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Man fined after Cowen's oath fails as precedent
06.06.2008 23:40
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BRIAN COWEN'S use of the "F" word in a private exchange with Tánaiste Mary Coughlan in the Dáil was cited yesterday to support a defence claim that a public order charge should be thrown out of court.
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In Short
06.06.2008 23:40
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A round up of today's other court stories in brief...
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DUP and SF to hold policing talks in Belfast
06.06.2008 23:40
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PETER ROBINSON and Martin McGuinness signalled some retreat from Downing Street diplomacy yesterday with the promise of more talks in Belfast next week on outstanding issues in the Northern Ireland devolution process.
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Anger after MP says gays canbe 'turned'
06.06.2008 23:40
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DUP ASSEMBLY member Iris Robinson has been criticised for telling a live radio programme that homosexuals could be "turned around" with psychiatric help.
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Civil service union chief hits out at Poots over Maze claim
06.06.2008 23:40
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THE UNION which represents many Northern Ireland civil servants has sharply critic 165f ised Sports Minister Edwin Poots for his claim that officials have tried to block a £100 million scheme to develop the former Maze prison site into a sports stadium.
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Coalition rift on HSE surgery plan
06.06.2008 23:40
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A ROW has broken out between Fianna Fáil Minister of State Michael Finneran and Minister of Health Mary Harney over plans to remove acute inpatient surgery services from Roscommon County Hospital.
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Parents remove children from school
06.06.2008 23:40
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SOME 125 pupils were withdrawn from a Co Limerick school yesterday in protest over the Government's failure to provide a new building.
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Hiking across old terrain works up appetite for full plate of points
06.06.2008 23:40
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EXAM DIARY: NOW I may be flirting with disaster here, but as I woke up this morning in my baroque princess bed, I felt like I had 200 points tucked under my pillow.
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Convoluted English adds to confusion over calculators
06.06.2008 23:40
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LEAVING CERT MATHS: ORDINARY LEVEL PAPER I: SEVERAL STUDENTS were distressed yesterday when they discovered they may forfeit marks for using unauthorised calculators.
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Some 'sail through' while others trip up in the detail
06.06.2008 23:39
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LEAVING CERT MATHS: HIGHER LEVEL PAPER I: THERE WERE widely different responses to yesterday's higher level maths paper, with some students "sailing through" while others found the going tough, according to commentators.
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Higher level smiles, but the ordinary a specific challenge
06.06.2008 23:39
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LEAVING CERT GEOGRAPHY: HIGHER AND ORDINARY LEVEL: IT WAS a happier day for students emerging from the higher-level Leaving Cert geography paper yesterday than it was for their peers at ordinary level.
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Tougher paper II contains 'difficult' poetry questions
06.06.2008 23:39
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JUNIOR CERT IRISH: HIGHER LEVEL: WHILE PAPER I may have been a "tasty treat", according to The Irish Times' study guide expert Eamonn Maguire, Junior Cert students found the higher level Irish paper II a lot less palatable.
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Students easily find their way around this paper
06.06.2008 23:39
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JUNIOR CERT GEOGRAPHY: OVER 50,000 Junior Certificate students sat yesterday's higher and ordinary level geography papers, which were praised for their attractive layout and straightforward approach.
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