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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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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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Diesel laundering operation found in Dublin
Customs officers have discovered a diesel laundering operation in Dublin. The operation was found in an industrial estate in Blanchardstown. This is the first laundering operation to be found in Dublin. As a result of intelligence customs officers raided the premises on the Orion industrial estate. Inside they found a diesel laundering operation capable of washing over diesel from 2.5m ...
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Taoiseach sets priorities for final weeks of Ireland’s EU presidency
Warning that the creation of jobs depended on swift action by EU leaders, the Taoiseach has appealed to his counterparts in Paris, Berlin, London and elsewhere for help to advance initiatives to boost growth and ...
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Promise of extra staff and need for fewer documents to process student grants
Additional staffing to deal with student grant applications and reduced documentation requirements were promised yesterday after publication of a report into the serious delays which had caused hardship and uncertainty for many students left without ...
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N. Ireland wont have separate WCup team
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. -- It turns out Northern Ireland won't have its own team for the World Cup. A news release issued by the International Federation of PGA Tours last week during The Players Championship said that England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland each would be considered separate countries when the World Cup is played in November at Royal Melbourne under a new format. It ...
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Tour Clarifies World Cup Role for Northern Ireland
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. ...
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Irish teachers back strike call if government cuts pay
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Irish primary school teachers overwhelmingly backed a call to strike if the government unilaterally cuts their pay, but their trade union leaders will first rejoin fresh talks aimed at finding a compromise. Public sector workers last month rejected extending a three-year-old pay deal, upsetting government plans to make deeper budget cuts and raising the threat of strikes in a ...
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Irish President meets UAE ambassador
WAM DUBLIN, May 17th, 2013 (WAM) -- President of Ireland Michael D Higgins has met the UAE Ambassador to Ireland, Khalid Nasser Rashid Lootah on the sidelines of the annual forum of the 'International Charity Bazaar 2013' in Dublin. The event is held under the patronage of the Irish president and organisation and support of all foreign embassies accredited to Dublin. Proceeds will ...
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PSNI finds suspect bomb at site of gun attack
Members of the PSNI had been lured to the Foxes Glen area of west Belfast with false reports of a burglary and were fired at on arrival. Nobody was injured and a 26-year-old man was subsequently ...
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Council responds as man found dead in flat after five weeks
Dublin City Council has said it provides a liaison service to a residential complex in which a man was found dead after five weeks alone in his flat, but that a number of tenants do not use it. A statement from the local authority did not clarify whether Brian Corr (62) had himself availed of the service. Mr Corr's body was found by garda on May 7th following concerns from neighbours at ...
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The New Ireland Fund Inc.
)announced that the Fund's Annual Meeting of Stockholders will be held on Tuesday, June 4, 2013 at 9 a.m. at the Harvard Club, 27 West 44th Street, New York, NY 10036. Only stockholders of record at the close of business on Monday, April 8, 2013 are entitled to notice of and to vote at the Meeting, or at any adjournments thereof. At the Annual Meeting, stockholders will be asked to ...
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Wallace to make complaint over Shatter comments
Independent TD Mick Wallace has said that he is making a complaint to the Standards in Public Office Commission regarding comments made about him by Minister for Justice Alan Shatter. On last night's Primetime programme, Mr Shatter said he had been advised that Mr Wallace had been using his mobile while driving but had received only a Garda warning. Mr Wallace said he was unaware of the ...
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Northern Irish man jailed for 14 years in Athens for drugs smuggling
A Northern Irish lorry driver is starting a 14-year prison sentence in a Greek jail for his part in a 1m herbal cannabis-smuggling operation.Andrew Doherty, from Sion Mills, County Tyrone, was arrested in November 2011 as part of a police operation involving the Police Service ...
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Teachers back strike action if pay is cut
INTO general secretary Sheila Nunan: said the union would be stressing the impact of cumulative pay cuts and tax increases imposed on teachers and their families. Photograph: Dara Mac Donaill/The Irish ...
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Shatter insists Wallace has no credibility on penalty points
Independent TD Mick Wallace: said he had no recall of being warned about using his mobile phone while driving. Photograph: Bryan O'Brien/The Irish ...
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Ireland must repay Pakistan when the time is right
Ireland's home international programme gets underway next week with the two-match RSA Series against Pakistan at Castle Avenue, games that will hopefully show off the rude health of Phil Simmons's senior ...
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Irish Senator Supports One of Us Campaign
Here is an interview of Ronan Mullen by Elisabetta Pittino, regarding the One of Us campaign, and the current legal battle over abortion in ...
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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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