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Belfast Lord Mayor’s challenging year
The crisis created by the Union flags dispute gave Belfast’s outgoing Lord Mayor a chance to do more than simply pose for the cameras, Gavin Robinson revealed today. The 28-year-old DUP man, whose east Belfast constituency was marred by some of the worst scenes of violence, admitted that the months of protests had been a challenging but insisted they had not overshadowed his 12 months in ...
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Dublin flower club wins medal at Chelsea for second year
A woman with flowers in her blue dyed hair looks at chrysanthemums at the Chelsea Flower Show in London. Photograph: Luke ...
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Government allowed to cut public sector wages under new laws
Labour Relations Commission -- a revised version of the overwhelmingly rejected Croke Park II -- the Government will use the new laws to impose unilateral pay cuts across the public ...
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Motorists in Galway and Donegal face longest waits for NCT appointments
Motorists in Galway and Donegal face the longest wait for an NCT appointment according to recent figures by the Road Safety Authority.Figures show an average wait of 18 days at Clifden in Galway and 17 days in Carndonagh, Donegal.Nationally there is an average 12 day wait for NCT appointments so far this year.Motorists in Dublin have to wait between 11 to 16 days for an NCT appointment while the ...
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Ireland face tough chase
Ireland will chase a victory target of 276 as they bid to beat a full-member nation for the first time in Dublin in the opening RSA Insurance one-day international against Pakistan.Mohammad Hafeez's unbeaten century ensured the tourists defied four rain delays to post a testing target in a match reduced to 47 overs by the weather.Hafeez struck 122 from 113 balls and combined in a 188-run ...
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Noonan Apple tax claims clearly wrong and misleading
The Finance Minister has said claims that Apple only paid corporation tax of 0.05% on profits here are 'clearly wrong and misleading'. Michael Noonan has told the Dil that multi-nationals are paying 12.5% on their operations here and Ireland is not a tax haven. He said that lower figures being quoted are because the figures are being manipulated."Having examining the document ...
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Shatter unable to provide breath sample to Garda because of asthma
Alan Shatter has issued a statement denying that he was stopped at a Garda checkpoint between the holding of the 2011 General Election and the time he was appointed as Justice Minister. The issue was raised in the Dil by Independent TD Mattie McGrath earlier. However, the Minister has revealed that he was asked for a breath sample when stopped at a mandatory checkpoint in Dublin in either late ...
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Pay cut rules passed into law
New laws allowing the Government to cut public sector workers' pay without their agreement have been published.The legislation was unveiled to coincide with the publication of the revised deal struck with union leaders to slash EUR300m of the state payroll.Should rank-and-file workers reject the plan from the Labour Relations Commission - a revised version of the overwhelmingly rejected ...
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High Court challenge by Hicks sausages director
A director of a well-known sausage-making business has brought High Court proceedings aimed at preventing her husband and mother-in-law from firing her and removing her as a director. The action has been taken by businesswoman Caroline Kerrigan-Hick, who is a director and employee of Dún Laoghaire-based firms that trade as Hick's sausages. She claims as result of asking her husband ...
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Shatter responds to McGrath comments
Minister for Justice Alan Shatter has responded to issues raised in the Dáil by Independent TD Mattie McGrath. During Leaders' Questions, Mr McGrath asked Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore if he or Taoiseach Enda Kenny were aware if Minister Shatter had been stopped at a garda checkpoint before his appointment as minister. He asked if they were aware if Mr Shatter had been stopped by ...
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Man assaulted in Loughborough
The incident took place at around 2am on Saturday May 11 when a 19-year-old man was assaulted outside a bar on Union Way in Loughborough. The victim had hailed a taxi and when it stopped one or two men got out of the vehicle and the victim was then assaulted. The victim received a serious injury to his mouth which required hospital treatment, he has since been discharged. One of the suspects ...
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Property tax protest forces closure of Revenue office
About 20 members of the Campaign Against Home and Water Taxes (CAHWT) protested outside the O'Connell Street office at around 12pm, while some chained themselves to furniture and radiators inside the ...
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Have your say about science
Who should decide about science? Scientific endeavour is an important cultural activity but a structure is needed to decide on its conduct. Yet who has the authority to determine the shape that science should take in the future? Who are science's gatekeepers, and how can we be certain that they steer a path that not only serves science but also serves society? The question of governance ...
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Use of cameras threatened to stop dumping of nappies in Kerry
Residents of Farranfore in Co. Kerry have threatened to use cameras in a bid to catch someone dumping dirty nappies in the village.Mike Moriarty from the Tidy Towns committee believes the nappies, which are appearing at Scart Cross, are being thrown from the culprit's car.The nappies are appearing between four and five times a week.Mike Moriarty has issued a warning to whoever is ...
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Sinn Fein calls on waterworks plant to stop using strike breakers
Sinn Fein has called on the management at a plant that treats water for a quarter of a million people in Dublin and Wicklow to stop using strike breakers and to get back around the talks table.SIPTU workers from Shanganagh waste near Bray have downed tools in a row over changes to pay and conditions. They said that things have now "escalated" because the company have brought in staff ...
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Best Blooming Front Garden search is on
wants to hear from green-fingered gardeners around the town as it launches this year’s Loughborough in Bloom Best Front Garden ...
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Four priceless paintings return to Dublin
Four priceless pieces of art have returned to Dublin's Hugh Lane Gallery after six years on display in the National Gallery London. The paintings, Les Parapluies ...
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Revenue closes busiest office after protesters chain themselves to chairs
Revenue has been forced to close its busiest office in Dublin because of an occupation by protesters.Garda are at the scene of the protests at the Central Revenue Information Office on O'Connell Street, which takes around 1,000 calls a day.Revenue said that it regrets the inconvenience to customers.25 members of the Campaign Against Home And Water Taxes have chained themselves to chairs and ...
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Successor to the Croke Park II published
A successor to the Croke Park Two Deal - formally called the Haddington Road Agreement has been published - containing the recommendations of the Labour Relations Commission.The LRC - which brokered the deal said the positions in the document represent the limit of what can be achieved by negotiation between the parties.Earlier - SIPTU warned that the latest set of proposals do not mean a deal ...
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Gilmore shocked by creche mistreatment claims
The Giraffe childcare centre in Belarmine near Stepaside in south Dublin confirmed a complaint was made against it after an RTE researcher went undercover as an edu-carer and secretly filmed the centre. The broadcaster also informed gardai of the alleged mistreatment of children at the centre, and a complaint was filed with the HSE in late ...
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Meat wholesaler arrested in connection with horsemeat scandal
A meat wholesaler has been arrested in the Netherlands in connection with the horsemeat scandal which gripped Europe at the start of the year. The man - allegedly a key player in the scandal - has been detained as part of a criminal investigation.He is being questioned about allegations of false accounting and ...
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Consultations on proposed junior cycle changes
Parents have been invited to attend information sessions on proposed changes to junior cycle education at second level. The Department of Education and the National Parents Council Primary are holding the meetings, in Dublin. Next Monday, sessions will take place at the Skylon Hotel in Drumcondra and at the Crown Plaza Hotel in Blanchardstown. A meeting will be held at the Institute of ...
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Public service pay deal published
Haddington Road Agreement 2013-2016 , runs to 48 pages. It is the result of lengthy negotiations between public service management and unions following the rejection of the Croke Park II proposals. The country's largest union, SIPTU, will decide this afternoon whether to recommend the Haddington Road deal to members. The INTO, which rejected Croke Park II, decided yesterday to recommend ...
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Family bunting workshop at The Green Place
';Attach your triangles to thick string, and take home a 2-4 metre length of your own special family bunting. No need to book, just come along, but allow at least an ...
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Hogan concerned over loss of Blue Flags at some beaches
Phil Hogan has expressed concern over the loss of Blue Flag status for some Irish beaches over what he called a "statistical glitch" and has asked his department to raise the matter with the European ...
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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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