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Bakery job fears
Mother`s Pride is to swallow up Northern Ireland`s leading independent bakery in a deal which has raised fears of redundancies among trade unions.
Thursday 28th February 2002
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Top Merseyside officer to head Omagh probe
The deputy chief constable of Merseyside may be poised to take over a new investigation into the Omagh bomb atrocity, it has emerged.
Thursday 28th February 2002
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Madonna West End debut
Madonna is to make her West End stage debut as an ambitious art dealer in the comedy Up for Grabs, it was announced today.
Thursday 28th February 2002
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US war crimes row
The United States today opened a rift with Britain and much of Europe by announcing it wants to abandon the United Nations` system of international war crimes tribunals.
Thursday 28th February 2002
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Flanagan successor update
Two of Northern Ireland`s most senior police officers could be out of the running to become the next chief constable, it emerged tonight.
Thursday 28th February 2002
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French and Saunders - in joy fest
Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders are to team up again on television for the first time in more than two years, it was announced today.
Thursday 28th February 2002
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Hickie sounds rallying call
Denis Hickie believes it is time the Irish team repaid the selectors` faith with a return to winning ways against Scotland in their Lloyds TSB Six Nations clash at Lansdowne Road on Saturday.
Thursday 28th February 2002
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Woman freed after knife attack
A Belfast mother of three wept as she was freed on probation for plunging an eight-inch knife into her boyfriend, missing his heart by a centimtre.
Thursday 28th February 2002
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Men appear in flags case
A total of 21 County Antrim men who allegedly removed Irish tricolours from Ballymena`s nationalist Fisherwick estate have had legal proceedings against them dropped.
Thursday 28th February 2002
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Clune claims no prevention
Fine Gael front bencher, Deirdre Clune believes the Irish governmemt did nothing to prevent rogue traders from hiking up prices and ripping off consumers during the euro changeover.
Thursday 28th February 2002
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Call for Minister to intervene
The Irish minister for justice has been called on to intervene on behalf of a Cork family whose son died following an incident in a Cork nightclub last year.
Thursday 28th February 2002
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£3 billion needed to upgrade water system
More than £3 billion will be needed over the next 20 years to upgrade Northern Ireland`s water system and address alarming leakage problems, it has been claimed.
Thursday 28th February 2002
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18 quizzed after drugs swoops
Eighteen people are being questioned by police after a major drugs operation against heroin dealers in Northern Ireland.
Thursday 28th February 2002
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Horror Co Down teen death
A teenager was stabbed to death in front of his mother in a busy street, police said today.
Thursday 28th February 2002
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Female graduates outperform men
Northern Ireland`s girls are putting their male counterparts in the shade when it comes to scoring top honours in higher education.
Thursday 28th February 2002
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Kerry armed robbery
Gardai are searching for an armed gang who held up staff in a security van in north Kerry.
Thursday 28th February 2002
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Inflation rate rise reported
The annual rate of inflation in the Republic of Ireland rose by 0.7% to a new level of 4.9% in January, the first month of the new euro currency.
Thursday 28th February 2002
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Building evacuated after bomb warning
Dundonald House in Belfast has been evacuated following a telephone bomb warning.
Thursday 28th February 2002
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Abortion views outlined by parties
The leaders of three of Ireland`s opposition parties presented an unprecedented united front today to urge people to vote ``no`` in the forthcoming referendum on abortion.
Thursday 28th February 2002
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Monaghan distillery find
Gardai have uncovered an illegal distilling plant near Castleblaney in County Monaghan.
Thursday 28th February 2002
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