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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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Burger King confirm Kepak will supply restaurants with beef
Burger King is partnering with the Kepak Group to supply its Irish and British restaurants with beef.The company made the announcement today, saying all of its beef will come only from Irish and British farmers.Burger King ended its association with the ABP Group earlier this year.ABP was at the centre of the horse meat scandal.The Minster for Agriculture Simon Coveney is welcoming the ...
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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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Ireland not a tax haven says IDA chief
CEO of IDA Ireland Barry O'Leary said no special tax deal was negotiated between Apple and the Irish Government. Photograph: Alan Betson / The Irish ...
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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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Monaghan oil laundering plant uncovered
Gardai and customs officers have uncovered an an oil laundering plant in Drumacon, Co Monaghan following an intelligence-led surveillance operation.The plant had the ability to launder over 15 million litres of fuel per annum with a potential loss to the exchequer of over EUR8m.A forklift, six vehicles and ancillary equipment were also seized.In addition, seven tonnes of toxic waste - the ...
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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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Two arrests in connection with Limerick assault
Gardai in Limerick investigating a serious assault have arrested a man in his 20s and a woman in her late teens. A man remains in hospital with serious head injuries this morning after he was attacked with a hammer on Edward Street in the city yesterday afternoon.Gardai are appealing for witnesses and in particular to anybody in the vicinity of Edward Street between 3pm and 3.30pm yesterday ...
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Lord Mayor says Mansion House is haunted
The Lord Mayor of Dublin has claimed the Mansion House is haunted. Fine Gael Councillor Naoise O'Muiri has told the Irish Sun that his daughter was once spooked by a ghost in the iconic building, which dates back to 1705. He says the four year old experienced the encounter as she walked from her room, through the sitting room and into her parent's room in the middle of the night. She ...
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Iodine deficiency lowers childrens IQ report says
Researchers claim iodine deficiency during pregnancy could lower children's IQ.They are advising women to make sure they maintain levels by eating dairy products and fish.Iodine is essential for producing the hormones made by the thyroid gland, which have a direct effect on foetal brain ...
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Buttimer Big ask to have abortion legislation enacted before recess
The Chair of the Oireachtas Health Committee says "it is a big ask" for the government to have abortion legislation enacted before the Dil's summer recess.The Committee has heard three days of expert evidence on the proposed draft legislation, much of which focused on the inclusion of suicide ideation as grounds for a termination.A report will be given to the Minister for Health ...
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Midwest Radio broadcast special mass for fine weather
As the fodder crisis continues to pose serious problems for the farming community, a local radio station in Co Mayo will today broadcast a special mass, to pray for fine weather.The mass will be celebrated at noon in St Patrick's Church, Ballyhaunis by parish priest Fr Stephen Farragher and will be broadcast live on Midwest Radio.Station Manager Tommy Marren says this special mass will ...
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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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Carroll pulls out of Ireland clash
Liverpool striker Andy Carroll has been ruled out of England's friendlies against Republic of Ireland and Brazil due to a foot injury. The English Football Association confirmed the news in a statement last night, stating that no replacement is being called up by manager Roy Hodgson at the present time. "Andy Carroll has been ruled out of the England squad for the upcoming ...
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Two released without charge in Kerins murder probe
Two men being questioned by gardaí as part of the investigation into the murder of a former detective John Kerins have been released without charge. The two men in their 30s, were arrested on Monday and questioned by gardaí at Carrickmacross Garda Station. Mr Kerins was shot dead at his house at Cornaveagh near Bailieborough in Co Cavan last November. The former detective garda ...
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Tit Bonhomme inquest enters second day
An inquest into the deaths of five fishermen when their trawler sank off the West Cork coast last year continues today.Yesterday, the sole survivor of the Tit Bonhomme fishing tragedy gave evidence about the night of the ill-fated voyage.Abdelbaky Mohamed's five crewmates, including the trawler's skipper, died when it sank in Glandore Harbour on January 15, 2012.Two emergency calls ...
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Verdict expected in Tipperary rape trial
A verdict is expected in the trial of a man accused of raping a woman at a Tipperary house.The woman has given evidence during the hearing that she understood she was going with the man to do a cleaning job. The accused man admitted having sex with the then 23-year-old woman at the house but told gardai it was consensual.He said that the woman had not shown any fear.It is alleged she was raped ...
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Focus on Irish tax laws as Kenny heads for Brussels
Ireland's tax laws will come under the spotlight again today when the Taoiseach attends a European Council meeting in Brussels.The talks follow the publication yesterday of a report by the US Senate which claims that Ireland's tax laws enabled the tech giant Apple to avoid paying billions of dollars in tax.Enda Kenny denied the claim in the Dil and said that Ireland doesn't ...
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Press Digest - Ireland - May 22
Wed May 22, 2013 2:40am EDT These are some of the leading stories in Ireland's newspapers on Wednesday. Reuters has not verified these stories and cannot vouch for their accuracy: THE IRISH TIMES - Ireland's reputation took a battering at a high-profile U.S. Senate hearing on Tuesday where the country was labeled a "tax haven" in an investigation into the offshore tax practices ...
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Tax affairs to dominate EU leaders summit
Taoiseach Enda Kenny will travel to a summit of EU leaders in Brussels today amid the continuing fallout over the US Senate committee's investigation of the computer giant Apple. The committee was critical of Apple's use of its Irish subsidiaries to avoid tax on tens of billions of dollars in earnings. The one-day summit was arranged several months ago to give political momentum to ...
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Significant changes set out in revised Croke Park II accord
Brendan Howlin, Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, turns away from his press briefing on the LRC negotiations on Croke Park at Government Buildings ,yesterday.Photograph: Cyril Byrne/The Irish ...
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Irish truck driver laid to rest two years after he disappeared
St. John the Baptist in Cashel, asked God to give his family justice, Herald.ie reported. "He has given the last two years on his own and now, finally, he's back where he belongs," Michelle Ryan said. Ryan, 52, who also worked as a disc jockey under the name Mr. Moonlight, was last seen June 3, 2011. Michelle Ryan told the RTE program "Crimecall" that she found her ...
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Belfast in top five of UKs best visits
Liverpool have made contingency plans in the event of goalkeeper Jose Reina leaving in the summer but Stoke's Asmir Begovic is not top of their replacements ...
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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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