Top Stories: END: Module - Module - M24 Article Headline with portrait image (b) --> BEGIN: Module - Main Article --> Chanelle Casey, 3, sat in her grandparents’ traditional caravan yesterday ... Times Online Thu, 10 Dec 2009 18:50:17 -0500The ICC has outlined Ireland's remaining fixtures in the 2009/10 Intercontinental Cup, as they seek to win their fourth trophy in succession. Phil Simmons' side are next in action when they take on A... RTE Thu, 10 Dec 2009 18:45:08 -0500Queues started forming at this Maxol station in Limerick soon after the Budget announcement on carbon tax. Increases of 4.2 cent in the price of a litre of petrol and almost 5 cent in a litre of diese... Irish Times Thu, 10 Dec 2009 18:23:55 -0500END: Module - Module - M24 Article Headline with portrait image (b) --> BEGIN: Module - Main Article --> Chanelle Casey, 3, sat in her grandparents’ traditional caravan yesterday ... Times Online Thu, 10 Dec 2009 18:03:28 -0500DUBLIN (AP) - The Irish Supreme Court has ruled that a gay man who donated his sperm to a lesbian couple should be permitted to see his 3-year-old son regularly - in part because Ireland's constitutio... Find Law Thu, 10 Dec 2009 17:40:50 -0500Ireland’s centre-right governing coalition has been accused of “ramming” budget changes through parliament to ensure wavering backbenchers were not swayed by the backlash likely in their constit... Financial Times Thu, 10 Dec 2009 17:40:46 -0500The body of a man has been discovered in a burnt-out caravan in Limerick city. The alarm was raised shortly after 8:30pm when a unit of the fire brigade and an ambulance was called to the scene at Cr... RTE News Thu, 10 Dec 2009 17:04:19 -0500The US government has moved closer toward sending a Catholic priest back to Ireland to face sexual molestation charges. The DPP is attempting to extradite Father Francis Markey, aged 82, of South Ben... RTE News Thu, 10 Dec 2009 17:04:17 -0500The Minister for Justice has said it would be in the best interest of a child who was born here in 2005 and whose mother was since deported to Nigeria to be reunited with her in her country of origin.... RTE News Thu, 10 Dec 2009 17:04:16 -0500Dec 10 2009 MPs were enduring yet more expenses embarrassment after it emerged Gordon Brown had repaid another £500 and a minister submitted a £20,000 bill for repairing a bell tower. ... Loughborough Echo Thu, 10 Dec 2009 16:59:15 -0500A traffic warden has been injured in an attack in Coleraine.At about 1700 GMT, the warden was near the top of Stone Row in the town when a man ran up behind him and hit him with an object. The victim ... BBC Thu, 10 Dec 2009 16:37:54 -0500Dec 10 2009 The swine flu pandemic is "considerably less lethal" than feared, with a death rate lower than 0.1%, research by England's chief medical officer shows. Twenty-six people have died for ... Loughborough Echo Thu, 10 Dec 2009 15:05:58 -0500Dec 10 2009 Britain is to get its own dedicated space agency, Science and Innovation Minister Lord Drayson has announced. The body will take overall responsibility for UK space activities, replaci... Loughborough Echo Thu, 10 Dec 2009 15:05:58 -0500Dec 10 2009 Chancellor Alistair Darling was warned he must find £36 billion in new spending cuts if the Government is to meet its commitment to halve the budget deficit over the next four yea... Loughborough Echo Thu, 10 Dec 2009 15:05:57 -0500Dec 10 2009 Investment banking giant Goldman Sachs has announced that senior executives will not receive cash bonuses for this year. Goldman said the discretionary bonuses for the firm's 30-strong... Loughborough Echo Thu, 10 Dec 2009 15:05:56 -0500Unions were this evening warning of an 'indefinite strike' in protest at the cuts to public sector pay in yesterday's Budget.Unions are furious after talks on cutting the public sector pay bill broke ... Irish Examiner Thu, 10 Dec 2009 14:57:46 -0500Poet Seamus Heaney took a break from writing today to attend the opening of a landmark bridge named after fellow Nobel laureate Samuel Beckett.The iconic structure stretches 120 metres across the capi... Breaking News.ie Thu, 10 Dec 2009 14:57:44 -0500The Labour Party tonight called for Independent TD Jackie Healy-Rae to resign as chairman of the Oireachtas Social and Family Affairs Committee.The South Kerry TD said he would support the Budget 24 h... Breaking News.ie Thu, 10 Dec 2009 14:57:42 -0500 The worst may be over and one cannot fault the Minister for drawing attention to this piece of relatively ‘good news’, writes PAT McARDLE... Irish Times Thu, 10 Dec 2009 14:48:50 -0500Developer Barry Gilligan faces calls to "answer questions" over how his company acquired land earmarked for a social housing project in north Belfast. Julian O'Neill reports. BBC Thu, 10 Dec 2009 14:44:20 -0500European Convention on Human Rights [text]. The three women, who all traveled to the UK to have abortions, lodged the complaint in July 2005, alleging that the current Irish abortion laws make the pro... Jurist Thu, 10 Dec 2009 14:35:40 -0500DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland's Prime Minister fought off domestic criticism of his government's 4 billion euros (3.6 billion pounds) in budget cuts on Thursday, even as the moves appeared to somewhat ca... Swiss Info Thu, 10 Dec 2009 14:25:43 -0500Two men have been convicted at the Special Criminal Court of having bomb-making equipment. Cormac Fitzpatrick, 23, from Cathedral Walk in Monaghan and 28-year-old Terry McConnell from Belfast were di... RTE News Thu, 10 Dec 2009 13:16:02 -0500Dec 10 2009 Lawyers acting for computer hacker Gary McKinnon have lodged papers for a fresh High Court challenge to stop him being sent for trial in the US. A judge will now decide whether there i... Loughborough Echo Thu, 10 Dec 2009 13:11:18 -0500Dec 10 2009 President Barack Obama defended the concept of a just war as he accepted the Nobel Peace Prize in Norway. The US leader acknowledged he was a controversial recipient, not least because... Loughborough Echo Thu, 10 Dec 2009 13:11:17 -0500Dec 10 2009 A teenager has admitted pouring bleach over a woman who had asked him to be quiet in a cinema. A jury heard how Annette Warden, 46, was "terrified" when a 16-year-old boy walked up to ... Loughborough Echo Thu, 10 Dec 2009 13:11:15 -0500Gay rights group the Gay and Lesbian Equality Network (GLEN) today said it was "very concerned" at the Supreme Court's rejection of a same-sex couple as a "de facto family".The comments refer to the c... Breaking News.ie Thu, 10 Dec 2009 13:01:56 -0500The defence barrister in a Dublin murder trial at the Central Criminal Court has suggested to a prosecution witness that he might be the killer.Padraig Dwyer SC was cross examining Ladislav Nemecheck ... Breaking News.ie Thu, 10 Dec 2009 13:01:55 -0500The country's most senior Catholic clerics are due to meet the Pope tomorrow to discuss the fall-out from the child abuse inquiry in the Dublin Archdiocese.Cardinal Sean Brady and Archbishop Diarmuid ... Breaking News.ie Thu, 10 Dec 2009 13:01:54 -0500A Dublin man sentenced to life imprisonment for shooting publican Charlie Chawke during a robbery has lost his High Court challenge into the legality of his detention.The High Court today, following a... Breaking News.ie Thu, 10 Dec 2009 13:01:53 -0500The palm prints of a Dublin man accused of murder were found at the scene of a fatal stabbing, the Central Criminal Court heard today.Brian Rattigan (aged 28), Cooley Rd, Drimnagh, Dublin, has pleaded... Breaking News.ie Thu, 10 Dec 2009 13:01:53 -0500The State Pathologist has told a manslaughter trial that an Estonian man died due to blunt force trauma to his head and neck.Professor Marie Cassidy told Mr Michael Durrack SC, prosecuting, at Dublin ... Breaking News.ie Thu, 10 Dec 2009 13:01:52 -0500 BUDGET 2010 is a tale of two sectors, public and private.The swingeing cuts in public sector pay were not accompanied by any changes to tax rates, bands or reliefs, with the result that, for man... Irish Times Thu, 10 Dec 2009 12:52:53 -0500 AS WITH most other aspects of the Budget, there were few surprises in the measures on social welfare.At a news conference afterwards in Government Buildings, Minister for Social and Family Affai... Irish Times Thu, 10 Dec 2009 12:52:52 -0500 One sector of society directly affected by the welfare cuts is unemployed people aged under 25, after the Minister for Finance announced cuts in jobseeker’s allowance for under-24s.Stephen... Irish Times Thu, 10 Dec 2009 12:52:51 -0500 MORTGAGE INTEREST tax relief has been extended for borrowers who bought their homes at the peak of the property market, while the moratorium on legal proceedings against borrowers in arrears cou... Irish Times Thu, 10 Dec 2009 12:52:49 -0500 A SCRAPPAGE scheme for cars of 10 years or older will mean a €1,500 reduction in Vehicle Registration Tax (VRT) on the purchase of a new low-emissions car when an applicable used car is tr... Irish Times Thu, 10 Dec 2009 12:52:46 -0500 THE GOVERNMENT plans to establish a “national solidarity bond”, a savings product aimed at small investors which will help fund investment plans in the Budget. The bond will “e... Irish Times Thu, 10 Dec 2009 12:52:45 -0500 THE GOVERNMENT is to establish an independent review process allowing small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), sole traders and farmers to appeal against credit refusals by SME lenders partici... Irish Times Thu, 10 Dec 2009 12:52:44 -0500 THE BUDGET received a mixed reaction from business lobby groups, as the Government’s “lost opportunity” offset the gains perceived in the fiscal plan.Although measures announce... Irish Times Thu, 10 Dec 2009 12:52:43 -0500 THE CONTROVERSIAL carbon tax, which increases the cost of petrol, diesel and other fuels from midnight last night, was passed in the Dáil by 82 to 58 votes with the abstention of the Labour... Irish Times Thu, 10 Dec 2009 12:52:42 -0500 MINISTER FOR Finance Brian Lenihan has said there could be “no international question marks” over Ireland’s fiscal position after the Budget.Speaking at a press conference afte... Irish Times Thu, 10 Dec 2009 12:52:40 -0500 SINN FÉIN finance spokesman Arthur Morgan said the Budget would drive the economy into further recession.“It is wrong to cut social welfare. It is wrong to cut the pay of public secto... Irish Times Thu, 10 Dec 2009 12:52:39 -0500 LABOUR FINANCE spokeswoman Joan Burton has claimed the Minister for Finance “blew it” with Budget 2010, and the strategy was one where “burden-sharing, like taxation, is just f... Irish Times Thu, 10 Dec 2009 12:52:38 -0500 FINE GAEL finance spokesman Richard Bruton predicted people would be “dismally disappointed’’ by the Budget.“Instead of taking the radical steps to recondition an engine ... Irish Times Thu, 10 Dec 2009 12:52:38 -0500 ANNOUNCING DETAILS of the Transport budget, Minister Noel Dempsey said the 2010 provision for roads would be €1.637 billion, €280 million (14.6 per cent) down on the revised 2009 all... Irish Times Thu, 10 Dec 2009 12:52:37 -0500An INTO protest outside Leinster House yesterday. Minister for Finance Brian Lenihan said in his Budget speech that the fact that almost half of all income earners paid no tax at all would have to cha... Irish Times Thu, 10 Dec 2009 12:52:34 -0500 THE INTRODUCTION of a prescription charge for medical card holders was condemned last night by the Irish Medical Organisation (IMO), which represents doctors at all levels.Dr Ronan Boland, IMO G... Irish Times Thu, 10 Dec 2009 12:52:31 -0500Mary Hanafin speaking at her post-Budget press conference yesterday. She said that, whereas the McCarthy report had called for cuts of 20%, a cut of 10% had been imposed.Photograph: Aidan Crawley... Irish Times Thu, 10 Dec 2009 12:52:29 -0500 CUTS IN child benefit will have a detrimental effect on families, it was claimed last night.Child benefit will be reduced by €16 per month in 2010 for those not entirely reliant on social ... Irish Times Thu, 10 Dec 2009 12:52:28 -0500 UNIONS HAVE reacted angrily to what they described as “an unjust and uncaring” Budget.The president of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions (Ictu) Jack O’Connor said it ranked as... Irish Times Thu, 10 Dec 2009 12:52:27 -0500 THE ANNOUNCEMENT that people from overseas aged 66 and older will get access to heavily discounted fares on Iarnród Éireann in an effort to boost tourism has been welcomed.The discount... Irish Times Thu, 10 Dec 2009 12:52:26 -0500 THE OFFICIAL Department of Finance figures did not reflect the reality of the Agriculture Estimate, Minister for Agriculture Brendan Smith said yesterday.He said the overall reduction in funding... Irish Times Thu, 10 Dec 2009 12:52:25 -0500 MINISTER FOR Communications, Energy and Natural Resources Eamon Ryan has said that a €5 million increase in the budget for his department shows the Government is serious about creating a g... Irish Times Thu, 10 Dec 2009 12:52:23 -0500 EXCISE DUTY on alcohol has been reduced and last year’s half percentage point increase on VAT is to be reversed in an attempt to stem the flow of cross-Border shopping.The announcement cam... Irish Times Thu, 10 Dec 2009 12:52:22 -0500Minister says farming fared well The Budget speech by Minister for Finance Brian Lenihan A Cheann Comhairle,When I presented the Supplementary Budget to this House last April, I said we could wo... Irish Times Thu, 10 Dec 2009 12:52:20 -0500Kathy Sheridan THE STIMULUS was an immediate and startling success. In the Dáil bar, seats were removed entirely to make room for the hordes clamouring for the cheap drink. In the restaurant, the... Irish Times Thu, 10 Dec 2009 12:52:17 -0500The Catholic bishops of Ireland at their December 9-10 conference at Maynooth issued an apology to all those affected by clerical abuse. Bishops gave their attention on December 9 to the Commission of... Spero News Thu, 10 Dec 2009 11:17:44 -0500A 56-year-old mother of four has been found not guilty of murder but guilty of the manslaughter of her husband by reason of diminished responsibility. Anne Burke, from Ballybrittas in Co Laois, was s... RTE News Thu, 10 Dec 2009 11:16:39 -0500Consumer prices continued to fall sharply in November, although not as quickly as in recent months, according to the Central Statistics Office. Prices dropped at an annual rate of 5.7% in November, c... RTE News Thu, 10 Dec 2009 11:16:37 -0500Another Dublin Auxiliary Bishop has said he does not feel he should resign following the Murphy Report. Bishop Raymond Field, who was named in the report, said he does not believe there is reason for... RTE News Thu, 10 Dec 2009 11:16:35 -0500A 30-year-old man who pleaded guilty to his part in making a threatening phone call to former Cork hurling manager Gerald McCarthy earlier this year has been given a nine-month jail sentence. Eight m... RTE News Thu, 10 Dec 2009 11:16:33 -0500Galway have been asked to investigate the content of a website after allegations were made against a number of hurling people in the county.The development comes as the county braces itself for a cont... Independent.ie Thu, 10 Dec 2009 11:09:06 -0500Annual Irish production increased by 3.5% in year to October 2009; Turnover dipped 21.2% on price falls By Finfacts Team Dec 10, 2009 - 2:50:14 PM >... Finfacts Thu, 10 Dec 2009 11:07:10 -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 Thu, 10 Dec 2009 11:07:06 -0500The ISPCC has welcomed the Government's commitment to hold the long-awaited children's rights referendum.It follows the ring-fencing of €3m to finance the holding of the referendum in yesterday's Bu... Breaking News.ie Thu, 10 Dec 2009 11:02:58 -0500A leading social advocacy organisation today blasted the Budget as “unfair and breathtakingly unjust” saying it would damage Ireland’s economic and social development.In a statement, Social Just... Breaking News.ie Thu, 10 Dec 2009 11:02:58 -0500The heads of the four teacher unions have announced they will not take part in any talks with the Government on the transformation agenda.The unions say the decision of the Government to unilaterally ... Breaking News.ie Thu, 10 Dec 2009 11:02:58 -0500A 56-year-old mother of four was today cleared of her husband's murder by reason of diminished responsibility, following just 30 minutes of deliberations by the jury.The eight men and four women found... Breaking News.ie Thu, 10 Dec 2009 11:02:57 -0500Goodbye, pasties. Hello, tostones. Jay's Cafe will soon become Caribe. On Monday, Tony Panelli is taking over the tiny St. Paul spot on Raymond, just north of University Avenue. After making cosmetic... Pioneer Press Thu, 10 Dec 2009 10:33:41 -0500Forget the 50 per cent, the VAT, all that. Tax goes up, goes down, that’s life. For a minute, focus not on the rate of tax but on the behaviour — and the powers — of those who collec... Times Online Thu, 10 Dec 2009 10:33:30 -0500December 10, 2009Suspending their planned agenda, the bishops of Ireland apologized for the clerical abuse scandal whose extent in the Archdiocese of Dublin was documented in the recent Murphy commiss... EWTN Thu, 10 Dec 2009 10:20:45 -0500Ireland’s bold austerity budget failed to calm market nerves with Irish debt spreads over Germany, a measure of stress in the eurozone, widening.The reason was the fallout for Ireland from... Financial Times Thu, 10 Dec 2009 10:11:09 -0500There may have been three new Irish senior records on the opening morning of the European Short Course Swimming Championships in Istanbul, but none of the Irish competitors in action emerged from the ... RTE Thu, 10 Dec 2009 09:21:26 -0500("Ventana" or "the Company") has appointed Paul Ireland to the position of Chief Financial Officer, effective immediately. Paul replaces Susan Rubin, who held the position since August 2008. Mr. Irel... Market Wire Thu, 10 Dec 2009 09:18:39 -0500Wildcat Silver Corporation (TSX VENTURE:WS) ("Wildcat" or "the Company") has appointed Paul Ireland to the position of Chief Financial Officer, effective immediately. Paul replaces Susan Rubin, who... Market Wire Thu, 10 Dec 2009 09:18:36 -0500Dec 10 2009 Rate-setters have held back from further help to the economy after monetary policy was left unchanged. The Bank of England chose not to alter its quantitative easing (QE) scheme to boo... Loughborough Echo Thu, 10 Dec 2009 09:16:38 -0500Dec 10 2009 A review has identified major problems with the potential use of intercept material as evidence in courts in England and Wales. Storing and organising all phone tap and email traffic r... Loughborough Echo Thu, 10 Dec 2009 09:16:37 -0500Dec 10 2009 The decision of a Portuguese policeman to launch his second book on the day a libel trial is to start concerning his first book on Madeleine McCann has been described as "regrettable" b... Loughborough Echo Thu, 10 Dec 2009 09:16:36 -0500Dec 10 2009 A memorial to Jean Charles de Menezes will be erected permanently at the London Underground station where he was shot dead by police. Relatives said Transport for London (TfL) has agre... Loughborough Echo Thu, 10 Dec 2009 09:16:35 -0500Dec 10 2009 Nobel Peach Prize winner Barack Obama has admitted others may be more deserving of the honour. In Norway to receive the award, he addressed criticism that it was premature. The Presid... Loughborough Echo Thu, 10 Dec 2009 09:16:35 -0500Dec 10 2009 Sir Paul McCartney has admitted that his acrimonious marriage to Heather Mills was one of the biggest mistakes of his life. Asked whether the wedding was one of his worst decisions in ... Loughborough Echo Thu, 10 Dec 2009 09:16:34 -0500Dec 10 2009 The Prime Minister has denied electioneering over the Pre-Budget Report, saying that benefits and pensions would continue to rise. Speaking on a visit to King's College Hospital in sou... Loughborough Echo Thu, 10 Dec 2009 09:16:33 -0500Dec 10 2009 Gordon Brown has paid back £500 he claimed in expenses for the painting of a second home summer house after deciding it could be "questionable". The Prime Minister volunteered to... Loughborough Echo Thu, 10 Dec 2009 09:16:33 -0500Gardai responding to a report of an armed robbery in progress have arrested 2 men in a shop on Fortunestown Lane in Tallaght. The incident happened at 8.20am this morning. When Gardai arrived at... Independent.ie Thu, 10 Dec 2009 09:13:57 -0500AN auctioneer has had his life threatened after he was hired by a receiver to handle the sale of farmlands over a €3.7m debt, the High Court heard yesterday.The receiver Kieran Wallace, who was ... Independent.ie Thu, 10 Dec 2009 09:13:52 -0500Finance Minister Brian Lenihan had failed to make tough decisions, like introducing a third rate of tax and standardising tax reliefs. This would have saved him and the State many tough decisions, but... Independent.ie Thu, 10 Dec 2009 09:13:50 -0500It has always taken guts to stand up for abortion rights in Ireland, north and south of the border. Straight off, you're likely to be hit by a slew of strident invective from the pro-life lobby, trail... The Guardian Thu, 10 Dec 2009 09:12:44 -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 Thu, 10 Dec 2009 09:11:59 -0500The body of a man has been found in the Grand Canal in Dublin.The discovery was made at lunchtime near Baggot St bridge.A search has been ongoing in the area in recent days for missing Cork man Damian... Breaking News.ie Thu, 10 Dec 2009 09:08:01 -0500Former Taoiseach Garret Fitzgerald has insisted that the Government will have to raise taxes next year.Dr Fitzgerald said the country was undertaxed to the tune of €4bn because of Fianna Fáil tax g... Breaking News.ie Thu, 10 Dec 2009 09:07:59 -0500A 17-year-old schoolboy was served with a book of evidence today and sent forward for trial in connection with a €34,000 cocaine and heroin seizure in Dublin last May. The teenager has been charged ... Breaking News.ie Thu, 10 Dec 2009 09:07:58 -0500The jury in the trial of a woman accused of murdering her husband with a hammer has been instructed that the only verdicts open to them are guilty of murder, or guilty of manslaughter by reason of dim... Breaking News.ie Thu, 10 Dec 2009 09:07:58 -0500A West Tyrone Independent MLA has told a meeting of the Health Committee that specific action needs to be taken following the Omagh fire tragedy.Dr Kieran Deeny was responding to evidence presented by... BBC Thu, 10 Dec 2009 08:56:34 -0500(RTTNews) - Thursday, the Central Statistics Office of Ireland announced that industrial output decreased a seasonally adjusted 2.8% month-on-month in October, compared to the 11.4% growth in the pre... Quote.com Thu, 10 Dec 2009 08:16:00 -0500Over the last two years, the minister has enhanced incentives for R&D and intellectual property (IP). It is encouraging to see that he is looking forward to receiving the report of the Innovation ... Independent.ie Thu, 10 Dec 2009 07:34:23 -0500 | 
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