c/ta-Awiite- Pru not in the running for ICI BRIAN MEDHURST. managing director of Prudential Insurance the biggest in Europe has emphatically denied that he is Interested in taking over the insurance Corporation of Ireland from administrator Billy McCann. 'Of course we hate bought

R ugby international Trevor Ringland led a group from the North in a trte planting ceremony in Ballina to mark international peace year. Up to 20 mentally re larded people and officials from Newry's Gateway Club, were guests of Ballina urban council at a civic reception, where g

DESPITE fearsome opposition and mischievous political sniping, the Anglo-Irish Agreement achieved its first anniversary at the weekend—a tribute both to the breadth of vision of Garret Fitz Gerald and the courageous steadfastness of Margaret Thatcher. The only other Analo-Irish

public relations gambits to associate their names with something other than the demon drink. Satzenbrau have launched a big design competition FA for aspiring fashion designers in I this country. winning such a good way to sta This is good news as the main public eye. prizes are

Dublin 2. Centre Gold lace skirt with black wool jacket for late daywear, by John Rocha, available from Chinatown Clothing Company, Powerscout Centre. • Lett Stunning knits by Lainey for partying, narrow black skirt with big black and ecru sweater, available from Galleria, St. S

you recognise the inevitability of drug abuse despite official campa:gns against it—by issuing disposable needles? How do you deal with the uncomfortable issue of screening? Which is better: to guard moral scruples or to prevent the spread of AIDS? In times like these bluntness

Three goals without reply and two points in the bag can't be a bad return for an afternoon's work, but Dundalk still appear to be a little short of championship- winning material. Their defence was solid and uncompromising. with Joey Malone an extremely vigilent sweeper, but the

THE alarming ncr , :ase of child abuse has been brought directly home by the Media: The recent programme on RTE, pertaining to incest, has inspired victims to flood the appropriate offices with their complaints. BBC TV also ran a similar programme recently (Childwatch) with spec

AN IRISH delegation, including some members from the Soroptimists International, Bray (Co. Wicklow) and District Club, w a s among thousands of women t - tending the 52nd Conference of SI International at Eastbourne. where the conference hall thronged with members from across th