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Clinton has no time to celebrate in stopover

Thursday March 18 2010

THE St Patrick's celebrations were well under way last night by the time US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton touched down at Shannon airport.

Passengers narrowly escape bus blaze

Tuesday March 16 2010

A BUS was engulfed in flames moments after it dropped off the last of its passengers, writes Barry Duggan.

Transport going backwards fast

Tuesday March 16 2010

I'm ashamed to be Irish. I am livid that those of us who live in our debacle of woe have ourselves involuntarily associated with CIE and Irish Rail.

Hennessy finds range to maintain Deise's unbeaten run

Monday March 15 2010

The sides were level on seven occasions before Waterford emerged winners of this meeting of two unbeaten sides.

A talent that broke the mould

Sunday March 14 2010

At 2.32 yesterday, a few minutes behind schedule, Brian O'Driscoll entered the arena a few metres in front of his team-mates and 81,340 people stood to salute him. His 100th cap for Ireland and his 106th Test match -- it is a unique achievement in Irish rugby history by a unique player.

Staycations boost for the top attractions

Sunday March 14 2010

Tills keep ringing as rise in Irish visitors helps sites, says Tom Prendeville

Gardai will never be respected if they keep alienating the public

Sunday March 14 2010

I have to hold my hands up and say I was wrong. I had no tax on my car, and I deserved to be punished -- as in pay an appropriate fine, plus the back tax, plus this year's tax. That's about right, isn't it? Unfortunately, I wasn't that lucky.

Councils in homeloan debt crisis

Sunday March 14 2010

Nearly half of local authority home loans, mostly taken out by low-income families, are in arrears, shock new figures reveal.

Bullied to death

Sunday March 14 2010

The photograph shows a young girl sitting in a schoolroom, peering out from under her fringe. She's smiling shyly at the person holding the camera phone. Around her neck she wears a bright orange scarf, something that would sometimes be roughly pulled from her neck by bullies, but today remains just so. It's a quiet, unremarkable moment in the life of a 15-year-old, another insignificant document of adolescence to perhaps be uploaded to Facebook, MySpace, Bebo; evidence of a burgeoning young life.