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Six upcapped in Ireland rugby squad for USA Canada tour
DUBLIN (AFP) - Rory Best has been named as Ireland captain for his country's tour to the United States and Canada after failing to make the British and Irish Lions squad.Best was expected to be in action for the Lions in Australia later this year, but he was left out by head coach Warren Gatland in favour of England's Dylan Hartley.Instead, the Ulster hooker leads a 28-man Ireland ...
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Kenny says boycotting Cardinal entitled to his opinion
Taoiseach Enda Kenny vists a memorial in Copley Square near the finish line of the Boston Marathon to lay flowers with Boston Police Commissioner Ed Davis. Photograph: Dominick ...
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Kenny backs Shatter over use of information on Wallace
Garda Commissioner Martin Callinan and the Justice Minister Alan Shatter attend a memorial service for Gardai killed in the line of duty at Dublin Gardens, Dublin Castle on Saturday. Photograph: Niall Carson/PA ...
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Kenny lays wreath of Boston victims
Boston College .He has also been invited to give the commencement address to over 3,000 students of the graduating class of 2013.The event, which marks the 150th anniversary of Boston College, will take place in the college football stadium, with an attendance of over ...
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Taoiseach lays flowers in memory of Boston marathon blast victims
Taoiseach Enda Kenny visited a memorial in Copley Square near the finish line of the Boston marathon to lay flowers with Boston Police Commissioner Ed Davis today. Photograph: Dominick ...
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Rory Best to lead Ireland on tour
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger hailed his current squad as one of the best he has ever assembled after they sealed Champions League football with a 1-0 victory at Newcastle on the final day of the Barclays Premier League ...
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Where else but Northern Ireland would a killer on a school board even be mooted as a possibility
The Brits have always been sending their experts to Northern Ireland to show the locals how to do their job. The G8 summit is going to have 3,600 of the boys and girls in blue arriving from the mainland in a month's time to teach the Police Service of Northern Ireland - ...
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Westmeath coast past Carlow to book Dublin date
Westmeath appeared to be operating within themselves in Cusack Park this afternoon but they still had way too much for a lacklustre Carlow outfit that was far too reliant on Brendan Murphy at full-forward, eventually winning their Leinster Senior Football Championship tie by 3-15 to 1-10. A scrappy goal from Seán Gannon after ten minutes kept Carlow in touch in the early stages but two ...
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Man arrested after fatal Kildare road crash
A man has been arrested following a fatal road crash in Co Kildare. Gardaí said a cyclist aged in his 80s died after he was struck by a car on the Dublin Road in Clane at around 2pm. The man’s body was removed to Naas General Hospital where a post mortem examination is due to take place. The driver of the car, who is in his 20s, was arrested at the scene on suspicion of drink ...
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Three charged in retail theft investigation
Three people appeared before a special sitting of Gorey District Court last night charged in connection with a number of thefts from retail outlets in the southeast in recent months. Two women, aged in their 50s and late teens, and a man in his late teens were arrested in Carlow town earlier in the day. They were detained after two houses in the town were searched and property worth in excess ...
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Driver arrested after cyclist killed in Co Kildare
The driver of the car was arrested at the scene for drink driving and was taken to Naas Garda station, where he is being detained under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act ...
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Doubts over achieving savings target in 2013
Minister of State Brian Hayes has indicated that all of the €300 million in savings from the public service being sought for 2013 may not be reached this year under proposals currently being examined at the Labour Relations Commission. He said the big objective was to get savings of €1bn euro between now and 2015. Mr Hayes said negotiators are now looking at alternative plans which ...
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Kiss to stay on under Schmidt
Les Kiss has confirmed that he will be a permanent member of Joe Schmidt's Ireland coaching staff after the upcoming tour to North America. Kiss is Ireland's caretaker coach for next month's Tests against the United States and Canada, but until Sunday's squad announcement his future beyond that was in question.However, he will be Ireland's defence when Leinster boss ...
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Boyband hopefuls sing for chance at pop stardom
"It matters what they look like because very rarely, in my opinion, do you come across (a pop star) who's big, heavy, overweight, bad looking it's a tough business in that regard," Mr McAnally ...
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Croke Park savings target of €300 million ‘may not be achieved’
Minister of State Brian Hayes said the Government's target of achieving EUR300 million in savings on the public service pay and pensions bill this year was still an ambition. Photograph : Matt Kavanagh/The Irish ...
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Courts to take shorter holidays in effort to cut delays
Chief Justice Mrs Susan Denham has announced that the Supreme Court and Court of Criminal Appeal will sit in September this year in an effort to reduce a backlog of cases. Photograph: Cyril Byrne/The Irish ...
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Campaigners call for reopening of memorial park in Dublin
Campaigners have demanded the reopening of a memorial park to Irish patriots which was closed just a year after tens of thousands of euro in public money was poured into upgrading it.The Croppies Acre in central Dublin - described as "sacred ground" - has turned into a no-go zone because authorities say they can't cope with drugs users and dirty syringes that litter the historical ...
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Bruton defends Shatter in penalty points row
Minister for Jobs Richard Bruton has said there is public interest in knowing that those who are accusing gardaí of widespread corruption are beneficiaries of a system they said was corrupt. His remarks follow calls for Minister for Justice Alan Shatter to resign over comments he made about Independent TD Mick Wallace on RTÉ's Prime Time last week. Mr Shatter said he had ...
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Best to skipper Ireland
Ulster hooker Rory Best will captain Ireland's 28-man squad for next month's tour to the United States and Canada. Best, who missed out on selection to the British and Irish Lions squad, leads a squad which includes six uncapped players in Connacht scrum-half Kieran Marmion, Ulster and Ireland U20 centre Stuart Olding, Connacht full-back Robbie Henshaw, Leinster tighthead prop Jamie ...
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Best to skipper Ireland
Ulster hooker Rory Best will captain Ireland's 28-man squad for next month's tour to the United States and Canada. Best, who missed out on selection to the British and Irish Lions squad, leads a squad which includes six uncapped players in Connacht scrum-half Kieran Marmion, Ulster and Ireland U20 centre Stuart Olding, Connacht full-back Robbie Henshaw, Leinster tighthead prop Jamie ...
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Six Uncapped Players Get Ireland Opportunity
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Ireland name Olding for summer tour
Ulster's Stuart Olding is among six uncapped players named in a Rory Best-captained Ireland squad for next month's North American tour. The other uncapped men are Jamie Hagan, Robbie Henshaw, Kieran Marmion, Tommy O'Donnell and Mike Sherry. Ulster backs Darren Cave, Paddy Jackson, Paul Marshall and Andrew Trimble are named in the 28-man squad. Other Ulster players Tom ...
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Rugby-Six uncapped players get Ireland opportunity
Mike Sherry . Ireland, who will be led by interim boss Les Kiss before new coach Joe Schmidt takes fulltime charge, face the United States on June 8 and Canada on June 15. Ireland - Rory Best, Isaac Boss, Darren Cave, Tom ...
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Study finds fall in underage drinking numbers
The Alcohol Beverage Federation of Ireland has said Irish teenagers are now consuming less alcohol.New figures, from the Revenue Commissioners, show that alcohol volumes also dropped by 4.4% in the past year.The group's Director, Kathryn D'Arcy, said the idea that all Irish people drink to excess is no longer the case. The average consumption of alcohol in Ireland has reduced by 20% in ...
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Paddy Power to refund all bets on Irelands Eurovision entry
Paddy Power are today refunding all win and each way singles to customers who backed Ireland's Ryan Dolan for last night's Eurovision.The Tyrone singer finished rock bottom last night and the bookmaker has made the decision to refund more than EUR15,000 to the disappointed punters who backed him.A Paddy Power spokesperson said: "Ryan genuinely didn't deserve to finish last, ...
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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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