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Youth stabbed over Bebo webpage
20.06.2008 23:30
ireland.com
A TEENAGER was stabbed and beaten with knuckle-dusters over comments he allegedly made about a girl on a Bebo webpage, a court has heard.
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Man charged over Limerick death
20.06.2008 23:30
ireland.com
A MAN is to appear in a Limerick court this morning in connection with the death of Brendan McEvoy, whose body was found at an apartment complex in the city on Thursday morning.
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Mediation on pharmacies' discount fails
20.06.2008 23:30
ireland.com
A HIGH court judge has been told that 2000 mediation talks have failed between the Health Service Executive (HSE) and the Irish Pharmacy Union (IPU) in a dispute over the HSE’s decision to reduce discount payments to pharmacies under a community medical scheme.
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Matter of UN Chad remarks 'closed'
20.06.2008 23:30
ireland.com
DEFENCE FORCES Chief of Staff Lieut Gen Dermot Earley has said Irish troops in Chad were disappointed at “misinformation” by a UN official about their actions in the African country.
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Unlicensed dump is not polluting reservoir, says Wicklow County Council
20.06.2008 23:30
ireland.com
WICKLOW COUNTY Council has said it has no reason to believe an unlicensed dump at Russborough on the edge of Blessington Lake is polluting the reservoir.
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Major confident powersharing will last
20.06.2008 23:30
ireland.com
HAILING IRELAND for its “tolerant” nature, former British prime minister John Major said he was confident the Northern Ireland powersharing Executive would continue.
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Shake-up will see Rail Safety Commission move to Louth
20.06.2008 23:30
ireland.com
THE RAIL Safety Commission is to be moved to Drogheda, Co Louth, instead of Ballinasloe, Co Galway, as part of changes to elements of the controversial decentralisation programme approved by the Government.
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In Short
20.06.2008 23:30
ireland.com
A round up of today's other stories in brief...
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EU leaders 'have no interest' in reopening Lisbon text
20.06.2008 23:30
ireland.com
TAOISEACH's PRESS CONFERENCE: TAOISEACH BRIAN Cowen acknowledged after the European Council summit in Brussels yesterday that a number of his fellow leaders had no interest in reopening the text of the Lisbon Treaty, although they had expressed their respect for the Irish referendum result.
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No campaign convincing - Yes voters
20.06.2008 23:29
ireland.com
SURVEY OF VOTERS: EVEN PEOPLE who voted in favour of the Lisbon Treaty thought the No campaign was more convincing than the Yes campaign, a survey shows.
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Sarkozy attacks EU trade chief's tactics
20.06.2008 23:29
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TRADE TALKS: FRENCH EXASPERATION with the course of World Trade Organisation (WTO) talks on agriculture flared at the summit when President Nicolas Sarkozy took a swipe at EU trade commissioner Peter Mandelson.
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Enlargement 'on hold' unless treaty ratified
20.06.2008 23:29
ireland.com
FRENCH PRESIDENCY: THE POLITICAL imperative of EU enlargement into the Balkans would be impossible within the confines of the Nice Treaty, French president Nicolas Sarkozy told journalists attending the Brussels summit.
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EU chiefs urge free and fair vote in Zimbabwean presidential election
20.06.2008 23:29
ireland.com
WORLDWIDE ISSUES: "ZIMBABWEANS SHOULD be allowed to choose their future freely," European Union leaders affirmed yesterday, in a strong declaration on the elections which warned of the union's willingness to increase sanctions against individuals responsible for violence.
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Irish No vote may be insurmountable roadblock for treaty, says Major
20.06.2008 23:29
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COMMENT ON NO VOTE: STRESSING THE need for Ireland's No vote on the Lisbon Treaty to be honoured, former British prime minister John Major argued yesterday that the EU may have hit an insurmountable "roadblock".
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Berlin may agree to deal on commissioners
20.06.2008 23:29
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GERMAN REACTION: GERMANY MAY agree to let all EU member states keep their EU commissioner as a contribution to resolving the impasse caused by Ireland's No to the Lisbon Treaty.
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