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Shatter defends disclosing Wallace Garda information
Minister for Justice Alan Shatter has defended stating publicly that Independent TD Mick Wallace escaped penalty points despite accusations that he abused Garda information for political ...
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Voices at the hearings
Master of the Rotunda Hospital Dr Sam Coulter Smyth arrives for the public hearings on the Heads of the Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013 at Leinster House yesterday. Photograph: Gareth ...
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Taoiseach sets priorities for final weeks of Ireland’s EU presidency
Warning that the creation of jobs depended on swift action by EU leaders, the Taoiseach has appealed to his counterparts in Paris, Berlin, London and elsewhere for help to advance initiatives to boost growth and ...
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Promise of extra staff and need for fewer documents to process student grants
Additional staffing to deal with student grant applications and reduced documentation requirements were promised yesterday after publication of a report into the serious delays which had caused hardship and uncertainty for many students left without ...
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Tour Clarifies World Cup Role for Northern Ireland
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. ...
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Irish teachers back strike call if government cuts pay
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Irish primary school teachers overwhelmingly backed a call to strike if the government unilaterally cuts their pay, but their trade union leaders will first rejoin fresh talks aimed at finding a compromise. Public sector workers last month rejected extending a three-year-old pay deal, upsetting government plans to make deeper budget cuts and raising the threat of strikes in a ...
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Irish President meets UAE ambassador
WAM DUBLIN, May 17th, 2013 (WAM) -- President of Ireland Michael D Higgins has met the UAE Ambassador to Ireland, Khalid Nasser Rashid Lootah on the sidelines of the annual forum of the 'International Charity Bazaar 2013' in Dublin. The event is held under the patronage of the Irish president and organisation and support of all foreign embassies accredited to Dublin. Proceeds will ...
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PSNI finds suspect bomb at site of gun attack
Members of the PSNI had been lured to the Foxes Glen area of west Belfast with false reports of a burglary and were fired at on arrival. Nobody was injured and a 26-year-old man was subsequently ...
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Council responds as man found dead in flat after five weeks
Dublin City Council has said it provides a liaison service to a residential complex in which a man was found dead after five weeks alone in his flat, but that a number of tenants do not use it. A statement from the local authority did not clarify whether Brian Corr (62) had himself availed of the service. Mr Corr's body was found by garda on May 7th following concerns from neighbours at ...
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Northern Irish man jailed for 14 years in Athens for drugs smuggling
A Northern Irish lorry driver is starting a 14-year prison sentence in a Greek jail for his part in a 1m herbal cannabis-smuggling operation.Andrew Doherty, from Sion Mills, County Tyrone, was arrested in November 2011 as part of a police operation involving the Police Service ...
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Teachers back strike action if pay is cut
INTO general secretary Sheila Nunan: said the union would be stressing the impact of cumulative pay cuts and tax increases imposed on teachers and their families. Photograph: Dara Mac Donaill/The Irish ...
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Shatter insists Wallace has no credibility on penalty points
Independent TD Mick Wallace: said he had no recall of being warned about using his mobile phone while driving. Photograph: Bryan O'Brien/The Irish ...
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Irish Senator Supports One of Us Campaign
Here is an interview of Ronan Mullen by Elisabetta Pittino, regarding the One of Us campaign, and the current legal battle over abortion in ...
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Dublins archbishop Irish prime minister clash on proposed abortion law
Dublin's Archbishop Diarmuid Martin has protested that a proposed change in Ireland's ban on abortion could lead to the death of unborn children who are capable of independent survival outside the womb. But Prime Minister Enda Kenny has flatly denied the charge. The proposed law would allow for abortion in cases in which a doctor finds that the mother's life is in danger. The ...
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Refurbished GAA Museum at Croke Park opened
An Taoiseach Enda Kenny trys his skill against GAA President Liam O Neill at the Official opening of the GAA Museum in Croke Park yesterday. Photograph: David Sleator/The Irish ...
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Wallace disputes Shatter’s claim that he escaped penalty points
Independent TD Mick Wallace: said he had no recall of being warned about using his mobile phone while driving. Photograph: Bryan O'Brien/The Irish ...
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Current regime of treating at-risk pregnant women unreasonable
National Maternity Hospital , said the life of the foetus must be vindicated where it was practicable. It was her experience that the majority of women did not wish to lose their babies, but they did not want to ...
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Maternity hospital Masters differ on suicide provision in abortion law
Dr Rhona Mahony, of the National Maternity Hospital, said the life of the foetus must be vindicated where it was practicable. Photograph: Niall Carson/PA ...
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Bill to provide for Oireachtas inquiries published
A new framework providing Oireachtas members powers to carry out inquiries into a host of issues of public concern has been announced by Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform Brendan Howlin. Photograph: Eric ...
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New IVF technique increases chance of live births
British fertility experts have devised a new IVF technique that takes thousands of snapshots of a developing embryo that they say can help doctors pick those most likely to implant successfully and develop into healthy babies. Photograph: Alan Betson / THE IRISH ...
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13 treated amid Roscommon water contamination
Sales of bottled water have shot up in Roscommon amid concerns that the boil water restriction could remain in place until the system gets a clean bill of health, possibly not for several weeks. Photograph: ...
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Teachers to enter talks on paybill savings
INTO general secretary Sheila Nunan: said the union would be stressing the impact of cumulative pay cuts and tax increases imposed on teachers and their families. Photograph: Dara Mac Donaill/The Irish ...
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Schools to be obliged to accept special needs students under new proposals
National Council for Special Education are likely to have far-reaching consequences on how education services are provided to future generations of children with special ...
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Man faces extradition to Northern Ireland on terrorism charges
A 24 year old man wanted in Northern Ireland on terrorism charges has appeared in the High Court.Patrick Malachy Gordon with an address at Newtownhamilton Road, Armagh was detained on a European Arrest Warrant this afternoon.If extradited Patrick Malachy Gordon is facing prosecution on four terrorism charges in Northern Ireland.It is alleged that on February 17, 2010 he had a handwritten note ...
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Assessment of suicide risk could cause unnecessary delay
Obstetricians should not be required to certify risk of loss of the pregnant womans life by way of self-destruction, Dr Sadlier added. This should be done by two psychiatrists in consultation with the woman's ...
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Is Ireland living beyond its means?
Ireland is highly developed and has experienced rapid and constant economic growth in the last few decades, with many calling the country the Celtic Tiger. But recent events in the world economy and the financial situation of Europe may mean changes are afoot for the Tiger.
Ireland is one of the most developed countries in the world and has a high tax high government service economic model, it has for the last few decades substantially reduced the socio-economic inequalities in the economy and had a Gini coefficient score of 30.1 in 2000 while The Economist says we have the best quality of life in the world. This has come at a cost though, government deficits are running at over 10% of GDP, public debt accounts for over 40% of all revenue generated in the economy and the Irish population has a debt level, in relation to disposable income, that is the highest in the developed world – our personal debt in 190% more than our disposable income. All this begs the question, are we living within our means or is Ireland’s economic model unsustainable? Read more
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