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Suspect killed in Orlando has confessed to 2011 triple murders says FBI
NEW YORK A Chechen acquaintance of dead Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev has confessed to slashing the throats of three people in a 2011 gruesome triple murder, federal law enforcement officials have said. Ibragim Todashev, who made the confession, was killed early Wednesday during a confrontation with the FBI and Massachusetts State Police in Orlando, Florida, a federal law ...
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Irish research projects to get financial help from government
The Irish government is to provide nearly 7 million euros in funding for scores of research grant. Ireland's Minister for Research and Innovation, Sean Sherlock, made the announcement on Thursday. The minister said 6.9 million euro would be put up through SFI's Technology Innovation Development Award (TIDA) programme, in conjunction with Enterprise Ireland, to cover 62 research awards. ...
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Irish biotech firm Elan rejects revised Royalty Pharma bid
DUBLIN/ WASHINGTON Ireland-based biotechnology firm Elan Thursday rejected Royalty Pharma's increased $6.4 billion takeover bid, shortly after the U.S. firm cut the acceptance bar for its latest offer to 50 percent plus one share. Royalty raised its hostile cash bid to $12.50 per share on Monday, from $11.25 previously, but made the new offer conditional on Elan shareholders rejecting, at a ...
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IMF warns UK against continuing austerity programme
LONDON - In a critique of the United Kingdom's austerity programme, the International Monetary Fund Wednesday urged the Europe's third largest economy to rebalance the policy to make the transition to a high-investment and more export-oriented economy. "The UK could boost growth by bringing forward measures already included in its fiscal plan, such as spending on infrastructure and job ...
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Christian Brothers to pay millions of dollars to abuse victims in US and Canada
The law firm that represented 92 of those affected said the settlement would still allow abuse survivors to continue legal actions. Photograph: Getty ...
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Shatter to face breath test incident questions
Alan Shatter will face further searching questions from political opponents after he confirmed yesterday he failed to complete a breathalyser test because of an asthmatic condition when returning home from the Dil some five years ...
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Eucharist is not an ace card to be dealt in debate
Episcopal Ordination of Eamon Martin as Coadjutor Archbishop of Armagh by Cardinal Sen Brady at Saint Patrick's Cathedral, Armagh, last month. "Archbishop Martin would appear to be operating with a 19th century devotional understanding of the Eucharist that is both private and personal." Photographer: Dara Mac ...
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Taoiseach heavily criticised for meeting tobacco lobby
Ash Ireland, the anti-smoking group, said it was surprised the Taoiseach had met the industry chiefs. Photograph: Daniel Acker/Bloomberg ...
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Many parents supportive of Dublin creche despite mistreatment allegations
Parents arriving to collect children from the Giraffe creche at Belarmine in south Dublin yesterday largely spoke well of the childcare centre ...
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Largest social housing scheme built this year opens in Dublin
Torikiat (12), Sophiat (4), Amin (6), Qayyum (10) and Aminat (10) Adele near their home in the Avondale Park Housing Co-Operative development which was officially opened yesterday. Photograph: Bryan ...
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Seanad Harte calls for urgent cross-Border initiative against diesel laundering
Mr Harte said he knew of a case in Donegal where the garage owner was convicted but the garage continued to operate and everyone knew where the diesel was being ...
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Big cuts in top public service pensions
Brendan Howlin: told the Dil the legislation will provide a facility for unions to conclude collective agreements with their public service employers. Photograph: Gareth Chaney ...
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Disclosure of minor traffic occurrence involving Wallace highly improper says leading academic
Ireland's leading legal authority on policing has contended the Minister for Justice and the Garda Commissioner acted highly improperly in "playing politics" with the minor traffic "ticking-off" of Independent ...
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Snore app can provide wake-up call for sleep apnoea
Prof Kevin McGuigan at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland is developing a phone and laptop app that can record and analyse your sleep sounds and predict whether you have a form of snoring called sleep ...
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Strike fears grow as teachers reject pay proposals
ASTI general secretary Pat King said key reasons behind the emphatic rejection of Croke Park II by teachers remained part of the Haddington Road ...
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Haddington Road agreement will save €1 billion by 2015 Howlin says
Minister says Government’s objective was to maintain Croke Park II deal’s productivity elements and achieve targeted savings in pay and ...
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Creches suspend staff over conduct
The Giraffe Childcare and Early learning Centre, Belarmine, near Stepaside, Dublin. It said "clear evidence of inappropriate conduct in caring for young children by a particular staff member, who has already been suspended" had been uncovered and filmed during an investigation by an undercover ...
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Siptu urges members to accept revised Croke Park deal
Impact general secretary Shay Cody said revised deal contained improved proposals, including ring-fenced flexitime and work-sharing arrangements. Photograph: Dylan ...
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Stolen cables cost Eircom €600000
Criminal gangs, some using cherry-pickers and other heavy machinery, stole more than 37,000m of telephone cable from Eircom's live network last year, costing the company nearly EUR600,000 to ...
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Shatter’s disclosure about Wallace rebounds on Minister with a vengeance
Alan Shatter decided to disclose an obscure occurrence involving Independent TD Mick Wallace and a garda, he should have known it would give his political opponents carte blanche to trawl the files to dig up any historical embarrassment of his ...
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Robinson and McGuinness stoutly defend the value of foreign investment trips
Mr Robinson suggested at a briefing for journalists at Stormont Castle yesterday that some of the coverage attempted "to demean Northern Ireland's political leaders by asking them to take a tent and go into a park . . ." Credibility "You take away your own credibility by suggesting that the leaders of a country should go economy class and go into two-star hotels," he ...
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Kenny identifies accord with troika as essential during trip to Athens
Greek prime minister Antonis Samaras and Taoiseach Enda Kenny during a meeting in Athens on Thursday. Photograph: Yorgos ...
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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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Dublin Race Series Is Ideal Prelude To Marathon
23 May 2013 It is time now for all intending participants to be thinking of entering the Dublin Race Series, the four events that are perfect stepping stones to the Dublin Marathon in ...
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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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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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