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Gormley unveils plan to overhaul local government
GREEN PARTY ANNUAL CONVENTION: THE RIGHT to petition councillors, town hall meetings for citizens, and regular plebiscites to decide important local questions form the basis of a radical overhaul of local government being drawn up by Green Party leader John Gormley, writes Harry McGee in Dundalk p
Cowen pushes for frontline health staff
TÁNAISTE AND Fianna Fáil leader-designate Brian Cowen says he wants to cut the number of administrators in the health service to make way for more frontline staff. p
HSE proposals include cutting A&E services and drug schemes
THE HEALTH Service Executive (HSE) has proposed a series of radical measures to the Department of Health as part of an overall plan to tackle a projected €300 million deficit this year. p
Blair pays tribute to Ahern for NI peace process role
FORMER BRITISH prime minister Tony Blair last night paid a warm
tribute to Taoiseach Bertie Ahern, saying " there is absolutely no
job that this man could not do well".
Mark Hennessy , Political Correspondent,
reports. p
Other Stories
Gormley preferred alternative coalition
GREEN PARTY leader John Gormley has raised the possibility of a future coalition with Fine Gael and Labour. p€100,000 raised for suicide charity
THE DUBLIN Castle dinner last night, which was attended by Bono, Bob Geldof and other dignitaries, and organised by property developer Noel Smyth to honour former British prime minister Tony Blair, helped to raise €100,000 for suicide prevention in Ireland. pOffaly's faithful suppress their glee as Day of Elevation looms for local hero
True believers of the taoiseach-in-waiting are preparing a short
but sweet celebration, writes
Deaglán de Bréadún , Political
Correspondent in the midlands pMiriam Lord's Week
The rush to court Cowen; Seasonal recipe from Sargent; Norris raises the temperature; Biffo's radio caper; Crowley for president; Willie's winning ways with irony pGardaí use Taser stun gun to arrest man in Limerick
A TASER stun gun was used for the first time by gardaí this week, when a suspect in Limerick's notorious gang feud was arrested. p'Taser' guns: only provided to members of the ERU
"Conducted energy devices", or "Taser" guns are provided only to members of the Garda's Emergency Response Unit (ERU). pMourners hear call for end to killings
MOURNERS AT the funeral of Limerick's most recent gangland
victim yesterday heard a call for an end to the "senseless
killings" that have placed the city in the spotlight for "all the
wrong reasons". pNo increase in funding for schools, says Hanafin
MINISTER FOR Education Mary Hanafin has said there will be no increase in funding for the State's schools and urged local communities to "rally around" to support them financially. Kilian Doyle reports. pEU will not collapse if Ireland votes against treaty, says McDonald
EU INSTITUTIONS will not collapse if the Irish people vote against the Lisbon Treaty, Sinn Féin MEP Mary Lou McDonald has said. pPlanning for Sandyford tower rejected
A PROPOSAL to build one of Ireland's tallest buildings, a 24-storey apartment tower at Sandyford in south Co Dublin, has been rejected by An Bord Pleanála. pBooklet to advise public on coping with emergencies
PUBLIC information and awareness campaign on emergency planning for man-made or natural disasters will be launched by Taoiseach Bertie Ahern and Minister for Defence Willie O'Dea on Monday. pInquiry into girl's death
GARDAÍ IN Wicklow have completed an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death of a 12-year-old schoolgirl while in care overseen by the Health Service Executive (HSE). pHSE may set up laboratory to identify superbug strains
THE HEALTH Service Executive (HSE) is to examine the possibility of establishing a reference laboratory to identify the types of the superbug Clostridium difficile in circulation at health facilities across the State. John Down es reports. pImams deny rift between Shias and Sunnis in Ireland
THE IMAM of Ireland's only Shia Islamic Centre, at Milltown in Dublin, and the imam of the Sunni Islamic Cultural Centre at Clonskeagh have issued a joint statement denying reports of a major dispute between them. pBoxer finds party venue away from home county
IRISH BANTAMWEIGHT boxing champion John Joe Nevin says his family have finally found a venue to host a party celebrating his Olympics qualification. pIn Short
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Inquiry 'not satisfied' gardaí assaulted youth
MAIN FINDINGS: The inquiry into the arrest and
detention of 14-year-old Clonmel schoolboy Brian Rossiter concluded
it was "not satisfied" that the youth was assaulted by gardaí
either during his arrest or subsequent detention in Clonmel Garda
station. pSix key questions
The Brian Rossiter Inquiry, established under the Dublin Police Act 1924 by former minister for justice Michael McDowell, sought to answer six questions in relation to the arrest and detention of Brian Rossiter in Clonmel on September 10th 2002. pTimeline
Timeline of events. p
Kenny dispute in mediation after appeal from judge
BROADCASTER PAT Kenny and his neighbour have agreed to allow the High Court dispute over lands near their homes in Dalkey to go to mediation on Monday following the trial judge's appeal yesterday to them to "think long and hard" before things are said in evidence which cannot be taken back. pWoman remanded as murder trial moved to Dublin
A MURDER trial that was due to get under way in Galway last week, has now been transferred to Dublin on the direction of a judge, after the murder accused jumped bail and absconded to Wales on the eve of the trial. pEx-prisoner loses case over boiling water attack in jail
A FORMER prisoner has lost his High Court action for damages against the governor of Wheatfield Prison for serious injuries suffered after a bucket of boiling water was thrown over him by another inmate. pMan is charged with murder of Sligo girl
A MAN appeared before a special sitting of Sligo District Court
last night charged with the murder of 14-year-old Melissa Mahon in
September 2006. pAddict who burgled Taoiseach's office said he was lured by security cameras
A HEROIN addict who broke into the Taoiseach's constituency office because he thought there might be "something of value" in it, has been remanded for sentence. pDrug dealer to serve 18-month sentence
A drug dealer who is facing deportation from Ireland must first serve an 18-month sentence imposed by Judge Frank O'Donnell at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court. The judge said it would be wrong to deport him without serving a jail term. pMan got no pain relief in home prior to death, says family
THE FAMILY of a man who died in a Dublin nursing home yesterday expressed concern that their father, who was discovered to have had lung cancer at postmortem, was in excruciating pain before his death and should have been transferred to hospital. pMother ordered to return son to Australia
THE SUPREME Court has ordered a mother, who claims she had to flee Australia for Ireland 2½ years ago because her son had been allegedly sexually abused by his father, to return the boy to Australia where his father lives. pIn Short
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New York pension funds reveal $150m investment plan for NI
NORTHERN IRELAND'S First Minister the Rev Ian Paisley and Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness have welcomed a decision by four New York City pension funds to invest $150 million (€95 million) in infrastructure projects in the North. pEU funding for peace process will end soon, warns mediator
A LEADING mediator has warned that Northern Ireland must be prepared for the fact that special European Union financial support for the peace process will run out in three years and new funds must be found to support reconciliation. p
Extra €518,000 paid to workers due to Clare council error
AN "ADMINISTRATIVE error" by Clare County Council has cost the taxpayer €518,000 in overpayments to council road workers. pHelicopter hatch tampered with, inquiry finds
AN EMERGENCY hatch that fell from an RAF helicopter over Salthill in Co Galway last year had been interfered with by a member of the public, an investigation has concluded. p
