Trade unions warned today that there will be industrial action if the Government imposes further public-sector pay cuts.

Two men engulfed themselves in towering flames outside a temple that is a popular tourist site in Lhasa, marking the first time a recent wave of self-immolations to protest Chinese rule has reached the tightly guarded Tibetan capital.

The ESB Group of Unions has said the Government could make more money from this semi-state company if they hold onto it , rather than sell it.

Tens of thousands of North Koreans rallied in their capital to condemn the United States and South Korea on the 60th anniversary of the start of the Korean War, while Seoul told Pyongyang to admit responsibility for a deadly warship sinking.

JERRY FLANNERY would like no better way to repay Munster’s famed rugby fans than by securing a home quarter-final in the Heineken Cup.

EAMONN Barry is to continue as Meath football manager for the coming year after the County Board Executive dramatically withdrew their demand to have him replaced at a meeting of the clubs in Navan last night.

THE blueprint to take Irish athletics into the 21st century will be decided on tomorrow when the grassroots members assemble for an EGM at The Heritage Hotel in Portlaoise.

Celtic captain Neil Lennon will hope the Scottish Football Association’s disciplinary committee will take his previous good conduct into account when they examine his behaviour at Ibrox on Saturday.

Georgia’s security chief said today an inactive grenade had been found near the site where President George Bush made a speech in Tbilisi on Tuesday.

ONE of the more surprising features of the newly-released State papers was the eagerness of British Prime Minister Ted Heath to establish a power-sharing executive in the North with an all-Irish dimension.