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Abortion legislation is most likely to apply to pregnant teenage girls in care psychiatrist says
Consultant psychiatrist Veronica O’Keane says a patient’s GP should make the recommendation for an abortion and one psychiatrist should assess the suicidal ...
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Hospitals turned suicidal people away study shows
Hospital emergency departments have turned people away who went on to die by suicide, a report based on interviews with families after the suicide of relatives has ...
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Meet AOI Apples mysterious Irish subsidiary
, it's in the southern Irish city of Cork that Apple pioneered its famous "double irish with a Dutch sandwich" -- a tax avoidance technique designed to take advantage of a quirk in Ireland's tax laws that allows foreign corporations to move money around the world tax free. Perhaps anticipating that this is what the senators want to talk about, Apple spent nearly half of the ...
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Irish mortgage lending hit fresh low in first quarter
DUBLIN (Reuters) - The number of new mortgages issued in Ireland fell to their lowest first-quarter level since data was first collected eight years ago, further tempering hopes that house prices would begin to rebound following a ...
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Irish Bishops Respond to Abortion Legislation
Bill "is unnecessary to ensure that women receive the life-saving treatment they need during pregnancy"DUBLIN, May 10, 2013 (Zenit.org) - Here is a preliminary response from the Catholic bishops of Ireland to the Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013. The statement was published last Friday, May 3.* * *The Catholic bishops of Ireland stress once again the importance of ...
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Apple defends Irish operation ahead of US hearing
Apple has defended the way it manages its tax affairs, including the role played by its Irish operations, ahead of its CEO’s appearance at a US Senate hearing. In ...
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Redhead Conventions March Of 1000 Beards Insomniac Golf -- Summer In Ireland Is Back
The festival season in Ireland is about to take some wonderfully weird turns -- including celebrations of redheads and insomniacs on the links - thanks in part to a governmental initiative ...
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Apples Irish arm not a shell company
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Boston cardinal skips event over Irish PMs role
Cardinal Sean O'Malley skipped Boston College's commencement today because of the involvement of Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny, who supports a bill in his country that would allow abortion. A few dozen protesters, some playing bagpipes, demonstrated at the college during the morning graduation ceremony. They held signs with messages that included: "Boston College Keep Your Pro Life Values. ...
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Apple avoids tax with Irish firms - Senate panel
The world's most valuable company, Apple, employs a group of affiliate companies located in Ireland to avoid paying billions of dollars in US income taxes, a Senate investigation has found and its chief executive Tim Cook will be questioned tomorrow. Apple is holding overseas some US$102 billion of its $145 billion in cash, and an Irish subsidiary that earned $22 billion in 2011 paid ...
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Warning issued as number of fire deaths in Northern Ireland revealed
Five people were killed in fires caused by smoking materials during the last year, the Northern Ireland Fire Service revealed today. Crews were called to 811 accidental house fires - 66 of which were a direct result of the careless disposal of cigarettes, matches or other smoking related materials.Smoking in the home while drowsy or drunk was also another major factor in fatal house fires.Dale ...
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After hunting a serial killer in Belfast Gillian takes aim at deadly robots in Donaghadee
By AMANDA POOLE KILLER robots are to launch a bid for world domination in a Northern Ireland seaside town -- with only Scully from The X-Files and a bunch of schoolchildren standing in their way. The invasion starts next month when Hollywood stars Sir Ben Kingsley and Gillian Anderson start filming -- in Donaghadee. The Pounds 14m Our Robot Overlords, due for release in summer 2014, focuses on a ...
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Michael Gove suggests Wales and Northern Ireland split off school exams
GCSEs and A-levels are currently set to the same standard in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, but Michael Gove said it was hard to see how this could continue. Photograph: Chris ...
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Actavis Execs May Love NJ But Ireland Has Lower Taxes
Actavis (Photo credit: Wikipedia) The reasons that Actavis is willing to pay $8.5 billion, including debt, for Warner-Chilcott are fairly straightforward. By doing so, the generic drugmaker limits its exposure to the end of the patent cliff. Compared to the past few years, there will simply not be as many big-selling brand-name medicines losing patent protection, which means generic drugmakers ...
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Belfast high schools suspension of teacher shambolic court hears
A Belfast high school's handling of a complaint against a teacher suspended from some duties has been shambolic and unfair, the High Court heard ...
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O’Reilly announced as European ombudsman candidate
Ombudsman Emily O'Reilly has been announced as an official candidate in the European ombudsman election by European Parliament president Martin ...
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Ireland Welcomes Watson Pharmaceuticals an American Success
TheStreet ) -- Watson Pharmaceuticals, founded by a Taiwanese immigrant in the early 1980s and now a rival to generic drug giants Teva ...
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Israeli Occupation Forces Shoot Irish Activist 6 Times 20-5-2013
PlanxtySumoud -- A very unsatisfactory interview with Keith Finnegan of Galway Bay FM radio station: not once did he enquire into the serious situation in the West Bank, instead, his line of questioning is anchored in establishing my bona fides as a card carrying journalist (non existent) and guilt tripping me with the accusatory "why do I put my life in danger," when the elephant in ...
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Bomb made safe after sanitation worker discovers device
An improvised bomb has been made safe in the Tallaght area of Dublin.A suspect device was found by a sanitation worker near the Tymon Park area of Tallaght this afternoon. The army bomb disposal team put a cordon around the area and made the device safe without the need for a controlled ...
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Protests as Taoiseach receives honorary doctorate in Boston
A small group of demonstrators has gathered outside Boston College in protest at Taoiseach Enda Kenny's presence at the college's commencement ceremony.The Taoiseach is addressing some 3000 new graduates and 20,000 spectators at Boston College this evening - where he has just been awarded an honorary doctorate.Boston Cardinal Sean O'Malley is boycotting the event because he says ...
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Males aged 16-20 have higher suicide risk
A report on suicide in Ireland has found that males between the ages of 16 and 20 are at an increased risk of taking their lives. The authors of the report Suicide in Ireland spoke to 104 families affected by suicide and analysed 12,000 suicide deaths among people under the age of 35. It identified a four-fold increased risk of suicide among young men in the 16-20 age group. It also found ...
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Future city life on display in Dublin technology showcase
The Voices of Dublin project / installation created by Intel Labs as part of their project to make social media more social at the Mansion House Dublin during the Your Future City digital technology showcase. Photograph: Bryan O'Brien / The Irish ...
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Abortion legislation ‘could place young men at risk’
Oireachtas health committee that by highlighting suicide the State could be seen as legitimising it, sending the wrong signal to young men who are most at risk of ...
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Government reaches agreement with unions on pay deal in civil service
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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Dracula Film To Be Made In Northern Ireland
Dracula will be the next big-budget Hollywood movie to be filmed in Northern Ireland. Universal Pictures' Dracula, directed by Gary Shore and produced by Michael De Luca, will start pre-production in Belfast immediately. Filming will then begin in August and will last three months, with production based in Belfast with some filming in various other locations across Northern ...
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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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