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IRISH EXAMINER | January 18th, 2017 Winner Of BT Young Kenny And May Call For A
‘Respectful’ Election
Scientist & Campaign

Technology Exhibition

Announced

Shane Curran, aged 16, a 5th and a once-in-a-lifetime trip to many students entering the Theresa May and Enda Kenny have urged a “respectful” election cam-
year student from Terenure the European Space Research world of STEM through the paign in Northern Ireland after a snap poll was triggered by the col-
College, Dublin 6, has taken and Technology Centre in the BT Young Scientist & lapse of the power-sharing executive.
home the top prize for his project Netherlands. Technology Exhibition. Both leaders spoke by telephone after Secretary of State James
entitled ‘qCrypt: The quantum- Brokenshire confirmed the region will go to the ballot box on March
secure, encrypted, data storage He’ll also represent Ireland “Initiatives such as this 2 amid a deepening political crisis.
solution with multijurisdictional at the European Union have a critical role to play in
quorum sharding technology’. Contest for Young Scientists raising awareness and engage- The Taoiseach’s spokesman said the pair discussed the bitter fall-
in Estonia later this year. ment around science and out and regretted that the DUP and Sinn Fein had been unable to
The announcement was technology and the impact it reach agreement.
made in the BT Arena at Minister for Education and has on every aspect of our
Dublin’s RDS by Richard Skills, Richard Bruton, said, lives. C “They both expressed the hope that the election campaign would
Bruton TD, Minister for “It is wonderful to see so be respectful, noting that following the election the Northern Ireland
Education and Skills, and parties would once again have to engage on the various challenges
Shay Walsh, Managing they face,” he said.
Director, BT Ireland.
“The Taoiseach and Prime Minister repeated their desire to see the
Shane competed in the institutions established under the Good Friday Agreement operating
senior section of the effectively, and in particular to have a fully-functioning Executive in
Technology category. place as soon as possible.”

Shane’s award includes a Speculation has been mounting of a rancorous election campaign
prize-fund of €5,000, the in the weeks ahead given the widening divergence between the two
BTYSTE perpetual trophy, main parties at Stormont.

O’Dwyer & Bernstien, LLP If a new power-sharing administration cannot be formed after the
Attorneys-at-Law March elections, the region faces the prospect of yet another election
or even direct rule being reimposed from Westminster.
Concentrating in:
Construction Accidents • Scaffolding Accidents • Automobile Accidents Mrs May and Mr Kenny also spoke about the Prime Minister’s
much-anticipated speech to be delivered this week, which is expected
Personal Injury • Medical Malpractice • Wills and Estates to set out Britain’s Brexit plan.

Serving the Irish American Community The Taoiseach reiterated a number of key concerns for Ireland
For Over 75 Years during the conversation, focusing on economic and trading relation-
ships, the common travel area and the peace process, including con-
No Charge For Consultations cerns about the border. C

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Tel: (212) 571-7100 Fax: (212) 571-7124 Tracker Mortgages Could Be ‘Twice As
High’ Than Expected
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It has emerged that the number of mortgage holders who were
wrongly taken off tracker mortgages could be almost twice as high as
first suggested.

The Central Bank revealed before Christmas that 8,200 customers
were wrongly put onto more expensive variable rates.

But it has since emerged that the number did not include
Permanent TSB, which was fined €4.5m over the scandal in
November.

Michael Noonan says the Central Bank is hopeful of fining other
banks in the coming months: “They are proceeding now with others.

“They expect to have made significant progress by mid 2017.”
Sinn Féin’s Pearse Doherty says there has been a clear effort by
banks to take advantage of customers: “It’s a massive theft, and I use
that word for a reason, because when we talk about redress schemes,
you’re legitimizing the fact that the banks said it was a systems error.
“Or there was a problem with communications. It wasn’t.
“Right across every single major bank here in this state, they were
doing the same thing.” C