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Public picks Donegal home for top architecture award
23.06.2008 23:35
ireland.com
A PRIVATE house overlooking Lough Swilly in Co Donegal is the first winner of a major Irish architectural award to be voted on by the public.
Ireland
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World trade proposals unbalanced and a bad deal - Smith
23.06.2008 23:35
ireland.com
EU FARM Ministers were told yesterday by the Minister for Agriculture, Brendan Smith, that the present set of WTO proposals did not present an appropriate basis for a deal at this time.
Ireland
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Gardaí raid premises in inquiry into people smuggling
23.06.2008 23:35
ireland.com
GARDAÍ RAIDED premises in Dublin's south inner city yesterday as part of a major pan-European crackdown against a suspected people smuggling network operating between Asia and Europe.
Ireland
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Proposals to reform apartment management
23.06.2008 23:35
ireland.com
DEVELOPERS SHOULD have to incorporate an owners’ management company (OMC) for new apartment developments of more than five units, according to the Law Reform Commission.
Ireland
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Apartment block developers agree new code of practice
23.06.2008 23:35
ireland.com
A NEW code of practice for developers building apartment blocks will come into force from September.
Ireland
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Drug-free policy for jails has failed, says report
23.06.2008 23:35
ireland.com
THE GOVERNMENT'S policy to make prisons drug-free has dramatically failed to reduce substance abuse in Irish jails and has led to an increase in intimidation and violence, according to a new report.
Ireland
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Ways of cutting capitals' CO2 levels outlined
23.06.2008 23:35
ireland.com
CAPITAL CITIES can meet their greenhouse gas emission targets without a dramatic shift in the lifestyles of their citizens, according to a new report on climate change launched in London yesterday.
Ireland
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Criticism of council plans to end roadside collection of bottles
23.06.2008 23:34
ireland.com
PLANS BY Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council to stop the roadside collection of glass bottles for recycling have been described as environmentally unfriendly.
Ireland
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Workers' confidence in Government 'must be restored'
23.06.2008 23:34
ireland.com
WORKERS MUST win collective bargaining rights in every firm and the Government must protect existing pay deals if workers' confidence in the Government is to be restored, the leader of the country's largest union has said.
Ireland
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School-leavers with autism face doubts over services
23.06.2008 23:34
ireland.com
THE PROVISION of structured services for teenagers with autism once they finish school this year is not being guaranteed due to Health Service Executive (HSE) cutbacks, it has been claimed.
Ireland
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Redemptorists bring Limerick novena to the world via internet
23.06.2008 23:34
ireland.com
A SERVICE delivering novenas over the internet was launched yesterday. Novena.ie will stream live services online several times daily until next Saturday, when the novena ends. But the website will continue to retain its novena.ie address following this week's prayer event in Limerick.
Ireland
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Poles making 20% of online flight bookings from Ireland
23.06.2008 23:34
ireland.com
THE POLISH community in Ireland will account for 20 per cent of online bookings for flights from Ireland to foreign destinations this summer, according to a new travel survey.
Ireland
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Special Olympics campaign for intellectually disabled Africans
23.06.2008 23:34
ireland.com
A NEW campaign aimed at encouraging thousands of African people with intellectual disabilities to participate in the Special Olympics World Games was discussed in Dublin yesterday.
Ireland
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Report criticises moratorium on Sandyford development
23.06.2008 23:34
ireland.com
A MORATORIUM on development in a section of Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown could cost the county up to €200 million in potential levies and redirect thousands of jobs from the area, a new report has claimed.
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