BRITISH Home Secretary David Blunkett has failed to overturn a court ruling which dealt a blow to the Government’s “fast track” deportation procedure for failed asylum-seekers.

AN Irish-born baby girl, held for nearly a month in a detention centre in Britain, is due back in Ireland today following a deal between the authorities here and in Scotland. Percieliz Ikolo has been staying with a member of the Scottish parliament since she and her mother Mercy were released on bail from the controversial detention centre at Dungavel outside Glasgow.

ANY possibility of the GAA offering an immediate concession on the use of Croke Park for Ireland’s World Cup qualifier with France is totally unrealistic, according to Sean Kelly.

GARDAÍ believe one of the two

ASYLUM SEEKERS rights are being abused under a system whereby records of their fingerprints will be kept on a European database for 10 years, civil liberty groups warned yesterday.