1798 Rebellion - Beauchamp Bagenal Harvey is appointed as Commander of the insurgent forces in Wexford town. A civilian government led by four Protestants and four Catholics is established.
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1998 Retraction - The Protestant community in a Wexford village receives an apology from Bishop Brendan Comiskey over a boycott more than 40 years ago. He asks for forgiveness for a controversial incident in Fethard-on-Sea when local Catholics boycott Protestant shops and classes over a six-month period during 1957.
10:10
One up again for Gaucho Haughey: Former Taoiseach Charles Haughey is €2m richer following the auction of a tiny part of his extensive Abbeville art collection.
12:42
The posh-wanting Southside blonde-girl announcer from AA Roadwatch traffic reports desires a job in MTV because she says The Corrs are off the road following a collision on the M50.
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Let's put it behind us: The Taoiseach (Bertie Ahern) said that he considers Mr Haughey's £8.5 million in donations from businessmen to be deeply shocking. He added, "let no one think that the behaviour of a few individuals, in any way, represents what the party stands for or what the State has stood for."
16:38
Ah belt up!: The National Bus and Rail Union is threatening to take industrial action unless the school bus fleet is urgently upgraded. The NBRU's warning comes following another incident involving a Bus Eireann school bus in Co Westmeath earlier today. The bus was taken out of service after the driver detected smoke coming from the brakes.
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To be fair, Charlie Haughey was a great Taoiseach, probably the greatest this country ever produced and he taking money left and right in a great equitable rip off. Didn't matter if you were rich, poor, well or sick. He took from his own. He took from others': [Witness] Dr Farrell issued two more cheques: IRP20,000 for the Brian Lenihan fund and IRP10,000 for Mr Haughey personally. Both of these cheques were lodged to Celtic Helicopters, the company belonging to Mr Haughey's son. The IRP30,000 was then withdrawn in a cheque payable to cash.
14:57
After the flat screen, the diamond ring, the Italian holiday, and some new decking, there won't be much change: Aid agency Concern is urging SSIA-holders to consider giving some of their savings to help people in the developing world.
18:18
Hush hush, bang bang: Amnesty International tonight called for an independent inquiry into the killing of two armed robbers in a quiet Irish village as Bertie Ahern backed the gardai involved. Mr Ahern said the public had been calling for stronger law enforcement and should not go weak-kneed when it is delivered.
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Eyewitness: 'Next of all we just heard "Go, go, go, there's somebody on the roof" and then the police officers were running, some of them were running in. 'We had to reverse because a police car was going through past us with a police officer hanging out the window with a gun.'
18:44
Don't get windy now: Asked about the matter while opening a wind farm in Co Wicklow, Mr Ahern said he believed the armed officers were acting in self-defense. "The gardai called for people to lay down their arms, shots were fired and then the gardai responded," he said.
21:02
Where old Irish school buses go when they're officially retired: At least three people have been killed and eight others were injured in an explosion on a bus in the southern Russian republic of Chechnya.
