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Ireland makes push for EU budget deal
BRUSSELS (AFP) - It is time for the European Parliament to approve the EU's hotly contested budget for the next seven years and give the struggling bloc a much needed spending boost, Irish Foreign Minister David Gilmore said Tuesday.Ireland is pressing for an accord before the end of its current EU presidency on June 30 rather than have to hand over unfinished negotiations to Lithuania ...
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Man released in Dublin assault inquiry
A 31-year-old man who was being questioned about a sexual assault on a woman with special needs in Dublin has been released without charge. Garda investigations into the assault are continuing. The assault happened last week in the South Circular Road area. The victim's family have asked for their privacy to be ...
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Garda convicted of insurance fraud
A serving garda has been convicted of deceiving an insurance company into paying him over €10,000 after his car was stolen. Paul Fogarty, 28, who is stationed in Dublin, was found guilty of the charge this afternoon, but acquitted of two other charges of harassing a car dealer and his father. He will be sentenced next ...
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Who lives in a house like this The KBC Great Music in Irish Houses festival is taking a liberal view of its title - which is not without its benefits
In the old days, I heard it said of what was then the Festival in Great Irish Houses that its fans were more likely to be excited about a particular year's choice of houses, than about the performers or the music. The festival, now known as KBC Great Music in Irish Houses, has kept the houses in its name but rather strayed from them in its programme. I attended the first four concerts of ...
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Michelle Obama and girls meet Bonos family in Irish pub
U2 lead singer Bono met US First Lady Michelle Obama and her two daughters for a pub lunch in Dalkey, south of Dublin, during her visit to Ireland on June 18. The singer greets the First Lady at the entrance to Finnegan's Pub. The photos were taken by Irish politician, Mary Mitchell ...
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Americas first daughters trace the Obama familys roots in Ireland
An online article ('Protestant-Catholic gap narrows as census results revealed', posted December 11, 2012) reported on the publication of data from the 2011 Census by the Northern Ireland Statistics Agency and stated that the percentage of Protestants and Catholics in the Northern Ireland population stood at 48% and 45% ...
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IN PICTURES Michelle Obama enjoys last day in Ireland
The US first family had a grand day out in Dublin and Wicklow.The day began with a private tour of Glendalough from local guide George McClafferty.Michelle, Sasha and Malia listened intently as George explained the history of the monastic settlement.(Picture: Colin Keegan/Collins)Although Michelle looked confused by some aspectsAnd poor old Sasha was destroyed by the midges.Never mind, onwards ...
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War Command win makes it four in a row for Irish
Aidan O'Brien's apparent third string War Command turned in a breathtaking display under Seamie Heffernan to take top honours in the Coventry Stakes at Royal Ascot. The Ballydoyle handler was responsible for 5-2 favourite Stubbs, as well as leading contender Sir John Hawkins (6-1), with War Command a 20-1 shot after making a winning debut at Leopardstown just 11 days earlier. Stubbs ...
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Man remanded on Letterkenny murder charge
A 47-year-old Polish man has been charged with the murder of Bogdan Michalkiewicz in Co Donegal last month. Dariusz Weckowicz, of no fixed abode, appeared at Carndonagh District Court charged with murdering Mr Michalkiewicz between 13 and 15 May at Westside Apartments, Lower Main Street in Letterkenny. He was remanded in custody to appear at Harristown District Court on 21 June. Sergeant ...
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Hiqa criticises standards at Donegal nursing homes
Carndonagh Community Hospital and St Joseph's community hospital in Stranorlar were both found to have significant shortcoming despite repeated inspections in recent years. In a report on the Carndonagh facility, inspectors concluded that staff could not adequately assess and provide appropriate care to a constantly changing group of residents. There were no dedicated cleaning staff. Staff ...
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IHRC report main recommendations
Prof Mullally noted that the IHRC report also called for "domestic equality legislation to be amended, so that it more closely reflects the State's international human rights ...
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G8 leaders sidestep fate of Syria’s Assad
Britain's prime minister David Cameron (5th from left) has a group photograph taken with (l-r) European Commission president Jose Manuel Barroso; Japan's prime minister Shinzo Abe; German chancellor Angela Merkel; Russia's president Vladimir Putin; Cameron; US president Barack Obama; France's president Francois Hollande; Canada's prime minister Stephen Harper; ...
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Taoiseach welcomes G8 tax plan
The Taoiseach has had to defend Ireland's tax policy at the G8 summit in Fermanagh.While the issue of tax was a central matter at this year's summit, the government had denied that Ireland's tax regime would be specifically addressed.Today's G8's 10-point concluding communiqu, named the Lough Erne Declaration, says that countries have agreed to 'change rules ...
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Obamas enjoy Glendalough tour pub grub with Bono
US first lady Michelle Obama and her daughters have enjoyed a private guided tour of the Wicklow Mountains National Park as their whistlestop tour of Ireland draws to a close.The sun beamed down on the hills above the twin lakes at Glendalough as Ms Obama and Malia and Sasha walked through the famous monastic ...
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G8 leaders agree to eradicate terror ransom payments
Leaders of world's most industrialised nations says payment of ransoms to terrorist groups is one of income sources which supports their efforts in carrying out terrorist ...
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Obama Cameron Barroso Push EU-US Merger at G8 Ireland Summit
President Barack Obama, in Lough Erne, Northern Ireland, for the G8 Summit, joined European leaders in pushing the proposed Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), a vast scheme for intertwining the economies and political structures of Europe and the United States. (See our detailed expos of the ...
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Double murder inquiry started in Kerry
Garda have today begun a double murder inquiry after postmortems confirmed that a mother and her daughter died violent deaths after being attacked in their rented home in Killorglin , Co ...
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Pipe bomb discovered in Tyrone
The PSNI said bomb disposal experts examined a suspicious object in the Springhill Park area of Strabane and declared it to be a viable pipe-bomb type ...
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PSNI attending security alert in Tyrone
The PSNI said bomb disposal experts examined a suspicious object in the Springhill Park area of Strabane and declared it to be a viable pipe-bomb type ...
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Obama religious schools block lasting peace in Northern Ireland
US President Barack Obama has argued that parochial schools are an impediment to the establishment of a lasting peace in Northern Ireland. Speaking to a crowd in Belfast, during a trip to Northern Ireland for a G8 summit meeting, Obama said that "segregated schools" block the path to full reconciliation. "If towns remain divided, if Catholics have their schools and buildings and ...
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Homeless man gets three years for sex with 14-year-old schoolgirl
A homeless addict has been sentenced to three years after he had sex with a school girl having met her for the first time that day while she was wearing her uniform.Neil Moore (aged 36) admitted that he had sex with the 14-year-old girl twice but told garda she had kissed him first, it had been consensual and she was more into him than he was into her."It was a night of madness. I have a ...
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Michelle Obama Daughters Lunch With Bono in Ireland
Jun 18, 2013 9:45am First lady Michelle Obama and her daughters are having a VIP lunch in Ireland today, reportedly dining with Irish rock superstar Bono at a pub outside Dublin. The U2 frontman and his wife, Ali Hewson, were spotted shortly after 1 p.m. local time entering Finnegan’s of Dalkey, reportedly one of their favorite restaurant spots in their hometown just south of Dublin. ...
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Yet more woe for Irish Pension Managed Funds
Irish Pension Managed Funds recorded a negative return of four per cent for the month of November 2008, a continuation of its downward trend, although there are signs of stability, says Hewitt Associates. The global human resources services company has released its monthly Hewitt Managed Fund index, an indicator of Irish Pension Managed Fund performance. After a worrying start to ...
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Irish FM heads to Brussels for EU budget deal
Ireland's Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Eamon Gilmore is heading to Brussels, 18 June, for the final stage of talks over the European Union's next seven year budget, some EUR960 billion. Before he left Dublin, Gilmore said, "My intention is to reach agreement with the European Parliament on the EU's budget. I call on the European Parliament to give its agreement so ...
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Judge says new laws may be needed to protect young people from forced marriages
While Irish society is becoming increasingly diverse and the Constitution attaches great significance to equality, the rights of children and the institution of marriage, there are no laws addressing the question of forced marriages or marriages of a type where there is "no real consent", Mr Justice John MacMenamin ...
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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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