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Pay deal not finalised, says Cowen

Taoiseach Brian Cowen has cautioned no deal on €1.3bn public sector pay cuts has been finalised despite a breakthrough on plans for unpaid leave.

Job losses show signs of stabilising

By Colm Heatley

Ireland’s unemployment rate remained unchanged in November, signaling the economy may be past the worst of the job losses.

Stand-off as retail giant Tesco takes on Father Christmas

By Emily Moulton

A remarkable Santa stand-off was continuing at Tesco’s Knocknagoney store in Co Down last night with the occupants of a charity grotto staging an overnight sit-in after being told they had to move the premises elsewhere.

Permanent TSB to axe 120 jobs

Permanent TSB is axing 120 jobs and closing 11 branches, it has announced.

Ex-Miss Argentina dies after operation to tone buttocks

By Ben Leach

A former Miss Argentina who was obsessed with maintaining her youthful looks has died following surgery to make her buttocks firmer.

Sinn Fein death threat 'came from Spain'

Four Sinn Fein politicians have received a telephone death threat from a caller police have traced to southern Spain, the party have said.

Woods' latest statement did not comment directly on the claims, but he acknowledged: 'I have let my family down and I regret those transgressions' Photo: Getty Images

Tiger Woods says sorry for 'sins'

Golfer Tiger Woods has apologised for letting his family down in a statement that alluded to "personal sins" and the forced exposure of "intimate details" of his life.

All men watch porn, scientists find

By Jonathan Liew

Scientists at the University of Montreal launched a search for men who had never looked at pornography - but couldn't find any.

Coke-addicted prison officer sneaked drugs into jail for lifer

A FORMER prison officer will be sentenced next week for smuggling drugs, alcohol and mobile phones into inmates in Mountjoy prison.

Majority of areas 'without funds for defences'

ONLY two of the towns hit by flooding in the last 10 days have funding in place to build flood defence works.

Bank of Ireland’s hybrid debt downgraded by Standard & Poor’s

Bank of Ireland’s hybrid securities were downgraded by Standard & Poor’s on concern the European Commission may demand the lender defer payments on some of the notes as a condition of receiving state aid.

Entertainment

Katie Holmes dizzy for dancing

Katie Holmes has been hanging out with her dancing pals in Hollywood.

The Hoff's ex in drink drive arrest

David Hasselhoff's ex-wife Pamela Bach was arrested on suspicion of drink-driving.

Heidi and Seal show off daughter

Heidi Klum and Seal have been showing off their new baby on the musician's website.

Pot shot proves that some still like it hot with Marilyn

THE most famous pout in the world is still making waves after 50 years.

Gibson on double to sink Spurs

THE kids are more than all right. Alex Ferguson's faith in his latest crop of fledglings was vindicated last night when Darron Gibson, the 22-year-old midfielder, elegantly evicted an experienced Tottenham Hotspur side from the Carling Cup.

Tiger Woods: Waitress claims golfer warned her that wife suspected affair

Jaimee Grubbs, a waitress who claims she had an affair with Tiger Woods, has alleged that the golfer sent her a message warning: "My wife has been through my phone and may be calling you."

Scandal has spawned so many questions

AS A regular Mass-goer and the father of two children, the events of the past few days for me are the straw that broke the camel's back.

David McWilliams: We need to tap talent like John Gray in floods crisis

Have you ever bothered to look at the statues on O'Connell Street? There are the obvious ones of Larkin, O'Connell and, of course, Parnell, but there is also one statue of a character called John Gray. Leopold Bloom in 'Ulysses' walked past the statue of John Gray and was equally flummoxed, asking who was yer man? It is interesting that Bloom -- a man obsessed throughout 'Ulysses' by water -- could have been so ignorant about the man who made Dublin's taps gush with fresh pressurised water.

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