undetected in the State. p

  • Jackson Way faces freezing of assets

    The controversial property company Jackson Way is facing seizure by the Criminal Assets Bureau of a multi-million-euro compensation award due shortly for its land in Carrickmines, Co Dublin, writes Paul Cullen . p

  • Alternative motorway too radical for NRA

    Analysis: An Bord Pleanála's approval for the new M3 motorway indicates that it is prepared to rubber-stamp major road schemes without examining alternatives, writes Frank McDonald , Environment Editor p

  • Warning on end of social partnership

    A warning that social partnership could be in its final stages and a return to "1970s-type engagement" on the cards was issued yesterday by the general secretary of SIPTU, Mr Joe O'Flynn. p

  • Over half find smoking ban excessive, says survey

    More than half of those questioned for a new survey on the proposal to introduce an outright ban on smoking in pubs, hotels and restaurants from January said they felt a total smoking ban would be excessive. p

  • Medical Council to overhaul embryo guidelines

    The Medical Council is to overhaul its ethical guidelines that currently ban embryo experiments. The new rules, which will affect medical research into stem cells and gene therapy in Ireland, are expected to be presented to the IMO general council within the next six weeks, The Irish Times has learned. p

  • Galway Hospice wants cancer referrals to restart

    Serious medical concerns over the administration of drugs to cancer patients led to the suspension of referrals to the Galway Hospice three months ago.The 12-bed hospice is still not taking any new patients, and the hospice board is seeking an early meeting with the Western Health Board (WHB) to try and reverse this decision. p

  • Doctors concerned at jockeys' methods to keep down weight

    The medical profession has expressed concern at the health implications for jockeys who are going to extreme lengths to maintain their light weights, writes Alison Healy p

  • Patients' group welcomes decision to offer Neary case files to Garda

    The group representing women whose wombs were unnecessarily removed by obstetrician Dr Michael Neary yesterday welcomed the decision by the Medical Council to refer all information it has on the matter to the Garda. p

  • Desmond tribunal appeal fails in court

    The businessman Mr Dermot Desmond has failed in his High Court bid to restrain the Moriarty tribunal from allowing reference to the 10-year-old Glackin Report, which was critical of his part in the purchase of the former Johnson Mooney & O'Brien site in Ballsbridge. p

  • Minister defends anti-poverty plan

    The Minister for Social and Family Affairs yesterday defended a new anti-poverty blueprint against criticisms by lobby groups that it contained no new strategies, policies or resources. p

  • Air-gun stolen in Garda station

    Gardaí in Dublin were yesterday forced to mount a search in the inner city for a man who gained entry to a Garda station and made off with property, including an air rifle and bullet-proof vest. p

  • Flynn gets calls from 'lots of publishers' to write memoirs

    Former EU Commissioner Mr Pádraig Flynn has received a number of offers from publishers to write his political memoirs. Mr Flynn, who dismissed newspaper reports that he was considering a return to local politics by standing for the council seat his TD daughter, Ms Beverley Flynn, will relinquish, said last night he had received calls from "lots of publishers". p

  • Murder charge follows arson

    A 23-year-old man has been charged with the murder of a Limerick child who died following a fire-bomb attack on her home earlier this year. p

  • Extradited Limerick man to stand trial

    A 24-year-old Limerick man, who went on the run for 15 months, is to stand trial in October, following his extradition from Britain. p

  • Priests report to Dublin assembly

    An international assembly of English-speaking priests in Dublin has been told that one in 20 Swiss Catholic priests is in, or has been, in a sexual relationship. p

  • 'Crisis of priestly identity' noted

    Morale is low and motivation is lacking among Irish priests today, Father John Littleton, president of the National Council of Priests of Ireland, said yesterday. p

  • Salt tax called for to reduce intake in food

    The Government should introduce a "salt tax" to help reduce salt intake in snack and processed foods, according to a public-health specialist. Lower salt consumption could help reduce blood pressure and the risk of heart attack and stroke. p

  • Driver in Carnlough car crash given bail

    The driver of a car in which two teenage boys died in a Co Antrim coastal village yesterday was arrested in hospital by police and then released on bail. p

  • Dublin Rose embarks on her glamorous year in the public eye

    She only had two hours of sleep, but yesterday morningthe new Rose of Tralee looked as fresh as a daisy in a chiffon dress covered in flowers, writes Róisín Ingle  in Tralee p

  • Mars makes closest pass by Earth

    The closest Mars-Earth fly-by in 60,000 years is over and we are now pulling away from the Red Planet at about 1,000 miles per day. The two won't be so close together again for another 278 years, writes Dick Ahlstrom , Science Editor p

  • Eurovision show expects 5,000 entrants

    Eurovision is the musical equivalent of the Grand National, says Phil Coulter, judge for the second series of You're a Star , auditions for which begin next month. p
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  • Trimble backs body monitoring ceasefires

    A monitoring body set up to review paramilitary ceasefires should be able to ensure that political parties in Northern Ireland do not have a paramilitary link, Ulster Unionist leader, Mr David Trimble, said today. p
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