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Elderly man dies in Tipperary crash
The man, his early 80s, was the driver of a car which was in a crash with a truck on the M8 southbound.The crash, in the Raheenrow, happened at around 2am this morning.The man's body was taken to South Tipperary Hospital where a post-mortem examination will be carried out later today.The driver of the truck was ...
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Unesco calls halt to golf development near Giant’s Causeway
Unesco has called for a halt to the development of a controversial 100 million golf resort on Northern Ireland's north coast, it was revealed today. Even though work ...
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Donegal man due in London court in connection with Hyde Park bombings
A Donegal man is due to appear at the Old Bailey in London today charged with the murder of four soldiers in the 1982 IRA bombing in London's Hyde Park.John Downey is accused of being responsible for a car bomb which killed members of the Royal Household Cavalry.The 61-year-old was arrested at Gatwick Airport on ...
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Higgins says parliaments losing power to unaccountable agencies
President Michael D. Higgins has questioned how financial decision-making at a global level has moved away from parliaments to unaccountable ...
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Film star Vince Vaughn brushes up on the history of Northern Irelands murals for his new film
It costs young people in Northern Ireland on average £1,000 to obtain a driving licence, prompting fears they are being driven off the ...
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Garda arrested over allegations she forged documentation from DPP
A member of the Garda has been arrested and was due to appear before the courts this morning over allegations that she forged documentation from the office of ...
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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 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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