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Michael Fingleton, who ran Irish Nationwide Building society for three decades before quitting in controversy last year, has expressed remorse for the first time over the cost to taxpayers of bailing out his institution... Read more...
A leading marriage registrar has warned that more than one-in-ten marriages in Ireland are fake, and are being carried out purely for immigration purposes... Read more...
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When Ireland's property boom was taking shape, foreign banks rushed to its shores to get a piece of the action. But now that it's collapsed, some can't get out of the country quick enough... Read more...
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A concert by The Swell Season, in Saratoga, California, was brought to a shocking halt last Thursday (Aug 19), when an audience member climbed onto a roof above the stage and dived over 20 feet to his death... Read more...
Our poem this week comes from Ann Moriarty of Cork in Ireland. Ann doesn't give much information about herself but her thought provoking poem presents us with many points to ponder... Read more...
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I would have liked to comment, in last week's article, on a fine piece that appeared here in Ireland by John O'Keeffe; however I had already sent in my own by the time that I read it... Read more...
For 10 days, recently, I spent my recovery from knee surgery in a Catholic health and rehabilitation center, St. Elizabeth Ann's in Staten Island, and, during my worst days, I'd wheel myself to the small chapel for some quiet reflection... Read more...
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David Hopkins has worked with all the greats. Well, not exactly all, I mean, he wasn't on hand when Charles Dickens wrote 'Great Expectations', nor did he sing back-up vocals on Abbey Road. Neither, it must be said, was he present when Isaac Newton and Albert Einstein were doing stuff with apples and atoms... Read more...
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I forgot to mention that Mike Bowen our Australian correspondent from Downunder flew to Ireland for the Cork Association's 125th Annual Dinner that was held at Rochestown Park Hotel on August 7th and what a pleasure it was too as he kept me up till 5.30am... Read more...
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It was a game Cork should never have won. For 55 minutes Pat Gilroy's young Dublin side controlled a fascinating semi-final at Croke Park... Read more...
Celtic kept pace with Aberdeen and Rangers at the top of the table with a four-goal demolition of St. Mirren at Celtic Park - the score moving them into second place on goal difference Read more...
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