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Ex-doctor denies he falsely claimed cancer cure
17.06.2008 23:43
ireland.com
A FORMER doctor yesterday pleaded not guilty to obtaining more than €80,000 from cancer patients and their relatives by falsely pretending he could cure the patients of cancer.
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Dead man to blame for row, trial told
17.06.2008 23:43
ireland.com
A FATHER of six would not have been fatally stabbed if he had not brandished a knife in the moments leading up to his death, a murder trial heard yesterday. Christopher Cawley (33) died of multiple stab wounds following an assault at the stairwell of a block of flats at Tyrone Place, Inchicore, Dublin, on October 29th, 2006.
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Woman wrote to radio show about partner
17.06.2008 23:43
ireland.com
A CLARE woman on trial for hiring a hitman to kill her partner and his two sons wrote to the Gerry Ryan Show several months before the events she is accused of to complain about her partner, a Central Criminal Court jury has heard.
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Ex-solicitor's 'excuses' worthy of Puck Fair
17.06.2008 23:43
ireland.com
THE “EXCUSES” of a former solicitor from Co Kerry during a long-running dispute over the enforcement of disciplinary measures against him would have surprised “three-card trick men at Puck Fair”, the president of the High Court said yesterday.
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Judge grants legal aid to pregnant girl (17)
17.06.2008 23:43
ireland.com
A JUDGE has granted free legal aid to a pregnant 17 year old whose father gets nearly €25,000 a year from social welfare benefits.
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Woman suing State tells of her arrest
17.06.2008 23:43
ireland.com
A WOMAN who claims she was unlawfully arrested and forced to strip down to her underwear in a Garda station during a search for drugs has brought a High Court action for damages.
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Relatives ordered to stay away from holiday village
17.06.2008 23:43
ireland.com
A COUPLE have secured a temporary High Court injunction preventing the family of their deceased business partner from trespassing or interfering with an extensive holiday home development in Co Wexford.
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Court challenge to UK Child Support Agency fails
17.06.2008 23:43
ireland.com
AN IRISH woman living in the UK has failed in her challenge to the UK Child Support Agency for its alleged failure to secure maintenance for her and her children from her estranged husband.
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Cowen denounces 'great falsehood' on commissioner
17.06.2008 23:42
ireland.com
TAOISEACH BRIAN Cowen said that the No vote in the Lisbon Treaty referendum made Ireland more vulnerable to losing its EU commissioner.
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Extra week in Dáil is not enough for angry Gilmore
17.06.2008 23:42
ireland.com
LABOUR LEADER Eamon Gilmore has angrily dismissed a Government plan for the Dáil to sit for one extra week, in response to his party’s insistence that it was “unthinkable” for the House to adjourn for three months over the summer.
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No decision made on drink-driver penalties
17.06.2008 23:42
ireland.com
A MEDIA report that drink drivers would be given administrative penalties rather than be put off the road, did not emanate from Government, Minister of State for Transport Noel Ahern told the Dáil.
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Less fuel tax 'would benefit producers'
17.06.2008 23:42
ireland.com
REDUCING TAXES on fuels “would send the wrong signal both to consumers and oil producers” according to Taoiseach Brian Cowen, who insisted that “we have to be careful not to exacerbate what is an already difficult situation”.
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Ahern defends Thornton Hall
17.06.2008 23:42
ireland.com
THE BUILDING of a new prison in Thornton Hall, in north Dublin, was strongly defended by Minister for Justice Dermot Ahern.
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Call for new examiner of fatal crashes
17.06.2008 23:41
ireland.com
MINISTER FOR Transport Noel Dempsey has no plans to have anybody other than the Garda and, where appropriate, the Health and Safety Authority, investigate road crashes, the Dáil has heard.
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