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Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr Micheál Martin, T.D. has announced funding of €135,000 towards a new Farmleigh Fellowship Program Read more...
Mary Hanafin T.D., Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport speaking last Wednesday about the newly released overseas visitor numbers for the first three months of this year said that while at face value the figures are disappointing, they must be understood in the context of a decline in tourist numbers internationally Read more...
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"Irish companies are showing growing interest in developing trade and commercial links with Poland, with sales of Irish products and services in Poland worth €618 million last year" said Minister for Trade and Commerce Mr Billy Kelleher, T.D., when he addressed an Enterprise Ireland trade dinner in Warsaw Read more...
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Seasonally adjusted exports decreased by 4% to €6,770 million between February and March 2010, while imports increased by 8% to €3,830 million Read more...
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You know, there are times when we introduce a chap who plays the saxophone, or writes poems, or perhaps, invented the hula-hoop, see, they're the ones who are rather easy for us to describe Read more...
When the burden of our modern world becomes ".....full of care?" along comes Frank E. Lee to remind us there are more important things in life than banks... Read more...
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As a tag-end to last week's report from the bat cave may I offer my commiserations to Sir Robert Geldof, late of Ireland, who has had to drop his appearance fee from €85,000 for an expletive ridden talk on how we peasants should be giving more, down to a humble €58,000 Read more...
Although he's indicated he's not interested in running for president, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie has won accolades for the job he's doing and hopeful Republicans are trying to draft him for a 2012 run... Read more...
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Whether your pundit of choice is Fox News' Bill O'Reilly or CNBC's Keith Olbermann, "American Voices" will help you feel proud to be American. So says Irish tenor Andy Cooney, who will be playing with country giants Larry Gatlin and Crystal Gayle in Westbury, New York on Thursday Read more...
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The boys from Albany (Jeff Cleary and Chris Callaghan) were in Manhattan on Friday and the rumors are that they were at O'Casey's Irish Pub for lunch and then at the Sheridan Hotel on 7th Avenue. Now wasn't that where the Conservative Party Convention was? Now, what was all that about... Read more...
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The Ospreys became the first team to win the Magners League for a third time as they ended their losing streak against table toppers Leinster... Read more...
They're back. After three years in Tipperary's shadow, Cork re-emerged as a hurling powerhouse with a stunning 3-15 to 0-14 destruction of the Munster champions at Páirc Uí Chaoimh on Sunday Read more...
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