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The row over Aer Lingus' decision to cancel its route between Shannon and Heathrow airports exploded on Tuesday when a Fianna Fáil cumann in County Clare voted in favour of a motion of no confidence in the Taoiseach Read more...
According to reports on Tuesday morning, leaders of about thirty Sunni and Shia factions in Iraq are have agreed to consider a series steps to end the sectarian violence in that country after intensive discussions with Northern leaders Read more...
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In the second quarter of 2007 there were 2,095,400 people in employment, representing an annual increase of 78,400 or 3.9%. This compares to an annual growth rate of 3.8% in the previous quarter and to a rate of 4.6% in the second quarter of 2006 Read more...
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National house prices in Ireland declined by 2.6% in the first six months of 2007 according to the latest edition of the Permanent TSB/ESRI House Price Index Read more...
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The very public disintegration of singer Amy Winehouse took an extraordinary turn last week when a BBC radio show contacted the parents of both Winehouse and her husband, Blake Fielder-Civil, after the couple was recently photographed covered in cuts and sporting mysterious bandages... Read more...
Matthew Mellet of West Caldwell, New Jersey, whose family is originally from the Ballinrobe town land of Kilmaine in the southern part of County Mayo, sent us this week's poem... Read more...
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Aidan Dooley, the star of TOM CREAN, ANTARCTIC EXPLORER, has played roles of historical characters in museums throughout the UK and Ireland. The London-based writer/actor has portrayed WWII Londoners who lived during the blitz and Irish laborers. But it was a role presented to him by the Maritime Museum in Greenwich, England, that changed his life Read more...
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Phew! It's that time of year again. Bye-bye humidity. That's enough for this to be my favorite time of year but if that wasn't enough there's the gorgeous Fall cosmetic collections to try out. Oh what bliss it is to be alive... Read more...
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We didn't realise it al the time, but this match was effectively over after 10 minutes. Kilkenny had by then registered 2 goals and 3 points while Limerick had barely put one meaningful attacking movement together, not to mention opening their account.
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Welcome to the Irish Examiner's special preview of the Rugby World Cup 2007, which starts this Friday with the game between hosts, France and Argentina in Paris. Throughout the competition we'll be bring you match reports and news updates. We start this week with an examination of the teams that have made it to the Finals Read more...
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