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Shatter unable to provide breath sample to Garda because of asthma
Alan Shatter has issued a statement denying that he was stopped at a Garda checkpoint between the holding of the 2011 General Election and the time he was appointed as Justice Minister. The issue was raised in the Dil by Independent TD Mattie McGrath earlier. However, the Minister has revealed that he was asked for a breath sample when stopped at a mandatory checkpoint in Dublin in either late ...
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Pay cut rules passed into law
New laws allowing the Government to cut public sector workers' pay without their agreement have been published.The legislation was unveiled to coincide with the publication of the revised deal struck with union leaders to slash EUR300m of the state payroll.Should rank-and-file workers reject the plan from the Labour Relations Commission - a revised version of the overwhelmingly rejected ...
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High Court challenge by Hicks sausages director
A director of a well-known sausage-making business has brought High Court proceedings aimed at preventing her husband and mother-in-law from firing her and removing her as a director. The action has been taken by businesswoman Caroline Kerrigan-Hick, who is a director and employee of Dún Laoghaire-based firms that trade as Hick's sausages. She claims as result of asking her husband ...
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Shatter responds to McGrath comments
Minister for Justice Alan Shatter has responded to issues raised in the Dáil by Independent TD Mattie McGrath. During Leaders' Questions, Mr McGrath asked Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore if he or Taoiseach Enda Kenny were aware if Minister Shatter had been stopped at a garda checkpoint before his appointment as minister. He asked if they were aware if Mr Shatter had been stopped by ...
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Man assaulted in Loughborough
The incident took place at around 2am on Saturday May 11 when a 19-year-old man was assaulted outside a bar on Union Way in Loughborough. The victim had hailed a taxi and when it stopped one or two men got out of the vehicle and the victim was then assaulted. The victim received a serious injury to his mouth which required hospital treatment, he has since been discharged. One of the suspects ...
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Property tax protest forces closure of Revenue office
About 20 members of the Campaign Against Home and Water Taxes (CAHWT) protested outside the O'Connell Street office at around 12pm, while some chained themselves to furniture and radiators inside the ...
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Have your say about science
Who should decide about science? Scientific endeavour is an important cultural activity but a structure is needed to decide on its conduct. Yet who has the authority to determine the shape that science should take in the future? Who are science's gatekeepers, and how can we be certain that they steer a path that not only serves science but also serves society? The question of governance ...
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Use of cameras threatened to stop dumping of nappies in Kerry
Residents of Farranfore in Co. Kerry have threatened to use cameras in a bid to catch someone dumping dirty nappies in the village.Mike Moriarty from the Tidy Towns committee believes the nappies, which are appearing at Scart Cross, are being thrown from the culprit's car.The nappies are appearing between four and five times a week.Mike Moriarty has issued a warning to whoever is ...
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Sinn Fein calls on waterworks plant to stop using strike breakers
Sinn Fein has called on the management at a plant that treats water for a quarter of a million people in Dublin and Wicklow to stop using strike breakers and to get back around the talks table.SIPTU workers from Shanganagh waste near Bray have downed tools in a row over changes to pay and conditions. They said that things have now "escalated" because the company have brought in staff ...
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Best Blooming Front Garden search is on
wants to hear from green-fingered gardeners around the town as it launches this year’s Loughborough in Bloom Best Front Garden ...
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Four priceless paintings return to Dublin
Four priceless pieces of art have returned to Dublin's Hugh Lane Gallery after six years on display in the National Gallery London. The paintings, Les Parapluies ...
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Revenue closes busiest office after protesters chain themselves to chairs
Revenue has been forced to close its busiest office in Dublin because of an occupation by protesters.Garda are at the scene of the protests at the Central Revenue Information Office on O'Connell Street, which takes around 1,000 calls a day.Revenue said that it regrets the inconvenience to customers.25 members of the Campaign Against Home And Water Taxes have chained themselves to chairs and ...
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Successor to the Croke Park II published
A successor to the Croke Park Two Deal - formally called the Haddington Road Agreement has been published - containing the recommendations of the Labour Relations Commission.The LRC - which brokered the deal said the positions in the document represent the limit of what can be achieved by negotiation between the parties.Earlier - SIPTU warned that the latest set of proposals do not mean a deal ...
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Gilmore shocked by creche mistreatment claims
The Giraffe childcare centre in Belarmine near Stepaside in south Dublin confirmed a complaint was made against it after an RTE researcher went undercover as an edu-carer and secretly filmed the centre. The broadcaster also informed gardai of the alleged mistreatment of children at the centre, and a complaint was filed with the HSE in late ...
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Meat wholesaler arrested in connection with horsemeat scandal
A meat wholesaler has been arrested in the Netherlands in connection with the horsemeat scandal which gripped Europe at the start of the year. The man - allegedly a key player in the scandal - has been detained as part of a criminal investigation.He is being questioned about allegations of false accounting and ...
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Consultations on proposed junior cycle changes
Parents have been invited to attend information sessions on proposed changes to junior cycle education at second level. The Department of Education and the National Parents Council Primary are holding the meetings, in Dublin. Next Monday, sessions will take place at the Skylon Hotel in Drumcondra and at the Crown Plaza Hotel in Blanchardstown. A meeting will be held at the Institute of ...
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Public service pay deal published
Haddington Road Agreement 2013-2016 , runs to 48 pages. It is the result of lengthy negotiations between public service management and unions following the rejection of the Croke Park II proposals. The country's largest union, SIPTU, will decide this afternoon whether to recommend the Haddington Road deal to members. The INTO, which rejected Croke Park II, decided yesterday to recommend ...
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Family bunting workshop at The Green Place
';Attach your triangles to thick string, and take home a 2-4 metre length of your own special family bunting. No need to book, just come along, but allow at least an ...
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Hogan concerned over loss of Blue Flags at some beaches
Phil Hogan has expressed concern over the loss of Blue Flag status for some Irish beaches over what he called a "statistical glitch" and has asked his department to raise the matter with the European ...
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Ad break Peugeots Wacky Races Heineken adds some Irish humour
For the second week running, we have a very silly film directed by ace US director Baker Smith. In last week's Ad Break, he presided over a sordid scene in a winery so it's a relief to see that his latest film is altogether more wholesome: the Aflac duck's recovery after an injury is improved by the peace of mind provided by the insurance company that gave it its nameand a ...
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One third of calls to Childline not answered
Nearly five million children contacted Childline over the last 25 years but a third of them did not have their calls answered. They are marking their anniversary by launching a new major redevelopment plan which will see them offering more help online. However, they are looking for 25 companies to donate EUR25,000 to help get the plan off the ground. Director of Services at the ISPCC Caroline ...
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High Court hears that payment of promissory note could have huge repercussions
The High Court has heard a challenge by TD Joan Collins that a EUR25m promissory note payment which is due next month could have huge repercussions.That is because the case aims to test the validity of the recent IBRC Act.Joan Collins of People Before Profit wants to stop the government paying out EUR25m on a promissory note for EBS on June 17.To that end she wants her legal challenge to the ...
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Man charged with assault of Cork homeless man found in refuse chute
A 26-year-old man has been remanded in custody after he was charged with assaulting a homeless man whose body was found dumped in a refuse chute in Cork earlier this month.David O'Loughlin- with an address at 10 City Gate Apartments, North Main Street in Cork was charged with assault causing harm to long term Simon Community resident, Liam Manley at City Gate Apartments on May 12th.Mr ...
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Minister to be briefed on allegations against two Dublin creches
The Minister for Children Frances Fitzgerald has said she expects to be briefed today on the childcare controversy to hit two creches in Dublin. The HSE and Garda are continuing with their investigations into allegations of the mistreatment of children at two crches in the capital. One facility has confirmed that it has fired a staff member and suspended three others after footage recorded by an ...
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OBrien to run quartet in Irish 2000 Guineas
Aidan O'Brien has declared a team of four as he goes for a ninth triumph in the Tattersalls Irish 2,000 Guineas at the Curragh on Saturday. A field of 10 is set to line up for the colts' Classic, with the Ballydoyle trainer responsible for ante-post favourite Magician, Flying The Flag, George Vancouver and Gale Force Ten. Johnny Murtagh was aboard three of the eight O'Brien ...
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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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