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O'Leary to press on with Aer Lingus bid
RYANAIR chief Michael O'Leary will press ahead with plans to take over Aer Lingus but will need to increase his offer significantly if it is to be considered by the Government.
Venice flooded as rain and snow sweep Italy
Tourists in Venice were left wading through waist-high water yesterday as the city suffered its worst flooding in more than 20 years.
Drinks price freeze won't save you, publicans told
PUBLICANS have been warned they will need to cut their prices if they are going to keep customers.
No thaw on horizon as wintry chill here to stay
The big freeze is set to continue, with more cold, unsettled and changeable days expected this week.
Supermarket rapist had prior convictions for sexual assault
A SERIAL sex offender, who yesterday pleaded guilty to raping a woman in a supermarket, had been convicted of two previous attacks.
Icy road blamed for fatal crash
ICY roads are being blamed for a collision which claimed the life of a popular 22-year-old law student yesterday morning.
Two men raped young mother in her own house
TWO men were registered as sex offenders yesterday after a jury found them guilty of raping a young mother while restraining her with a rope around the neck.
Teenager feared killed for refusing to be a prostitute
GARDAI fear that a missing Romanian teenage girl has been murdered because she refused to become a prostitute.
Light relief for ESB, gas bills but rip-off at pumps
CONSUMERS and businesses finally got some respite from recession blues yesterday with the confirmation that electricity bills are to fall by about 1pc while gas bills remain static.
Golden girl Katie targets return to Irish soccer team after world title in the ring
SHE conquered the world with her fists. But now Katie Taylor hopes to focus on her footwork with the Irish women's soccer team.
The king of capitalism watches his empire crumble
After years as perhaps the most recognisable face of capitalist success and excess, Donald Trump is suddenly bogged down in a string of legal and financial battles across his property and entertainment empire.
Kidney fears Ireland will be a World Cup 'target'
IRELAND coach Declan Kidney believes his side will be 'targets' at the 2011 World Cup after the Irish were pooled with Australia, Italy and qualifiers from Europe and the Americas yesterday.
Entertainment
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Seasonal smash
Witherspoon's Christmas turkey flies high and forces critics to eat their words
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Amy adds a new chapter to her career
Actress Amy Huberman has written her first book, a romantic novel set in Dublin.
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Cheeky Madonna has no time to cry over divorce
The world tour is going a bomb as our picture from Mexico City at the weekend shows, but behind the intensity Madonna is hiding her sadness.
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Joe's last gig will bring home town to halt
A year after his death, there's still no show like a Joe show.
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Stars roll up at great Gate show
The Gate Theatre officially celebrated its 80th birthday last night.
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Toy Show is just child's play for Pat
A BIT like his Christmas jumpers, Pat Kenny has never looked completely comfortable presenting the Toy Show.
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New U2 album edging towards finishing line
None of the songs that U2 wrote for their new album while working under producer Rick Rubin will make the final track list.
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Clean-living Britney feels 'so old'
Britney Spears says her life is so dull under her father's watchful eye that she feels old and boring.
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Esther avoids jungle vote
Esther Rantzen won immunity from the I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! public vote in the final Bush Battle - by telling fairytales to creepy crawlies while lying in an underground coffin
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'Hollywood witch-hunt'
In the latest episode of Hollywood's biggest witch-hunt since the era of McCarthyism, the director of the Los Angeles Film Festival has resigned over revelations that he helped to fund the campaign to outlaw gay marriage in California
Anglo Irish to be third cashing in on State bailout
Anglo Irish Bank is set to become the third Irish bank to tap the international bond markets following the €440bn State guarantee scheme -- in a week when the group is to unveil its full year figures.
Job loss cover
CONSUMERS are taking out redundancy cover on their mortgage payments in their thousands in response to growing fears about job security in the private sector.
Milk sector change needed now, Tyrrell
A framework plan for the restructuring of the milk processing sector will have to be agreed by early 2009, ICOS director general John Tyrrell has warned.
Families on hold
The birth of a first child is momentous. Not only is there the joy of a new arrival, but also the reassurance that you can count good reproductive health amongst your blessings.
Using car is a necessity not a choice
Gay Mitchell has called for the new third lane on the M50 to be a made a "high occupancy vehicle lane" during rush hour.
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- 17:07 November another bad month for taxes, Taoiseach tells Dail
- 17:05 Exchequer figures show public finances in the red by €7.9 billion
- 18:26 Customs seize €150,000 worth of cocaine at Shannon
- 18:22 SIPTU members vote to accept Aer Lingus cost-cutting plan
- 17:53 Ombudsman tells committee refuse waiver schemes are 'a shambles'
- 17:07 November another bad month for taxes, Taoiseach tells Dail
- 17:05 Exchequer figures show public finances in the red by €7.9 billion
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The two 'm' words out of a group of three get to the heart of the matter: the BBC news last week repeatedly referred to 'militants in Mumbai'. They were not 'militants', and it is not 'Mumbai'. They were terrorists and it is Bombay.
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Getting sloshed in the workplace is not a good idea. After all, your office performance suffers, you lose whatever shred of respect your colleagues may ever have had for you and, in an entirely random example, you end up filing your column two hours late and getting sacked. But there's good news -- it's not your fault.
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