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British considering sending more troops to Iraq

Editor of 'World Armies' magazine, Charles Hayman, says the coalition in Iraq is facing a country-wide insurgency but the British Army does not have unlimited resources

NRA examine sites in Tara ahead of M3 route decision

Meath Co Council Project Architect Mary Deevy says a large-scale archaeological investigation of the whole route is taking place long in advance of construction

Vincent Salafia of the Save Tara/Skryne Valley Group says the proposed route passes extremely close to the Hill of Tara and should never have been chosen

Record labels locked in copyright battle with nightclubs

Barrister Jonathan Newman says the case centres on how much nightclubs have to pay for playing copyrighted music and whether the PPI has the right to collect such fees

Ex-diplomats criticise Blair's foreign policies

Daily Telegraph Political Editor George Jones says it is unprecedented for so many former senior civil servants to come out so dramatically against the Prime Minister

3 Irishmen cleared of rebel training charges in Colombia

Charlie Bird, Chief News Correspondent, reports from Bogota on the confused picture in Colombia over whether the three men will be allowed to return home

Legal rights for cohabiting couples proposed

LRC Research Director Raymond Byrne says the proposal would allow those in a stable relationship to apply to a court for some of the entitlements married couples have

Garda association holds conference in Donegal

GRA President Michael Kirby says there should be the same level of accountability for the Ombudsman Office staff as for the gardaí they would investigate

Irish squad picked for Homeless World Cup

Brendan Fitzpatrick talks to some of the players who will be donning the green jersey in the second annual Homeless World Cup in Gothenburg [To donate to the project, please contact Homeless World Cup Appeal at Ireland's Issues Magazine, 30 Gardiner Place, Dublin 1]

EU Accession Focus: Slovenia, Slovakia & the Czech Republic

Conor Hunt takes a look back how these three countries became new members of the EU

Author and Balkans expert Misha Glenny discusses the differences between the three states and the transformations they have undergone in recent times