Even Britain’s Prince Charles couldn’t get one when he admired Belleek Pottery’s most exquisite piece of parian china.

THE shortlist for the fourth annual Irish Council for Civil Liberties Human Rights Film Awards has been announced in Dublin by a celebrity jury that includes Oscar winner Brenda Fricker, Oscar nominated director Kirsten Sheridan and Senator David Norris.

VANDALS attacking property at the former Quinn group have been urged to back off.

Vandals attacking property at the former Quinn Group were urged by staff at the company today to back off.

MITCHELSTOWN yesterday ended 101 years of disappointment and frustration when they won the Chartis Irish Junior Cup with a decisive 4-1 victory over Lurgan at Castlerock.

WHEREAS Tramore have captured the Barton Shield on three occasions, Mitchelstown were contesting the national finals of any competition when they took on Ballina in the semi-final of the Irish Junior Cup at Castlerock, Co Derry, yesterday.

THE tail-end of Hurricane Katia has made the practice rounds for the Chartis Irish Cups and Shields finals at Castlerock, Co Derry over the past few days more a test of stamina than skill, although it is confidently expected calm will have been restored when the festival gets under way today with the semi-finals of both the Barton Shield and Irish Junior Cup.

Sacked workers staging a sit-in at the Visteon car components factory in west Belfast will contest any attempt to have them removed, they said today.

Visteon car factory workers picketed Ford showrooms in the North today as talks on settling the dispute over job losses at the company were expected to get under way.

Angry Visteon car factory workers picketed Ford showrooms in the North today and urged their counterparts in England to follow suit.

Protests against job cuts at car parts firm Visteon spread today when workers attempted to occupy more factories.

Laid-off workers at car parts maker Visteon were on an overnight sit-in tonight after bosses said more than 560 jobs were being axed.

COCA-COLA has been accused of corporate greed following its decision to close its Drogheda plant next year with the loss of 256 jobs.

Rock campaigner Bob Geldof is planning to record "every trace of society" for a 21st century version of the Domesday Book.

WORLD famous Northern Ireland china manufacturer Belleek Pottery is entering the crystal market where it will go head to head with the equally prestigious Waterford Crystal.

The North's china manufacturer Belleek Pottery is entering the crystal market where it will go head to head with the equally prestigious Waterford Crystal.

The first gay wedding in Scotland passed off today without a hitch.

GAY couples in Northern Ireland will be among the first in the United Kingdom to formally tie the knot today.

A VITAL rural transport service which offers a “lifeline” to thousands of pensioners is facing major cutbacks because the Government has failed to increase its €3 million budget for next year, drivers warned yesterday.

A partner at a leading Northern Ireland estate agency joked about the breeding habits of Catholics and the size of their families, a Fair Employment Tribunal heard today.

A leading Northern Ireland estate agency was an exclusively Protestant firm which operated an old-boy network, a Fair Employment Tribunal heard today.

GEORGE W BUSH is scheduled to visit Ireland this weekend, despite widespread abhorrence in this country of his belligerent foreign policy and, more particularly, of the illegitimate and immoral occupation of Iraq.

AMID claims heavy loads from quarries are damaging roads in Kerry, quarry owners will have to pay increased levies to Kerry County Council.

THE cost of building a house will increase by thousands if local authorities raise certain service charges, the Irish Concrete Federation (ICF) warned yesterday.

TAOISEACH Bertie Ahern yesterday strongly rejected any imputation that a letter sent in his name had interfered in the planning process.

IF we can dispatch the Tigers, tails between legs, then we may just be thrown to the Lions.

THE door will be opened for the wholesale privatisation of public services if the Nice Treaty is passed, the Socialist Party said yesterday.

The Justice Lobby Group, AFRI, is claiming that the EU is corrupting Irish defence policy.