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How Genomics Solved The Mystery Of Irelands Great Famine
This illustration from 1846 shows a starving boy and girl raking the ground for potatoes during the Irish potato famine, which began in the ...
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Liquidator saves the day for wedding couple
The unidentified couple's wedding reception will be able to proceed at Ballykisteen Hotel and Golf Resort, following the appointment of a provisional liquidator to the hotel. Photograph: Bryan O'Brien/The Irish ...
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Gilmore defends Shatter in penalty points controversy
Alan Shatter about Independent TD Mick Wallace, Mr Gilmore also insisted he had confidence in the Minister, in the Garda Commissioner and the Garda ...
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Obesity costing Irish economy more than €1bn per year
Leading health experts say obesity is costing the Irish economy more than EUR1bn every year. That is according to data being examined at a conference at the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland in Dublin today. More than 60% of Irish people are now overweight or obese, an issue delegates say is causing a number of diseases including diabetes, heart disease and multiple types of cancer. Dr Anne ...
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British defense secretary arrives in Mali
British Defense Secretary Phillip Hammond said he's seen key improvements in the ability of Malian forces to take on Islamic militants. Hammond arrived in Mali to visit British forces deployed to help Malian forces ensure territorial integrity from threats by foreign rebels and al-Qaida fighters. Nomadic fighters and al-Qaida militants took control over parts of Mali after a 2012 coup. ...
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Dublin outstrips regions for quality of life
Central Statistics Office . The capital has the highest disposable income per person, the greatest rates of 3rd level educational success, the lowest rates of Medical Card ownership, the highest average house prices and the most extensive reach of domestic broadband internet services. Dublin also has among the lowest rates of unoccupied housing, the highest proportion of people in the upper ...
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Men held over murder of ex-garda released
Two men arrested in relation to the murder of a former Garda have been released without charge. The men, both in their 30s, were arrested on Monday in connection with the murder of former ...
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Search ends at home of murdered former garda in Cavan
Meanwhile two men in their 30s remain in custody at Carrickmacross Garda station after being arrested yesterday where they face questions about Mr Kerins' murder. A number of searches are now taking place in the Baileborough area in connection with the ...
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Prosecutors charge Irish man with 4 murders stemming from 1982 Hyde Park bombing
LONDON - 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. Prosecutors said Wednesday that Anthony Downey, 61, has been charged ...
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Ireland feels the heat from Apple tax row
Reuters © 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. Ireland said on May 21, 2013 it was not to blame for Apple Inc's low global tax payments after the U.S. Senate said the company paid little or nothing on tens of billions of dollars in profits stashed in Irish subsidiaries. ...
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Globe picks Ireland’s Nasctech to optimise enhance network
Filipino operator Globe Telecom, backed by the Ayala Group, has selected Irish firm Nasc Technologies (Nasctech) to optimise and enhance the efficiency of its recently ...
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Ireland Factory-gate Inflation Accelerates In April
Output prices in the Irish manufacturing sector rose at the strongest pace in five month during April, data released by the Central Statistics Office showed Wednesday. Factory-gate prices rose 1.9 percent year-on-year, following 1.1 percent rise in the previous month. The latest increase was the biggest since November, when output prices grew 2.7 percent. Month-on-month, output prices in the ...
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Abortion legislation incompatible with human rights values says Binchy
William Binchy: the Government "falsely claims that it is bound to take this step because of the judgment of the European Court of Human Rights, whereas, in fact, the judgment merely requires clarity in our law.'' Photograph: Brenda ...
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Irish Life sale boosts merger figures
The sale of Irish Life by the government helped push the value of mergers and acquisitions in Ireland over the past quarter to its highest level since 2010. The sale of Irish Life for €1.3 billion to Canadian firm Greatwest Lifeco accounted for almost a quarter of the €5.57 billion in deals completed here between January and ...
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ODriscoll rejects RWC possibility
Ireland centre Brian O'Driscoll has rejected speculation that he may extend his international career to the next Rugby World Cup. The 34-year old announced last week that he had signed a new one-year contract with Leinster and the IRFU, seeing O'Driscoll link up with soon-to-be Ireland boss Joe Schmidt at Test level.However in a move to quell speculation about one more further ...
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Why Apple Wound Up In Ireland
Apple was criticized in a Senate hearing Tuesday for using a complex accounting to minimize the corporate taxes it pays. One key piece of the company's tax strategy: It funnels lots of its profits through subsidiaries in Ireland. Offering low corporate tax rates has been a fundamental part of Ireland's economic strategy for decades -- a way to get foreign companies to set up operations ...
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Loyal Orders generate millions of pounds a year for Northern Ireland
The figure includes an estimated 39 million contribution per annum through the provision of facilities - such as around 750 Orange Halls in the region - and the undertaking of community and volunteer work and fundraising, according to the Stormont funded study.The report by consultants RSM McClure Watters said the sector boosts the economy by another 15 million a year through direct expenditure, ...
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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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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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