Dane urges Ireland to pull out of EU

 19.06.2008 23:46   ireland.com

A FORMER Danish Liberal foreign minister has urged Ireland to “do the rest of Europe a favour” and withdraw from the EU.

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Opponents say the treaty is dead and call for fresh negotiations

 19.06.2008 23:46   ireland.com

SINN FÉIN AND SOCIALISTSSINN FÉIN MEP Mary Lou McDonald and the Socialist Party's Joe Higgins both caleld for Fresh EU treaty negotiations yesterday.

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Backing for keeping commission

 19.06.2008 23:46   ireland.com

POLAND: POLAND'S EUROPE minister has said that Warsaw would support retaining the current 27-member European Commission as a way out of the current Lisbon Treaty impasse.

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Ictu says delay in protecting workers' rights a factor in rejection of treaty

 19.06.2008 23:46   ireland.com

THE GOVERNMENT'S tactic of "obstruction" and "delay" in implementing EU policy aimed at protecting workers' rights was a factor in the rejection of the Lisbon Treaty, Irish Congress of Trade Unions general secretary David Begg has said.

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 19.06.2008 23:46   ireland.com

EXAM DIARY: LEAVING CERTIFICATE RELIGIOUS STUDIES HIGHER AND ORDINARY LEVELS IT WAS a testing morning for less than a thousand students sitting yesterday's Leaving Certificate religious studies exam.

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When in Rome - students happy with classics exams

 19.06.2008 23:46   ireland.com

JUNIOR CERT CLASSICAL STUDIES LATIN: ALL LEVELS JULIUS CAESAR appeared yesterday, much to the delight of the 655 students taking the Junior Certificate classical studies exam. "On the whole, this was a reasonable paper that students could live with," said Jim O'Dea, an ASTI subject representative and teacher at Rathdown School in Glenageary, Co Dublin.

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Papers marked by difficult elements but strike the right note with students

 19.06.2008 23:46   ireland.com

LEAVING CERT MUSIC: ALL LEVELSTHE LEAVING Cert music exams was well received by students, according to teachers of the subject. While not without their difficult elements, there were few surprises in the papers.

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Seriously ill girl (10) to travel to US for surgery

 19.06.2008 23:45   ireland.com

A YOUNG Co Wexford girl left with serious mobility problems after she was struck with a viral infection four years ago will travel to New York next week in the hope that doctors there can perform surgery to help her recovery.

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Authority links high veterinary sector prices to advertising ban

 19.06.2008 23:45   ireland.com

AN ABSENCE of price transparency and a ban on advertising in Ireland’s veterinary sector is restricting competition for consumers and may contribute to higher prices, according to a report by the Competition Authority.

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Over 20,000 apply for greener homes grants

 19.06.2008 23:45   ireland.com

OVER 20,000 Irish people have applied for grants to install wood, solar and thermal heat systems in their homes under the greener homes scheme operated for the Government by Sustainable Energy Ireland (SEI), the Bioenergy 2008 conference was told yesterday in Athenry, Co Galway.

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Minister hints at time extension for development plans

 19.06.2008 23:45   ireland.com

SAYING THAT he might now be prepared to consider a short extension of the time limits, the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs has again criticised rural development companies which have not held elections before submitting development plans.

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Ryanair to operate daily Knock-Liverpool service

 19.06.2008 23:45   ireland.com

IRELAND WEST Airport in Knock has announced a new daily service between Co Mayo and John Lennon Airport, Liverpool.

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Trial adjourned over lack of jurors Salmon fishing resumes at Dingle Third dead foal found in Limerick river

 19.06.2008 23:45   ireland.com

The trial of a former doctor charged with obtaining more than €80,000 by false pretences was adjourned yesterday after the court failed to secure enough jurors

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Bleak outlook for Zimbabwe

 19.06.2008 23:41   ireland.com

THAT ZIMBABWE's presidential elections are "very unlikely to be free and fair" is a real understatement when seen in the light of the vicious terror campaign being waged against opposition voters by supporters of Robert Mugabe's regime. Nonetheless yesterday's statement by Tanzania, Angola and Swaziland on behalf of the Southern African Development Community represents a significant political initiative by regional leaders. They face a major decision now on whether to recommend abandoning next week's elections altogether.

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Banking instability

 19.06.2008 23:41   ireland.com

IRISH FINANCIAL stocks have tumbled from their peak valuations and have yet to find a floor - as demonstrated by the sector's continuing weak performance this week. Never try and catch a falling knife is an old Wall Street adage, often quoted to dissuade the foolhardy investor: namely, those tempted to call a bottom in a volatile financial market.

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