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‘Voyage’ songwriter takes complaint against solicitor to the Law Society
was made popular by Christy Moore and was performed by the tenors on the video and CD, made the complaint about solicitor Eddie McGarr of McGarr Solicitors in Dublin. He claimed Mr McGarr failed to supply him with an outline of his costs when he was offered a settlement of EUR50,000 in March 2008, failed to respond to correspondence and steered him toward going to a trial when he wanted to ...
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Garda cost of Obama security operation put at €3m-€4m
US First Lady Michelle Obama and her daughters, Malia and Sasha, with tour guide George McClafferty, at Glendalough on Tuesday. Security surrounding their visit cost millions of euro. Photograph: Eric Luke/The Irish ...
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Unions refunded €1m to State on foot of partnership payments controversy
HSE over recent years into controversial payments made by various parts of the health service under social part nership initiatives. The director general-designate of the HSE Tony O'Brien is expected to tell the Dil Public Accounts Committee that between 1998 and 2009 more than EUR3.3 million in funding was paid into an unauthorised bank account by the Office of Health Management, the ...
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IMF warns against using promissory note deal proceeds to ease budget
International Monetary Fund has warned the Government against using the proceeds from the deal to scrap the Anglo Irish Bank promissory note to reduce the planned rate of fiscal retrenchment next year or in ...
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Cycleway for old rail way route between Glenbeigh and Renard in Co Kerry
The 26km route will run parallel to, but over, the Ring of Kerry roadway, offering spectacular views. The Department of Transport has allocated EUR50,000 towards the ...
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Drive to attract students undermines academic education says professor
Prof Richard Arum was speaking ahead of a keynote address he will give at the NUI Maynooth education forum today. Photograph: Frank Miller/The Irish ...
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Shatter novel prompts censorship reform
Alan Shatter 24 years ago when he was a backbencher has prompted him to transfer responsibility for censorship out of his department. A complaint to ...
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Fine Gael TD voices concern over Seanad abolition
Fine Gael TD Olivia Mitchell: "I would most certain ly urge caution until we have a clear and coherent overall vision of where we are going." Photograph: Eric ...
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Stand-off over turf cutting in Co Galway
A group of people have gathered at a roadway leading to a bog designated as a Special Area of Conservation in Co Galway tonight. They are concerned that machinery used to cut turf may be seized. Ardgraigue bog near Killimor is one of 53 bogs where a ban on turf cutting is in place. Earlier today, turf was cut on banks belonging to more than 50 local people. The process began at 5am and was ...
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Lesbian couples relationship plans put on hold by Northern Irelands gay adoption ban court hears
A lesbian woman seeking to raise a child with her partner has had their relationship plans put on hold by the ban on gay and unmarried couples adopting in Northern Ireland, the Court of Appeal heard ...
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Peter Mathews says Fine Gael gave committment to allow conscientious objection
Fine Gael TD said party signed up to international agreement last October as moral and ethics experts address TDs and Senators on conscientious objection to proposed abortion ...
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Time not right to sell Aer Lingus stake - Howlin
The Government does not think the time is right to sell its 25% stake in Aer Lingus, Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform Brendan Howlin said tonight. The Government said it would consider the sale of its remaining stake in the former State carrier two years ago. In its state asset sales plan in February last year it said it was determined to find a buyer once market conditions ...
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IMF says Ireland may exit bailout this year
Ireland has a good chance of exiting its bailout this year, the International Monetary Fund said this afternoon. It would benefit from more European support in cleaning up its indebted banks and the safety net of precautionary funding, the IMF said. In contrast to much of the eurozone, Ireland’s economy has expanded for much of the past two years, and the IMF kept its growth forecasts ...
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British Bankers Ireland Bound
commission was convened in the wake of Britain's LIBOR rate-rigging scandal and was mandated to examine British banking culture. The result is a 571-page report likely to play a role in ongoing banking reforms. Included is a proposal that banker bonuses be delayed ...
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Irish school chairman resigns after complaints about pro-life leaflet
The chairman of a primary school in Dublin has resigned after being caught up in a controversy over the distribution of flyers advertising a pro-life event. Eddie Shaw stepped down from his post at the Harold School, apologizing for the fact that some young students were sent home with leaflets promoting the "Vigil for Life" on June 8. Shaw said: "I want to repeat my unreserved ...
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Two arrested after €150k drugs seizure in Cork
Two men have been arrested following a drugs seizure in Co Cork.Garda stopped and searched a car close to an area known as Halfway in Ballinhassig outside of Cork city earlier today and recovered 25kg of cannabis resin with an estimated street value of EUR150,000.The two occupants of the car, a local man in his early 40's and a man in his 30's from Dublin, were arrested at the scene. ...
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Over 1000 attend special mass for murdered mother and daughter
Upwards of 1,000 people gathered in Killorglin this evening for a special mass to remember a murdered mother and daughter.27-year-old Jolanta Lubiene and her 8-year-old daughter Enrika were stabbed to death between 2 and 6pm last Saturday; their bodies were discovered at their home in Langford Downs, Killorglin on Sunday night at around ...
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Exclusive - Forest mulls bid for Irish drugmaker Elan sources
, the specialty drugmaker that counts investor Carl Icahn as a major shareholder, is among a handful of companies interested in bidding for Irish drugmaker Elan Corp ...
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Wind farm development process lacking transparency Martin says
Michel Martin: "There is an absence of a legislative framework to deal with the step change in technology and scale of development." Photograph: Alan ...
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EU asked for help in battle of fluoridation
Ms Pocock was representing her father the late Robert Pocock, a long-standing campaigner on the issue, who passed away unexpectedly less than two months ago. She told the committee residents of the Republic were the only residents of an EU state to be "mandatorily fluoridated by our ...
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Robinson and McGuinness see investment opportunities in Japan
Japan's prime minister Shinzo Abe joins First Minister Peter Robinson and Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness during a visit to the Titanic visitor centre in Belfast yesterday. Photograph: Peter Morrison/AP ...
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Censorship moves to Arts after Shatter complaint
Responsibility for the Censorship of Publications Board is to be transferred from the Minister for Justice to the Minister for Arts. The change comes after a member of the public lodged a complaint about a novel by Minister for Justice Alan Shatter. A Government spokesperson said the move was being made in part because it was more logical to have the Department of Arts in charge, and in part ...
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Two held over Togher drugs seizure
Two men have been arrested following the seizure of drugs worth over €150,000 in Co Cork. The men were detained and two cars seized when detectives intercepted them near the village of Five Mile. Around 25kg of cannabis resin was recovered. The men are being held at Togher Garda ...
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Uncle says ‘parole or no parole the man should never have been walking the streets’
The length of the sentence is in some way "just incidental in the sense that he [Bayley] was the man that he was; he should never have been let out. So it doesn't really matter what amount of time [he got] . . . parole or no parole, the man should never have been walking the ...
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Poor professional conduct finding against paediatrician ‘unproven’ court told
A finding of poor professional performance against a paediatrician over an incorrect "tongue-tie" procedure on a young child in his care was unproven, irrational and disproportionate, ...
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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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