print edition 12.02.2012

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Mother and son, 6, die in accidental overnight blaze as sofa catches fire

A SIX-year-old boy and his mother died yesterday in a fire in Navan. Police believe the blaze started accidentally.

Shocking injustice of austerity taxes revealed

By MAEVE SHEEHAN EXCLUSIVE

THE true scale of the tax burden on low- and middle-income earners as a result of the austerity drive is revealed in staggering new figures published today.

Forget Paris -- fans left in cold after match called off

By DANIEL McCONNELL Chief Reporter

THOUSANDS of Irish fans were left high and dry last night as the Six Nations clash against France in Paris was dramatically called off only moments before kick-off due to a frozen pitch.

Anne Harris: The coping class is cast out. We need a stake in our country

By Anne Harris

POWERLESSNESS is a sickness of the psyche. Economic powerlessness is a sickness of the body politic. Merge these twin angsts and you have accidie -- a condition recognised in the Middle Ages as the mortal sin of despair.

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Oldest woman defeats Everest again

Watanabe reached the summit from the Tibetan side on 19 May, at the age of 73 years and 180 days. That day, more than 200 climbers were aiming for the summit on the busier southern route in Nepal. Four died, apparently from altitude sickness and exhaustion, on one of the deadliest days on the mountain.

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Irish players prepare to pack bags for Euro 2012

Republic of Ireland stars preparing to pack their backs for Euro 2012 training base have been making the most of the summer sunshine in north county Dublin. There is a small matter of their Euro 2012 farewell friendly against Bosnia first. Shane

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Gazza get his tongue out again

Gazza, capped 57 times, last appeared in an England shirt against Belgium in 1998 and now he wears the Three Lions once more as England gears up for Europe?s biggest football tournament