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Scientists identify the mystery killer behind Irelands potato famine
Starving people searching for potatoes in a stubble field during the Great Famine (1845-1852) which was caused by the failure of the Irish potato crop and British government ...
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Pakistan Ireland tie in Dublin
Pakistan and Ireland played out a thrilling tie in the first one-day international at the Clontarf Cricket Club Ground, Dublin on Thursday.A knock of 84 from Asad Shafiq and Mohammed Afeez's 122 not out set the tone for the tourists, as they posted 266 in an innings reduced to 47 overs by rain.The weather interruption left Ireland needing 276 to win by virtue of the Duckworth-Lewis method, ...
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New faces for Kerry and Tipperary
Young defender Fionn Fitzgerald will make his first Championship start for Kerry when his side take on Tipperary in the Munster GAA Football Championship on Sunday. The Dr Crokes clubman has been rewarded for some impressive displays in the league and is the only new face in a familiar looking Kingdom side. Manager Éamonn Fitzmaurice has named a side which contain 12 members of the team ...
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Staff brought from Spain to Dublin plant are not replacing strikers company says
Staff brought from Spain to a waste-water treatment plant in Co Dublin, where a Siptu strike is under way, have not been brought in to replace strikers, management at the plant said ...
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Call for more restorative justice plans
A restorative programme to help develop conflict resolution skills in west Tallaght in Dublin should be rolled out to all schools in Ireland, former governor of Mountjoy ...
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McGuinness wants deal on parades flags and the past to be in place before Christmas
Martin McGuinness said they want a blueprint to deal with parades, flags and the past by Christmas and they want somebody of the status of former US ...
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With G8 leaders on the way Northern Ireland ramps up security
Amid a perceived triple threat of left-wing protestors, Islamist terrorists, and dissident republican paramilitaries, Northern Ireland is doubling its police force and preparing drones for the ...
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Judge wants Gallagher tape handed over
He faces two charges arising out of an incident on May 13th and May 14th this year. One charge is a threat to kill his brother Donal Gallagher while the second charge is harassing this brother over a period of time spanning both ...
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Two women arrested after cannabis grow house discovered in Monaghan
Garda discovered a grow house during the search of a business unit on the outskirts of Castleblayney as part of a planned operation targeting the sale and supply of drugs in the Monaghan ...
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McGahern’s works characterised by ‘revolutionary disillusionment’
Revolutionary disillusionment is a theme which recurs in much of John McGahern's work and clearly reflected his father's experience both as a Volunteer and in his later life in the Free State, ...
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Teaching unions reject revised proposals to cut public sector pay
The country's largest union, Siptu, has urged its members in the public service to accept revised proposals on reducing the public service pay bill, but the two main teaching unions have said they will be rejecting the ...
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Fodder crisis fuelling increase in carcass collection
The impact of the fodder crisis is taking its toll, with truckloads of dead cattle being delivered this week to one of the west's leading animal collection ...
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Sharp exchanges between Martin and Gilmore over tobacco lobbying
Michel Martin: "The history of the tobacco industry reflects and reveals one of the worst examples of behind-the-scenes lobbying of governments across Europe and the world." Photograph: Alan ...
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Apple paid zero tax in Ireland for 10 years reports
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. ...
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Apple has enjoyed Irish tax holiday since 80s
Apple to defend tax practices at hearing Apple has operated almost tax-free in Ireland since 1980, welcomed by a government keen to bring jobs to what was then one of Europe's poorest countries, former company executives and Irish officials have said. Chief Executive Tim Cook faced criticism from a Senate subcommittee in Washington over the iPad and iPhone maker's tax practices, which ...
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Irelands largest union backs public sector pay deal
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland's largest union on Thursday recommended its members back a revised public sector pay deal in a boost to the government which needs to secure approval to meet budget targets and maintain industrial peace. ...
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Pope Francis Names Irish Priest as Bishop of Kerry
Fr. Raymond Browne To Succeed Bishop William MurphyKERRY, IRELAND, May 03, 2013 (Zenit.org) - Pope Francis has name Fr. Raymond A. Browne, a parish priest in County Roscommon in Ireland, as bishop of the diocese of Kerry. Bishop-elect Browne succeeds Bishop William Murphy, whose resignation was accepted by the Holy Father.During a press conference, Bishop-elect Browne thanked the Holy Father for ...
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Donegal go with familiar XV against Tyrone
Donegal v Tyrone preview Sunday Game. The Donegal team to face Tyrone in Sunday's Ulster Football Championship quarter-final is the exact same XV that started last year's All-Ireland final against Mayo. Key trio and current All Stars, Karl Lacey, Mark McHugh and Frank McGlynn have all recovered from injury setbacks and will line out in Ballybofey. Earlier this week, Lacey ...
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Apples Irish base has paid minimal tax since 1980
Apple has operated almost tax-free in Ireland since 1980, welcomed by a government keen to bring jobs to what was then one of Europe's poorest countries, former company executives and Irish officials have said. CEO Tim Cook faced criticism from a US Senate subcommittee in Washington over Apple's tax practices, which had been shrouded behind tax-exempt Irish-based corporate entities. ...
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Dublin flower club wins medal at Chelsea for second year
A woman with flowers in her blue dyed hair looks at chrysanthemums at the Chelsea Flower Show in London. Photograph: Luke ...
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Government allowed to cut public sector wages under new laws
Labour Relations Commission -- a revised version of the overwhelmingly rejected Croke Park II -- the Government will use the new laws to impose unilateral pay cuts across the public ...
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Motorists in Galway and Donegal face longest waits for NCT appointments
Motorists in Galway and Donegal face the longest wait for an NCT appointment according to recent figures by the Road Safety Authority.Figures show an average wait of 18 days at Clifden in Galway and 17 days in Carndonagh, Donegal.Nationally there is an average 12 day wait for NCT appointments so far this year.Motorists in Dublin have to wait between 11 to 16 days for an NCT appointment while the ...
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Ireland face tough chase
Ireland will chase a victory target of 276 as they bid to beat a full-member nation for the first time in Dublin in the opening RSA Insurance one-day international against Pakistan.Mohammad Hafeez's unbeaten century ensured the tourists defied four rain delays to post a testing target in a match reduced to 47 overs by the weather.Hafeez struck 122 from 113 balls and combined in a 188-run ...
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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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Dublin and Cork are finally linked by motorway
The National Transport authority recently announced to Dublin news media that upgrades to the final stretch of motorway between Cork and Dublin will be opened in 2010, brining to completion a massive infrastructure investment.
The massive upgrade of 250 kilometers of motorway and highway between Dublin and Cork is almost complete, linking the capital with the second largest city in the country. Read more
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