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Men and the art of car-wheel maintenance
Indeed, on a website I occasionally check for advice - The Art of Manliness, it's called - there is a lively discussion of this subject, with strong opinions on such sub-topics as whether you should mount your car on breeze blocks during the operation. Some contributors raise quibbling objections, eg that the car may slip off and kill you. But for the more hardline men, this would be ...
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Family Day presents chance to show all families are perfect it there is love
Paula Lonergan , of Family Day, now in its third year. "It's an opportunity for people going through difficult times to say it doesn't matter if you are a two-parent, a one-parent or a same-sex family, all families are perfect if there's love and support . . . I hope that doesn't sound too ...
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Super Simon Coveney earns the plaudits for marathon talks on fishing deal
Spain's Agriculture Minister Miguel Arias Canete (left) talks Simon Coveney at the start of an EU Agriculture and Fisheries Council at the EU Council in Brussels on Monday. Photograph: Geert Vanden ...
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Spectre of suicide haunts proceedings and is set for return
Most but not all of the concerns expressed related to the inclusion in the Bill of the threat of suicide as a reason for allowing a woman to obtain a ...
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Laois and Offaly I take it all back
But what, exactly, is so special about the rocks of Laois and Offaly, apart from their presence in the author's geological bailiwick? Most of Offaly, like much of the midlands, is covered by Lower Carboniferous limestone, and the older red sandstone of the Slieve Bloom uplands, straddling the two counties, takes even more dramatic form down in Cork and Kerry. There is, of course, the ...
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Man on suicide watch in prision found hanged Coroners court hears
There will be no prosecution arising from an incident in which a man accused of murder hanged himself in his cell shortly after a court ...
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Council chief sought two medical personnel
Medical council president Prof Kieran Murphy: not all psychiatrists worked in centres registered by the Mental Health Commission. Photograph: Eric ...
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A spirited rearguard action
Fine Gael politicians have been targeted in a well-organised and highly-orchestrated exercise and a number of TDs have threatened to oppose the legislation. Labour Party politicians are solidly in support. Michel Martin is withholding judgement until he sees the final shape of the Bill while Sinn Fin will impose a supporting whip. As happened with legislation dealing with contraception, divorce ...
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Nobody can say risk of suicide will never occur Oireachtas health committee hears
Suicide risk will be included in abortion legislation because it would be impossible to say such a situation could never arise, the State's chief medical officer has ...
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Government likely to face pressure to modify draft abortion Bill
The Government is likely to come under increased pressure to modify proposed legislation for abortion in cases of a threat of suicide after the master of one of the State's biggest maternity hospitals expressed concerns about its ...
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Dubliner on a royal mission in Cuba 250 years ago
Brigadier general Alexander O'Reilly, the Dubliner who had quit his country and joined the Flight of the Wild Geese, had a great deal to do on a day like this in Havana 250 years ago this ...
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Shatter defends disclosing Wallace Garda information
Minister for Justice Alan Shatter has defended stating publicly that Independent TD Mick Wallace escaped penalty points despite accusations that he abused Garda information for political ...
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Voices at the hearings
Master of the Rotunda Hospital Dr Sam Coulter Smyth arrives for the public hearings on the Heads of the Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013 at Leinster House yesterday. Photograph: Gareth ...
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Taoiseach sets priorities for final weeks of Ireland’s EU presidency
Warning that the creation of jobs depended on swift action by EU leaders, the Taoiseach has appealed to his counterparts in Paris, Berlin, London and elsewhere for help to advance initiatives to boost growth and ...
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Promise of extra staff and need for fewer documents to process student grants
Additional staffing to deal with student grant applications and reduced documentation requirements were promised yesterday after publication of a report into the serious delays which had caused hardship and uncertainty for many students left without ...
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Tour Clarifies World Cup Role for Northern Ireland
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. ...
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Irish teachers back strike call if government cuts pay
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Irish primary school teachers overwhelmingly backed a call to strike if the government unilaterally cuts their pay, but their trade union leaders will first rejoin fresh talks aimed at finding a compromise. Public sector workers last month rejected extending a three-year-old pay deal, upsetting government plans to make deeper budget cuts and raising the threat of strikes in a ...
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Irish President meets UAE ambassador
WAM DUBLIN, May 17th, 2013 (WAM) -- President of Ireland Michael D Higgins has met the UAE Ambassador to Ireland, Khalid Nasser Rashid Lootah on the sidelines of the annual forum of the 'International Charity Bazaar 2013' in Dublin. The event is held under the patronage of the Irish president and organisation and support of all foreign embassies accredited to Dublin. Proceeds will ...
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PSNI finds suspect bomb at site of gun attack
Members of the PSNI had been lured to the Foxes Glen area of west Belfast with false reports of a burglary and were fired at on arrival. Nobody was injured and a 26-year-old man was subsequently ...
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Council responds as man found dead in flat after five weeks
Dublin City Council has said it provides a liaison service to a residential complex in which a man was found dead after five weeks alone in his flat, but that a number of tenants do not use it. A statement from the local authority did not clarify whether Brian Corr (62) had himself availed of the service. Mr Corr's body was found by garda on May 7th following concerns from neighbours at ...
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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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