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Points system reduces road fatalities
The Department of Transport is crediting the penalty points system for the lowest number of road fatalities in almost 30 years.With the number of Irish motorists issued with points bursting through the 100,000 mark.
Sunday 29th February 2004
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Day of shame for Soccer as 80 are arrested
A police investigation was under way today after 80 football fans were arrested on a day of shame for soccer.
Sunday 29th February 2004
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Soccer Star to marry childhood sweetheart
England soccer star Michael Owen is set to marry his childhood sweetheart Louise Bonsall after popping the question on Valentine Day`s, it was revealed today.
Sunday 29th February 2004
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Stormont Review cancelled
Tomorrow`s session of the Stormont Review has been cancelled.
Sunday 29th February 2004
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SF - Trimble did not keep his word
Martin Mc Guinness has said David Trimble made promises to Sinn Fein about the agreement which he has not kept.
Sunday 29th February 2004
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Two die on Province`s roads
Two teenagers have died in seperate road traffic accidents in Northern Ireland early this morning.
Sunday 29th February 2004
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Celebs more influential than parents
Jordan, Kylie and David Beckham are grabbing the limelight in youngsters` minds to become more influential than parents, teachers and even school friends, a new study suggested today.
Sunday 29th February 2004
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Striking civil servants target pension credit system
Northern Ireland civil servants staging strike action in an an increasingly bitter pay dispute are to target the Government`s flagship Pension Credit system this week, it was announced today.
Sunday 29th February 2004
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Clean up underway after Connemara oil spill
A clean-up operation is being mounted in Connemara after yesterday`s oil spill in Casla Bay.
Sunday 29th February 2004
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Pensioner dies in house fire.
An elderly woman has died after a housefire in north Dublin on Saturday.
Sunday 29th February 2004
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Wife in plea to free Colombia 3
Three Irishmen who have spent over six months in a Colombian jail while waiting for a verdict in their trial for training Marxist guerillas should be allowed home immediately, one of their wives insisted today.
Sunday 29th February 2004
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Sinn Fein calls for criminal records to be cleared
The criminal records of people who served jail sentences in Northern Ireland for terrorist offences should be cleared, Sinn Fein delegates demanded at their annual conference in Dublin today.
Sunday 29th February 2004
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Police must be held to acount says Sinn Fein
An independent civilian policing board must be established to hold the gardai to account, Sinn Fein has urged.
Sunday 29th February 2004
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Cheltenham pleased at protest halt
Officials at Cheltenham have expressed their relief that Manchester United fans have called off their planned protest on March 18, the final day of the National Hunt Festival.
Sunday 29th February 2004
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Sinn Fein say transfer of policing and justice powers essential
The transfer of policing and justice powers from Westminster to Stormont is essential to securing republican involvement in policing in Northern Ireland, a senior Sinn Fein figure said today.
Sunday 29th February 2004
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Dublin bus crash reconstructed
Part of central Dublin was sealed off today while police staged a reconstruction of a tragic crash in which five people were killed last weekend when a bus ploughed into them as they stood at a bus stop.
Sunday 29th February 2004
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Mc Guinness blames Unionists for peace breakdown
Northern Ireland`s peace process is caught in a ``dangerous crisis`` because Ulster Unionist leader David Trimble allowed hard liners to set the agenda in recent years, Sinn Fein`s Martin McGuinness claimed today.
Sunday 29th February 2004
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Adams - `Sinn Fein committed to peace`
Sinn Fein does not have to pass any ``special tests`` to prove its commitment to peace, the party`s president Gerry Adams said today.
Sunday 29th February 2004
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New plea to abandoned baby`s mother
Police in Dublin today made a fresh appeal for the mother of new-born baby abandoned in the centre of the city to come forward.
Sunday 29th February 2004
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Man utd fans call off protest staged for Cheltenham Cup
Manchester United fans have called off their protest on Cheltenham Gold Cup day on March 18.
Sunday 29th February 2004
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