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Kerry Socialist Joe gets 'good response' in the capital
09.06.2008 23:43
ireland.com
Steven Carroll joins Joe Higgins canvassing in O'Connell Street, Dublin.
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'And they all rowed together with the rowlocks between their knees'
09.06.2008 23:43
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A romantic political melodrama opened in Dublin yesterday for one performance only, writes Miriam Lord at the joint canvass by the main party leaders.
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Hard to keep up with energetic Tánaiste
09.06.2008 23:43
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There was no stopping Mary Coughlan as she swept through Donegal yesterday canvassing for a Yes vote, writes Seán Mac Connell with Tánaiste Mary Coughlan, campaigning in Donegal.
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Smaller commission a done deal that may not last
09.06.2008 23:43
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Losing a permanent commissioner may be controversial but it has already been signed up to under the Nice Treaty, writes Jamie Smyth.
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TODAY'S EVENTS
09.06.2008 23:43
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News and events on the campaign trail.
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Fair exam greeted as 'welcome relief'
09.06.2008 23:43
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LEAVING CERT MATHS: AFTER A challenging first paper, the often dreaded paper II was greeted as "a welcome relief" by teachers of Leaving Cert ordinary level maths yesterday.
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'The best Irish paper in 20 years'
09.06.2008 23:42
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LEAVING CERT IRISH: THERE WAS a warm welcome for yesterday's higher level Irish paper I, which one teacher considered "the best Irish paper in 20 years".
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High marks for 'student friendly' exam
09.06.2008 23:42
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LEAVING CERT MATHS: IT WAS smiles all round for Leaving Cert maths students at higher level, as paper II proved to be well balanced and student-friendly.
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Fair and topical, but weak on law and democracy
09.06.2008 23:42
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JUNIOR CERT CSPE: THE ASSOCIATION of CSPE (civic, social and political education) teachers criticised yesterday's junior cert exam for overemphasising environmental issues at the expense of politics, Europe and democracy.
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TRY THIS AT HOME
09.06.2008 23:42
ireland.com
Excerpts from Leaving Cert Irish Ordinary Level Paper I
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Dressed to kill is the only way to tackle spectre of Irish Paper I
09.06.2008 23:42
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EXAM DIARY: I KNOW I've come across as pretty confident so far, but I have to tell you that the spectre of Irish shook my resolve this weekend, writes Laura Brady.
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Fishermen step up fuel price protests
09.06.2008 23:42
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FISHERMEN INTEND to step up their campaign over fuel prices and the impact of cheap fish imports, with a number of vessel owners now calling for a No vote in the Lisbon Treaty referendum.
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Bord na Móna 'running out of peat'
09.06.2008 23:42
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BORD NA Móna will not open any more peatlands and expects to be out of peat within 25 years, its new managing director has confirmed.
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Pensioners protest at opening of conference
09.06.2008 23:42
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ABOUT 40 Bord na Móna pensioners protested outside the opening of the 13th International Peat Congress in Tullamore, Co Offaly, yesterday.
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