Wednesday, February 10 2010

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Mary Hanafin

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Taxpayers face a raft of new local authority VAT increases

Wednesday February 10 2010

TAXPAYERS are facing VAT charges on a host of local authority services including library internet access and photocopying, it has emerged.

Generals saved in phoney war

Sunday February 07 2010

'OUTSPOKEN' Fianna Fail backbench deputies have always been a prime source of free comedy but even by their standards, their classic 'he who runs away may live to fight another day' stance on the Government's brave u-turn on pay cuts for the 600 top mandarins was special.

Single parents to lose benefits for over-13s

Thursday February 04 2010

LONE parents are set to lose their single-parent allowance once their child reaches the age of 13.

We'd fight Cowen's witch-hunt, if only we could find it

Sunday January 31 2010

WE hate to be the bearer of evil tidings, but it's time to tell you that our "anointed" betters are not happy. It is bad enough that the people are letting our leaders down by their failure to put a brave face on things and an inability to embrace their "patriotic duties". Ultimately, the great fear -- and the sensitive ones among you may avert your eyes -- is that the petite bourgeoisie and the lower orders are abandoning themselves to licentious witch hunting.

Cash-starved universities in crisis

Sunday January 31 2010

Last Thursday in Leinster House, the heads of the seven Irish universities were hauled before the Oireachtas Committee on Education.

Water charges will pay for the neglect of contractors

Sunday January 31 2010

Homeowners will have to pay €1bn in water charges annually from 2011. This latest financial blow comes on top of job losses, pay cuts, rising taxation, increased health costs, higher bin charges and other extras above the official rate of inflation.

New ID cards will carry your key biological data

Wednesday January 27 2010

THE controversial public services identity card will be equipped to carry biological data -- such as fingerprints and eye scans -- when it is unveiled later this year.

22,000 on dole fail to attend mandatory interviews

Monday January 25 2010

ALMOST 22,000 people on the dole failed to attend their compulsory FAS interview last year, it has emerged.

Ten-fold increase in welfare fraudster tip-offs

Monday January 25 2010

SNITCHING on social welfare fraudsters has increased 10-fold in the past two years, with dole recipients bearing the brunt of the anonymous tip-offs.

Exporters push Dempsey for no-strike clause in air traffic controller's terms

Sunday January 24 2010

TRANSPORT Minister Noel Dempsey has been called upon by the Irish Exporters Association (IEA) to insert a "no-strike" clause into the terms of employment for air traffic controllers.

Department won't force schools to teach English

Thursday January 21 2010

The Department of Education has backed down in a row over the use of English in all-Irish primary schools.

Connacht Gold to host farm forum

Tuesday January 19 2010

Connacht Gold Co-op is to hold a major forum on farming in the McWilliam Park Hotel, Claremorris, next Wednesday, (January 27) at 7.30pm.