Quinn's millionaire brother 'silent' on giving up €78,000
THE multi-millionaire brother of a government minister is among a number of highly paid chairmen of state boards who won't say if they will give up their lucrative fees.
Saturday, February 04 2012
THE multi-millionaire brother of a government minister is among a number of highly paid chairmen of state boards who won't say if they will give up their lucrative fees.
HOLLYWOOD star Martin Sheen has declared himself proud of his uncle's IRA past.
CHARGED if you do and charged if you don't. Ryanair yesterday launched a new prepaid cash card and, not surprisingly, it comes with a litany of fees involved in its use.
It took six fire brigade units to bring a blaze at a city-centre Dublin office under control yesterday.
STATE-OWNED electricity and gas supplier ESB is to introduce a range of discounts in an attempt to win back some of the thousands of customers who have switched from it.
EDUCATION Minister Ruairi Quinn's plans to reform enrolment policies for schools suffered a blow last night after a judge upheld the right of schools to prioritise the children of past pupils.
DUBLIN was alive alive-oh with the sound of sports fans last night.
A MAN last night shot himself dead in front of a woman in a hairdressing salon.
Bee Gees star Robin Gibb (pictured) has spoken about his "spectacular" cancer recovery and said: "I feel fantastic."
AN accountant deliberately deceived three brothers over a deal to sell a housing development site to a firm which former EU commissioner Ray MacSharry was chairman of, the High Court has found.
A GOLDEN-HEARTED couple, who scooped a €7m fortune on the Lotto, have donated some of their windfall to save a community playschool from closure.
TANAISTE Eamon Gilmore yesterday defended the failure of many government TDs to turn up for the special 'Friday' Dail sitting yesterday.
WITH the hype surrounding selection under control, it's time for the chosen few to deliver. We all have our take on who Declan Kidney should have picked, but there’s a general acceptance that the side named is close to the best available.
SHARES in Bank of Ireland soared another 15pc yesterday -- putting them up more than 80pc for the year to date -- as institutional investors piled into the PLC.
Beyoncé Knowles has reportedly been offered $500 million to become a judge on the US X Factor.
CHRIS Huhne became the first British cabinet minister in living memory to be charged with a serious criminal offence yesterday after the fallout from his acrimonious divorce left him facing court, a potential jail sentence and the end of his career.
THE phrase 'win or bust' is over-used in sport and should only properly be applied to contests where everything is on the line.
DAVID Beckham saw red when he was sent off by a referee as he stood on the sidelines waiting to watch his son play football.
WOMEN who want children should be stay at home mothers, Hollywood star Gwyneth Paltrow has said.
DEMAND for a place in college next September is up on last year.
FAMILIES will end up paying out an extra €600 a year for health insurance after the VHI announced another hike.
EUROPEAN regulators have requested Google ‘pause’ planned changes to simplify its privacy policy.
In practice, he's proved anything but. Since arriving at the ECB, Mr Draghi has engineered a sort of Club Med putsch, sidelining the German hawks and embarking on the kind of unconventional monetary activism that for several years now has been the hallmark of the US Federal Reserve and Bank of England. He's been bold, and he's been decisive.
THE 22-year-old actor, has admitted that his excessive drinking was "unhealthy" and was "damaging" to his health.
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