World / Social Life
Bush visits Stormont on final leg of European farewell trip
15.06.2008 23:37
ireland.com
PRESIDENT GEORGE W Bush visits Stormont today on the final leg of his European tour to honour a long-standing commitment to the heads of the Northern Ireland Executive.
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Labour drafts Bill on issue of sex with minors
15.06.2008 23:36
ireland.com
THE LABOUR Party is drafting a Bill to deal with the issue of protecting young people from sexual assault, while allowing for a defence of honest mistake as to the age of the young person, The Irish Times has learned.
Ireland
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1,500 cases of elder abuse under inquiry, says HSE
15.06.2008 23:36
ireland.com
A TOTAL of 1,500 cases of older people suffering from abuse are being investigated in the State, new Health Service Executive (HSE) figures reveal.
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OPW puts plans for Dublin skyscraper on hold
15.06.2008 23:36
ireland.com
PLANS TO create Ireland's tallest building, a 32-storey skyscraper by Heuston Station in Dublin, are the latest victim of the downturn in the pro 2000 perty market.
Ireland
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An Taisce finances back in black
15.06.2008 23:36
ireland.com
THE FINANCIAL position of environmental charity An Taisce has moved into the black after a few difficult years.
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Civil servants to escalate their industrial action
15.06.2008 23:36
ireland.com
ABOUT 2,500 civil servants in the Department of Social and Family Affairs are to escalate a campaign of industrial action from today in a row over flexi-time working arrangements.
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Teenage boy dies after rally car collision
15.06.2008 23:36
ireland.com
A POSTMORTEM will be carried out today on a teenage boy who died when struck by a car in the Donegal International Rally outside Letterkenny, Co Donegal on Saturday. The remainder of the rally was called off.
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Fás jobs fair for construction workers proves big attraction
15.06.2008 23:36
ireland.com
THE SLOWDOWN in the building trade was highlighted in Dublin over the weekend as the State employment agency Fás hosted an international jobs fair for the construction sector.
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Dartmouth Square order 'not be used'
15.06.2008 23:36
ireland.com
A DUBLIN city councillor has said a compulsory purchase order (CPO) on Dartmouth Square, near Rathmines, will not be completed by the local authority.
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God proves he has all the best tunes as Christian music festival rocks Wicklow
15.06.2008 23:36
ireland.com
ROCK MUSIC, picnics in the Wicklow sunshine, young people gyrating to the sound of indie, pop and funk, the Glenealy valley in Co Wicklow came alive yesterday for the first MAD music festival - a rock concert with a difference.
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Government urged to cut tax on fuel as prices soar
15.06.2008 23:36
ireland.com
THE GOVERNMENT has been urged to cut fuel taxes after new figures show petrol and diesel prices have reached record highs.
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Chemical cutback plans could increase food prices
15.06.2008 23:36
ireland.com
EU PROPOSALS aimed at cutting the number of chemicals that can be used for protecting plants could add further to food price inflation, the Animal and Plant Health Association (Apha) has claimed.
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Ruhama concerns on traffickers
15.06.2008 23:36
ireland.com
MANY HOSTELS for asylum-seekers are sex "honeypots" stalked by evil human traffickers who exploit immigrant women desperate for cash to top up their meagre allowance from the State, a conference on trafficking and the sex industry was told.
Ireland
Social Life
1,500 cases of elder abuse under inquiry, says HSE
15.06.2008 23:36
ireland.com
A TOTAL of 1,500 cases of older people suffering from abuse are being investigated in the State, new Health Service Executive (HSE) figures reveal.
Ireland
Social Life
Airport collision incident to be examined
15.06.2008 23:36
ireland.com
THE AIR Accident Investigation Unit (AAIU) is to examine the circumstances of an incident at Dublin airport at the weekend when a Spanish charter aircraft collided with a fuel tanker.
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