Environment Minister John Boland said that he had had one such approach but that he could not discuss what was said at the cabinet meeting. "We all agreed that we ought to be especially careful on this issue and that we should say nothing at all." Finance Minister John Bruton sa

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by MAIRIN de BURCA THE Irish Congress of Trade Unions has told the Minister for Labour Ruairi Quinn that they would withdraw their members from the board of the Employment Equality Agency if something was not done to improve the agency's performance. The ICr U representations we

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ON Thursday last a police constable, Richard Johnson, was sentenced to six months in prison for biting off part of the ear of another policeman, Keith Jones, during an inter-police rugby match in Wales. Johnson was defended by Stephen Hopkins who did his best in rather trying ci

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scored by the appropriately named Ron Van Den Brink and Gordon McKinnon got the second. Out half Rees converted the second and that brought the Canadians to within one score of their rivals. There then followed that late escape for Ireland as Canada applied the pressure. And one

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AT first glance, Ireland seems to be totally unsuitable as a location for industrial applications of materials science. The world of new materials is dominatd by the aerospace industry, which is seeking alternatives to metal aircraft bodies, by automotive manufacturers who want