Top Stories: Three Irish women who have taken the Government to the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg because they had to travel to Britain to have abortions are to have a special hearing at the Court t... RTE Wed, 09 Dec 2009 03:30:06 -0500Dec 9 2009 Ministers have been accused of undermining efforts to tackle prisoners' heroin addiction. Mike Trace, a former drugs adviser to Tony Blair, said provision of the heroin substitute metha... Loughborough Echo Wed, 09 Dec 2009 03:24:52 -0500Dec 9 2009 The effectiveness of the swine flu antiviral Tamiflu is being questioned amid disarray over government plans to inoculate more than three million young children against the bug. Researc... Loughborough Echo Wed, 09 Dec 2009 03:24:51 -0500Dec 9 2009 Company directors have published a recovery plan for the British economy as business groups and unions made a last minute plea to the Chancellor to take action in the pre-budget report t... Loughborough Echo Wed, 09 Dec 2009 03:24:50 -0500Dec 9 2009 The UK has some of the worst cancer and heart attack survival rates in the developed world, a survey has revealed. Among 13 of the richest nations, Britain has the second lowest five-ye... Loughborough Echo Wed, 09 Dec 2009 03:24:49 -0500Dec 9 2009 This year's high street Christmas price war could be even more savage than the discounting frenzy of 2008, an industry body has said. Memories of shopping areas swathed in red sale bann... Loughborough Echo Wed, 09 Dec 2009 03:24:49 -0500Dec 9 2009 Ministers have been accused of undermining efforts to tackle prisoners' heroin addiction. Mike Trace, a former drugs adviser to Tony Blair, said provision of the heroin substitute metha... Loughborough Echo Wed, 09 Dec 2009 03:24:48 -0500DUBLIN – Irish balladeer Liam Clancy, last of the Clancy Brothers troupe whose feisty, boozy songs of old Ireland struck a sentimental chord worldwide, died Friday in a Cork hospital. He was 74.... Journal Gazette Wed, 09 Dec 2009 03:24:10 -0500Sligo General Hospital . Both are expected to support the Government. If the all the independent Fianna Fail TDs and Mr Grealish vote with the Government, it would give the Government a majority of 85... Independent.ie Wed, 09 Dec 2009 03:22:51 -0500A UNION representing 6,000 public servants has threatened to bring the country's public services "to a standstill" to change Government policy. UNITE declared it was "on a strike footing" last night a... Independent.ie Wed, 09 Dec 2009 03:22:48 -0500Papal Nuncio Archbishop Giuseppe Leanza .An apologetic Archbishop Leanza afterwards said there was no intention on the part of the Vatican not to co-operate with the commission, and he expressed his "... Independent.ie Wed, 09 Dec 2009 03:22:47 -0500Brian Cowen last night claimed there is "no evidence whatsoever" to suggest the Government is losing out on €2bn every year to undetected social-welfare cheats. Mr Cowen hit out at Opposition cl... Independent.ie Wed, 09 Dec 2009 03:22:46 -0500National Roads Authority (NRA) announced yesterday that it was cutting by half the cost of using the tunnel for private cars.There will also be a drop in the toll at peak times -- from €12 per jo... Independent.ie Wed, 09 Dec 2009 03:22:44 -0500Dublin Airport will also be now delayed.The Metro North and DART underground alone are expected to cost in excess of €6.5bn, and all of the projects in the Transport 21 public transport programme... Independent.ie Wed, 09 Dec 2009 03:22:44 -0500ALMOST 700 teachers will receive back payments of €9.1m next week following a thorough examination of the arrears owed to them by the Government, the... Independent.ie Wed, 09 Dec 2009 03:22:43 -0500Dubai 's finance minister admitted yesterday that six months may not be enough time to reorganise the debts owed by the sovereign-owned Dubai World, sending shivers through world indices that were alr... Independent.ie Wed, 09 Dec 2009 03:22:42 -0500HOUSEHOLDERS and small businesses can look forward to shaving an average of €53 off their gas bills in the New Year. The Energy Regulator is reducing gas prices by 8pc from next February.The who... Independent.ie Wed, 09 Dec 2009 03:22:40 -0500WHEN the lengthy preamble is over, and the Minister for Finance plunges into the fine detail of his budget this afternoon, we should be able to tell, within minutes, if the Government is keeping its p... Independent.ie Wed, 09 Dec 2009 03:22:38 -0500European Bank and, remarkably, the views and opinions expressed in the story could have been penned by ourselves in Congress.In short, it carried a grave warning that the future health of the Irish ec... Independent.ie Wed, 09 Dec 2009 03:22:37 -0500GARDA Commissioner Fachtna Murphy last night sent a warning to every member of his force that the proposed industrial action could compromise their moral authority to police the nation.He spelled out ... Independent.ie Wed, 09 Dec 2009 03:22:35 -0500See Search Box lower down this column for searches of Finfacts news pages. Where there may be the odd special character missing from an older page, it's a problem that developed when Interactiv... Finfacts Wed, 09 Dec 2009 03:20:44 -0500See Search Box lower down this column for searches of Finfacts news pages. Where there may be the odd special character missing from an older page, it's a problem that developed when Interactiv... Finfacts Wed, 09 Dec 2009 03:20:40 -0500See Search Box lower down this column for searches of Finfacts news pages. Where there may be the odd special character missing from an older page, it's a problem that developed when Interactiv... Finfacts Wed, 09 Dec 2009 03:20:37 -0500The Government's €200 tax on second homes has raised €51m since its introduction in April's budget, it was reported today.More than 1,400 people with more than 10 houses each have paid the levy, a... Breaking News.ie Wed, 09 Dec 2009 03:17:10 -0500Catholic bishops are being urged to finally admit to their role in a systematic cover-up of child sex abuse.Victims' support group One in Four wants all bishops who failed to report allegations of abu... Breaking News.ie Wed, 09 Dec 2009 03:17:10 -0500Four men were being questioned today after a man was shot dead in a suspected gangland attack.The man in his mid 20s was gunned down at about 9.30pm yesterday in the Ballysimon area of Limerick city.I... Breaking News.ie Wed, 09 Dec 2009 03:17:09 -0500Ireland’s abortion laws are being challenged in a landmark European court hearing today which could overturn the Republic’s sovereign right to protect unconditionally “the life of the unborn”.... Breaking News.ie Wed, 09 Dec 2009 03:17:09 -0500Finance Minister Brian Lenihan was this morning preparing to deliver his third budget in 14 months and one that is being widely regarded as the most important of a generation.The Budget is expected to... Breaking News.ie Wed, 09 Dec 2009 03:17:08 -0500If the Sinn Fein deadline for the the devolution of policing is not met the party may not return to Stormont in the new year, a Sinn Fein MLA has said.Francie Brolly, who retires this week, said their... BBC Wed, 09 Dec 2009 03:06:30 -0500Finance Minister Sammy Wilson has said he is worried that the Northern Ireland bloc grant could be slashed in Alistair Darling's budget cuts.The Chancellor will outline his latest budget plans on Wedn... BBC Wed, 09 Dec 2009 03:06:27 -0500Aaron Lewis , a spokesman. The golfer's standing with the public is in freefall following reported extramarital affairs, according to a consumer research company. The 33-year-old's ranking on a list o... Independent.ie Wed, 09 Dec 2009 01:57:14 -0500The year 2009 is likely to rank in the top 10 warmest on record since the beginning of instrumental climate records in 1850, according to data sources compiled by the United Nations' World Meteorologi... Finfacts Wed, 09 Dec 2009 01:55:32 -0500About that time, in 1833, James Power, who had lived in Mexico for 20 years, returned to Ireland to encourage people to move to Texas. His contract with the Mexican government allowed him and Dr. Jame... Corpus Christi Caller-Times Wed, 09 Dec 2009 01:10:14 -0500-- When Bob Bowlsby said he was "confident" Jim Harbaugh wasn't a candidate for the Notre Dame coaching job, he was wrong. Not about his confidence, but about his terminology. San Francisco Chronicle Wed, 09 Dec 2009 00:37:10 -0500Dec 9 2009 The local authority in which Baby Peter died has been named among the country's nine worst-performing children's services - more than double the number rated lowest last year. Ofsted de... Loughborough Echo Wed, 09 Dec 2009 00:30:59 -0500Dec 9 2009 French officials in Calais have decided to reopen a reception centre for UK-bound migrants - just three months after destroying a makeshift camp near the port to discourage thousands of ... Loughborough Echo Wed, 09 Dec 2009 00:30:58 -0500Dec 9 2009 Tiger Woods' mother-in-law is back at the golfer's mansion after being released from hospital following the latest twist in his turbulent personal life. Barbro Holmberg, mother of Woods... Loughborough Echo Wed, 09 Dec 2009 00:30:55 -0500Dec 9 2009 The parents of the 100th British soldier to die in Afghanistan this year said there were "no words" to describe their loss but that he died doing a job that made them proud. Friends des... Loughborough Echo Wed, 09 Dec 2009 00:30:54 -0500Dec 9 2009 Alistair Darling is to announce a major raid on the City and plans to harvest more tax from the rest of the public today, as he delivers his crunch Pre-Budget Report. The Chancellor is ... Loughborough Echo Wed, 09 Dec 2009 00:30:50 -0500Standard & Poor's has downgraded its rating on Bord Gais as a result of the utility group's €500m-plus acquisition last week of SWS Natural Resources, the wind farm operator. Independent.ie Wed, 09 Dec 2009 00:28:55 -0500Dublin City Council had failed to monitor salmon and wild fowl over a 12-month period as required in its planning permission.Construction work is due to begin on the 600,000-tonne capacity incinerator... Independent.ie Wed, 09 Dec 2009 00:28:54 -0500Richard Lewis lent their support last night to the launch of a new guide on bereavement for same-sex couples.The 'Lesbian and Gay Bereavement Guide' aims to create recognition of the additional stress... Independent.ie Wed, 09 Dec 2009 00:28:52 -0500THEY say you should never work with children or animals.Throw a few politicians into the mix too, and it is surely a recipe for disaster. But possibly because Christmas is in the air, the official ope... Independent.ie Wed, 09 Dec 2009 00:28:51 -0500A BUNGLING drug dealer was being questioned by gardai last night after he attempted to store heroin worth €70,000 in the same house where his girlfriend had just been caught hiding drugs worth &... Independent.ie Wed, 09 Dec 2009 00:28:50 -0500A JUDGE yesterday warned pop star Prince that he will not tolerate any delay in the handover of documents at the centre of a case about his cancelled Croke Park gig last year. Mr Justice Peter Kelly s... Independent.ie Wed, 09 Dec 2009 00:28:49 -0500ESB yesterday stood over its water management strategy after a preliminary report into the cause of Cork's worst flooding in centuries.It defended all its actions between November 18 and 20, when almo... Independent.ie Wed, 09 Dec 2009 00:28:47 -0500Co Westmeath , as a result of the flooding -- and most will be unable to return to their homes before Christmas, it emerged last night.In all,160 householders were severely affected by the flooding on... Independent.ie Wed, 09 Dec 2009 00:28:46 -0500THE country is in the grip of an "equine crisis" with a 100pc increase in the number of horses abandoned so far this year.Animal welfare workers believe the recession is putting financial pressure on ... Independent.ie Wed, 09 Dec 2009 00:28:44 -0500INFORMATION is being sought on a human skull caught in a fishing trawler's net four years ago. The Dublin County Coroner's office issued pictures of a reconstructed human head in January 2008 in an ef... Independent.ie Wed, 09 Dec 2009 00:28:43 -0500Dublin Airport will also be now delayed.The Metro North and DART underground alone are expected to cost in excess of €6.5bn, and all of the projects in the Transport 21 public transport programme... Independent.ie Wed, 09 Dec 2009 00:28:42 -0500National Roads Authority (NRA) announced yesterday that it was cutting by half the cost of using the tunnel for private cars.There will also be a drop in the toll at peak times -- from €12 per jo... Independent.ie Wed, 09 Dec 2009 00:28:40 -0500Europe when it comes to providing public transport for its citizens. A new report also lashes Dublin for its poor environmental performance -- it barely scrapped a pass as the population uses almost t... Independent.ie Wed, 09 Dec 2009 00:28:38 -0500Arthur McElhill , who had recently lost his incapacity benefit, leaving the family in dire financial straits. Hours later, the tragic couple and their five children lay dead in their family home, vict... Independent.ie Wed, 09 Dec 2009 00:28:37 -0500Irish Independent after her win last weekend, a thrilled Christine said: "I just thought for the 165,000 children, yes. This is our Grand Slam. This brings it on a global footing."Despite being the re... Independent.ie Wed, 09 Dec 2009 00:28:36 -0500Department of Foreign Affairs it would only deal with the Commission through diplomatic channels.Described as a gentleman diplomat, Archbishop Leanza is the dean of the ambassador corps resident in... Independent.ie Wed, 09 Dec 2009 00:28:35 -0500Diocese of Cloyne has appealed to an anonymous victim to make contact with support services."If he is reading this, I would appeal to him to contact myself, the gardai or the... Independent.ie Wed, 09 Dec 2009 00:28:34 -0500Fiona Murray , of Donore Avenue, Dublin, who drew up the transfer documents.The court heard there was just €2,300 owed on the mortgage when the house, then valued at €350,000, was transferre... Independent.ie Wed, 09 Dec 2009 00:28:33 -0500Ollie Hayes confirmed he will pressing Mr Rooney to ensure that President Obama knows he is welcome to Moneygall any time."This is where his ancestors came from. We are his original home and hopefully... Independent.ie Wed, 09 Dec 2009 00:28:30 -0500Nollaig Fahy , creator of the 'Angels -- Beacons of Hope' exhibition said: "The deal was I would gift them an angel and paint, and their only instruction was to show the nation their interpretation of... Independent.ie Wed, 09 Dec 2009 00:28:28 -0500GARDA Commissioner Fachtna Murphy last night sent a warning to every member of his force that the proposed industrial action could compromise their moral authority to police the nation.He spelled out ... Independent.ie Wed, 09 Dec 2009 00:28:26 -0500The first witness in the murder trial of Anne Burke said yesterday that Patrick Burke rang gardai six days before his death, asking them to come to the house because his wife had locked herself into t... Independent.ie Wed, 09 Dec 2009 00:28:25 -0500ENVIRONMENT Minister John Gormley intervened in a row between a college lecturer and his university boss which remains unresolved seven years later.The involvement of the then Dail Deputy in the dispu... Independent.ie Wed, 09 Dec 2009 00:28:24 -0500A mother of four accused of murdering her husband told gardai that he "murdered" her on their wedding night and continued to beat her throughout their 32-year marriage. After her arrest on suspicion ... Independent.ie Wed, 09 Dec 2009 00:28:22 -0500CONVICTED rapist Arthur McElhill started the fire that wiped out his entire family in their home because his wife was going to leave him. Coroner Suzanne Anderson said McElhill burned down the house a... Independent.ie Wed, 09 Dec 2009 00:28:20 -0500Budget 2010 Day Ireland: A focus on spending cuts rather than taxation is expected By Michael Hennigan, Founder and Editor of Finfacts Dec 9, 2009 - 4:24:51 AM >... Finfacts Wed, 09 Dec 2009 00:26:51 -0500Recession-ravaged Ireland is to unveil a four-billion-euro (5.9-billion-dollar) austerity package for its 2010 annual budget Wednesday in an effort to stabilise a ballooning gap in public finances. De... Breitbart Tue, 08 Dec 2009 22:06:25 -0500Dec 9 2009 Young black men are "over-represented" in youth prisons, a report has revealed. More than a third (36%) of 15 to 18-year old men held in youth custody in England and Wales are from blac... Loughborough Echo Tue, 08 Dec 2009 20:57:49 -0500Dec 9 2009 Police and the courts should give much more support to witnesses if street violence is to be reduced, according to a new report. There should be a target of 60 minutes for a witness sta... Loughborough Echo Tue, 08 Dec 2009 20:57:48 -0500Dec 9 2009 Renewable technology which uses energy stored in the ground to heat buildings and provide hot water could be installed in hundreds of thousands of homes and offices by the end of the nex... Loughborough Echo Tue, 08 Dec 2009 20:57:48 -0500Dec 9 2009 Dozens of MPs lined up in the Commons to deliver petitions from constituents urging the Government not to go ahead with proposals to shake up home education. Tory Graham Stuart said peo... Loughborough Echo Tue, 08 Dec 2009 20:57:46 -0500FRANK McDONALD DUBLIN LANGUISHES in the bottom tier of 30 European cities for environmental performance, with an overall ranking of 21 – and comes last in the transport category, according to a ... Irish Times Tue, 08 Dec 2009 20:56:49 -0500Most Independent TDs expected to support budget Three men have been arrested following the seizure of cannabis plants in a raid in Co Carlow. About 500 plants and associated paraphernalia were discove... Irish Times Tue, 08 Dec 2009 20:41:33 -0500Most Independent TDs expected to support budget Two men who were arrested in connection with the murder of father-of-four Kevin McDaid and the attempted murder of another man have been released.The me... Irish Times Tue, 08 Dec 2009 20:41:32 -0500Most Independent TDs expected to support budget Aisling Centre founder, Christine Buckley has received a European award in recognition of her years of work to raise awareness of institutional child ab... Irish Times Tue, 08 Dec 2009 20:41:31 -0500Most Independent TDs expected to support budget A KILDARE resident who stole equipment from his employer and then set fire to the premises in an effort to destroy the CCTV footage has been remanded in... Irish Times Tue, 08 Dec 2009 20:41:28 -0500MARY CAROLAN BANK OF Ireland is seeking summary judgment orders for some €7.9 million against a Co Galway man who has consented to his extradition to the UK in connection with an alleged multi-m... Irish Times Tue, 08 Dec 2009 20:41:27 -0500 , in Limerick last night.The 58-year-old theologian was accompanied by family and friends as chairman of the American Ireland Fund Dr Loretta Brennan Glucksman launched her story in St John̵... Irish Times Tue, 08 Dec 2009 20:41:25 -0500EITHNE DONNELLAN Health Correspondent IRISH PEOPLE are among the biggest consumers of alcohol in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), according to a new report published ... Irish Times Tue, 08 Dec 2009 20:41:24 -0500MARK HENNESSY, DR MUIRIS HOUSTON and EITHNE DONNELLAN EVIDENCE that Tamiflu prevents complications such as pneumonia in healthy people who develop seasonal influenza has been questioned by the... Irish Times Tue, 08 Dec 2009 20:41:23 -0500 VATICAN OBSERVERS speculated yesterday that any resignations prompted by the Dublin diocesan report may be delayed until after Friday’s Vatican meeting between Pope Benedict XVI, senior Cu... Irish Times Tue, 08 Dec 2009 20:41:22 -0500 THE BISHOP of Killaloe, Dr Willie Walsh, said yesterday that the crisis in the Church was also a time of opportunity to remove what was wrong in the past.Speaking ahead of today’s winter g... Irish Times Tue, 08 Dec 2009 20:41:20 -0500 THE VATICAN will issue a “strong response” to the Dublin diocesan report after Pope Benedict meets Archbishop Diarmuid Martin and Cardinal Seán Brady on Friday, papal nuncio Arc... Irish Times Tue, 08 Dec 2009 20:41:19 -0500Woman facing loss of home settles court action over transfer to son A CO Donegal priest is seeking permission to bring an appeal to the Supreme Court against his conviction for raping a teenage parish... Irish Times Tue, 08 Dec 2009 20:41:18 -0500Man must pay €1.4m for apartments A WOMAN has told a manslaughter trial her boyfriend was dragged from his car by two men after he was kicked once in the head and face and the windows in the veh... Irish Times Tue, 08 Dec 2009 20:41:15 -0500Man must pay €1.4m for apartments A HIGH Court judge has rejected claims by the HSE that a severely autistic boy in “harrowing” family circumstances was not entitled to apply for a s... Irish Times Tue, 08 Dec 2009 20:41:14 -0500Man must pay €1.4m for apartments ALTERNATIVES TO the use of chamber pots by prisoners, such as camping toilets or lavatory escorts, are unsuitable for the high-security Portlaoise jail, the dir... Irish Times Tue, 08 Dec 2009 20:41:13 -0500ANNE LUCEY KILLARNEY TOWN Council is to decide by Christmas just who will run a €16 million swimming pool and leisure centre for which it borrowed heavily – against the advice of council m... Irish Times Tue, 08 Dec 2009 20:41:11 -0500KATHRYN HAYES LIMERICK PEOPLE will remember deceased relatives and friends this Christmas on a special Remembrance Tree, unveiled in the city yesterday.The new addition to the festive calendar was unv... Irish Times Tue, 08 Dec 2009 20:41:10 -0500MARIE O'HALLORAN MINISTER for the Environment John Gormley has pledged to “act decisively” when he receives the corporate governance reports on finance and planning from the chair of the D... Irish Times Tue, 08 Dec 2009 20:41:04 -0500MICHAEL O'REGAN THE €2,000 threshold for the purchase of gifts presented by Ministers should be reduced, Fine Gael leader Enda Kenny told the Dáil.He said that under the Standards in Public... Irish Times Tue, 08 Dec 2009 20:41:03 -0500 REFERRING TO speculation on whether the budget would be passed, David Norris (Ind) said it was time for an end to the “indecent spectacle” of allegedly independent parliamentarians u... Irish Times Tue, 08 Dec 2009 20:41:01 -0500MICHAEL O'REGAN A CLAIM that welfare fraud was costing the State €2 billion annually, was rejected by Taoiseach Brian Cowen yesterday.“That figure arose in respect of certain high-risk cat... Irish Times Tue, 08 Dec 2009 20:41:00 -0500Ceann Comhairle Séamus Kirk (left) and Brian Hunt, who is the first recipient of the Oireachtas Parliamentary Fellowship 2009-2109.Photograph: Cyril Byrne... Irish Times Tue, 08 Dec 2009 20:40:59 -0500MARIE O'HALLORAN FIVE MIGRANT children have gone missing each month this year, twice as many as for all of last year, the Dáil has heard.Fine Gael spokesman on migration Denis Naughten sharply cr... Irish Times Tue, 08 Dec 2009 20:40:58 -0500MARIE O'HALLORAN LABOUR LEADER Eamon Gilmore has accused Minister for Finance Brian Lenihan of “sinking” the agreement with the public service unions in order to aid his political ambition... Irish Times Tue, 08 Dec 2009 20:40:57 -0500 MINISTERS HAD universally glum expressions yesterday when they sat next to an equally glum Taoiseach for Opposition leaders’ questions.Brian Cowen was flanked by the three Marys (Harney, H... Irish Times Tue, 08 Dec 2009 20:40:56 -0500Sir Ronnie Flanagan accused of lying to Hamill inquiry NORTHERN IRELAND’S interests must be represented in the Irish bad bank plan, the North’s Minister for Finance Sammy Wilson said yeste... Irish Times Tue, 08 Dec 2009 20:40:55 -0500North must be part of Nama - Wilson A MURDER suspect told police he was in a fight with a student who plunged to his death from the balcony of a ninth-floor Belfast apartment, a court heard yesterday.... Irish Times Tue, 08 Dec 2009 20:40:54 -0500RONAN McGREEVY COMEDIAN BRENDAN Grace has urged people with symptoms of type 2 diabetes to get tested before it is too late.Grace (57) said he could have lost his foot as a result of an infection whic... Irish Times Tue, 08 Dec 2009 20:40:49 -0500 | 
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