State pays €11m for ‘outdated advice’ in aquatic row new
THE state forked out €11m on consultants who gave outdated advice to chase a no-win €10m VAT lawsuit through the courts.
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AN IRISHMAN and a British businesswoman could be jailed for three years after they were accused of having sex in a taxi in Dubai.
RTE to show 31 Euro 2012 matches ... but no place on the team for Roy Keane
RTE will show 31 games during Euro 2012 .Montrose will broadcast 27 of these games live, with the other four simultaneous games shown later.
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A FORMER garda who stole thousands of euros from colleagues and an elderly woman has been sentenced to three years.
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THE SON of Independent TD Mick Wallace is one of four students who have been expelled from a well known southside Dublin school for posting abusive sexual allegations about their teachers on Facebook.
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SAMANTHA Brick, the journalist who decried women for being jealous of her "lovely looks", has taken a swipe at French women including the new first lady of France, Valerie Trierweiler.
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RATINGS agency Moody’s is poised to downgrade up to 21 Spanish banks as Spain saw its borrowing costs rise sharply, according to reports today.
Curse of the Kennedys: Robert Jr's estranged wife found dead after suspected suicide
THE estranged wife of Robert Kennedy Jr has been found dead in her New York home after an apparent suicide.
Brave Emma (10) who launched CD to raise funds for hospital, loses cancer battle
A COURAGOUS little girl who raised over €11,000 for a children’s hospital that treated her, lost her battle against a rare children’s cancer this morning.
US scale model of Bin Laden house revealed
The Pentagon has unveiled a top-secret model of Osama bin Laden’s hideout in Pakistan, which was used by intelligence officials to plan the raid that killed the al-Qaeda leader.
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Health Minister James Reilly slams Tallaght Hospital after damning report new
HEALTH Minister James Reilly today slammed Tallaght Hospital after a damning report by watchdog agency HIQA.
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Man who kidnapped teen for ransom jailed for seven years new
A MAN who was involved in kidnapping a 16-year-old and holding him for ransom has been jailed for seven years at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.
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Euro 2012: Irish team to mark Loughinisland massacre 18 years on with black armbands
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Suvival plan for Eircom expected to be approved at creditors meeting after High Court decision new
A SURVIVAL plan for Eircom is expected to be approved at creditors meetings tomorrow after the High Court today rejected what was described, by the companies and their examiner, as an attempt by a competitor to "derail" the examinership process.
Pitt's neighbours club together
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Ratko Mladic trial delayed after prosecutors' error
THE presiding judge at the UN trial of Ratko Mladic has delayed indefinitely the presentation of evidence that had been scheduled to start later this month due to "significant disclosure errors" by prosecutors in disclosing evidence to defence lawyers.
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Simon Cowell: I’m puzzled by The Voice, why is it not on radio?
SIMON Cowell has criticised talent shows which are a "bad copy" of The X Factor and said he was "puzzled" by BBC show The Voice.
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Non-white births outnumber white births for the first time in US
WHITE births in the United States are no longer in the majority, according to new data from the US Census Bureau.
Kate Rowan: Forget ‘D4tress’, Leinster belongs to us all now ... and what a weekend to feel that sense of belonging
IF you have attended a Leinster Rugby fixture during this potentially historic season you may have noticed some of the banners displayed on match days. There are some particularly catchy slogans adorning the Anglesea stand; "Sexton’s on fire" and "In BOD we trust" pay homage to two of the side’s biggers names.
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Charlie Haughey's beloved Kinsealy estate on the market for a knockdown €7.5m
FORMER Taoiseach Charlie Haughey's Abbeville mansion has gone on the market for a fraction of the €45m he sold it for a decade ago.
Google revamps search ‘Knowledge Graph’ to provide instant answers
GOOGLE is to add more context to search results, in a bid to understand ‘what you mean’ and provide instant answers.
Ryanair passengers warned over website closure
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