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Mary Hanafin
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Thousands of dads not on birth certs avoid child payouts
Thursday March 18 2010
MORE than 4,000 birth certificates are issued every year without a father's name, new figures reveal.
Ambassador Byrne signs on as Washington DC dons the green
Wednesday March 17 2010
God be with the days when starving artists would go cap-in-hand to the Government looking for a bit of a dig-out. Now the creative boot is firmly on the other foot with the announcement yesterday that actor Gabriel Byrne has been appointed our very first cultural ambassador to the US.
Brendan Keenan: Longevity is good for individuals -- but a disaster for the system
Brendan Keenan Sunday March 14 2010
YOU could have heard a pin drop when the Minister for Social Affairs etc., Mary Hanafin, announced that she was about to publish the national pensions strategy. The surprise among the audience was all the more surprising, given that this was the annual dinner of the Association of Pension Funds.
Lise Hand: Mary sails off into the sunset leaving Brian to face hospital storm
Thursday March 11 2010
MARY Harney apologised to Aine Lawlor from 'Morning Ireland'. The phone-line was a bit fuzzy, she explained, because "I'm far away".
Public services facing crippling strikes
Tuesday March 09 2010
SCHOOLS, hospitals and crucial public services face massive disruption after unions announced crippling strikes across the state sector.
Lise Hand: How women can prevent us from being manhandled again
Tuesday March 09 2010
THESE days, behind every set of newsmaking initials -- AIB, BOI, FAS, NAMA and the DDDA for example -- stand lots and lots of men.
Employers will not be hit for pension bill, says minister
Monday March 08 2010
STRUGGLING employers will not be hit by an extra bill when the new compulsory pension plan comes into effect, the Government claims, writes Fionnan Sheahan.
Fianna Fail celebrate while they are still at the races
Sunday March 07 2010
I think we have gone way beyond frightening the horses. Which is probably why it was more of a Fianna Fail Ard Fheis than a fundraiser at Leopardstown Racecourse last Sunday. OK -- so it was buffet lunch at €125 a head -- but the fact that there have been so many heads on plates lately rather spoils the appetite, don't you think?
Hey, Mary, we're not waving but drowning
Sunday March 07 2010
Dolores and her husband run a small business. Last year was one of their toughest, and this year looks set to be even worse. She wondered if Queenie, as the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment, had any ideas. She did. Among her list of initiatives to sort out the unemployment problem, Queenie mentioned the Employer Based Redundant Apprentice Scheme.
Public sector workers plan indefinite strikes
Saturday March 06 2010
Crippling strike action over public sector pay cuts moved closer last night.
Homeowners need help from banks -- Hanafin
Friday March 05 2010
THE banks were told by a cabinet minister to provide easily accessible information to homeowners in mortgage arrears and fighting to keep their house.
Vote by senior civil servants deepens pay row strike fear
Thursday March 04 2010
SENIOR civil servants are set to ballot for industrial action over the €1bn Budget pay cut.
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