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UK concern after judge rules 'Real IRA' not an illegal group
The British government has stated that it is "very concerned" by Mr Justice Girvan's ruling in Belfast Crown Court yesterday that the "Real IRA" is not listed as a proscribed organisation under the Terrorism Act. p
Nurse remanded on 4 charges
A nurse who has been under investigation since she was suspended from Naas General Hospital last year was yesterday charged with recklessly administering a substance to patients which she knew to be capable of interfering with their bodily functions. p
Dublin Bus starts implementing safety recommendations
Dublin Bus has started to implement a series of wide-ranging safety recommendations following the bus crash which killed six people on Wellington Quay earlier this year. p
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Eames calls on nationalists to understand the apprehension of NI Protestants
Catholics and nationalists in Northern Ireland "need to understand the uncertainty and apprehension of their Protestant neighbours so far as the future is concerned," the Church of Ireland Primate, Archbishop Robin Eames, said in London last night. pGovernment rules out hearing on decentralisation
The Government yesterday rejected Opposition attempts to hold an Oireachtas hearing into the plans to transfer 10,000 civil servants out of Dublin. pLegislation for judge to attend hearing altered
The Government's proposed legislation to force Circuit Court judge Mr Brian Curtin to appear before an Oireachtas inquiry had to be changed yesterday after it emerged that it would not apply to him. pReport shows builders seeking stage-payments
Purchasers of new homes under stage-payment schemes are each being charged an average of €7,000 for the construction industry practice, a new report claims. pHospital sewage leak leads to pipes check
An investigation of all pipes in the new development in James Connolly Memorial Hospital, Blanchardstown, Dublin, will be undertaken next week following a leakage of sewage from toilets at the weekend which has lead to the closure of a 15-bed ward. pPainting remembers Spain's Omagh victims
The people of Omagh this week presented the people of Madrid with a special painting in memory of two young Spanish citizens who died in the Omagh bomb blast six years ago. pDrogheda may get two retail parks
Drogheda, Co Louth, could end up with two retail warehouse parks if plans by rival developers are both implemented - one for a site adjoining the Slane Road interchange on the M1 motorway and the other beside the Donore Road interchange, writes Frank McDonald , Environment Editor. pDeveloper sent cheques to Louth councillors
The 12 elected members of Drogheda Borough Council, who are all seeking re-election, have either returned or donated to charity cheques for €500 posted to them by a local development company. pPint of Guinness is set to increase by 15 cent in June
The price of a pint of Guinness is expected to rise by 15 cent across the State from June 1st, despite on-going legal action against vintners by the Competition Authority. pAuthority calls for national study on disability
Decisions on disability are being taken without proper information on the prevalence of the condition, the National Disability Authority warned yesterday. pMcDowell accepts FG proposal on tendering by tribunal counsel
The Minister for Justice, Mr McDowell, yesterday accepted in principle a Fine Gael proposal to introduce "competitive tendering" for lawyers appearing at tribunals in an attempt to bring down the cost of such inquiries. pLegalisation of cannabis ruled out by Minister
The Minister for Justice has ruled out the legalisation of cannabis in Ireland, on foot of new EU proposals aimed at harmonising drug legislation within the 25 member-states. pLimerick list dominated by local schools
UL is continuing to maintain its popularity with school leavers despite the decline in the number of Leaving Certs - and despite the negative publicity the city has received in recent years. p
Taoiseach defends 'liberal' citizen law
Referendum campaign: The Taoiseach, Mr Ahern, has claimed that Ireland will continue to have "the most liberal citizenship law in Europe" if the referendum is passed on June 11th. pRabbitte says FF knows it has failed Dublin
Labour local election manifesto: Many Fianna Fáil candidates in Dublin are "trying to pass themselves off as independents" because of Government failures on crime, transport, housing and hospitals, the Labour leader, Mr Pat Rabbitte, has claimed. pLord Mayor may have peaked too quickly
Myths in politics, once built up, can be very hard to shake: particularly the one that Dublin's Lord Mayor, Royston Brady, is looked on by Bertie Ahern as a favourite. pFF to control de Valera county despite grumbling over health
Council area profile: De Valera county has been a Fianna Fáil stronghold since local elections began. For more than 70 years now, the party has had uninterrupted control of the county council - a record that looks set to be extended notwithstanding local grumbling over Government policy on health and regional development. pMcGuinness backs herself at bookies to take seat in European elections
Fine Gael's Maireád McGuinness is putting her money where her megaphone is and will place a bet on herself to win a seat in the European elections at Ivan Yates's Celtic Bookmakers in Wicklow today. pIndependents champion a wide variety of causes
European candidates/the independents: If Mr Seanán Ó Coistíis suffering from exam stress, he doesn't show it. The energetic 23-year-old is sitting his final exams in the University of Limerick this month. He is also campaigning as an independent in the European election. pUnited Kingdom Independence Party on the march, say pollsters
Country profile/United Kingdom: Europe finally made it as an issue in Britain's European election campaign this week - courtesy of a poll predicting that the United Kingdom Independence Party is on the march . pEasy listener Mary Lou keen to make hard sell
On the campaign trail: There's something about Mary Lou . . .writes Kathy Sheridan . pRyan accuses Sinnott of having right-wing views
European campaign: Independent European Parliament candidate Ms Kathy Sinnott has been challenged to declare her attitudes towards contraception, divorce and other social issues by the Labour Party. pHolding status quo will be a result
Council area profile: The civil war parties, Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael, would completely dominate the outgoing county council in Donegal were it not for the remnant of a more recent conflict. p
Parents sue over baby's organ removal
In an action believed to be the first of its kind here, a Dublin couple is seeking damages arising from their claim that organs were removed in 1988, without their consent, from their stillborn baby daughter at the National Maternity Hospital at Holles Street, Dublin. pWar protester gets 100 hours community service
An artist's impromptu one-woman "anti-war" protest at the sight of several armoured UN-peacekeeping vehicles driving down a street hampered efforts by an ambulance crew to tend to an injured garda, a court heard yesterday. pWoman trapped in train for 2S hours gets €14,500
A woman, trapped in a train for 2½ hours before being found by cleaners, has been awarded €14,500 damages in the Circuit Civil Court. pDIAL ordered to provide security for legal costs
Dublin International Arena Ltd (DIAL), the company which failed to get the contract to build the national aquatic centre at Abbotstown, Co Dublin, was ordered by the High Court yesterday to provide security for costs in an action it has brought against the State and Campus Stadium Ireland Development Ltd (CSID). pGalway man to appeal conviction for rape
The Connemara father at the centre of a rape trial two years ago, which ultimately led to the resignation of then Government minister, Mr Bobby Molloy, is to appeal both his conviction and the severity of his sentence. p
Break-up of Aer Rianta will happen, says Ahern
The Taoiseach has insisted that the Government will go ahead with the break-up of Aer Rianta but will wait until full consultations with the unions are completed before legislation is published. pFG leader warns of radar-gun loophole
The Fine Gael leader warned that thousands of traffic offences could be quashed if a legal loophole was not closed off by the introduction of emergency legislation. pMartin to regulate work of medical practitioners
The Minister for Health is to shortly present legislation to the Cabinet regulating the work of medical practitioners. pMayor's 'mutterings' give Ahern 'pristine clarity'
TDs yesterday learnt the precise meaning of the word 'obsession', courtesy of the Socialist TD, Mr Joe Higgins, writes Marie O'Halloran . pO'Toole fears Oireachtas may 'get it wrong' on impeachment
Seanad Report: Mr Joe O'Toole (Ind) said he was convinced that the Oireachtas would get wrong the arrangements for the proposed impeachment of a judge. They would be rightly crucified for failing in this regard, he believed. pChimney Sweeps Act to get swept away this autumn
Some of the 100 old laws to be repealed by the Government in the autumn date back to 1250, the Taoiseach told the Dáil. pConcern at EU Commission's approval of GM sweet corn
A Dáil committee has voiced concern that the EU Commission approved for sale a form of genetically engineered maize without any discussion of the issue in either house of the Oireachtas. It has sought legal opinion about the lawfulness of such decisions made by an unelected body. pTaoiseach denies deal with Flynn and Collins
The Taoiseach said there was "no agreement or understanding between the Government" and either Ms Beverley Flynn and Mr Michael Collins. p
Report says it makes no sense to move A&E from Ennis
A group campaigning against the proposed downgrading of Ennis General Hospital has published a report saying it makes no sense to remove acute and A&E services from the hospital. pCourt told three died instantly in crash
A Coroner's Court heard yesterday there were no witnesses to an early-morning "high-velocity" crash between two cars in which three people lost their lives on the N2 road in Co Monaghan last February. pMinister announces €10m grant for Cliffs of Moher
Over a decade after it was first proposed, the €25 million Cliffs of Moher visitor centre finally got the green light yesterday after receiving €10 million in grant aid from Fáilte Ireland. pO Cuiv tells EU meeting about cohesion policy
The disparities between and within richer and poorer EU member-states must be eliminated if real territorial cohesion is to be achieved, the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs, Mr Ó Cuív, told a major EU presidency conference in Galway yesterday. pNitrates row between Teagasc and IFA deepens
The row between Teagasc and the Irish Farmers' Association (IFA) over the agriculture development authority's role in a nitrates directive controversy deepened yesterday when Teagasc accused the IFA of misrepresenting it. pFrance may absorb Irish beef displaced in UK
France has the best potential to absorb Irish beef which is about to become displaced from the British market when BSE restrictions are lifted there, it was learned yesterday. p
