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Michelle Obama joins Bono for lunch in Ireland
Michelle Obama and Bono at Finnegan's Pub. While President Obama was asking Northern Irish youth to make a "permanent peace," First Lady Michelle Obama, with Malia and Sasha, headed out to Finnegan's Pub in Dalkey, where she met up with Bono and his family.The arrival of the celebrities caused quite a stir with the locals.Chef Paul Finnegan said the two groups were ...
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Vilification of State agencies is well off the mark
It has become fashionable in recent years to vilify state agencies on the basis of their allegedly inefficient use of scarce resources. Yet there is very limited evidence to suggest that such vilification is either deserved or wise. Agencies are an essential part of the fabric of government and are pivotal to the delivery of a wide range of public ...
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Abuse of women usually happens behind closed doors not in the full media glare
A Women's Aid protest outside Leinster House, drawing attention to the statistic that one in five women is affected by domestic violence. Photograph: Bryan ...
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ACT Brumbies 14 - British and Irish Lions 12 match report Tourists tamed in first defeat to local side for 17 years
It scarcely seems worth the effort for a representative team to fly halfway round the world for a rugby match and then fail to show up on the night, so Rory Best's confession along those lines after this bitterly disappointing defeat - the first Lions failure against provincial opponents in 16 years - was sorrowful in the extreme. Precisely how deeply events have pierced the soul of the ...
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Irelands refugee acceptance rate lower than European counterparts
Ireland is not accepting as many refugees as its European counterparts.That is the claim being made by the Irish Refugee Council who said that the latest European statistics on asylum show Ireland has the third lowest rate in the EU.According to their figures 10% of cases were granted status on their first try, with just 6.8% success on appeal. The total percentage of positive decisions was 8.3% ...
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Fancy Hats and High Heels for Ireland’s Renowned Horse-Racing Festival
Let’s daydream a bit now for our Geo Quiz. Forget about work for a while and think vacation. Imagine a summer trip to a city in western Ireland. This city’s located on the River Corrib. Every summer, it hosts a horse racing festival, a tradition that goes back to 1869. Heck that’s a few years before horses first raced in the Kentucky Derby. So can you name the Irish ...
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Ireland U20s pipped by France at JWC
Ireland have lost 9-8 to hosts France in their fifth place play-off semi-final at the Junior World Cup. Number 8 Ryan Murphy crossed for a try in the first half while Rory Scannell also landed a penalty kick. However, three penalties from France scrum-half Baptiste Serin won it for the home side in La ...
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Ireland accepts less refugees than European counterparts
Ireland accepts less refugees than almost anywhere else in Europe.That is the claim being made by the Irish Refugee Council who said that the latest European statistics on asylum show Ireland has the third lowest rate in the EU.According to their figures 10% of cases were granted status on their first try, with just 6.8% success on appeal. The total percentage of positive decisions was 8.3% ...
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Obama Cameron Barroso Push EU-U.S. Merger at G8 Ireland Summit
President Barack Obama, in Lough Erne, Northern Ireland, for the G8 Summit, joined European leaders in pushing the proposed Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), a vast scheme for intertwining the economies and political structures of Europe and the United States. (See our detailed expos of the ...
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Shinzo Abe asks Stormont to continuously support Japanese companies in Northern Ireland
An online article ('Protestant-Catholic gap narrows as census results revealed', posted December 11, 2012) reported on the publication of data from the 2011 Census by the Northern Ireland Statistics Agency and stated that the percentage of Protestants and Catholics in the Northern Ireland population stood at 48% and 45% ...
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Parliamentary assistant to Donegal TD claims unfair dismissal
Joan Blackbyrne is taking a case against the Donegal deputy and the Houses of the Oireachtas. Counsel for the Houses of the Oireachtas has claimed Ms Blackbyrne was an employee of Mr Pringle only. Ms Blackbyrne began work as parliamentary assistant to ...
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Russias Putin torpedoes G8 efforts to oust Assad
1 of 9. British Prime Minister David Cameron (R), Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zidan (2nd R), U.S. President Barack Obama and Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto walk together during the G8 Summit in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland June 18, ...
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Irish sweep all before them at Royal Ascot
A racegoer raises a glass of champagne while she waits for friends during the first day of Royal Ascot, in Berkshire, west of London, on June 18, 2013. Ireland dominated the opening day of the Royal Ascot meeting on Tuesday carrying all before them in the first four races including the feature race the St James's Palace ...
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JFK Eternal Flame to Burn in Ireland
Part of the flame is taken from President John F. Kennedy's memorial June 18, 2013, at Arlington National Cemetery and is being transported to New Ross, County Wexford, Ireland, where it will be placed at a memorial to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Kennedy's visit to ...
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Secretary-General Appoints Major General Michael Finn of Ireland to Head United Nations Truce Supervision Organization
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of Major General Michael Finn of Ireland as the Head of Mission and Chief of Staff of the United Nations Truce Supervision Organization ...
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Video G8 shows Northern Ireland is open for business
David Cameron said you ';couldn’t put a value'; on the free advertising for Northern Ireland as a result of the G8 summit. The Prime Minister said his fellow G8 leaders had been impressed and added that he hoped it would help people realise how "magnificent" Northern Ireland is.Mr Cameron used the summit's closing press conference to say he hoped the G8 had shown ...
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Summit shows changed N Ireland - PM
An online article ('Protestant-Catholic gap narrows as census results revealed', posted December 11, 2012) reported on the publication of data from the 2011 Census by the Northern Ireland Statistics Agency and stated that the percentage of Protestants and Catholics in the Northern Ireland population stood at 48% and 45% ...
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The world has seen the new Northern Ireland says David Cameron at the end of a successful G8
An online article ('Protestant-Catholic gap narrows as census results revealed', posted December 11, 2012) reported on the publication of data from the 2011 Census by the Northern Ireland Statistics Agency and stated that the percentage of Protestants and Catholics in the Northern Ireland population stood at 48% and 45% ...
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Dead Irish priest accused of abuse in Minnesota lawsuit
A man who says he was sexually abused by an Irish priest in Minnesota in 1982 is suing the Diocese of New Ulm, taking advantage of a new law easing the state's statute of limitations for victims of childhood sexual abuse. Attorney Pat Noacker filed the lawsuit in Brown County on behalf of John Doe 103. It names Francis Markey, who was extradited to Ireland in 2010 to face sexual abuse ...
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Watch Kennedy Eternal Flame Heads to Ireland
Above all else. The story of president Kennedy's trip to Ireland. The story of a young man. It's the story of -- native son arriving on the -- stuff but. It's possible. The story thousands of them. And eight years. Story every human. 1963. -- was spent very young nation. Not yet achieving its own protection. Study finding its voice internationally. But president Kennedy came to ...
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Royalty Pharma drops hostile bid for Ireland’s Elan
U.S.-based Royalty Pharma has dropped a hostile bid worth up to $8-billion for Irish drugmaker Elan, leaving it free to seek other suitors having put itself up for sale last week.Royalty on Tuesday withdrew its appeal of a ruling by Ireland's regulator on takeovers, meaning the offer automatically lapses. This brings an end to a bitter, four-month battle that involved court hearings, ...
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Around 40 protesters hold G8 demo in Dublin
G8 . The group the marched to the American Chamber of Commerce, where spokesman for the Dublin Alternative G8 Committee Donnacha McGill says "strings of this corrupt political regime are ...
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Garda found guilty of insurance fraud
A garda has found guilty of motor insurance fraud but has been acquitted of harassing a garage owner and his father after a dispute over crash repairs that had been carried out on the officer's ...
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Beautiful day as Obamas keep Dalkey date with Bono
US First Lady Michelle Obama waves to the crowd as she leaves Finnegan's Pub in Dalkey where she had lunch her two daughters Sasha and Malia with Bono and his wife Ali. Photograph: Julien ...
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Ireland makes push for EU budget deal
BRUSSELS (AFP) - It is time for the European Parliament to approve the EU's hotly contested budget for the next seven years and give the struggling bloc a much needed spending boost, Irish Foreign Minister David Gilmore said Tuesday.Ireland is pressing for an accord before the end of its current EU presidency on June 30 rather than have to hand over unfinished negotiations to Lithuania ...
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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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