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100 jobs to go in Tipperary and Dublin
An Irish firm is laying off almost its entire 100-strong workforce, partly because of the effects of the Iraq war.
Monday 31st March 2003
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Dublin education protest
Schoolchildren set up class in a Dublin park today - to highlight what opposition politicians have described as the dilapidated state of Irish school buildings.
Monday 31st March 2003
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RUGBY: Rugby apology for McAleese
Rugby officials tonight apologised to Ireland`s president after she was forced to walk on the pitch instead of the traditional red carpet at yesterday`s Grand Slam decider in Dublin.
Monday 31st March 2003
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UUP Special Branch claim
Special Branch officers in Northern Ireland are to be taken off all counter-terrorist operations as part of a deal to appease republicans, a hardline Ulster Unionist MP claimed tonight.
Monday 31st March 2003
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Sinn Fein accused over exiles
Sinn Fein was tonight accused of ``double standards`` after its chief negotiator Martin McGuinness queried whether people exiled by the IRA during the Troubles could return home.
Monday 31st March 2003
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Reflex anoxic seizures information
Tonight UTV Live included a feature on reflex anoxic seizures and the STARS charity.
Monday 31st March 2003
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NI GP accused of hitting patient
A GP hit a psychiatric patient with a frying pan and a wine bottle and said that shooting such people was a ``good idea``, it was alleged at a disciplinary hearing today.
Monday 31st March 2003
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RUGBY: O`Driscoll pays tribute to England
Ireland today put a philosophical face on its failure to land a first Grand Slam in 55 years.
Monday 31st March 2003
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Ombudsman to probe Short Strand riots incident
The Police Ombudsman is to investigate the force`s alleged failure to protect a family during riots in the Short Strand area of East Belfast last summer.
Monday 31st March 2003
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RUGBY: IRFU to apologise to Irish President
The president of the IRFU has written to the Irish President, Mary McAleese, to apologise for an incident at Lansdowne Road yesterday in which she was forced to walk on the grass instead of the traditional red carpet.
Monday 31st March 2003
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Co Down weapons seizure
Police in Northern Ireland have seized guns and explosives during a raid in County Down.
Monday 31st March 2003
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Bloody Sunday Inquiry update
The officer commanding paratroopers on Bloody Sunday today said he had never considered over the last 31 years whether the Army had done anything wrong on the day 13 civil rights marchers were shot dead.
Monday 31st March 2003
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SOCCER: McAteer targets Chelsea return
Sunderland midfielder Jason McAteer is hoping for a first chance to remind former Republic of Ireland boss Mick McCarthy exactly what he can do when Chelsea head north on Saturday.
Monday 31st March 2003
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Babs to take a break from Eastenders
EastEnders favourite Barbara Windsor is to take an immediate break from the soap because of poor health, it was announced today.
Monday 31st March 2003
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GENERAL Driving ban for speeding Ferdinand
Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand was today banned from driving for six months and fined £2,500 for speeding.
Monday 31st March 2003
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SOCCER: Millar confident of home success
Roy Millar will be looking for his Northern Ireland Under-21 side to keep up their recent good home form tomorrow.
Monday 31st March 2003
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Barr Tribunal: Psychiatrist agreed to write letter
The Barr Tribunal has heard that John Carthy`s family doctor declined to write a letter to the gardai saying he was fit to hold a gun.
Monday 31st March 2003
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Belfast man locked in shop overnight after armed raid
Police have revealed that a man was locked in a room overnight after the shop in which he was working in Belfast was robbed late yesterday afternoon.
Monday 31st March 2003
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Belfast police stations to cut hours
Three north Belfast police stations are to have their opening hours cut.
Monday 31st March 2003
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`Misleading` KFC advert banned
An advert for KFC has been banned for making its meals look bigger and better than the real thing.
Monday 31st March 2003
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