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Chadian mandate
17.06.2008 23:33
ireland.com
ANOTHER ROUND of fighting between rebel forces and government troops is building up in eastern Chad, where Irish troops are serving with the European Union's EUfor mission to protect refugees and NGOs from neighbouring Sudan. The issues involved vividly illustrate the difficulties and risks facing this operation in one of Africa's most unstable regions.
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Crisis? What crisis? The EU can simply get on with it
17.06.2008 23:33
ireland.com
The EU fared just fine with 27 members and no Lisbon Treaty. There is nothing to stop it going forward, writes Vincent Browne.
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L-drivers don't have a licence to kill
17.06.2008 23:33
ireland.com
The provisional driver has long been a scapegoat for our appalling road safety, writes Rosita Boland.
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Health service reform is timely and delivering results
17.06.2008 23:33
ireland.com
It is easy to criticise the work of the HSE, but the strategies being put in place will bring long-term benefits, writes Liam Downey.
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A modest list of demands that will win better EU deal
17.06.2008 23:33
ireland.com
OPINION: Brian Cowen meets his EU counterparts tomorrow. Mary Lou McDonald says this is what he needs to tell them..
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Treaty rejection will reduce Ireland to minority of one in Union
17.06.2008 23:33
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OPINION: Going back to the drawing board and getting a better deal is not going to happen, writes Brigid Laffan.
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Care and concern in short supply as industrial action escalates
17.06.2008 23:33
ireland.com
NEWTON'S OPTIC: THE PRIMARY function of the Department of Social and Family Affairs, according to its mission statement, is "to promote a caring society".
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An Irishman's Diary
17.06.2008 23:33
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ONE OF the many classy things about last weekend's Leonard Cohen concerts was that, while the band played a whole succession of "encores" at the end, there was no attempt to suggest any of them were spontaneous, writes Frank McNally.
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Galvin to challenge 24-week suspension
17.06.2008 23:33
ireland.com
KERRY FOOTBALL captain Paul Galvin has wasted no time in requesting a date with the GAA's Central Hearings Committee (CHC) in an effort to clear or reduce the 24-week suspension handed out yesterday for his actions toward the match referee in last Sunday's Munster football semi-final against Clare.
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Disjointed France singing the blues
17.06.2008 23:33
ireland.com
France 0 Italy 2SO, ANOTHER battle of the Blues goes the way of the Italians, who now go on to Vienna and a quarter-final clash with Spain. Let's hope the two produce a better game than last night's at the Leitzigrund Stadium where an injury to Franck Ribery and Eric Abidal's sending off had gone a long way to deciding the outcome of an eventful but disappointing game even before Andrea Pirlo had opened the scoring.
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Sense of déjà vu as provinces pooled with familiar foes
17.06.2008 23:33
ireland.com
MUNSTER WILL reacquaint themselves with Clermont Auvergne while Leinster again meet Edinburgh at the pool stages in next season's Heineken Cup. It was the first year for a number of changes to the draw, but yesterday as the pools and teams were pulled out of the drum in Dublin for the 2008-2009 competition, there was a certain familiarity to the pools involving the Irish teams.
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Domenech feels referee was not up to task
17.06.2008 23:33
ireland.com
NOT SURPRISINGLY, Italian coach Roberto Donadoni and his opposite number, Raymond Domenech, had totally different views of Italy's 2-0 win in Zurich last night. Whilst the Italian refused to acknowledge that Italy had got all the breaks going, his French rival was bitterly critical of the refereeing.
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All double Dutch for Romania
17.06.2008 23:32
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Netherlands 2 Romania 0IT WAS a noteworthy achievement for Romania to have taken the most fiendish group at the European Championship down to its final round. Ultimately, though, Victor Piturca's spirited but largely toothless team could not find life after death.
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Hiddink will omit brilliant Arshavin at his peril
17.06.2008 23:32
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WITH ALMOST every one of their players based at home the Russians had always been uncertain in the build-up to these championships as to whether their young and inexperienced side would be good enough to make a positive impact. 2000 What they have always believed, though, is that in Guus Hiddink they had a manager who was top quality and, in Andrei Arshavin, a midfielder, winger, playmaker and striker with the talent to emerge as one of the stars of the tournament.
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GROUP D RUSSIA v SWEDEN GREECE v SPAIN
17.06.2008 23:32
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SWEDEN’S main striker, Zlaten Ibrahimovic, is expected to start this evening’s vital final group game against Russia despite an ongoing knee problem.
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