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  • 15,000 march in Dublin against Iraq war

    Children from the Irish Islamic community led off the estimated 15,000 people who marched in Dublin on Saturday against the war in Iraq, writes Kitty Holland . p

  • Apology to Irish abuse victims in UK

    The Minister for Education and Science, Mr Dempsey, has described the State's past inaction on the treatment of children in residential institutions as "one of the most shameful failures in Irish history". p
War in Iraq

  • Most oppose war and Ahern stance

    Most Irish people expressing an opinion oppose the war on Iraq, the use of Shannon by the US military and the Taoiseach's handling of the issue, according to a Millward Brown/IMS poll. p

  • FG seeks support for Dail motion on relief effort

    Fine Gael is seeking all-party support for a Dáil motion this week backing the efforts to bring humanitarian relief to Iraqis suffering as a result of the US-led invasion. p
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  • There's always the World Cup in Australia

    While the Grand Slam dream was shattered yesterday, die-hard rugby fans will hope for a return to form by the time Ireland travel to the 2003 Rugby World Cup in Australia in October. p

  • Protest at State's cancer care services

    People are dying unnecessarily of cancer because of the lack of radiotherapy and other facilities throughout the State, a protest calling for cancer care services was told at the weekend. p

  • Delay in vaccines inquiry criticised

    Adoption Ireland has criticised the delay in holding public hearings into the vaccine trials which took place in children's homes over 30 years ago.Adoption Ireland has criticised the delay in holding public hearings into the vaccine trials which took place in children's homes over 30 years ago. p

  • Inquiry into Abbeylara shooting opens in public today

    The tribunal of inquiry into the fatal shooting of Mr John Carthy at Abbeylara, Co Longford, in 2000 will begin public sittings in Dublin today. p

  • Tribunals under scrutiny in consultation paper

    The Chief Justice, Mr Justice Keane, will today introduce a Law Reform Commission consultation paper on public inquiries, including tribunals.This comes as concern grows about the ultimate cost of the burgeoning number of tribunals of inquiry. p

  • EU bans carriage of heavy-duty oil by single-hull tankers

    EU ministers have banned the carriage of heavy-duty oil by single-hull tankers from July 1st of this year. p

  • Scientist criticises system of monitoring fish catches

    International attempts to conserve fish stocks should not rely on the "observer" system of monitoring catches, according to an Irish marine scientist who worked as a monitor in the north-west Atlantic. p

  • McDowell rejects criticism by UN of Immigration Bill

    The Minister for Justice has rejected a claim by the United Nations High Commission for Refugees that asylum-seekers would be forced into the hands of smugglers and traffickers by the introduction of fines for carriers bringing undocumented migrants to the State, writes Nuala Haughey , Social and Racial Affairs Correspondent. p

  • Trawler crews rescued

    Seven fishing crew members were rescued in two incidents off the south and west coasts yesterday morning. p

  • Ukrainians duped into paying up to $5,000 for false work permits

    More than 100 Ukrainian nationals, who paid up to $5,000 each for what they believed were genuine work permits to allow them take up jobs here, are facing deportation after the permits turned out to be forgeries. p

  • EU rules protecting contract workers not enforced

    Measures protecting contract workers from abuse have still not been implemented in the Republic, nearly two years after the EU deadline. p

  • 'It's not about pride, it's survival'

    Vasyl (26) has never seen his three-month-old daughter, Vica, writes Kitty Holland . p

  • Inquiry into recruitment agency

    A recruitment agency which offered Nepalese butchers to Irish meat companies on the basis that they were "shy" and would be "thrilled" to earn the minimum wage is being investigated by the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment. p

  • Mater to introduce pre-surgery unit

    Dublin's Mater Hospital is to introduce a pre-assessment unit to screen patients before they undergo surgery. p

  • Science teachers call for increased resources

    Science teachers are increasingly angry at the under-resourcing of their subjects at second level and at the "well-acknowledged crisis" in the take-up of science at second and third level, the Irish Science Teachers' Association (ISTA) heard at the weekend. p
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  • Kelly emphasises policing issue

    Policing and the administration of justice are major issues for Sinn Féin, Mr Gerry Kelly told the ardfheis. "They are as important as the Good Friday agreement itself," the party's policing spokesman said p

  • 'We have to get policing right'

    Adams Speech p

  • A party preparing its electorate for coming change

    Whoever said "The more things change the more they stay the same" clearly did not include Sinn Féin in their reckoning. The events of this weekend's ardfheis, had they been foretold a decade or so ago would have seemed fanciful. p

  • Veteran republican rallies SF for next election

    "We've won the war. Now let's win the peace," the veteran republican, Mr Joe Cahill, told Sinn Féin's ardfheis at the RDS in Dublin. p

  • Call for broader history curriculum

    Just 1 per cent of the population in the loyalist Shankill area of west Belfast go to third-level education, according to Mr Martin McGuinness, former minister for education in the North. p

  • Mood of the delegates

    It was a unique experience at a Sinn Féin ardfheis and one delegates were absolutely delighted with. The party got over 5 cent of the general election vote last year and was entitled to live television coverage on RTÉ for the first time. p
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