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Galway council seeks to remove Eyre Sq arbitrator
16.06.2008 23:32
ireland.com
AN ARBITRATOR who found in favour of a contractor who walked away from a multi-million euro refurbishment project at Eyre Square in June 2005, was guilty of serious misconduct and had a tendency to fall asleep during hearings, the Commercial Court was told yesterday.
Ireland
Social Life
Man found not guilty of rape after almost year in detention
16.06.2008 23:32
ireland.com
A MAN who has been held in custody for almost a year on a rape charge has been found not guilty by a jury. The verdict was delivered after 30 minutes deliberating following a nine-day trial.
Ireland
Social Life
Tarbert challenge moves step closer
16.06.2008 23:32
ireland.com
APPLICATIONS BY an environmental group and a local man for permission to bring proceedings challenging the proposed development of a €500 million gas terminal near Tarbert in Co Kerry will be heard at the Commercial Court later this year.
Ireland
Social Life
High Court updated on HSE-IPU mediation
16.06.2008 23:32
ireland.com
A HIGH COURT judge has been told it should become clear later this week whether any resolution has been achieved in the mediation talks between the HSE and the Irish Pharmacy Union in a dispute over the HSE’s decision to reduce discount payments to pharmacies under a community medical scheme.
Ireland
Social Life
Familiar questions fail to flummox
16.06.2008 23:32
ireland.com
LEAVING CERT PHYSICS - HIGHER AND ORDINARY LEVEL: STUDENTS RELYING on exam predictions to get them through the Leaving Cert higher level physics paper were disappointed yesterday morning. Two of the four questions in section A appeared on the paper in 2006. "They weren't expected to come up again this year," said ASTI subject representative Edel McInerney.
Ireland
Social Life
Exam draws a line under technical drawing syllabus
16.06.2008 23:32
ireland.com
LEAVING CERT TECHNICAL DRAWING PAPER II: THE 25-YEAR-OLD Leaving Cert technical drawing syllabus was laid to rest yesterday as 5,661 students sat its final examination.
Ireland
Social Life
Accessible paper pleases design enthusiasts
16.06.2008 23:32
ireland.com
JUNIOR CERT - MATERIALS TECHNOLOGY: PLAIN ENGLISH was the order of the day for the 15,925 students sitting yesterday's Junior Cert Materials Technology paper.
Ireland
Social Life
Papers described as 'testing but balanced'
16.06.2008 23:32
ireland.com
JUNIOR CERT - TECHNICAL GRAPHICS: YESTERDAY MORNING'S Junior Cert exams in technical graphics were described as "testing but balanced" by teachers.
Ireland
Social Life
Litter group defends 'blackspot' tag for Tullamore
16.06.2008 23:31
ireland.com
IRISH BUSINESS Against Litter (IBAL) has defended its latest national survey which called Tullamore, Co Offaly, a "litter blackspot" and placed it third from the bottom in a cleanliness league of 55 Irish towns, cities and environs.
Ireland
Social Life
Limerick honour for Franciscans
16.06.2008 23:31
ireland.com
THE FRANCISCAN Order, which closed its doors in Limerick last week after 730 years of service to the local community, was among three pillars of religious life in the city honoured at a civic recept 705 ion by Limerick County Council yesterday.
Ireland
Social Life
Suspicions about private US jet at Shannon
16.06.2008 23:31
ireland.com
THE STATE'S operational approach to searching US aircraft in Shannon remains opaque and unclear, Labour's spokesman on foreign affairs Michael D Higgins has said.
Ireland
Social Life
Aiken says there is no crisis in concert business
16.06.2008 23:31
ireland.com
ONE OF the country’s leading concert promoters has strongly rejected media reports that the Irish concert business is in crisis this summer and pointed to the fact that more than 80,000 people have bought tickets for this year’s Live in Marquee series in Cork.
Ireland
Social Life
Campaign targets childhood obesity
16.06.2008 23:30
ireland.com
MORE THAN €1.3 million is being invested in a new all-island campaign to curb obesity among children. It will strongly urge parents to be role models regarding good nutrition and healthy physical activity.
Ireland
Health & Beauty
Family habits: the research
16.06.2008 23:30
ireland.com
New research into family habits in Ireland regarding food and exercise has shown that almost half of all parents prepare separate meals for their children.
Ireland
Health & Beauty
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