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A number of leading businessmen have told the Sunday Independent that Communications Minister Pat Rabbitte has said that the Government is unable to formulate a plan to deal with the economy such is the speed and ever-changing nature of the crisis.
WORLD leaders backed keeping Greece in the eurozone yesterday and vowed to take all steps necessary to combat financial turmoil while revitalising their economies.
HE is a man once idolised by the three women most important women in his life -- his wife, his daughter, and his mistress.v
GOVERNMENT TD Aine Collins insisted yesterday that comments she allegedly made at a private meeting with constituents about finding it difficult to live on €140,000 a year were taken totally out of context and had understandably caused "great offence".
A FORMER Fianna Fail politician is being investigated by gardai for allegedly attempting to extort €100,000 from an official at a government department.
A GOVERNMENT TD has rejected Finance Minister Michael Noonan's defence of his department's role in a €10m VAT blunder to do with the National Aquatic Centre, the Sunday Independent can reveal.
These are the moments Chelsea will never want to forget. They gave everything and finally, when it was all done, they had the European Cup in their possession and the players in blue were celebrating the greatest triumph this club has ever known.
THE garda helicopter was 'scrambled' after an end-of-year 'prank' involving one of Dublin's top rugby schools got completely out of control.
THE morning after gossip columnist Terry Keane revealed on The Late Late Show that she was the mistress of former Taoiseach Charles Haughey was "not a barrel of a laughs" at the then family home in Abbeville in Kinsealy, his son Sean revealed yesterday.
Finance Minister Brian Lenihan has left €368,290 in his will, which went to Probate in Dublin last week.
ONE of the country's most eminent lawyers left Fine Gael party chiefs red-faced and angry when he accused the party of double standards in relation to political funding, singling out "at least 15 recorded donations" to the party in just two years by the businessman Denis O'Brien.
Lack of planning permission reveals failure of McCreevy's decentralisation
THE ex-Fine Gael deputy mayor found guilty of taking bribes from a developer is facing up to 10 years in jail.
For a game that threatened to die a death when Leinster went 14-3 up after 32 minutes, this was actually a compelling spectacle.
JEAN Claude Trichet, the former head of the European Central Bank (ECB) whose tenure included the Irish banking crisis and the European debt shambles, bagged a share of the €640,000 in special payments made to executive board members of the Frankfurt-headquartered bank last year -- on top of his €309,000 wage packet.
US TV star Kim Kardashian left her screaming fans disappointed by leaving an event after 50 minutes.
Queen Elizabeth was treated to a spectacular flypast by 78 aircraft over Windsor Castle and music from six military bands yesterday to celebrate her Diamond Jubilee.
Hollywood star Will Smith has slapped a male television reporter who tried to kiss him before the Moscow premiere of Men in Black III.
THE common belief that pregnant women can eat for two has been scotched by research suggesting dieting during pregnancy can be beneficial.
FIFTEEN years ago, a book was published called The Truth Machine. It suggests a world in which everyone wears an infallible lie detector, and describes the effect this has on everything thing from crime to job interviews to the inability to tell white lies. Some of these changes are obvious, many of the knock-on effects much less so.
FORMAL schooling should be delayed by at least 12 months because an over-emphasis on the three-Rs at an early age can cause significant long-term damage to bright children, according to a leading academic.
IT was a hell of a week last week, with eurozone mayhem really kicking off again. There's the ongoing Grexit worry, tumbling stock markets and stagnant GDP everywhere with Germany, Spain slowly revealing how many bodies are buried in its Caja property bank cellars...
FIFTEEN years ago, a book was published called The Truth Machine. It suggests a world in which everyone wears an infallible lie detector, and describes the effect this has on everything thing from crime to job interviews to the inability to tell white lies. Some of these changes are obvious, many of the knock-on effects much less so.
Check the serial numbers on your euro notes or you could be left with "funny money", a leading British travel company warned in response to the deepening crisis involving the single currency.
MEN are put off eating a healthy diet because they feel meat is masculine and vegetables are for wimps, new research suggests.
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