Thursday, December 03 2009

 

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.

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Darron Gibson's two goals for Manchester United put an end to Tottenham Hotspur's Carling Cup campaign. Photo: Getty Images

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.

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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