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‘In Ireland you are two steps away from having nowhere to live with just the clothes you stand in’
Anthony Crowley after eating his breakfast at the Capuchin Day Centre, is how much shoe leather you wear out. "When people are homeless they walk round and round in circles," he says. "They've nowhere to go. You see fellas with their shoes completely worn ...
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The high price Ireland pays for too many wild deer
Overbrowsing: we have introduced new species of deer to our native red and naturalised fallow deer, such as the herd in the Phoenix Park, Dublin. Photograph: David ...
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Jail term of up to 14 years for a woman who has an abortion in Ireland ‘bizarre’
Peter Boylan said in his submission to the Oireachtas hearings that it was "bizarre and contradictory" to propose a woman be sentenced to 14 years in prison for accepting medical advice in this State and having a ...
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Men and the art of car-wheel maintenance
Indeed, on a website I occasionally check for advice - The Art of Manliness, it's called - there is a lively discussion of this subject, with strong opinions on such sub-topics as whether you should mount your car on breeze blocks during the operation. Some contributors raise quibbling objections, eg that the car may slip off and kill you. But for the more hardline men, this would be ...
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Family Day presents chance to show all families are perfect it there is love
Paula Lonergan , of Family Day, now in its third year. "It's an opportunity for people going through difficult times to say it doesn't matter if you are a two-parent, a one-parent or a same-sex family, all families are perfect if there's love and support . . . I hope that doesn't sound too ...
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Super Simon Coveney earns the plaudits for marathon talks on fishing deal
Spain's Agriculture Minister Miguel Arias Canete (left) talks Simon Coveney at the start of an EU Agriculture and Fisheries Council at the EU Council in Brussels on Monday. Photograph: Geert Vanden ...
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Spectre of suicide haunts proceedings and is set for return
Most but not all of the concerns expressed related to the inclusion in the Bill of the threat of suicide as a reason for allowing a woman to obtain a ...
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Laois and Offaly I take it all back
But what, exactly, is so special about the rocks of Laois and Offaly, apart from their presence in the author's geological bailiwick? Most of Offaly, like much of the midlands, is covered by Lower Carboniferous limestone, and the older red sandstone of the Slieve Bloom uplands, straddling the two counties, takes even more dramatic form down in Cork and Kerry. There is, of course, the ...
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Man on suicide watch in prision found hanged Coroners court hears
There will be no prosecution arising from an incident in which a man accused of murder hanged himself in his cell shortly after a court ...
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Council chief sought two medical personnel
Medical council president Prof Kieran Murphy: not all psychiatrists worked in centres registered by the Mental Health Commission. Photograph: Eric ...
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A spirited rearguard action
Fine Gael politicians have been targeted in a well-organised and highly-orchestrated exercise and a number of TDs have threatened to oppose the legislation. Labour Party politicians are solidly in support. Michel Martin is withholding judgement until he sees the final shape of the Bill while Sinn Fin will impose a supporting whip. As happened with legislation dealing with contraception, divorce ...
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Nobody can say risk of suicide will never occur Oireachtas health committee hears
Suicide risk will be included in abortion legislation because it would be impossible to say such a situation could never arise, the State's chief medical officer has ...
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Government likely to face pressure to modify draft abortion Bill
The Government is likely to come under increased pressure to modify proposed legislation for abortion in cases of a threat of suicide after the master of one of the State's biggest maternity hospitals expressed concerns about its ...
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Dubliner on a royal mission in Cuba 250 years ago
Brigadier general Alexander O'Reilly, the Dubliner who had quit his country and joined the Flight of the Wild Geese, had a great deal to do on a day like this in Havana 250 years ago this ...
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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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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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