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Report finds Gardai snooping on celebrities and sports stars
MEMBERS of the Gardai have been using the force’s computer records system to snoop on celebrities and sports stars, the Data Protection Commissioner has found.
Anti-abortion activists protest at Taoiseach's Boston College speech
Taoiseach was delivering commencement speech.
Shatter: I didn’t use garda information to spy on political opponents
Minister defends exposing Mick Wallace.
Worrying extent of suicide levels among young people laid bare
IRELAND fourth in Europe for suicide among young.
Mortgage lending slumps in first quarter
Almost 900 illegally looted Irish artefacts to go on display
Live: Psychiatrists warn of unnecessary terminations
Billionaire investor Wilbur Ross calls stake in Bank of Ireland ‘best’ investment
Wife of bankrupt Dunne plans $150,000 gym and cinema upgrade to home
Driver (24) killed after car hits traffic island
Children find body of man in suspected gang killing
Man shot in the head in apparent gangland execution.
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He was one of richest internet entrepreneurs
Lions stars land at Kildare's Carton House
Squad arrives for second week of training ahead of 2013 tour.
Linda Martin in Eurovision 'man-in-drag' jibe
Jibe by presenter went ahead despite RTE's concerns.
Street performers using fire, swords or drums ‘face ban’
Sword-swallowing could be banned in Dublin.
Ryanair shares gain over 6pc to record highs on forecast-beating results
Shares jumped to a record high of €6.764.
Locals told: pay up and fix potholes yourselves
Communities asked to share the cost of fixing their potholes.
Young emigrants' dream turns to nightmare after Oz crash
Six injured in car crash two weeks after arriving in Perth.
Family of murdered Irish vet Catherine Gowing return to Wales for memorial
Weekend memorial service organised by work colleagues
Father of Gary Neville to face sexual assault charge
Neville Neville will be charged with sexual assault.
Video: Wife caught cheating and lover jumps out window
Half-naked lover scrambles out window as husband arrives home.
Homemade exercise video mistakenly shows man on the loo
Fitness model revealed more than she intended.
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A Brazilian man has died in a hot air balloon crash in the central Turkish region of Cappadocia.
Quinn family questions 'generous' redundancy payouts for ex-staff
Report by Quinn into loss of Insurance empire.
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Insurance firms at centre of data protection report
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Paul O'Connell has confidence in "wise" Warburton
Paul O'Connell today spoke in glowing terms of his successor as British and Irish Lions captain, Sam Warburton, describing the Wales flanker as "wise beyond his years".
Real Madrid confirm amicable Mourinho exit
Jose Mourinho will leave Real Madrid at the end of the season after the club and the coach agreed to his departure by mutual consent, the club's president Florentino Perez has announced.
Gatland closes the door on Wilkinson Lions call-up
British and Irish Lions head coach Warren Gatland has ruled out making another offer to Jonny Wilkinson to join the forthcoming tour to Australia.
Billionaire investor Wilbur Ross calls stake in Bank of Ireland ‘best’ investment
Billionaire US investor Wilbur Ross has called his almost 10pc stake in Bank of Ireland shares as his best investment since the financial crisis.
Mortgage lending slumps two-thirds in first quarter
THE rate of mortgage lending fell by two thirds in the first three months of the year - in terms of the number of loans and the amount borrowed.
Actavis to buy Warner Chilcott in $5bn stock deal
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US Senate to quiz Apple on profits as Irish tax rules back under spotlight
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Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart split - for good
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Cameron may dump Lib Dems and govern alone
David Cameron has hinted that he could attempt to govern without the Liberal Democrats if disputes within the coalition made it impossible to continue.
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British man 'slit his children's throats before fleeing on roller blades'
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Miriam Donohoe: Champs to chumps – let's face music and forsake this painfest
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Shatter: I didn’t use garda information to spy on p...
Stunning ain't it? Just wonder what they have on everyone else in this state? If we lick a stamp sideways is it recorded somewhere?
Shatter: I didn’t use garda information to spy on p...
You are wrong Tony..."this arrogance and contempt for the electorate is tolerated"...it's not just tolerated but deeply respected it seems among the elite. Remember the ...
Shatter: I didn’t use garda information to spy on p...
Now that sounds plausible all right...how or why would they have reported back about a finger wagging unless they were ordered to do so. The ordinary gardai in the traff...
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