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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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Shatter says Wallace escaped points due to ’garda discretion’
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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April suspect ‘did not consider calling 999’
Mark Bridger (47) also said he "never thought" of calling 999 after he said he ran her over, Mold Crown Court heard. The jury in Bridger's trial heard transcripts of his police interviews for a second day, read to the court ...
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Reilly criticised for leaving hearing on abortion legislation
The Department of Health chief medical officer Tony Holohan addressing thecross-party Oireachtas health committee on the proposed abortion Bill ...
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Drugs worth €270000 seized in Cork and Dublin
Garda from Mitchelstown searched a house in Drough, Mitchelstown yesterday evening and uncovered a growhouse. They seized cannabis plants and cannabis herb (pending analysis) with an estimated street value of up to ...
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Men’s place in society ignored in renewed media focus on suicide
You might think from the sudden outbreak of discussion about suicide that the problem had recently become worse. In fact, our suicide problem has - in particular aspects - been deeply serious for two ...
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Reilly says abortion legislation will clarify existing laws
The Department of Health chief medical officer Tony Holohan addressing thecross-party Oireachtas health committee on the proposed abortion Bill ...
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Irish firms secure €17m of investments on Enterprise Ireland trip
Irish companies on a trade mission to the Czech Republic and Poland haved signed contracts with a potential value of EUR17m.The Enterprise Ireland trip which involved 40 companies was primarily focused on the Engineering, Electronics and Software sectors. Minister for Small Business, John Perry, who led the group, described the mission as very important in terms of deepening Ireland's trade ...
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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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