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Ahern denies getting £50,000 from Wall
17.06.2008 23:45
ireland.com
BERTIE AHERN has denied he ever received £50,000 from or gave £50,000 to Manchester-based businessman Micheál Wall.
Ireland
Social Life
Donegal villages in shock as crash claims the lives of mother and baby
17.06.2008 23:45
ireland.com
Letterkenny deaths: father of three-month-old victim remains in critical condition
Ireland
Social Life
EU agrees emergency aid package for fishing industry
17.06.2008 23:45
ireland.com
THE EUROPEAN Commission agreed an emergency aid package for fishermen yesterday to help offset the recent dramatic rise in oil prices.
Ireland
Social Life
Survey shows high electricity use at home
17.06.2008 23:45
ireland.com
IRISH HOMES are becoming more energy-efficient but their occupants are using more electricity, often to create greater comfort, according to a new report.
Ireland
Social Life
Counting the cost of the 'comfort effect' as energy bills rocket
17.06.2008 23:45
ireland.com
Regulations and fuel costs may force us to curb our addiction to warmth and gadgets, writes Paul Cullen.
Ireland
Social Life
Over 1,000 dare to bare all for the sake of art
17.06.2008 23:45
ireland.com
The naked truth: men and women pose for photographer Spencer Tunick in the grounds of Blarney Castle
Ireland
Social Life
Union warns of threat to off-site weddings in July
17.06.2008 23:44
ireland.com
THERE MAY be dozens of disappointed brides this summer, as off-site weddings planned for next month are in danger due to staff shortages, the union Impact warned yesterday.
Ireland
Social Life
EU food labelling regime provokes debate
17.06.2008 23:44
ireland.com
A DISAGREEMENT on the importance of food labelling in the fight against obesity surfaced between small and large business groups at the Oireachtas Joint Committee on European Scrutiny yesterday.
Ireland
Social Life
Man to be charged with rape of 86-year-old in Monaghan
17.06.2008 23:44
ireland.com
A MAN is expected to appear before the courts as early as this morning to answer charges relating to the rape of an 86-year-old woman who was subjected to a lengthy ordeal in her home in the early hours of Monday morning. The chief suspect in the case is well known to gardaí.
Ireland
Social Life
Greens deny cut in 3-seat electoral areas help party
17.06.2008 23:44
ireland.com
THE DRAMATIC reduction of three-seat local electoral areas from 32 to just three before next year’s local elections will favour the Green Party, Fine Gael sources have claimed.
Ireland
Social Life
Fewer schoolgirls feel they are too fat
17.06.2008 23:44
ireland.com
THE NUMBER of Irish schoolboys reporting they feel too fat is growing, but among schoolgirls the number feeling this way is decreasing, according to a major new report on the health and lifestyle of school-age children published yesterday.
Ireland
Social Life
Health behaviour
17.06.2008 23:44
ireland.com
The main points of the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children report.
Ireland
Social Life
Rise in number of children suffering bullying in school
17.06.2008 23:44
ireland.com
THE NUMBER of children in the Republic who are being bullied at school is rising, according to new research published yesterday.
Ireland
Social Life
Funding logjam delays homeless strategy
17.06.2008 23:44
ireland.com
A NEW Government strategy to tackle homelessness may not be published until senior officials are confident that funding shortages which are affecting dozens of new homeless services are resolved.
Ireland
Social Life
HSE chief says prompt discharge dates will free up beds
17.06.2008 23:44
ireland.com
PATIENTS GOING into hospital in six months’ time will be given a date for their discharge within 24 hours, as well as dates for scans or other tests they need to have carried out while admitted, Health Service Executive chief Prof Brendan Drumm said yesterday.
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