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GPO reverberates to the sounds of No
10.06.2008 23:55
ireland.com
OPPOSITION TO TREATY: There was a bewildering display of politicking to be found on O'Connell Street yesterday
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IFA president urges members to vote Yes
10.06.2008 23:55
ireland.com
IRISH FARMERS' Association president Padraig Walshe has told members of the organisation that he believes they can strengthen their influence by voting Yes in tomorrow's referendum.
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Labour and FG 'excluded' Gormley
10.06.2008 23:55
ireland.com
ROW OVER PRESS CONFERENCE: GREEN PARTY leader John Gormley yesterday became involved in a public spat with Fine Gael and Labour over his exclusion from the press conference of the party leaders on Monday.
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Win or lose, Cóir says it had best posters
10.06.2008 23:55
ireland.com
THE ANTI-LISBON Treaty group Cóir has claimed to have had "the best posters of this campaign".
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REFERENDUM DIGEST
10.06.2008 23:55
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News and events on the campaign trail.
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VOTING PROCEDURE
10.06.2008 23:54
ireland.com
VOTING IN the Lisbon Treaty referendum takes place tomorrow. Polling stations open at 7am and close at 10pm.
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Sunscreens not living up to SPF labelling
10.06.2008 23:54
ireland.com
SUN WORSHIPPERS have been warned to choose their sunscreen carefully after a new survey showed that some leading brands do not provide the level of protection claimed on the bottle.
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HSE to implement reform of hospital laboratory system
10.06.2008 23:54
ireland.com
THE HEALTH Service Executive (HSE) is planning to implement controversial reforms of the country's hospital laboratory system, a pathology conference in Dublin was told yesterday.
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Government may not give Travellers minority status
10.06.2008 23:54
ireland.com
THE GOVERNMENT is expected to tell a UN committee next month that it does not regard Travellers as a distinct ethnic group, despite calls for it to do so by a range of human rights groups.
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Gap in genders' life expectancy narrowing, study finds
10.06.2008 23:54
ireland.com
THE GAP in life expectancy between men and women living in Ireland has narrowed to its lowest level for 35 years, a new social and economic report by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) has found.
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Man (21) refused bail over weapon charge
10.06.2008 23:54
ireland.com
A GLOCK semi-automatic pistol found when members of the Garda Emergency Response Unit stopped a car in Limerick was primed for use in a murder, a garda has claimed in court.
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Bill Cullen promises to be sweeter than Sugar on Irish version of 'Apprentice'
10.06.2008 23:54
ireland.com
ENTREPRENEUR BILL Cullen, who is to host the Irish version of hit TV series The Apprentice, has promised to be less grumpy than his UK counterpart.
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Trade unions welcome EU agency worker directive
10.06.2008 23:54
ireland.com
TRADE UNIONS have welcomed a new directive governing pay and conditions for temporary or agency workers agreed by EU labour ministers as a "major step forward".
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Carney says rise in rate of fatal stabbing cases is set to continue
10.06.2008 23:54
ireland.com
THE N 2000 UMBER of fatal stabbing cases coming before the Central Criminal Court is increasing and a steady pattern of yet further growth is projected, Mr Justice Paul Carney said yesterday.
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Visitor numbers are steady - tourist chief
10.06.2008 23:54
ireland.com
VISITOR NUMBERS are expected to hold up this year, despite the economic downturn, the chairman of Tourism Ireland, Hugh Friel, said yesterday.
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