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Galaxy release Keane for Ireland games
The Football Association of Ireland says Major League Soccer's Los Angeles Galaxy have agreed to let forward Robbie Keane play in exhibition games against England and Georgia that are not on FIFA fixture ...
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Ireland given pay deal boost as teachers union comes on side
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland's hopes of convincing workers to agree to a revised public sector pay deal received a boost on Wednesday when a teachers' union who threatened strike action urged members to accept the proposals. Ireland's government agreed draft proposals with trade unions on Tuesday as it seeks to make fresh budget cuts and avert the threat of strikes in a country that ...
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Irelands Robbie Keane cleared for friendlies
Robbie Keane is available to play for the Republic of Ireland in next week's international friendly at Wembley, as his LA Galaxy bosses belatedly granted him permission to link up with Giovanni Trapattoni's ...
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Questions remain over how minor traffic incident formed part of briefing to Shatter
While any residual threat to Shatter's position receded following the hour-long debate on the issue on Tuesday night, a number of questions still remain about how a relatively trivial encounter between garda and a Dil TD percolated its way to the very top of the force and formed part of a briefing to the Minister for ...
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US Airways begins seasonal service to Shannon Ireland
TEMPE, Ariz. - US Airways customers now have convenient access to a second destination in Ireland as the airline begins daily, non-stop, summer service from its international gateway at Philadelphia today following a four-year hiatus. The airline will operate flights to the "Gateway to the West of Ireland" on 176-seat dual-class Boeing 757-200 aircraft until Sept. 6, 2013. The seasonal ...
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INTO to back revised LRC proposals on Croke Park II
The INTO is to recommend to it's 32,000 members to accept the revised LRC proposals on Croke Park 2.The union said that potential gains in the original proposals have been fully retained such as the improved scales for newly qualified teachers. It has also been promised that all certified sick leave will be covered as will bereavement leave - proposals to cut back on cover was one of the ...
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INTO tells members to accept new deal
The leadership of the Irish National Teachers' Organisation (INTO) this evening said it will be recommending their members accept the revised Croke Park II proposals agreed upon with the Labour Relations ...
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Mandatory micro-chipping of dogs to come into effect from 2016
Veterinary nurse Lorna Carr with a microchipping "gun" and a microchip at the DSPCA sanctuary in Rathfarnham, DubliPhotograph: Frank Miller/The Irish ...
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Number of beaches with Blue Flag status drops
Patricia Oliver . The classification of the bathing water is now based on water samples from a four year period instead of results from a single bathing season. "As a result, there was a predicted decrease in Blue Flags awarded in 2013," said Ms Oliver. The awards were presented by Minister for the ...
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Accidental death verdicts in Tit Bonhomme inquest
Verdicts of accidental death have been returned by a jury at the inquest into the deaths of five fishermen who died when their trawler, the Tit Bonhomme collided with an island at the entrance to Glandore Harbour in West Cork 15 months ...
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Ex-priest on child sex abuse charges can be named judge rules
William Carney , aged 62, is charged with 34 counts of indecent assault of eight boys and two girls, at locations in Dublin and north east Leinster from 1969 until 1989. Yesterday at Cloverhill District Court, Judge Grinne Malone lifted an earlier gag order prohibiting the media from naming the 62-year-old who currently has no fixed address. Her ruling came following submissions from lawyers ...
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Dundon application for trial delay adjourned to next week
In seeking the delay Dundon claims that he cannot get a fair trial because his lawyers have not been given sufficient time to go through the large volume of material, including CCTV footage and documentation, about the case furnished to them by the ...
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Ireland says will not be U.S. whipping boy on tax
View Photo Apple Operations International, a subsidiary of Apple Inc, is seen in Hollyhill, Cork, in the south of Ireland in this October 6, 2011 file photo. REUTERS/Michael ...
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Ireland says working on new post-bailout economic plan
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland's finance minister said on Wednesday he planned to issue a long-term economic plan aimed at keeping the country on track after the strictures imposed by a bailout are removed next year. Rescued by Europe and the IMF in ...
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EU leaders make progress in talks to crackdown on tax evasion and fraud
EU leaders have said significant progress has been made at a meeting today in relation to strategies to crackdown on tax evasion and fraud within Europe.The President of the European Commission said that all EU Governments have agreed to ensure no loopholes exist to allow companies exploit tax laws. Jose Manuel Barroso, said that while specific issues were not discussed there is agreement that ...
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Wallace seeks public inquiry instead of apology
Mick Wallace said that he does not want an apology from the Justice Minister - but he wants a public inquiry into the matter.Minister Alan Shatter told the Dil that he was willing to apologise to the Independent TD if he felt aggrieved about the revelation that Deputy Wallace had avoided penalty points for getting caught driving while on a mobile phone.Minister Shatter said he had heard about ...
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Pair jailed for life over Kerry bog murder
A Brazilian man and an Irish man have been found guilty of the murder of a 28-year-old Brazilian man who had been living in Gort Co. Galway and whose body was found floating in a bog in north Kerry in March ...
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Irish prime minister defensive about tax code
Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny defended his country's tax code as European leaders gathered in Brussels to discuss corporations that dodge taxes. "I'd like to repeat that Ireland's corporate tax rate is statute based, is very clear and very transparent, and we do not do special deals with any individual companies in regard to that tax rate," Kenny told reporters ...
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Unilever Ireland to seek 40 redundancies
Unilever has said it is to seek around 40 redundancies from its Irish operations in Citywest, Dublin. In a statement, the company said it was seeking the cuts in an attempt to create a "more competitive organisationin response to an unrelentingly challenging retail environment". Unilever currently employs 190 people in Ireland. It operates a number of brands including; Lyons ...
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INTO leadership to recommend LRC proposals
The leadership of the Irish National Teachers' Organisation is to recommend its 32,000 members accept the revised Labour Relations Commission proposals on public sector pay. The leadership met today and said the proposals would be put to a ballot with a recommendation to accept. The INTO said the revised proposals "contain a promised alleviation on the proposal to abolish completely ...
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Irelands beaches to lose 13 Blue Flags
Tougher testing procedures are being blamed for the net loss of 13 Blue Flag awards for Ireland’s beaches this year. Among the beaches to lose the award were Velvet Strand in Portmarnock in Co Dublin, Ballybunion North beach in Co Kerry and White Strand Miltown Malbay in Co Clare. An Taisce, which organises the Blue Flag awards, said that a new EU directive means readings are now based ...
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Govt passes Bill to allow for greater use of generic drugs
Health Minister James Reilly has welcomed the passing of new legislation which allows for greater use of generic drugs. The 'Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods Bill' will allow pharmacists to substitute medicines which have been marked as interchangeable by the Irish Medicines Board. Dr Reilly said it will substantially reduce medicine prices for both the State and ...
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Wallace How could penalty points incident reach Minister a year later
Mick Wallace has said he hopes the Standards in Public Office Commission will get to the bottom of the penalty points debacle.Last night, the Justice Minister Alan Shatter addressed the Dil in the wake of revelations he made that Deputy Wallace had evaded penalty points due to garda discretion.Minister Shatter said he was given the information about Mr Wallace by Garda Commissioner Martin ...
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Extra tickets for Donegal in Ballybofey
Donegal have been given 1,000 extra tickets for Sunday’s Ulster Senior Football Championship quarter-final with Tyrone in Ballybofey after the Red Hand failed to sell their full allocation. Tyrone had argued that their 5,750 tickets allocation would not be enough to satisfy demand but after returning 1,000 tickets, 40 Donegal clubs will now benefit. Tyrone PRO Eunan Lindsay originally ...
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Coroner says recession a factor in suicide rate
The coroner for Co Westmeath has said the economic crisis is one of the factors that have led to a sharp increase in the incidence of suicide in the county. Dr Wilfred Hoover said the recession was not the only issue. He said there had been an increase of over 400% in the number of people who had taken their own lives, as recorded in verdicts at his court, in the first three months of 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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