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Ahern returns to tribunal to face questions over home
16.06.2008 23:35
ireland.com
FORMER TAOISEACH Bertie Ahern will take the stand at the Mahon tribunal today to face questions about his home in Drumcondra.
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Catholic bishops restate opposition to gay marriage
16.06.2008 23:35
ireland.com
CATHOLIC BISHOPS yesterday renewed their opposition to gay marriage, insisting that sexual differentiation is intrinsic to the sacrament of marriage.
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Dún Laoghaire golf club development gets go-ahead
16.06.2008 23:35
ireland.com
AN BORD Pleanála has given the go-ahead to a controversial development planned for Dún Laoghaire golf club.
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Clashes in Chad under control,O'Dea told
16.06.2008 23:35
ireland.com
CHADIAN GOVERNMENT officials have told Minister for Defence Willie O'Dea during a visit to the country that rebel activity which resulted in fresh clashes in recent days is now under control.
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Conor McPherson leads tributes to Tony-winning Irish actor
16.06.2008 23:34
ireland.com
PLAYWRIGHT CONOR McPherson has led tributes to actor Jim Norton who won a prestigious Tony award in New York on Sunday night.
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Gay archive handed over to National Library
16.06.2008 23:34
ireland.com
AN ARCHIVE of thousands of private papers, journals and publications chronicling the transformation of the gay community over the century was officially handed over to the National Library of Ireland yesterday.
Ireland
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Limerick private hospital to go ahead
16.06.2008 23:34
ireland.com
PLANNING PERMISSION has been granted for the construction of another co-located private hospital, this time on the grounds of Limerick Regional Hospital.
Ireland
Social Life
Scan error cases set to rise
16.06.2008 23:34
ireland.com
THE NUMBER of patients in the northeast whose cancer was mis-diagnosed as a result of tumours not being spotted on initial chest X-rays is expected to rise considerably.
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Social Life
Gorgonzola cheese and Burgundy - it must be Bloomsday
16.06.2008 23:34
ireland.com
AT EVERY turn there were women in lacy Edwardian dresses and wide-brimmed hats on the arms of men in straw boaters, dapper suits and colourful waistcoats: it had to be Bloomsday.
Ireland
Social Life
Non-delivery prompts half of web purchase complaints
16.06.2008 23:34
ireland.com
PROBLEMS WITH the delivery of goods accounted for half of the complaints about online purchasing last year, the European Consumer Centres network has found.
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'Ulysses' medal for poet Kinsella, honorary law doctorate for editor of 'Irish Times'
16.06.2008 23:34
ireland.com
THE POET Thomas Kinsella was presented with the Ulysses Medal in UCD yesterday at a ceremony where honorary degrees were conferred on seven people, including Irish Times editor Geraldine Kennedy.
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Last year was one of 'broken promises for children' - Cari
16.06.2008 23:34
ireland.com
LAST YEAR was one of "broken promises for children", according to the child-protection charity Cari (Children At Risk in Ireland).
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Report calls for regulation of horse fairs on foot of animal welfare worries
16.06.2008 23:34
ireland.com
PROPOSALS TO regulate some of Ireland’s best known horse fairs should be given serious consideration, a new report has said.
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HSE and Impact to meet today
16.06.2008 23:33
ireland.com
The HSE and the Impact trade union will meet again today in an attempt to find a resolution to a dispute which has resulted in about 28,000 health sector staff taking industrial action.
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