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Ahern to hold talks with Bush in Oval Office
TAOISEACH BERTIE Ahern will meet United States president George Bush in the White House today - in one of the last occasions the two men will meet before Mr Bush departs from office next January. p
BBC journalists among 11 arrested in Garda inquiry
FOUR BBC journalists were arrested yesterday and a film was seized from them by gardaí investigating paramilitary activity in Co Donegal. p
RTÉ to launch Diaspora TV service in UK
A NEW television service aimed at Irish emigrants in Britain will be on air by early next year, it is expected to be announced today. p
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HSE considers redundancy scheme for middle managers
THE HEALTH Service Executive is considering a redundancy scheme for hundreds of staff but needs funding approval from Government before it can proceed. pYouth (17) charged with murder of Polish man in Drimnagh
A 17-YEAR-OLD male has appeared before Dublin District Court
charged with murdering a Polish man in Drimnagh three weeks
ago. pScientologists' critics condemn abusive calls
A SPOKESMAN for Anonymous Ireland, which organised a picket outside the Church of Scientology premises in Dublin on Saturday, has condemned abusive phone calls to church members and the hacking of computers. pSenior civil servants drafted IRA statements
SENIOR BRITISH and Irish civil servants drafted statements that were subsequently issued by the IRA under its traditional pseudonym "P O'Neill", it has been revealed in a new book on the Northern Ireland peace process. pProposal to preserve Pigeon House chimneys rejected
PLANNERS IN Dublin City Council have rejected a proposal to preserve the Pigeon House chimneys at Poolbeg by adding them to the Record of Protected Structures (RPS), on the basis that they are not of sufficient architectural, social or historical value. pLaws on casino regulation delayed
MINISTER FOR Justice Brian Lenihan has decided to delay making any decision about legislating on unregulated casinos and to seek the creation of an all-party Oireachtas consensus on the controversial issue. pSecond man to be charged over €2m heroin seizure in Meath
A 28-YEAR-OLD-MAN is to appear before Dublin District Court this morning charged in connection with the seizure of 10kg of heroin, worth more than €2 million, and €250,000 in cash. pProtester wins reprieve on work at M3 site
THE M3 protester who emerged from the tunnel at Rath Lugh, near Tara, at the weekend, says she had a "whale of time" underground and was pleased to have won a month-long moratorium on work at the site. pBishops call for look at alternatives to prison
IRELAND'S CATHOLIC bishops have called for an inquiry into "alternatives to imprisonment" for criminals. pFire forces evacuation of 800 people from nightclub
TWO PEOPLE were rescued and approximately 800 were evacuated
when fire broke out in hoardings to the front of the Village
nightclub on Dublin's Wexford St early yesterday morning. pNo social or civic philosophy in society, ecumenical service told
CONTEMPORARY IRISH society is more divided than it has been for a long time, an ecumenical service heard yesterday. pIrish climbers hope for record Everest ascent
TWO CLIMBERS bound for Nepal later this week hope to become the youngest Irish men to ascend Mount Everest. Graham Kinch and Ian Taylor, both 29, plan to scale the mountain despite political unrest in the region which has made it a temporary no-go area. pPolish stab victim is laid to rest at home
ONE OF the two Polish men stabbed to death with a screwdriver in Drimnagh, Dublin, last month has been laid to rest in his native Poland. p'I was thinking of what happened to those Polish men. Two guys died'
Victim Cida Jeangros (30) says many migrant workers are living in fear of being attacked on the streets of the capital, writes Carl O'Brien Social Affairs Correspondent. pIrish people pessimistic on age care - survey
IRISH PEOPLE are among the least optimistic about their chances of receiving an appropriate level of care in old age, according to a survey by the European Commission. pIrish illegals living in US a 'deep concern', says Taoiseach
THE PLIGHT of Irish people living illegally in the US is of "deep concern" to Ireland, Taoiseach Bertie Ahern last night told Irish/Americans during the first speech of his St Patrick's Day visit. pPatricks turn out in record numbers for London party
REVELLERS BRAVED foul weather to celebrate the seventh official St Patrick's Day festival in the heart of London. pCities and towns put final touches to big day plans
FIVE DAYS of St Patrick's Festival events will culminate in Ireland's biggest ever St Patrick's Day parade in Dublin today. pActress urges support for undocumented Irish
AWARD-WINNING actress Fionnula Flanagan has urged Irish-Americans to support immigration reform to protect the undocumented Irish living in the United States. pTour operators seek to reduce consumers' rights
IRISH TOUR operators want to limit customers' rights by restricting their entitlement to compensation and allowing for last-minute changes in the cost of package holidays. pPresident hails 'promising era of peace, prosperity and partnership'
St Patrick's Day greetings from President Mary McAleese. pCardinal praises Patrick as a blow-in from Britain
"PATRICK CAME from Britain. It is worth remembering," the Catholic primate Cardinal Seán Brady has said in a sermon to mark the occasion. pTara protesters parade in Sydney
John Ingram, an Aboriginal man with Irish heritage, led the parade dressed as St Patrick in Sydney, writes Pádraig Collins . pChinese join in celebrations, despite wondering who St Patrick is exactly
ST PATRICK held his mitre aloft in Beijing's busy Wangfujing shopping street at the head of the Chinese capital's first St Patrick's Day parade and was warmly welcomed by the local citizenry, even if no one in fiercely secular China knew who the saint was exactly. Any forms of public display are strictly controlled in China so it marks quite a coup for the Irish community in Beijing to have a parade at all. pHomes evacuated after Crumlin pipe bomb find
SEVERAL HOUSES in the Captain's Road area of Crumlin in west Dublin were evacuated in the early hours of yesterday following the discovery of an explosive device attached to a parked car. pFormer IRA prisoner critically ill after assault
PSNI DETECTIVES are treating as attempted murder an assault on a former IRA prisoner in west Belfast which has left him critically ill in hospital. pBishops oppose residency legislation
IRELAND'S CATHOLIC bishops have come out strongly against provisions in the Government's Immigration, Residence and Protection Bill 2008, which they say allows for "disproportionate use of ministerial discretion". pIn short
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Shake rattle and roll as baby rave hits groove
Discos for kids, from babies to toddlers - just like for
grown-ups, but with a buggy park and a little quieter, writes
Alison Healy . pOver 35,000 turn out in Limerick as marching bands hit the streets
MORE THAN 35,000 spectators lined the streets of Limerick yesterday for the International Band Parade. pGardaí warn of drink driving clampdown
GARDAÍ HAVE warned that their clampdown on people who drink and drive will continue day and night over the remainder of the holiday period. pRoad Closures
Many roads around Dublin city centre will be closed to motorists to allow for festival activities today. p
'Complications' linked to Galway outbreak
ONE YEAR after Galway's drinking water crisis a number of people still have "continuing complications" linked to the cryptosporidium parasite, according to health officials. pInquiry into deaths of Donegal fishermen
IRISH AND British marine investigators will conduct an inquiry into the deaths of two Donegal fishermen, following the loss of their lobster boat three miles off the northwest coast. pDPP to get file on Cork pub death
GARDAÍ ARE to prepare a file for the Director of Public Prosecutions after releasing without charge a man arrested for questioning about the death of a 41-year-old father-of-four who collapsed after being ejected from a pub in Cork city. pFarmers warned of serious skin disease risk from infected sheep
SHEEP FARMERS have been warned about the risks of picking up the serious skin disease, orf, from infected sheep. p
