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€750,000 paid by council for parcel of land in rail upgrade
12.06.2008 23:34
ireland.com
CLARE COUNTY Council has spent €750,000 acquiring a parcel of land for the upgrading of a railway project. The two acres of land and house are owned by John O'Connell (84), father of the Mayor of Clare, Cllr Patricia McCarthy (Ind). However, Cllr McCarthy absented herself from the decision.
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Social Life
Rural groups urged to elect boards
12.06.2008 23:34
ireland.com
MINISTER FOR Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs Eamon Ó Cuív has challenged the new rural development groups to hold elections before submitting business plans for funding from the €425 million package he recently announced.
Ireland
Social Life
Gardaí make three finds of cannabis
12.06.2008 23:34
ireland.com
GARDAÍ HAVE seized 314 fully grown cannabis plants – worth some €50,000 if harvested – at a house in Co Limerick.
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Social Life
'Fair but challenging' papers put students to the test
12.06.2008 23:34
ireland.com
LEAVING CERT BIOLOGY: ALL LEVELSYESTERDAY'S HIGHER and ordinary-level biology papers were described as fair but challenging, although there were some aspects of the higher-level paper that might have caused upset for students.
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Obscure exams draw mixed reactions
12.06.2008 23:34
ireland.com
LEAVING CERT ART: ALL LEVELS IT WAS a tough day for art students yesterday, as the written component of their exam proved exacting and, in places, "obscure", according to one teacher.
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The meaning of life is a test for students of all faiths and none
12.06.2008 23:34
ireland.com
JUNIOR CERTIFICATE RELIGIOUS STUDIES: ALL LEVELSHALF OF all Junior Cert students sat yesterday's Religious Studies exam, which was received with good grace by all concerned. "This was the nicest exam since the syllabus was first tested in 2003," said teacher Melanie O'Sullivan. "The syllabus is settling down now and this paper reflected that."
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Tale of Dante, the snake saving my skin
12.06.2008 23:34
ireland.com
EXAM DIARY: DANTE THE snake shed his skin last night. Rebirth is painful, and you're not offered an epidural.
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TRY THIS AT HOME
12.06.2008 23:34
ireland.com
Excerpts from Junior Cert Religious Education - higher level.
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Some students find higher paper challenging
12.06.2008 23:34
ireland.com
JUNIOR CERT SCIENCE: ALL LEVELS ALTHOUGH STUDENTS were pleased with yesterday's higher and ordinary-level Junior Cert science papers, some found the higher paper testing.
Ireland
Social Life
Coherence in sentencing policy
12.06.2008 23:32
ireland.com
NOT FOR the first time Mr Justice Paul Carney has seized headlines with a controversial speech on the criminal justice system. Giving what has become an annual address to the law faculty in University College Cork, where he is adjunct professor of law, the judge again expressed disquiet this week with decisions of the Court of Criminal Appeal, pointing out that it had reduced a number of sentences for manslaughter imposed by the Central Criminal Court.
Ireland
Opinions
Taking liberties
12.06.2008 23:32
ireland.com
FINDING THE right balance between individual rights and state security is an ancient and abiding issue in the definition of liberty. It was brought to a new pitch in Britain on Wednesday evening, when the House of Commons voted by 315 to 306 in favour of legislation to introduce a 42-day, pre-charge detention period for terrorist suspects. The government majority was secured only with the help of the nine Democratic Unionist Party MPs, who unconvincingly said they supported it on merit and not because of other concessions.
Ireland
Opinions
Families of the Troubles' victims must learn the truth
12.06.2008 23:32
ireland.com
The men and women who know some of Northern Ireland's darkest stories are dying. Will they take their secrets to the grave?, asks Susan McKay
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Opinions
We are all Europeans now - and it isn't all that bad
12.06.2008 23:32
ireland.com
I voted Yes to the Lisbon Treaty because, in my view, we are long past the point when a real choice was possible, writes John Waters
Ireland
Opinions
Time right for a strategic new direction in higher education
12.06.2008 23:32
ireland.com
All those concerned with third level need to hold our nerve and deliver on our rhetoric, writes Michael Kelly
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