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82 confirmed cases of ash dieback in Ireland
The Department of Agriculture has confirmed 82 cases of ash dieback disease in Ireland. All the cases are in trees that were imported from the Continent and none were found in native ash trees. Ash dieback or chalara fraxinea was first noticed in forestry in Poland in 1992. Since then it spread rapidly across Europe and is now found in 19 countries. The first confirmed case in Ireland was ...
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DUP hits out at Sinn Fein call for Hyde Park accused release
The DUP has criticised calls from Sinn Fein for the release of a man arrested over the deaths of four soldiers in London 31 years ago. John Downey was arrested at Gatwick Airport on Sunday and appeared in court on Wednesday charged with the murders of Roy John Bright, Dennis Richard Anthony Daly, Simon Andrew Tipper and Geoffrey Vernon Young.The men were members of the Royal Household Cavalry ...
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Riot of colour at Texaco kids’ art awards
Winners in this year's Texaco Children's Art Competition pictured with their artwork at the awards ceremony was held in CityWest today. Photograph: Aidan Crawley/The Irish ...
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Work on Grafton Street to start after June bank holiday
The work will take 18 months to complete. The street will stay open to pedestrians during this period but access for delivery vans will be ...
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Trawler changed course before collision inquest told
This week an inquest into the deaths of the five men heard evidence from marine surveyor, Eoghan O'Toole from the Dept of Transport that the Tit Bonhomme was on its correct setting for Union Hall up until it was about half a nautical mile from Glandore ...
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Ireland does not do special deals on tax - Kenny
Taoiseach Enda Kenny and Italy's Prime Minister Enrico Letta listen to European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso during a European Union leaders summit in Brussels today. Photograph: REUTERS/Francois ...
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EU report reveals long-term and youth unemployment problem in Ireland
Ireland continues to have the second worst long-term unemployment figures in the European Union. New figures from EuroStat show that the rate of long-term unemployment in Ireland in 2012 was 61.7%. That is compared to the EU average of 44.6%, and only Slovakia with a figure of 67.3% is worse.Alicia O' Rourke of the EU said youth unemployment in Ireland continues to be an ongoing problem.She ...
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Taoiseach We do not do special deals on corporate tax
The Taoiseach Enda Kenny has said he will be making clear at a European Council meeting today that Ireland is not a tax haven.Mr Kenny is attending a summit of EU leaders in Brussels where tax evasion and fraud are being discussed.The meeting comes after the Apple Chief Executive, Tim Cook, told the US Senate his company had negotiated a 2% tax rate with the Irish Government.However the ...
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Court finds pair guilty of murder of Brazilian man in Kerry
Two men have been found guilty of murdering a Brazilian man and dumping his body in a north Kerry bog.The body of Bruno Lemes De Sousa was discovered in Shronowen Bog outside Listowel on March 11, 2012.Twenty-year-old John Paul Cawley and 29-year-old Wenio Rodriguez Da Silva - both with an address at 2 Ardoughter Ballyduff - were accused of murdering 28-year-old Bruno Lemes De Sousa, between ...
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Gallagher Only right and proper that EU recognises Irish language
A Fianna Fil MEP is welcoming efforts to support the establishment of an Irish-language version of the official European Parliament website.Pat 'The Cope' Gallagher has said the President of the European Parliament's position will reverse what he said was "a matter of discrimination" against the Irish language.The Parliament's website is currently produced in 22 out ...
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Order prohibiting naming of ex-priest lifted
A former priest who faces 34 charges of child sex abuse has no right to anonymity in court proceedings, a District Court judge has ruled. Bill Carney, 62, is accused of the indecent assault of eight boys and two girls between 1969 and 1989. A court order was granted prohibiting the publication of his name. That order was lifted today at the District Court in Cloverhill after an application by ...
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11 groups say defects in abortion bill
Up to 11 organisations have said that there are defects in the Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013. The groups who are in favour of legislating for the X Case have said that defects in the bill may contravene the A, B and C decision at the European Court of Human Rights. The organisations which include the National Women's Council , Action on X and the Irish Family Planning ...
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Drugs and cars recovered in PSNI operation
Drugs and cars with a combined value of more than £450,000 (€525,000) have been seized in Co Down by detectives investigating a suspected organised crime gang. Cannabis plants worth over £350,000 (€408,000) were recovered from a concealed cultivation factory in Ballyward near Castlewellan. Seven vehicles valued at upwards of £100,000, among them a number of top of ...
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Norwegian couple rescued by Navy off Cork coast
A Norwegian couple, who were found on a dismasted yacht 160 miles off the south coast early yesterday morning, are being towed back to shore by the Navy. The couple, aged in their late 60s, are expected to reach dry land in Castletownbere by 6.30pm. The couple were en route from the Azores to the Shetlands Island when the mast on their 30ft yacht, the Alice 2, broke. They were initially found ...
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How Genomics Solved The Mystery Of Irelands Great Famine
This illustration from 1846 shows a starving boy and girl raking the ground for potatoes during the Irish potato famine, which began in the ...
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Liquidator saves the day for wedding couple
The unidentified couple's wedding reception will be able to proceed at Ballykisteen Hotel and Golf Resort, following the appointment of a provisional liquidator to the hotel. Photograph: Bryan O'Brien/The Irish ...
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Gilmore defends Shatter in penalty points controversy
Alan Shatter about Independent TD Mick Wallace, Mr Gilmore also insisted he had confidence in the Minister, in the Garda Commissioner and the Garda ...
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Ireland target win over Pakistan
Ireland aim to show that they can compete strongly against the top Test-playing nations by winning at least one of their two one-day internationals against Pakistan at Clontarf. The Irish have yet to beat one of the leading nations on their home soil. "It's difficult when you play games at home as we only have a few squad days together in which to gain momentum," said ...
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Irishman charged with 1982 IRA bombing in Londons Hyde Park that killed 4 soldiers 7 horses
DUBLIN - A 61-year-old Irishman was charged in Britain Wednesday with the Irish Republican Army bombing of the queen's ceremonial cavalry in Hyde Park in 1982, a strike at a top London tourist attraction that killed four soldiers and seven horses. The Crown Prosecution Service said John Downey was arrested Sunday at Gatwick Airport south of London and would be arraigned Wednesday on four ...
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Court appoints provisional liquidator to Ballykisteen Hotel
A provisional liquidator has been appointed to a Co Tipperary hotel with 75 weddings on the books - including one scheduled for tomorrow.The High Court has heard the four star Ballykisteen Hotel at Limerick Junction has been operating without liquor and dance licenses.Provisional liquidator Jim Hamilton will be taking over the immediate running of the hotel after Ulster Bank's lawyers ...
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Tit Bonhomme had sudden change in direction inquest told
The Tit Bonhomme had a sudden change in direction minutes before it crashed into Adam Island, according to a marine surveyor who has been giving evidence at the inquest into the deaths of five of the trawler's crewmen in January 2012.Owen O'Toole, who carried out an examination on the wreckage, told the hearing that the Tit Bonhomme had been on autopilot while travelling into the ...
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Obesity costing Irish economy more than €1bn per year
Leading health experts say obesity is costing the Irish economy more than EUR1bn every year. That is according to data being examined at a conference at the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland in Dublin today. More than 60% of Irish people are now overweight or obese, an issue delegates say is causing a number of diseases including diabetes, heart disease and multiple types of cancer. Dr Anne ...
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British defense secretary arrives in Mali
British Defense Secretary Phillip Hammond said he's seen key improvements in the ability of Malian forces to take on Islamic militants. Hammond arrived in Mali to visit British forces deployed to help Malian forces ensure territorial integrity from threats by foreign rebels and al-Qaida fighters. Nomadic fighters and al-Qaida militants took control over parts of Mali after a 2012 coup. ...
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Book on free Shepshed cycle course
May 22 2013 By David Godsall BOOKINGS are being taken for anyone who would like to take part in free adult cycle courses being held in Shepshed this summer. Leicestershire County Council is inviting people to develop their confidence and skills when it comes to riding both on and off the road. The courses, which take place for two hours a week for five weeks, are ideal for people who have ...
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Man arrested after car stolen in north Belfast
Chrysler 300 - registration number JBX JX - was stolen from a house in the Highgate Manor area of Newtownabbey early on Wednesday morning.Shortly after 7am the stolen car failed to stop for police in the Hightown Road area while heading in the direction of the Crumlin Road.Around two hours later it was found in the Brae Hill area.Four men then made off on foot from the car - three in 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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