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Archbishops’ cover-up of child sex abuse revealed

THE four Catholic archbishops of Dublin who preceded Dr Diarmuid Martin, were aware of complaints against priests for sexually abusing children — a practice that went on for over 35 years.

Ryanair chief Michael O'Leary. Photo: Getty Images

O'Leary: €4bn of cutbacks? I'd cut €20bn in a year

By RONALD QUINLAN

Two of Ireland's most successful businessmen reckon that the Government could benefit from listening to the views of entrepreneurs in formulating next month's Budget.

EU president wants to see a new Euro tax

By DANIEL McCONNELL

IRISH taxpayers will be hit by a new Euro tax which will be introduced to fund the expanding Brussels bureaucracy if new EU president Herman Van Rompuy gets his way, the Sunday Independent can reveal.

Lenihan backs €100m pension top-up schemes

By DANIEL McCONNELL Chief Reporter

Finance Minister Brian Lenihan and his department have sanctioned extraordinary pension top-ups worth more than €100m to staff members in one of the state agencies under his control, the Sunday Independent can reveal.

Annette Deane in her mother Kathleen's house on River Street, Ballinasloe, Co Galway after the River Suck burst its banks.

Martin calls for all hands on deck amid floods chaos

By Jerome Reilly, Ralph Riegel and Don Lavery

FOREIGN Affairs Minister Micheal Martin last night stressed that Ireland's flood crisis now requires "all hands on deck", despite the looming national strike including emergency workers like firemen, army personnel and other frontline services.

Public sector: 12% cut across the board

By Daniel McConnell

FINANCE Minister Brian Lenihan has indicated that he will use the 11.9 per cent pay cut private sector workers have already taken as a benchmark for public sector pay cuts, the Sunday Independent has learned.

Doyle gets the go-ahead for dream home

By BRENDAN FURLONG

IRISH soccer hero Kevin Doyle was close to tears last week after losing to France -- but the international centre forward got news to cheer him up back home in Wexford.

Shamed tycoon lies low as creditors await repayment

AN unremarkable village setting in Co Kilkenny seems an unlikely address for the shamed high-society investment tycoon Breifne O'Brien.

BoI, AIB seek $220m from failed Lehmans

BANK of Ireland and Allied Irish Bank are claiming more than $220m back from the carcass of collapsed investment bank Lehman Brothers.

Domenech blocked replay

Raymond Domenech was the sole obstacle to Ireland's game against France being replayed, the Sunday Independent has learned.

Entertainment

Style icon Moss in trouble over motto

EATING disorder campaigners rounded on British model Kate Moss for saying she backed the motto "Nothing tastes as good as skinny feels", a slogan popular with pro-anorexia websites.

Don't stand so close -- Sting in ghostly encounter

Sting has claimed he once confronted a ghost which wandered into his room in the dead of night.