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Garda search phone and online records of murdered woman in hunt for killer
Enrika in a frenzied attack at their rented house at Langford Downs, Killorglin, where they had lived for seven years. Garda have started examining Ms Lubiene's activity online in the hope of identifying anyone she befriended with a view to establishing who might have visited her at the house where she and her daughter lived after her ...
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Students upbeat about music
"The students were upbeat about the higher level paper, It was perceived as fair. Dictation . . . is always the most challenging section but this year was as manageable as always. A question on Irish folk music was particularly interesting." She described the ordinary level paper as "very ...
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Health Minister not to oppose Bill on defibrillators
James Reilly has accepted the principle of a Private Member's Bill from Independent Senator Feargal Quinn requiring the public availability of defibrillators. "Advances in technology and reduced production costs now mean that defibrillators are more affordable and as a result should be far more widely available,'' he said. Mr Quinn, who was speaking during the second stage ...
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Philanthropy provides chance to move from ‘failed Celtic Tiger era’ says Robinson
Phil Hogan and Mary Robinson at the Philanthropy Ireland launch of the 1% Difference Campaign at Wood Quay, Dublin, yesterday. Photograph: Gareth ...
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Kenny labels Daly remarks ‘disgraceful’
Clare Daly TD: "We were speculating this morning on whether you were going to deck the Cabinet out in leprechaun hats decorated with . . . stars and stripes to really mark abject ...
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‘Voyage’ songwriter takes complaint against solicitor to the Law Society
was made popular by Christy Moore and was performed by the tenors on the video and CD, made the complaint about solicitor Eddie McGarr of McGarr Solicitors in Dublin. He claimed Mr McGarr failed to supply him with an outline of his costs when he was offered a settlement of EUR50,000 in March 2008, failed to respond to correspondence and steered him toward going to a trial when he wanted to ...
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Garda cost of Obama security operation put at €3m-€4m
US First Lady Michelle Obama and her daughters, Malia and Sasha, with tour guide George McClafferty, at Glendalough on Tuesday. Security surrounding their visit cost millions of euro. Photograph: Eric Luke/The Irish ...
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Unions refunded €1m to State on foot of partnership payments controversy
HSE over recent years into controversial payments made by various parts of the health service under social part nership initiatives. The director general-designate of the HSE Tony O'Brien is expected to tell the Dil Public Accounts Committee that between 1998 and 2009 more than EUR3.3 million in funding was paid into an unauthorised bank account by the Office of Health Management, the ...
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IMF warns against using promissory note deal proceeds to ease budget
International Monetary Fund has warned the Government against using the proceeds from the deal to scrap the Anglo Irish Bank promissory note to reduce the planned rate of fiscal retrenchment next year or in ...
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Cycleway for old rail way route between Glenbeigh and Renard in Co Kerry
The 26km route will run parallel to, but over, the Ring of Kerry roadway, offering spectacular views. The Department of Transport has allocated EUR50,000 towards the ...
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Drive to attract students undermines academic education says professor
Prof Richard Arum was speaking ahead of a keynote address he will give at the NUI Maynooth education forum today. Photograph: Frank Miller/The Irish ...
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Shatter novel prompts censorship reform
Alan Shatter 24 years ago when he was a backbencher has prompted him to transfer responsibility for censorship out of his department. A complaint to ...
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Fine Gael TD voices concern over Seanad abolition
Fine Gael TD Olivia Mitchell: "I would most certain ly urge caution until we have a clear and coherent overall vision of where we are going." Photograph: Eric ...
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Lesbian couples relationship plans put on hold by Northern Irelands gay adoption ban court hears
A lesbian woman seeking to raise a child with her partner has had their relationship plans put on hold by the ban on gay and unmarried couples adopting in Northern Ireland, the Court of Appeal heard ...
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Peter Mathews says Fine Gael gave committment to allow conscientious objection
Fine Gael TD said party signed up to international agreement last October as moral and ethics experts address TDs and Senators on conscientious objection to proposed abortion ...
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Time not right to sell Aer Lingus stake - Howlin
The Government does not think the time is right to sell its 25% stake in Aer Lingus, Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform Brendan Howlin said tonight. The Government said it would consider the sale of its remaining stake in the former State carrier two years ago. In its state asset sales plan in February last year it said it was determined to find a buyer once market conditions ...
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IMF says Ireland may exit bailout this year
Ireland has a good chance of exiting its bailout this year, the International Monetary Fund said this afternoon. It would benefit from more European support in cleaning up its indebted banks and the safety net of precautionary funding, the IMF said. In contrast to much of the eurozone, Ireland’s economy has expanded for much of the past two years, and the IMF kept its growth forecasts ...
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Irish school chairman resigns after complaints about pro-life leaflet
The chairman of a primary school in Dublin has resigned after being caught up in a controversy over the distribution of flyers advertising a pro-life event. Eddie Shaw stepped down from his post at the Harold School, apologizing for the fact that some young students were sent home with leaflets promoting the "Vigil for Life" on June 8. Shaw said: "I want to repeat my unreserved ...
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Exclusive - Forest mulls bid for Irish drugmaker Elan sources
, the specialty drugmaker that counts investor Carl Icahn as a major shareholder, is among a handful of companies interested in bidding for Irish drugmaker Elan Corp ...
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Two held over €150000 drugs seizure in Cork
They found 25 kilos of cannabis resin with a street value of EUR150,000 while in a follow up search of a house in the area, they found cannabis plants with a street value of ...
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Wind farm development process lacking transparency Martin says
Michel Martin: "There is an absence of a legislative framework to deal with the step change in technology and scale of development." Photograph: Alan ...
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EU asked for help in battle of fluoridation
Ms Pocock was representing her father the late Robert Pocock, a long-standing campaigner on the issue, who passed away unexpectedly less than two months ago. She told the committee residents of the Republic were the only residents of an EU state to be "mandatorily fluoridated by our ...
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Robinson and McGuinness see investment opportunities in Japan
Japan's prime minister Shinzo Abe joins First Minister Peter Robinson and Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness during a visit to the Titanic visitor centre in Belfast yesterday. Photograph: Peter Morrison/AP ...
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Uncle says ‘parole or no parole the man should never have been walking the streets’
The length of the sentence is in some way "just incidental in the sense that he [Bayley] was the man that he was; he should never have been let out. So it doesn't really matter what amount of time [he got] . . . parole or no parole, the man should never have been walking the ...
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Poor professional conduct finding against paediatrician ‘unproven’ court told
A finding of poor professional performance against a paediatrician over an incorrect "tongue-tie" procedure on a young child in his care was unproven, irrational and disproportionate, ...
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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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