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50,000 learner drivers face June 30th restrictions
08.06.2008 23:40
ireland.com
MORE THAN 50,000 learner drivers are likely to be affected by the June 30th deadline ending the practice where some provisional licence holders are allowed to drive unaccompanied.
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Man who tried to stop row dies after assault
08.06.2008 23:40
ireland.com
A LIMERICK man who came to the aid of another man who was being assaulted has died in hospital.
Ireland
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Surge in numbers seeking financial aid
08.06.2008 23:40
ireland.com
THERE HAS been a dramatic surge in the number of people on low incomes seeking financial help as a result of spiralling food and fuel prices, according to support groups.
Ireland
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Human rights body tells UN of poor state of Irish prisons
08.06.2008 23:40
ireland.com
THE STATE'S human rights watchdog has told a United Nations committee that physical conditions in many prisons in Ireland are wholly inadequate and are in breach of prisoners' basic rights.
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Ruling on freedom of access to data
08.06.2008 23:40
ireland.com
INFORMATION COMMISSIONER Emily O'Reilly has ruled that a public authority may not levy unreasonable charges on members of the public under an EU directive giving freedom of access to information on the environment.
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Teagasc project aims to replace wheat imports with Irish crops
08.06.2008 23:40
ireland.com
A PROGRAMME WHICH could see Irish farmers growing some of the 100,000 tonnes of milling wheat that is currently imported each year has got under way.
Ireland
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Jon Bon Jovi captivates 50,000 fans
08.06.2008 23:40
ireland.com
A CLEARLY besotted young woman stormed the stage midway through Bon Jovi's In These Arms at Punchestown Racecourse on Saturday night and puckered up to lead singer Jon Bon Jovi.
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Fix traffic lights to favour trams, says transport chief
08.06.2008 23:40
ireland.com
SEVERAL MINUTES could be shaved off Luas journey times, especially on the Tallaght Red Line, if traffic lights were tweaked to give trams more priority passing through junctions, according to the director of the Dublin Transportation Office (DTO).
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Ahern's evidence has not damaged call for Yes vote - Lenihan
08.06.2008 23:40
ireland.com
FORMER TAOISEACH Bertie Ahern's evidence to the Mahon Tribunal has not damaged the Government's call for a Yes vote, Minister for Finance Brian Lenihan last night told RTÉ's Week In Politics programme.
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Ministerial advisers play musical chairs
08.06.2008 23:40
ireland.com
Brian Cowen's Cabinet reshuffle has been accompanied by changes at adviser level, writes Deaglán de Bréadún, Political Correspondent
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National Library ignores bishop's copyright claim over parish registers
08.06.2008 23:40
ireland.com
THE NATIONAL Library and the Catholic Archbishop of Cashel and Emly, Dr Dermot Clifford, are at odds over access to historic parish registers from the diocese.
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Dublin Mountains plan gets councils, Coillte funds
08.06.2008 23:39
ireland.com
A PROPOSAL for a €4 million orientation centre for visitors is to be included as part of a strategy for the Dublin mountains.
Ireland
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CO2 cap and share plan put forward
08.06.2008 23:39
ireland.com
A NOVEL way to reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions that could relieve the threat of a global depression posed by high oil prices, as well as easing the climate crisis, has been put forward by Feasta, the Dublin-based think tank.
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In Short
08.06.2008 23:39
ireland.com
A round up of today's other stories in brief...
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No vote will take Ireland 'down uncertain route'
08.06.2008 23:39
ireland.com
COWEN SPEECH: A REJECTION of the Lisbon Treaty would take Ireland "down a new and more uncertain route", the Taoiseach said yesterday.
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