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O'Brien says Ajmal a tricky customer
Irish all-rounder Kevin O'Brien, whose team will face Pakistan in the upcoming two ODI series at home, has said that Saeed Ajmal is a "tricky customer" as well as "one of the best spinners in the world", but admits his team has no specific plans on how to tackle Ajmal in the upcoming matches. The 29 year-old, who was also part of the side that knocked Pakistan out of the 2007 World Cup in the ...
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Barroro voices concern over estimated one trillion euro tax evasion
BRUSSELS - Voicing concern about tax evasion that is estimated at one trillion euros, European Commission President Jose-Manuel Barroso said Tuesday that EU leaders will meet at a one-day summit on Wednesday to negotiate solution. The European Union can't afford to let tax evasion go on the way it is. Such large amounts of money, currently sitting in tax havens, would be greatly beneficial ...
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German central bank sees signals of economic pick up in Q2
FRANKFURT - Germany's central bank Deutsche Bundesbank expects the country's economy to improve "markedly" in the second quarter relying on signals of pick up in industrial orders and likelihood of weather related downturn in construction sector no longer impacting investment sentiments a development that could boost the wider eurozone as it struggles to get out of recession. "Overall ...
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Mortgage lending in UK rises highest in four years
LONDON - The UK housing market seems to be picking up with gross mortgage lending up 4.3 per cent in April over previous month to 12.1 billion pounds, the highest in over four years, according to the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML). The mortgage lending was 21% higher than April 2012, but this data is skewed by the end of the stamp duty concession on 24 March, 2012. Under the stamp duty ...
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Book on free Shepshed cycle course
May 22 2013 By David Godsall BOOKINGS are being taken for anyone who would like to take part in free adult cycle courses being held in Shepshed this summer. Leicestershire County Council is inviting people to develop their confidence and skills when it comes to riding both on and off the road. The courses, which take place for two hours a week for five weeks, are ideal for people who have ...
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Man arrested after car stolen in north Belfast
Chrysler 300 - registration number JBX JX - was stolen from a house in the Highgate Manor area of Newtownabbey early on Wednesday morning.Shortly after 7am the stolen car failed to stop for police in the Hightown Road area while heading in the direction of the Crumlin Road.Around two hours later it was found in the Brae Hill area.Four men then made off on foot from the car - three in the ...
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Dublin outstrips regions for quality of life
Central Statistics Office . The capital has the highest disposable income per person, the greatest rates of 3rd level educational success, the lowest rates of Medical Card ownership, the highest average house prices and the most extensive reach of domestic broadband internet services. Dublin also has among the lowest rates of unoccupied housing, the highest proportion of people in the upper ...
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Men held over murder of ex-garda released
Two men arrested in relation to the murder of a former Garda have been released without charge. The men, both in their 30s, were arrested on Monday in connection with the murder of former ...
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Search ends at home of murdered former garda in Cavan
Meanwhile two men in their 30s remain in custody at Carrickmacross Garda station after being arrested yesterday where they face questions about Mr Kerins' murder. A number of searches are now taking place in the Baileborough area in connection with the ...
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Irelands Kenny Ireland Corporate Tax Regime Very Transparent
Ireland's tax regime for companies is clear, transparent, and enshrined in law, Taoiseach Enda Kenny said Wednesday, adding that the country is at the forefront of plans to build international standards on taxes."Ireland's corporate tax rate is statute based, very clear, and very transparent," he told reporters on his way into a meeting of European Union leaders. "We do ...
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Ireland calls for global tax action
A Republic of Ireland politician says the international community must work together to stop large multinational firms using cross-border tax loopholes. "They play the tax codes one against the other," Enterprise Minister Richard Bruton told national broadcaster RTE. "That is tax planning and I think we do need international cooperation through the OECD to deal with the ...
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Prosecutors charge Irish man with 4 murders stemming from 1982 Hyde Park bombing
LONDON - Prosecutors have charged an Irish man with four murders stemming from a bomb attack in Hyde Park on July 20, 1982. The attack killed four members of the Royal Household Cavalry as they travelled from their barracks to Buckingham Palace during a time of political violence related to the conflict in Northern Ireland. Prosecutors said Wednesday that Anthony Downey, 61, has been charged ...
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CSO report puts Dublin top of the income rankings
Dubliners have the highest disposable income per person in the state, according to the Central Statistics Office.They also have the highest rate of employment and the lowest jobless rate.A report, Regional Quality of Life, shows the counties with the lowest spend per person are Donegal, Offaly and Monaghan. The report also shows Mayo has the fewest drivers with penalty points while Kildare has ...
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State gets more time to prepare for Dundon challenge
The State has been given time to prepare for a High Court challenge by Limerick man John Dundon over his trial for the murder of Garryowen rugby player Shane Geoghegan.The trial is scheduled to begin on June 4 at the Special Criminal Court, but the 30-year-old, formerly of Hyde Road, wants it put back until next year.His lawyers say the defence need more time to deal with the vast quantities of ...
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Ireland feels the heat from Apple tax row
Reuters © 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. Ireland said on May 21, 2013 it was not to blame for Apple Inc's low global tax payments after the U.S. Senate said the company paid little or nothing on tens of billions of dollars in profits stashed in Irish subsidiaries. ...
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Globe picks Ireland’s Nasctech to optimise enhance network
Filipino operator Globe Telecom, backed by the Ayala Group, has selected Irish firm Nasc Technologies (Nasctech) to optimise and enhance the efficiency of its recently ...
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Ireland Factory-gate Inflation Accelerates In April
Output prices in the Irish manufacturing sector rose at the strongest pace in five month during April, data released by the Central Statistics Office showed Wednesday. Factory-gate prices rose 1.9 percent year-on-year, following 1.1 percent rise in the previous month. The latest increase was the biggest since November, when output prices grew 2.7 percent. Month-on-month, output prices in the ...
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Census information reveals regional statistics
The Regional Quality of Life report from the Central Statistics Office compares lifestyle, housing, health, education and economic activity across the country. Half of the data comes from the 2011 Census, with the rest contributed by Government Departments and State Agencies. In December of last year, just under 20% of drivers had penalty points on their licences, Co Mayo had the fewest at ...
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Drowning hypothermia caused four fishermen deaths
The Coroner's Court in Cork has been told that four of the five men who lost their lives on the Tit Bonhomme died from either drowning or hypothermia. A fifth man, Attea Shaban, died from a lethal injury to the head. Assistant State Pathologist Dr Margaret Bolster was giving evidence on the second day of the inquest into the deaths of the five fishermen last year. The Tit Bonhomme sank ...
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Pats Angels in training for Race for Life event
Race for Life TWO sisters who work at Carillon Court Shopping Centre in Loughborough will be running the Race for Life in memory of their much-loved mum who died from cancer last year. Tonia Di-Lena, 47, who is branch administrator at Pertemps Recruitment, and 42-year-old Julianna Di-Lena Sharpe, a sales adviser at New Look, will be tackling the 5k course in the all-female race organised ...
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Town stylist wins top award in London
Eden Smith A LOUGHBOROUGH super stylist has been crowned overall winner in a London competition. Eden Smith, of Bliss Hairdressing in Loughborough, won the London heat of a total look cut and colour competition she participated in earlier this month at the Sak’s academy in Covent Garden. The talented young hairdresser recently completed an advanced apprenticeship over three ...
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Homes evacuated after suspicious object found in dissident search in Belfast
Army bomb experts were sent to the scene at Mountforde Drive in the Short Strand area this morning.A number of houses have been evacuated and a local community centre made available for those affected.Police have said they are carrying out the searches in relation to dissident republican ...
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Abortion legislation incompatible with human rights values says Binchy
William Binchy: the Government "falsely claims that it is bound to take this step because of the judgment of the European Court of Human Rights, whereas, in fact, the judgment merely requires clarity in our law.'' Photograph: Brenda ...
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Grafton St all set for €4m facelift
Work on a facelift for Dublin's Grafton Street begins in June. The 4 million Euro project will take 18 months to complete with an 8 week break over Christmas. Work begins at the St. Stephens Green end of the street, to Chatham Street and then Trinity College end in September. All work will be completed by November ...
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This is not a tax haven
The Tnaiste is insisting no special tax rate deals apply to any companies operating in Ireland.Eamon Gilmore, speaking in the Dil, says there is no low corporate tax rate regime or arrangement for any multinationals.Last night the Taoiseach Enda Kenny also dismissed suggestions that Ireland is a tax haven.It comes after Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook told the US Senate yesterday his company had ...
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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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