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“For most people who have chemo it’s no big deal” says man who sails around Ireland between bouts of chemotherapy
Chris Egan and David Bevan, who have both battled cancer, plotting a course for their round Ireland trip aboard the Inizi in aid of cancer ...
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Time limit a key issue arising from health committee hearings on abortion
Dr Eamonn Moloney, consultant psychiatrist, Cork University Hospital; Prof Veronica O'Keane, consultant psychiatrist, Tallaght Hospital and TCD; and Dr Yolande Ferguson, consultant psychiatrist, Tallaght Hospital, attending Monday's hearing of the Oireachtas health committee. Photograph: Gareth ...
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Shatter’s mistake in the Wallace saga was purely political
Minister for Justice Alan Shatter at this week's citizenship ceremony at the Convention Centre, Dublin. "Shatter was seen initially (and still sees himself) as an energetic and reforming Minister but his style and personality in office have depleted his political capital." Photograph: Bryan ...
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Living in Hatch Hall
Hatch Hall , those trying to "keep busy" and those tired of trying. Many have spent years in the asylum system, living on EUR19.10 a week (it's EUR9.60 for children), not allowed to work or study and subject to movement or deportation at short ...
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Political system tied up in trivia ignores the most serious issues
The propensity of the Irish political system to tie itself up in knots over arcane or even trivial issues, while gliding over serious matters that have a vital bearing on the country's wellbeing, has again been in evidence over the past few ...
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A hazel tide ebbing and flowing
On its way to the shore the boreen tilts down beside a creggan, a sandstone outcrop like a last, rocky toenail of the mountain. Abruptly steep beside the lane, the ridge sometimes offers a wild silhouette between me and the morning clouds: a sitting hare, a wind-blown ewe with a mane like a wild Apache. And couched in the slope between rock and fence - an old one, tilting and bound with ...
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A rock pool for life to cling to
We are combating new threats of coastal erosion and flooding by armouring our shores. We do this mostly with gabions, those increasingly familiar conglomerations of cut rock or manufactured blocks, bound together with wire ...
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Towards a deal on public pay
Securing voluntary agreement from public service workers for savings amounting to EUR1billion over three years was never going to be easy. And so it has proved. A majority of union members rejected the terms of a renegotiated Croke Park deal last month and risked statutory cuts to pay and pensions, along with widespread industrial unrest. Rather than blunder into immediate confrontation, ...
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Shatter tried breath test twice says Kenny
Minister for Justice 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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Bill O’Herlihy lobbying firm says it no longer has Government links
The public relations company owned by veteran sports broadcaster Bill O'Herlihy has withdrawn a claim that it advises the Government after being accused of a potential conflict of interest by an anti-smoking ...
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Creche inspection reports to be made public within weeks
The Government is to fast-track childcare reforms which will allow parents to see inspection reports into their children's creches, following allegations of mistreatment of children in three ...
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Action adjourned in case involving sausage firm
The High Court has adjourned an action by a director of a well-known sausage making business aimed at preventing her husband and mother-in-law from firing her and removing her as a ...
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Saints go top after Dublin derby win
By Micil Glennon at Dalymount Park St Patrick's Athletic moved to the top of the Airtricity League Premier Division after a comfortable 2-0 win over Bohemians at Dalymount Park. The three points, secured with first-half goals from ex-Bohs players Christy Fagan and Killian Brennan, saw the Inchicore side move two points above Sligo Rovers, who have a game in hand, after the champions could ...
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Pakistan’s cricket team welcomed in west Dublin
Mohammad Sufyan Ahmed (2) from Clonee on the recieving end of a bowl from the world's tallest international cricketer (7ft 1) Mohammad Irfan, of the Pakistan national cricket team, during a visit by members of the team to the Castaheany Educate Together National School, in Ongar. Photograph: Alan ...
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Drugs worth €1.7m seized at house in Dublin
Cannabis herb worth an estimated EUR700,000 was seized at a house in Donabate in Dublin today, along with EUR1 million worth of ecstasy tablets. Photograph: Gareth Fuller/PA ...
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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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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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