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Brrr...wrap up as Met Éireann issues snow and ice warning
Several centimetres of snow is expected to build up over hills and snow is also ...
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Alicia Keys shares first image of newborn son
Singer Alicia Keys took to photo-sharing site Instagram to introduce her newborn son to the world with a classic family portrait.
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Putin's 'Hybrid' Great Terror
When reporters asked former world chess champion and Kremlin critic Garry Kasparov who was behind the assassination of opposition figure Boris Nemtsov, he dismissed the question as irrelevant. Whoever did the dirty work, he implied, would have done so only with President Vladimir Putin's blessing. "Who gave the order to kill Nemtsov? "But this was done not far from the Kremlin and it would have been done by Putin's cronies.
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Poland's 'Barbie' presidential candidate sparks frustration of Poles hoping for left's reviva
Poland's main left-wing party was once a major player. It helped bring Poland into the European Union, sent troops to Iraq and let the CIA operate a secret prison for terror suspects. Today the Democratic Left Alliance -- heir to the Cold War-era's Communists -- is fighting for its very existence. Corruption scandals and a failure to inspire young voters have eroded its standing, leaving Poland's political scene without a viable center-left party.
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Di Maria has luxury car collection worth 7,50,000 pounds!
Manchester United's star winger Angel Di Maria sure is a luxury cars fan and has proved so by collecting expensive cars worth 7,50,000 pounds in the past three months. Di Maria became British football's most expensive player on moving to Old Trafford from Spanish giants Real Madrid for 59.7 million pounds last summer. A source revealed that the United lads all love their cars but added that Di Maria has taken it to a new level, the Daily Star reported. Di Maria treated himself to a Lamborghini Huracan worth 2,50,000 pounds in the run-up to Christmas.
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Scherzinger has 'cut ties' with Hamilton
Nicole Scherzinger has cut ties with Lewis Hamilton. The 'Poison' hitmaker - who split from the Formula One racing driver last month after seven years together on and off - has reportedly been advised by her pals that it wasn't "healthy" for the pair to keep in touch. A source said: "The split has been devastating for Nicole. Following the news of the couple's split, Nicole travelled to India for a performance at a £15 million wedding before heading to the Philippines with Unicef.
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Limerick politicians in row over fuel smuggling
IN a hard-hitting statement, Fine Gael TD Patrick O’Donovan has repeated his call for tougher action on fuel-smuggling. How is it, he asked, that the British could locate the leader of Al-Qaeda in a cave in Afghanistan, yet could not find sheds in South Armagh with diesel tankers in them. Speaking on a report produced by the British Irish Parliamentary Assembly on cigarette and fuel smuggling, Deputy O’Donovan claimed money from these illegal activities were finding its way into the political process. “I know where the money that funds the Fine Gael party comes from, everybody knows where it comes from.
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Gardaí seek man who went missing in the early hours of the morning
Gardaí in Ballyconnell, Co Cavan, are asking for the public’s help in finding 22-year-old Donal Greene. Donal was last seen at Derryhassan, Ballyconnell at approximately 5am this morning. When last seen Donal was wearing a white shirt and black trousers.
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Father Ted makes me proud to be a Catholic, US Vice President says
"He inspired so many to stand up for civil rights," he added, signing "vp" to let his followers know it was from Biden himself. Biden was referring to the recent passing of Father Ted Hesburgh of the University of Notre Dame, a well-known religious figure in the area, a member of the first US Civil Rights Commission - known simply by his Christian name as 'Father Ted'.
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'Nobody cares any more': the relatives who went looking for Malaysia Airlines flight MH37
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The Tanaiste says she wants everyone to benefit from the sale of the banks
Joan Burton says she wants everyone in Ireland to benefit from the money Ireland makes from selling the banks. The Tánaiste also used her Leaders’ Speech at the Labour Conference to attack people who hijack peaceful protests - describing them as ‘bullies’.
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Micheál Martin launches blistering attack on Fine Gael
Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin has launched a blistering attack on Fine Gael and party leader Enda Kenny. Mr Martin was speaking at his party’s first national councillors conference since the local and European elections in May when they became the largest party in local government. Mr Martin said last week’s Fine Gael party conference “may well have set a world record for the amount of arrogant self-praise”. “A combination of dishonest hype and hysterical attacks showed that Fine Gael today is deeply out of touch with the reality of Ireland after four years of their unfair, arrogant and divisive government.
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Whispers of Grand Slam as England defeated in Dublin
Ireland's ambitions of retaining their Six Nations title and - whisper it - claiming a second Grand Slam in seven seasons are very much alive after a deserved ten-point victory against a previously undefeated England side in Dublin on Sunday afternoon. Joe Schmidt’s side travel to Cardiff to face Wales in a fortnight’s time and then take on Scotland in Edinburgh a week later after a try from Robbie Henshaw and 14 points from the boot of Jonathan Sexton overcame the English. The main concern now for Schmidt – aside from the rapidly escalating hype - is the fitness and well-being of Sexton, Sean O’Brien and Jared Payne, all of whom appeared to be withdrawn with injuries before the end.
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Defiant Labour have their steak and eat it at party conference
Pat Magner was getting stuck into the dinner when the protestors started banging on the restaurant window. Other diners at the Labour party conference lowered knife and fork, momentarily arrested by shock. Magner’s carvery was a metaphor for the overriding theme at the Labour party conference in Killarney. Defiance permeated the meeting rooms and conference halls of the INEC where the six hundred plus delegates congregated.
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Star Trek icon dies aged 8
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Two Ryanair crew hospitalised over turbulence-induced injuries
Two cabin crew members were hospitalised after they sustained injuries on board a Ryanair flight from Spain to Belgium on Wednesday night. Ryanair flight FR-2829 from Reus in Spain to Brussels Charleroi airport encountered severe turbulence over the Pyrenees while still climbing to its cruising altitude. Two cabin crew members were injured in the incident and the pilot declared an emergency, requesting permission to divert to Bordeaux in France and land. While Ryanair has described their injuries as ‘minor’ it’s understood at least one of the injured crew members was lifted off her feet and struck the ceiling of the Boeing 737-800 jet.
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Overtones singer: I was badly bullied at school
The Cork-born lead singer of UK hitmakers The Overtones has spoken of the traumatic bullying he suffered at school. “I had a tough time of it — I got bullied quite badly.” said Timmy Matley, who attended a school in Cork City. Matley’s salvation came when he auditioned for the Laine Theatre art school in Britain, alma mater to the likes of Victoria Beckham . “The lady who runs it, Betty Laine, said she would offer me a fully-funded place.
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Crowd beats teenage girl to death over bomber allegation
A crowd at a Nigerian market has beaten to death a teenage girl accused of being a suicide bomber and then set her body on fire, police said. Officers said a second suspect, also a teenage girl, was arrested at the biggest market in Bauchi city in the north east of the country. A spate of such attacks has been blamed on Nigeria’s homegrown Boko Haram extremist group, which wants to enforce strict Islamic law across Nigeria. Market trader Mohd Adamu said the girls refused to be searched at the gate to the vegetable market, arousing suspicion from people who attacked them.
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Licensing laws 'see us lose out on major gigs', says Peter Aiken
One of Ireland’s top music promoters has expressed frustration at the slow pace of reform around the state’s concert licensing laws. Aiken Promotions’ Peter Aiken, who was embroiled in the Garth Brooks concert fiasco last summer, said Ireland is losing out on major gigs because it could be another year before the issues are fully dealt with. “We have met the Government about this and told them what we’d like to see happening and hopefully it will change,” Mr Aiken said. “As a promoter and as a business person, if you’re explaining the rules here to another promoter in another country, they think it’s a crazy set-up.
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