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Apple has deep roots in Ireland but does not like to talk about it
Staff leaving the Apple factory at Hollyhill, Cork in January 1999 after 500 job losses were announced at the plant. Photograph: Mark Kelleher/News ...
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Irish man charged over 1982 bomb attack
(8 mins ago) Prosecutors have charged an Irish man with four murders stemming from a bomb attack in Hyde Park on July 20, 1982. The attack killed four members of the Royal Household Cavalry as they travelled from their barracks to Buckingham Palace during a time of political violence related to the conflict in Northern Ireland, AP reports. Prosecutors said Wednesday that Anthony Downey, 61, ...
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Ireland calls for global clampdown on aggressive tax planning
DUBLIN (Reuters) - The international community needs to work together to stop large multinationals aggressively playing one country's tax code off against another, Ireland's Minister for Enterprise said on Wednesday."They play the tax codes one against the other, that is tax planning and I think we do need international cooperation through the OECD to deal with the aggressive ...
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Dubais D BarGrill serves a fine Irish fare
The Irish are famed for their hospitality and the D Bar&Grill confirms that they now export it, too. The lively atmosphere in McGettigan's Irish pub downstairs was shut out as we climbed the softly carpeted, wrought-iron and oak spiral staircase, complete with a beautifully twinkling chandelier, into the world of Irish fine dining. What a treat awaited us. No attention to detail has ...
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Tyrones ONeill ruled out for Donegal clash
Karl Lacey speaks to Damien O'Meara ahead of the Ulster quarer-final Tyrone’s Ronan O’Neill has been ruled out of Sunday’s Ulster SFC quarter-final against Donegal due to a hamstring strain. The 20-year-old attacker, who missed most of last season with a cruciate injury, damaged the hamstring in training. Meanwhile, midfielder Aidan Cassidy, who has been sidelined ...
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€8m fuel laundering plant found in Monaghan
A forklift, six vehicles and other equipment were seized. Some seven tonnes of toxic waste - the by-product of the laundering process - were also ...
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Humanist Funerals Thrive In Post-Catholic Ireland
By Paresh Dave Religion News Service DUBLIN (RNS) Patricia Wojnar left a 32-year career in interior design to pursue a degree that wasn't in demand: a master's in bereavement studies. Having seen four family members die early, she wanted to understand how to adapt. As it turned out, the degree perfectly prepared her to enter one of Ireland's emerging professions. Wojnar is ...
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Britvic to create combined UK and Irish unit
British soft drinks maker Britvic will close two factories and a warehouse and roll out the Fruit Shoot brand in India as part of a new strategy announced with its interim results. Proposals to deliver annual savings of £30m sterling include closing two factories in Britain and a warehouse in Northern Ireland. It will also create a combined British and Irish business unit under a single ...
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Carroll pulls out of Ireland clash
Liverpool striker Andy Carroll has been ruled out of England's friendlies against Republic of Ireland and Brazil due to a foot injury. The English Football Association confirmed the news in a statement last night, stating that no replacement is being called up by manager Roy Hodgson at the present time. "Andy Carroll has been ruled out of the England squad for the upcoming ...
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Verdict expected in Tipperary rape trial
A verdict is expected in the trial of a man accused of raping a woman at a Tipperary house.The woman has given evidence during the hearing that she understood she was going with the man to do a cleaning job. The accused man admitted having sex with the then 23-year-old woman at the house but told gardai it was consensual.He said that the woman had not shown any fear.It is alleged she was raped ...
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Focus on Irish tax laws as Kenny heads for Brussels
Ireland's tax laws will come under the spotlight again today when the Taoiseach attends a European Council meeting in Brussels.The talks follow the publication yesterday of a report by the US Senate which claims that Ireland's tax laws enabled the tech giant Apple to avoid paying billions of dollars in tax.Enda Kenny denied the claim in the Dil and said that Ireland doesn't ...
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Press Digest - Ireland - May 22
Wed May 22, 2013 2:40am EDT These are some of the leading stories in Ireland's newspapers on Wednesday. Reuters has not verified these stories and cannot vouch for their accuracy: THE IRISH TIMES - Ireland's reputation took a battering at a high-profile U.S. Senate hearing on Tuesday where the country was labeled a "tax haven" in an investigation into the offshore tax practices ...
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Significant changes set out in revised Croke Park II accord
Brendan Howlin, Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, turns away from his press briefing on the LRC negotiations on Croke Park at Government Buildings ,yesterday.Photograph: Cyril Byrne/The Irish ...
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Irish truck driver laid to rest two years after he disappeared
St. John the Baptist in Cashel, asked God to give his family justice, Herald.ie reported. "He has given the last two years on his own and now, finally, he's back where he belongs," Michelle Ryan said. Ryan, 52, who also worked as a disc jockey under the name Mr. Moonlight, was last seen June 3, 2011. Michelle Ryan told the RTE program "Crimecall" that she found her ...
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Cancer facilities for the young still a scandal
Owen Smith , and others, for better facilities. A decade after I was there, another teenager in my position had to go through all the same obstacles in getting cancer treatment in this ...
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A strategy to stop suicide
More people die by suicide every year than are killed in road traffic incidents. But the quality of services provided to help vulnerable people are dreadfully inadequate and successive governments have failed to prioritise medical and social care. What is particularly disturbing is the high number of young men who take their own lives and the role that mental health issues, along with alcohol ...
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Even Before Apple Tax Breaks Irelands Policy Had Its Critics
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Ireland Defends Tax Laws to Critics at Home and Abroad
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Almost 1m pay local property tax
The Revenue Commissioners are encouraging those who have yet to pay to file as soon as possible by logging on to revenue.ie, where their property ID number and PIN will be ...
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Government to tackle hospital waiting lists with €18m ‘intervention’ teams
The Department of Health yesterday announced plans for expert groups to carry out "interventions" in five hospitals around the country after figures were published showing significant leaps in patients' waiting times since the beginning of the ...
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Former Labour TD to stand in for press secretary
Ms Madden, a former 98fm and Newstalk journalist, was appointed deputy government press secretary on the nomination of Labour in April 2011, having previously worked for the party in a media advisory ...
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Banks’ pay savings proposals examined
He said it was not possible at this stage to reveal precise details of the savings, from 6 to 10 per cent, bar what had been put in the public ...
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The paradox of a running legend
If doctors ever get to dissect Jim McNamara's heart, they may discover that, like that of many great athletes, it's unusually large. But it would be no surprise if they also find a mysterious black stripe running across it, ...
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Revised proposals more than ‘tweaks’ to rejected deal
The revised Croke Park II proposals do not just represent a "tweaking" of the deal rejected last month. Neither are they a whole new blueprint for reducing the State's paybill drawn up on a blank sheet of ...
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Coillte harvesting rights protest walks planned
People Before Profit TD Richard Boyd Barrett during a protest earlier this year against the sale of Coillte harvesting rights. He said it was clear that people cared about the sale of the country's natural resources. Photograph: Brenda ...
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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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