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Watch This Irish Woman Freak Out While “Riding” A Virtual Roller Coaster
It’s apparent once again that virtual reality has finally reached the point to where it actually feels pretty real. Now we might not be so far away from a Lawnmower Man-like future. ...
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Man held following €1.7m drugs haul
A man has been arrested in Dublin after a major drugs haul worth EUR1.7m.Garda searched a house on The Strand, Donabate yesterday and recovered almost EUR1m worth of ecstasy and EUR700,000 in cannabis herb.A 36-year-old man is being questioned at Mountjoy Garda ...
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Shatter made two attempts at breathalyser Taoiseach says
Alan Shatter made two attempts to complete a breathalyser test when he was stopped at a Garda checkpoint some four years ago, Taoiseach Enda Kenny revealed ...
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Government warns teachers’ pay will be cut if deal is rejected
Taoiseach Enda Kenny warned that those teachers' unions which had not agreed to the Haddington Road proposals would be subject to the legislation which will go before the Oireachtas next week. Photograph: Yorgos ...
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Aide Obama Putin to meet twice over security missile defense
Barack Obama will meet twice in the next four months, a Kremlin aide said Friday. Yury Ushakov said the first meeting would in June during the Group of Eight summit in Northern Ireland and the second will take place before the Group of 20 meeting in Russia in September, RIA Novosti reported. The meetings are expected to discuss proposals by Putin that were presented in a letter to Obama ...
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Ireland would consider Pakistan tour
Pakistan has not hosted international cricket since the attack on the Sri Lanka team bus in 2009 and Deutrom believes it is important that "the door remains open" for countries to tour ...
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What’s on this weekend
This year's writer's weekend takes place in Doolin Hotel. It is packed with workshops for poetry, songwriting, getting published and sports writing as well as talks and seminars by writers Colette Caddle, Terri Hooley, Peter Sheridan and Eddie Stack. Prices for workshops are around EUR25 and there are trad sessions and music throughout the weekend with free ...
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McGrath not satisfied with Shatters response
Independent TD Mattie McGrath is still questioning whether the Minister for Justice was stopped at a Garda checkpoint in 2011. The Tipperary Deputy asked in the Dil yesterday whether Alan Shatter provided a breath sample after being stopped between the general election of that year and being appointment to Cabinet weeks later. The Minister admitted last night that he was stopped in either 2008 ...
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Varadkar Teachers can strike if they want but cuts will be introduced July 1
The Transport Minister said that teachers will have to face legislated pay cuts, if they do not accept the Haddington Road Agreement.The TUI and the ASTI have both indicated they will reject the latest agreement, because they say it is too similar to the Croke Park II deal.Legislation will be brought before the Dil next week, which will give effect to public sector pay cuts and a freeze on ...
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€110m recommended for Aer Lingus pension scheme
The Labour Court has recommended that Aer Lingus inject a once-off lump sum of €110 million to help plug the €750 million deficit in the joint Aer Lingus/DAA pension scheme. The recommendation is aimed at resolving a long-standing row over how the pension entitlements of Aer Lingus pensioners, employees and former employees can be best protected as the pension fund is no longer ...
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Belfast care home fall had role in pensioner death
Losing one of three connections from Belfast to Gatwick Airport is a "major disappointment" which could affect prices for passengers, an industry insider has ...
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Government repeats threat to slash wages if unions reject pay deal
Minister for Education Ruair Quinn said today that opponents of the Haddington Road deal had to be respected. Photograph: Alan Betson/The Irish ...
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VIDEO Ireland and Pakistan in dramatic tie
tied with Pakistan in Dublin on Thursday. Pakistan had appeared in full control when Mohammad Hafeez's fifth ODI century helped them to 266-5 - a total bumped up to 275 on the Duckworth-Lewis method after three overs were lost to rain. But a Paul Stirling century put Ireland in contention and the tie was secured when Kevin O'Brien swept the final ball from Saeed Ajmal to the ...
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Kenny blasts political opportunism amid Shatter controversy
The Taoiseach has pledged his support for the Justice Minister.Alan Shatter is to face a Fianna Fil motion of no confidence in the Dil next week as the controversy over his breathalyser continues. Enda Kenny has revealed this evening that the Minister made two attempts to blow into the bag when he was stopped at a garda checkpoint sometime in 2008 or 2009. Alan Shatter said that he could not ...
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Three charged in connection with Dublin burglaries
Three men are due in court this afternoon, in connection with a series of burglaries around Dublin, in areas like Blackrock and Dun Laoghaire.They were arrested during planned searches yesterday.Garda also recovered goods believed to have been stolen, including jewelry, watches, locksmiths tools and foreign currency.Garda have said that the three men have been charged, and are due to appear in ...
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Less than five days to pay property tax
Members of the public have less than five days to pay the local property tax The Revenue Commissioners has issued a reminder to people who have yet to pay the charge ahead of next Tuesday's deadline.Over 1.1 million completed tax returns have been filed to date.Those who have not received a return are still liable for the tax. People are being reminded that they can file their returns by ...
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BBC sorry for question time gaffe
The BBC has apologised for a Question Time production gaffe that saw a Stormont minister labelled as being a member of "Sinn Fein/IRA".Sinn Fein Education Minister John O'Dowd, who was a panelist on last night's show in Belfast, was referred to by the term in a seating plan.The title directly linking the republican party to the paramilitary organisation has long been used in ...
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BT Ireland reports 4 rise in revenue in 201213
UK-based BT group has announced the reports for its all-Ireland operation for the financial year ending 31 March 2013, noting that rising demand for its fibre broadband and networked IT services helped boost the carrier's performance in Northern Ireland. Revenue for the period under review increased by 4% year-on-year ...
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Health Minister awaits HSE creche report
Minister for Health James Reilly has expressed concern about issues raised in a planned RTÉ Prime Time programme on creches. He said Minister for Children Frances Fitzgerald was also concerned. Mr Reilly said he would be watching the issue closely and awaited the report from the Health Service ...
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Alan Shatter faces motion of no confidence
Fianna Fáil has put down a motion of no confidence in Minister for Justice Alan Shatter over the garda discretion controversy. The motion will be taken in private members' time on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings. The party’s Justice spokesperson Niall Collins said Mr Shatter still has questions to answer about his conduct during the penalty points row. Speaking on ...
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65 of patients unaware of complaints procedure
2011 National Acute Inpatient Study for the Irish Society for Quality & Safety in Healthcare (ISQSH) shows that 65% of respondents were unaware of the complaints procedure in the hospital. It found that 18% wanted to make a complaint but over a third of those did not do so, with many feeling they did not have the ...
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Garda to stand trial over claims of forged letter
A garda is to stand trial accused of using a forged letter purporting to be from the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions in connection with a criminal investigation. Catherine McGowan, 46, who is attached to a Co Wicklow garda station, appeared at Dublin District Court this morning. She is charged with using a false instrument at Bray Garda Station in Co Wicklow on 21 June, 2011. ...
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BBC apologises over Question Time seating plan
The BBC has apologised for a Question Time production note that saw a Stormont minister labelled as being a member of "Sinn Fein/IRA". Sinn Fein Education Minister John O'Dowd, who was a panelist on last night's show in Belfast, was referred to by the term in a seating plan. The BBC said the seating plan, which was attached to a camera in the studio, was written by a ...
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Wexford man granted stay in farm machinery case
A Co Wexford man who was ordered by the High Court to hand over farm machinery purchased with an elderly woman's money has been granted a one week stay on the order. The man, whose aunt is a ward of court, was found by the High Court to have used almost €1 million of her money. Earlier, this month the High Court made orders forcing him to hand over property including farm machinery ...
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Irish-US entrepreneur George Moore dies
Co Louth-born entrepreneur and philanthropist George Moore has died in Virginia in the US at the age of 60. Just last year he was named by Enterprise Ireland as the agency's start-up ambassador to the US. The successful business man sold his company TargusInfo in 2011 to Neustar for $580 million. Moore was a board member of the Ireland America Economic Advisory Board and the New Ireland ...
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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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