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Wallace confirms gardai spotted him using phone while driving
Independent TD Mick Wallace has said he intends to report Minister for Justice Alan Shatter (above right) to the Standards in Public Office Commission for bringing private information about him into the public domain. Photograph: Dara Mac Donaill/The Irish ...
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Wallace confirms Shatter claim that Gardai showed penalty point discretion
Independent TD Mick Wallace has said he intends to report Minister for Justice Alan Shatter (above right) to the Standards in Public Office Commission for bringing private information about him into the public domain. Photograph: Dara Mac Donaill/The Irish ...
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Personal data about welfare claimants used inappropriately says data commissioner
Data Protection Commissioner Billy Hawkes highlighted the need for additional resources for his office when he published his annual report for 2012 at Government Buildings today. File photograph: Bryan O'Brien/The Irish ...
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Two men arrested in Kerins murder case
Two men were arrested by garda this morning in connection with the murder of former detective John Kerins at his Cavan home last ...
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Convert to the concept of human rights law now its champion
He used to see it as a bourgeois tool for thwarting radical change, and once opposed the very idea of a Human Rights Act. "When I came to England, which is where I have worked all my professional life, I saw an extreme negative judiciary, reactionary and, among other things, anti-Irish," Prof Gearty ...
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Ireland gives positive response to PCBs tour request
Ireland has given hope of reviving international cricket in Pakistan after it reportedly agreed to consider visiting the country to reciprocate Pakistan''s one-day international (ODI) tour of Ireland. At a time when all the Test playing nations have written-off touring Pakistan, the International Cricket Council''s (ICC) associate member Cricket Ireland (CI) gave a positive ...
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Cardinal boycotts Boston College commencement because Irish leader there abortion is issue
BOSTON - Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny is speaking at commencement ceremonies at Boston College on Monday, so Boston's Roman Catholic Cardinal Sean O'Malley is staying away. O'Malley objects to Kenny's support for legislation in his country that would permit abortion in Ireland. The leader of the Boston Archdiocese traditionally gives the benediction at Boston ...
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Psychiatrists wont be fooled by women claiming to be suicidal
The President of the College of Psychiatrists in Ireland says he and his colleagues will not be fooled by women claiming to be suicidal to get an abortion. Dr Anthony McCarthy is appearing before the Oireachtas Committee examining the proposed abortion laws. The psychiatrists are divided on whether the provision should be made for a termination on the basis the woman is suicidal. Some say the ...
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KBC Bank Ireland to launch debit card
KBC Bank Ireland is to launch debit card services to its Irish customers later this year. It is joining up with MasterCard for the new service. The debit card will be accepted at over 33 million retail locations around the world, on the internet and at two million ATMs - wherever MasterCard is ...
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55 firms on Dublin Chamber mission to London
Representatives from 55 Irish based companies will join Dublin Chamber of Commerce on a two day business mission to London tomorrow. The visit will be the Chamber’s largest ever international business mission and it will include briefings from UK business leaders and a networking reception at the House of Commons, hosted by Tourism ...
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Key talks on public service pay deal to resume
Chief executive of the Labour Relations Commission Kieran Mulvey: to brief Minster for Public Expenditure and Reform Brendan Howlin today on progress in the pay talks. Photograph: Eric Luke/The Irish ...
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Two held in John Kerins murder investigation
Two men have been arrested in connection with the murder of a former garda.John Kerins was shot dead at his remote rural home in Cornaveagh, near Bailieborough, Co Cavan, last November.The dead man, who was aged in his late 40s, had been questioned over the disappearance of his neighbour some 18 months earlier.He died from gunshot wounds to his upper body.A Garda spokesman said two suspects were ...
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Man of the year Shatter to make statement on Wallace row
The Justice Minister Alan Shatter is expected to make a statement this morning on the on-going row with Deputy Mick Wallace.He has been accused of abusing his powers after he revealed that Deputy Wallace had been stopped for driving with a mobile phone but no penalty points were issued.Minister Shatter said the information is a 'matter of public interest'.Wallace has described ...
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Irish funds steam ahead with yet another month of positive returns
Irish pension funds are continuing on their upbeat paths with the sixth consecutive month producing a positive performance, with an average 2.8 per cent return, says Rubicon Investment Consulting. The best performing fund was Irish Life Investment Managers, at 3.9 per cent, and Aviva Investors, although bottom of the table, still managed to return a positive 2.0 per cent for August. ...
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Irish government releases hotly-anticipated report recommending Pensions Board merger
Merges between the Pensions Board and the Financial Regulator, and the Pensions Ombudsman and the Financial Services Ombudsman, have been recommended in the Irish government’s ...
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Irish funds continue to record positive results
Irish pension managed funds have succeeded in another consecutive month of positive returns, according to both Hewitt Associates and Rubicon. ...
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Two arrested over murder of former garda
Two men have been arrested in the Bailieborough area in connection with the murder last year of former detective garda John Kerins. The two men, who are in their 30s, are being questioned at Carrickmacross Garda Station, Co Monaghan under Section 50 of the Criminal Justice Act 2007. A number of searches are also taking place in the Baileboro area in connection with this on-going ...
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Unlicensed taxis warned to stay away from Download Festival
The warning comes after the District Council obtained a conviction at Leicester Magistrates Court against a driver found plying for hire at the 2012 Download Festival at Castle ...
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Area Forum deadlines looming
May 20 2013 By Amy Watkins GROUPS wanting to take advantage of money from their local Area Forums are being warned some of the deadlines are looming.Leicestershire County Council has yet again made funds available to all 25 of its Community Forums across the county.The Quorn, Barrow, Sileby and the Wolds Area Forum will have £12,500 available for projects which can be delivered by March ...
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Pig power returns to help restore heathland
May 20 2013 PIG power is being called on again this year to help restore heathland at a popular Leicestershire beauty spot.Eight Welsh Pigs are being drafted in to help with an environmental project at Beacon Hill Country Park. Leicestershire County Council has employed the pigs to help clear unwanted species such as bracken, sycamore and birch scrub. By doing what they love best – ...
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RLC-Lab and Loughborough University join forces to inspire next generation of scientists
May 20 2013 By Isaac Ashe RLC-Lab, an analytical and chemistry research company has teamed up with Loughborough University to launch a national initiative to support excellence in science education. The service will enable state and private schools and colleges teaching A-level and BTEC science the opportunity to access industry-standard chemical analysis services, free of charge.RLC provides ...
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Rihanna blows her top over Northern Ireland T-shirt
Press Eye - Belfast - Northern Ireland - 26 September 2011 -International singer Rihanna pictutred this afternoon at a field near Bangor, County Down, Northern Ireland where she was recording a video for one of her new songs.Mandatory credit:Picture by Stephen Hamilton/ ...
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Locals asked to pay for road maintenance
Local communities are to be asked to contribute up to half the cost of repairs to their roads, as part of a State-wide scheme being promoted by the ...
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Suicide in pregnancy a real risk committee is told
Fine Gael Jerry Buttimer, chairman of the Oireachtas health committee, which is today holding its second day of hearings on the Heads of the Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013. Photograph: Dave Meehan/The Irish ...
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Fresh doubts cast over governments public sector saving plans
There are fresh doubts this morning as to how much savings the government plans to achieve this year within the public sector. The coalition had stated that EUR300m needed to be found. However, reports over the weekend suggest that some ministers and TDs are now looking for this figure to be reduced to EUR250m.Those reports come as unions continue negotiations today at the Labour Relations ...
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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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