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Plans welcomed for diverse Easter Rising centenary commemoration
There was sharp criticism of the manner in which the State marked the 50th anniversary of the Easter Rising in 1966 during a debate on centenary ...
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Burton to make births deaths and marriages accessible online for first time
Details of births, deaths and marriages will be accessible online for the first time as a result of legislative changes introduced by Minister for Social Protection Joan ...
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Only political insiders would mourn the passing of the Seanad
The Dil chamber. "A reformed Dil both can and should perform all of the roles of the Seanad more effectively and more cheaply." Photograph: Alan ...
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Call for Government to act on obesity crisis
There is "no point" in the Government spending money on treating chronic illnesses without tackling the obesity epidemic underlying these health problems, a scientific conference has been ...
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Government still obliged to cut public pay bill by €300 million this year says troika
The troika has said the Government remains obliged to cut the public pay bill by EUR300 million this year, an intervention which follows indications that the revised Croke Park II deal will fall short of target by up to EUR20 ...
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€4m granite revamp of Grafton Street paving to begin in weeks
Work to replace the paving on Grafton Street is to begin within weeks at a cost of EUR4 million. The red brick surface is to be replaced with more durable granite ...
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Caesarean rate higher in private care
Elective Caesarean sections are far more common among pregnant women who attend private consultants than among mothers delivering in the public health ...
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New equality watchdog members appeal for funds and staff
Prof Siobhan Mullally, who spoke on behalf of the people appointed to the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission. Photograph: Alan ...
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Mobile phone companies could be ordered to shut down networks for security threats
The Dil has granted the Minister for Justice powers to order mobile phone companies to shut down parts, and where necessary, all of their networks across the State in the event of a security ...
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Gilmore goes out on a Labour limbo for Shatter
Tnaiste Eamon Gilmore was standing in yesterday for the Taoiseach, who was in Brussels explaining that an Apple a day helps the multinationals stay. Photograph: Dara Mac ...
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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 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 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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UPDATE 2-Ireland says will not be U.S. whipping boy on tax
Wed May 22, 2013 3:52pm EDT * Irish government calls Senate report "wrong and misleading" * Ireland forced to defend tax system for second day * Minister calls for clampdown on multinational tax planning By Carmel Crimmins and Padraic Halpin DUBLIN, May 22 (Reuters) - Ireland's finance minister said the country would not be the "whipping boy" for what he called a flawed U.S. ...
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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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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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