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At least 41,000 being taught in prefabs
01.06.2008 23:36
ireland.com
THE LABOUR Party has said that more than 2,200 prefabricated buildings are being used in approximately 900 primary schools around the country, with over half of these being used for mainstream classes.
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Decrease in sales of 'gas guzzling' cars
01.06.2008 23:36
ireland.com
SALES OF large cars are plummeting as motorists switch to more environmentally friendly models, according to figures from the Central Statistics Office.
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Shooting of girl (6) may be linked to new feud in Limerick
01.06.2008 23:36
ireland.com
GARDAÍ INVESTIGATING a shooting incident in Limerick in which a six-year-old girl was injured believe the attack is linked to a new feud in the city.
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Big crowds hit festivals for weekend celebration of sunshine
01.06.2008 23:36
ireland.com
BLUE SKIES and soaring temperatures brought close to 70,000 people to the Dublin Docklands Maritime Festival over the weekend, according to the event's organisers.
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Fans flock to enjoy Westlife but men have to be herded
01.06.2008 23:35
ireland.com
SHEEPISH DADS, boyfriends and brothers were vastly outnumbered by their female companions at Croke Park last night for Westlife’s sell-out concert.
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€4.7m for research in developing world
01.06.2008 23:35
ireland.com
THE GOVERNMENT has announced funding of more than €4.7 million to encourage collaborative research between higher education institutions in Ireland and their counterparts in the developing world.
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SR Technics staff set to consider Siptu proposal on work reforms
01.06.2008 23:35
ireland.com
THE TRADE union Siptu is to put new proposals today to about 20 aircraft handlers at the SR Technics aircraft maintenance plant at Dublin airport in a bid to resolve the row over work practice reforms which is threatening the future of the company.
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Galway woman drowns in Ghana
01.06.2008 23:35
ireland.com
A COUNTY Galway woman has been killed in a swimming accident in Ghana where she had been working as a volunteer with a charity.
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40,500 women to run mini marathon
01.06.2008 23:35
ireland.com
On the go: 83-year-old Maureen to compete in her 14th Women’s Mini Marathon today
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Man charged over Cavan killing
01.06.2008 23:35
ireland.com
A MAN has been charged with themurder of Darren McGrath in Belturbet, Co Cavan last month.
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ICMSA to urge a Yes vote after meeting with Cowen
01.06.2008 23:35
ireland.com
FARMING VOTE: THE SECOND-LARGEST farming organisation in the State, the Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers’ Association (ICMSA), yesterday announced it would be asking its members to vote Yes in the referendum on the Lisbon Treaty on June 12th.
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Defeat would harm our standing in EU, says Taoiseach
01.06.2008 23:35
ireland.com
COWEN INTERVIEW: IRELAND WOULD be disadvantaged in Europe if the Lisbon Treaty referendum was defeated, the Taoiseach claimed yesterday.
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Lisbon will not affect WTO talks veto, says top EU official
01.06.2008 23:34
ireland.com
TRADE TALKS VETO: THE EUROPEAN Commission's Irish-born director general for trade, David O'Sullivan, has insisted that the status of Ireland's world trade talks veto will remain wholly unchanged if the Lisbon Treaty is adopted.
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Union claims hidden agenda in treaty
01.06.2008 23:34
ireland.com
UNIONS: THE GOVERNMENT'S refusal to commit to a Siptu demand that it legislate for collective bargaining rights for workers was sharply criticised yesterday by another trade union.
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