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Kenny identifies accord with troika as essential during trip to Athens
Greek prime minister Antonis Samaras and Taoiseach Enda Kenny during a meeting in Athens on Thursday. Photograph: Yorgos ...
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Scientists identify the mystery killer behind Irelands potato famine
Starving people searching for potatoes in a stubble field during the Great Famine (1845-1852) which was caused by the failure of the Irish potato crop and British government ...
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Pakistan Ireland tie in Dublin
Pakistan and Ireland played out a thrilling tie in the first one-day international at the Clontarf Cricket Club Ground, Dublin on Thursday.A knock of 84 from Asad Shafiq and Mohammed Afeez's 122 not out set the tone for the tourists, as they posted 266 in an innings reduced to 47 overs by rain.The weather interruption left Ireland needing 276 to win by virtue of the Duckworth-Lewis method, ...
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New faces for Kerry and Tipperary
Young defender Fionn Fitzgerald will make his first Championship start for Kerry when his side take on Tipperary in the Munster GAA Football Championship on Sunday. The Dr Crokes clubman has been rewarded for some impressive displays in the league and is the only new face in a familiar looking Kingdom side. Manager Éamonn Fitzmaurice has named a side which contain 12 members of the team ...
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Staff brought from Spain to Dublin plant are not replacing strikers company says
Staff brought from Spain to a waste-water treatment plant in Co Dublin, where a Siptu strike is under way, have not been brought in to replace strikers, management at the plant said ...
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Call for more restorative justice plans
A restorative programme to help develop conflict resolution skills in west Tallaght in Dublin should be rolled out to all schools in Ireland, former governor of Mountjoy ...
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McGuinness wants deal on parades flags and the past to be in place before Christmas
Martin McGuinness said they want a blueprint to deal with parades, flags and the past by Christmas and they want somebody of the status of former US ...
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With G8 leaders on the way Northern Ireland ramps up security
Amid a perceived triple threat of left-wing protestors, Islamist terrorists, and dissident republican paramilitaries, Northern Ireland is doubling its police force and preparing drones for the ...
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Judge wants Gallagher tape handed over
He faces two charges arising out of an incident on May 13th and May 14th this year. One charge is a threat to kill his brother Donal Gallagher while the second charge is harassing this brother over a period of time spanning both ...
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Two women arrested after cannabis grow house discovered in Monaghan
Garda discovered a grow house during the search of a business unit on the outskirts of Castleblayney as part of a planned operation targeting the sale and supply of drugs in the Monaghan ...
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McGahern’s works characterised by ‘revolutionary disillusionment’
Revolutionary disillusionment is a theme which recurs in much of John McGahern's work and clearly reflected his father's experience both as a Volunteer and in his later life in the Free State, ...
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Teaching unions reject revised proposals to cut public sector pay
The country's largest union, Siptu, has urged its members in the public service to accept revised proposals on reducing the public service pay bill, but the two main teaching unions have said they will be rejecting the ...
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Ireland draw exciting opener
Ireland fell agonisingly short of a first-ever win over a Test-playing national in Dublin as the opening RSA Insurance one-day international against Pakistan ended in a tie.Kevin O'Brien swept the final ball from Saeed Ajmal for four to level the scores after Paul Stirling's second century in as many games against Pakistan had set the platform for a historic success.O'Brien ...
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A look at weekend Thoroughbred racing
The Memorial Day weekend kicks off summer and, with no Triple Crown hopes to extend the spring, also kicks off a "second season" of racing. There are important turf races at Churchill Downs, Belmont Park, Hollywood Park and Arlington Park. Some of the nation's top steeds will be on display in the Grade I Met Mile at Belmont. Fillies and mares are in action from coast to coast and ...
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Fodder crisis fuelling increase in carcass collection
The impact of the fodder crisis is taking its toll, with truckloads of dead cattle being delivered this week to one of the west's leading animal collection ...
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Sharp exchanges between Martin and Gilmore over tobacco lobbying
Michel Martin: "The history of the tobacco industry reflects and reveals one of the worst examples of behind-the-scenes lobbying of governments across Europe and the world." Photograph: Alan ...
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Apple paid zero tax in Ireland for 10 years reports
Apple Operations International, a subsidiary of Apple Inc, is seen in Hollyhill, Cork, in the south of Ireland in this October 6, 2011 file photo. ...
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Apple has enjoyed Irish tax holiday since 80s
Apple to defend tax practices at hearing Apple has operated almost tax-free in Ireland since 1980, welcomed by a government keen to bring jobs to what was then one of Europe's poorest countries, former company executives and Irish officials have said. Chief Executive Tim Cook faced criticism from a Senate subcommittee in Washington over the iPad and iPhone maker's tax practices, which ...
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Irelands largest union backs public sector pay deal
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland's largest union on Thursday recommended its members back a revised public sector pay deal in a boost to the government which needs to secure approval to meet budget targets and maintain industrial peace. ...
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Pope Francis Names Irish Priest as Bishop of Kerry
Fr. Raymond Browne To Succeed Bishop William MurphyKERRY, IRELAND, May 03, 2013 (Zenit.org) - Pope Francis has name Fr. Raymond A. Browne, a parish priest in County Roscommon in Ireland, as bishop of the diocese of Kerry. Bishop-elect Browne succeeds Bishop William Murphy, whose resignation was accepted by the Holy Father.During a press conference, Bishop-elect Browne thanked the Holy Father for ...
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Donegal go with familiar XV against Tyrone
Donegal v Tyrone preview Sunday Game. The Donegal team to face Tyrone in Sunday's Ulster Football Championship quarter-final is the exact same XV that started last year's All-Ireland final against Mayo. Key trio and current All Stars, Karl Lacey, Mark McHugh and Frank McGlynn have all recovered from injury setbacks and will line out in Ballybofey. Earlier this week, Lacey ...
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Apples Irish base has paid minimal tax since 1980
Apple has operated almost tax-free in Ireland since 1980, welcomed by a government keen to bring jobs to what was then one of Europe's poorest countries, former company executives and Irish officials have said. CEO Tim Cook faced criticism from a US Senate subcommittee in Washington over Apple's tax practices, which had been shrouded behind tax-exempt Irish-based corporate entities. ...
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Dublin flower club wins medal at Chelsea for second year
A woman with flowers in her blue dyed hair looks at chrysanthemums at the Chelsea Flower Show in London. Photograph: Luke ...
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Government allowed to cut public sector wages under new laws
Labour Relations Commission -- a revised version of the overwhelmingly rejected Croke Park II -- the Government will use the new laws to impose unilateral pay cuts across the public ...
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Motorists in Galway and Donegal face longest waits for NCT appointments
Motorists in Galway and Donegal face the longest wait for an NCT appointment according to recent figures by the Road Safety Authority.Figures show an average wait of 18 days at Clifden in Galway and 17 days in Carndonagh, Donegal.Nationally there is an average 12 day wait for NCT appointments so far this year.Motorists in Dublin have to wait between 11 to 16 days for an NCT appointment while the ...
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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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