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Robinson and McGuinness stoutly defend the value of foreign investment trips
Mr Robinson suggested at a briefing for journalists at Stormont Castle yesterday that some of the coverage attempted "to demean Northern Ireland's political leaders by asking them to take a tent and go into a park . . ." Credibility "You take away your own credibility by suggesting that the leaders of a country should go economy class and go into two-star hotels," he ...
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Kenny identifies accord with troika as essential during trip to Athens
Greek prime minister Antonis Samaras and Taoiseach Enda Kenny during a meeting in Athens on Thursday. Photograph: Yorgos ...
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Scientists identify the mystery killer behind Irelands potato famine
Starving people searching for potatoes in a stubble field during the Great Famine (1845-1852) which was caused by the failure of the Irish potato crop and British government ...
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Dublin Race Series Is Ideal Prelude To Marathon
23 May 2013 It is time now for all intending participants to be thinking of entering the Dublin Race Series, the four events that are perfect stepping stones to the Dublin Marathon in ...
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Pakistan Ireland tie in Dublin
Pakistan and Ireland played out a thrilling tie in the first one-day international at the Clontarf Cricket Club Ground, Dublin on Thursday.A knock of 84 from Asad Shafiq and Mohammed Afeez's 122 not out set the tone for the tourists, as they posted 266 in an innings reduced to 47 overs by rain.The weather interruption left Ireland needing 276 to win by virtue of the Duckworth-Lewis method, ...
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Staff brought from Spain to Dublin plant are not replacing strikers company says
Staff brought from Spain to a waste-water treatment plant in Co Dublin, where a Siptu strike is under way, have not been brought in to replace strikers, management at the plant said ...
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Call for more restorative justice plans
A restorative programme to help develop conflict resolution skills in west Tallaght in Dublin should be rolled out to all schools in Ireland, former governor of Mountjoy ...
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McGuinness wants deal on parades flags and the past to be in place before Christmas
Martin McGuinness said they want a blueprint to deal with parades, flags and the past by Christmas and they want somebody of the status of former US ...
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With G8 leaders on the way Northern Ireland ramps up security
Amid a perceived triple threat of left-wing protestors, Islamist terrorists, and dissident republican paramilitaries, Northern Ireland is doubling its police force and preparing drones for the ...
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Worker sacked at TV probe creche
An exclusive creche probed during an undercover investigation into allegations of mistreatment of children has confirmed it has sacked one worker and suspended three others.Links Childcare in Abington, in the affluent north Dublin coastal suburb of Malahide, said it took the action pending a full investigation.Management at the firm, which operates 10 creches in the capital, said it removed ...
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Judge wants Gallagher tape handed over
He faces two charges arising out of an incident on May 13th and May 14th this year. One charge is a threat to kill his brother Donal Gallagher while the second charge is harassing this brother over a period of time spanning both ...
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Two women arrested after cannabis grow house discovered in Monaghan
Garda discovered a grow house during the search of a business unit on the outskirts of Castleblayney as part of a planned operation targeting the sale and supply of drugs in the Monaghan ...
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McGahern’s works characterised by ‘revolutionary disillusionment’
Revolutionary disillusionment is a theme which recurs in much of John McGahern's work and clearly reflected his father's experience both as a Volunteer and in his later life in the Free State, ...
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Teaching unions reject revised proposals to cut public sector pay
The country's largest union, Siptu, has urged its members in the public service to accept revised proposals on reducing the public service pay bill, but the two main teaching unions have said they will be rejecting the ...
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Cannabis growhouse discovered in Monaghan
Two women have been arrested following the discovery of a cannabis growhouse in Co Monaghan this evening.Some EUR500,000 worth of cannabis plants were seized during the planned search of a business unit on the outskirts of Castleblayney. The location has been sealed off for a technical examination.The women - one in her 20s and the other in her 30s - are being held at Carrickmacross Garda ...
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Ireland draw exciting opener
Ireland fell agonisingly short of a first-ever win over a Test-playing national in Dublin as the opening RSA Insurance one-day international against Pakistan ended in a tie.Kevin O'Brien swept the final ball from Saeed Ajmal for four to level the scores after Paul Stirling's second century in as many games against Pakistan had set the platform for a historic success.O'Brien ...
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Four held in Wexford as part of probe into Dublin burglaries
Garda investigating burglaries in Dublin have arrested four people and recovered suspected stolen goods in Co. Wexford.It follows an intelligence lead operation targeting suspects involved in burglaries in the Blackrock, Dun Laoghaire and general Dublin area.Garda from Blackrock, Dun Laoghaire and local stations supported by the Regional Support Unit, conducted a number of planned searches at ...
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A look at weekend Thoroughbred racing
The Memorial Day weekend kicks off summer and, with no Triple Crown hopes to extend the spring, also kicks off a "second season" of racing. There are important turf races at Churchill Downs, Belmont Park, Hollywood Park and Arlington Park. Some of the nation's top steeds will be on display in the Grade I Met Mile at Belmont. Fillies and mares are in action from coast to coast and ...
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Fodder crisis fuelling increase in carcass collection
The impact of the fodder crisis is taking its toll, with truckloads of dead cattle being delivered this week to one of the west's leading animal collection ...
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Sharp exchanges between Martin and Gilmore over tobacco lobbying
Michel Martin: "The history of the tobacco industry reflects and reveals one of the worst examples of behind-the-scenes lobbying of governments across Europe and the world." Photograph: Alan ...
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Ireland secure draw with Pakistan
first one-day international at Clontarf. Pakistan made 266-5 off 47 overs but that total was adjusted to 275 under the Duckworth-Lewis method after their innings was interrupted by rain delays. Opener Stirling made 103 off 107 balls to set up a chance of victory. Kevin O'Brien took up the chase and ended 84 not out off 47 balls, scoring a four off the last ball to ...
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Apple paid zero tax in Ireland for 10 years reports
Apple Operations International, a subsidiary of Apple Inc, is seen in Hollyhill, Cork, in the south of Ireland in this October 6, 2011 file photo. ...
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Irish denial a human rights issue says Higgins
President Michael D Higgins has said that to prevent people from speaking their own language or discouraging them from speaking it or allowing it to become subordinate in usage was a denial of their human rights. He was speaking to an international group of language commissioners at Arás an Uachtaráin this afternoon. The language commissioners are in Dublin to attend the ...
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Apple has enjoyed Irish tax holiday since 80s
Apple to defend tax practices at hearing Apple has operated almost tax-free in Ireland since 1980, welcomed by a government keen to bring jobs to what was then one of Europe's poorest countries, former company executives and Irish officials have said. Chief Executive Tim Cook faced criticism from a Senate subcommittee in Washington over the iPad and iPhone maker's tax practices, which ...
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Irelands largest union backs public sector pay deal
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland's largest union on Thursday recommended its members back a revised public sector pay deal in a boost to the government which needs to secure approval to meet budget targets and maintain industrial peace. ...
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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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