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From TheJournal.ie Leaders' Questions

Kenny plays down chances of EU growth deal before referendum

23 hours ago 1,893 Views 64 Comments

The Taoiseach says next week’s meeting of the European Council probably won’t make any immediate concrete decisions.

From TheJournal.ie Acropolis Now?

Greece to hold second election after coalition talks are abandoned

Yesterday, 3:17 PM 1,632 Views 25 Comments

Talks to try and form a techocrat government are abandoned after a two-hour meeting of the five main leaders.

From TheJournal.ie Retirements

Department defends reappointment of top servant who retired 18 months ago

Yesterday, 1:31 PM 3,252 Views 39 Comments

An assistant secretary-general at the Department of Agriculture retired in 2010, but will stay on until October at least.

Facebook

Facebook hikes price of its shares, raising value to over $100bn

Yesterday, 12:00 PM 2,716 Views 16 Comments

Facebook had previously planned on selling shares at between $28-$35, but is now going for a price between $34 and $38.

From TheJournal.ie Raid

Four arrested over February raid on cash-in-transit van

Yesterday, 11:29 AM 1,285 Views 4 Comments

Three men and a woman, all aged in their 20s, are arrested in connection with a robbery in Dublin 7 earlier this year.

As You Were

Eurozone GDP unchanged in the first quarter of 2012

Yesterday, 11:17 AM 512 Views 2 Comments

Modest growth in the likes of Germany is offset by falls in other large countries like Italy; France is also perfectly flat.

From The Daily Edge Edzerbaijohn This post contains videos

VIDEO: Jedward dress up as tubs of popcorn (literally) at the Eurovision

Yesterday, 11:15 AM 3,076 Views 28 Comments

Also, in case you needed to know, Azerbaijan has been renamed ‘Ed-zerbai-john’. Got that?

From TheJournal.ie Euref

Delaying referendum ‘not in the national interest’, says Shatter

Yesterday, 9:49 AM 1,013 Views 39 Comments

“It wasn’t raining when Noah built the ark,” says the justice minister, responding to calls from independent TDs to put it off.

Mama Mia!

Moody’s cuts ratings of 26 Italian banks

Yesterday, 8:36 AM 758 Views 4 Comments

The banks include the country’s two largest banks, with one third of the market – while 10 banks are now ‘junk’.

Monday 14 May, 2012

Alert

Flying with Ryanair this weekend? Check in online before the site goes down

Yesterday, 4:53 PM 14,987 Views 63 Comments

Ryanair charges €60 per passenger if they haven’t checked in already – but the website will be offline for some time this weekend.

Greece

Noonan urges Greek parties to form government and stay in the euro

Mon, 4:20 PM 1,888 Views 52 Comments

Attending a summit in Brussels, Michael Noonan says it is “very important that the eurozone stays intact”.

From TheJournal.ie Accounting Error

Report on €3.6 billion accounting error may be published next week

Mon, 3:28 PM 2,127 Views 14 Comments

Both an internal investigation and external review have been completed, with Michael Noonan now left to seek government approval.

From TheJournal.ie Air Travel

2010 fall in Irish air passenger numbers was EU’s worst

Mon, 2:20 PM 2,078 Views 7 Comments

Figures compiled by Eurostat show that passenger numbers in Ireland fell by a greater proportion than those of any other.

From TheJournal.ie Tuition Fees

Students to hold nationwide online vote to decide fees policy

Mon, 1:04 PM 2,216 Views 40 Comments

The Union of Students in Ireland will ballot its members nationwide on whether to change their ‘free fees’ policy.

Jobswatch

Newly-rebranded Laya Healthcare to create 100 jobs

Mon, 12:13 PM 1,670 Views 10 Comments

The former Quinn Healthcare will create the positions over three years as part of a renewed investment.

From TheJournal.ie Census 2006

Volunteers clock in 425,000 hours of unpaid work last year

Mon, 11:36 AM 1,209 Views 4 Comments

Based on the average industrial wage, that works out at free work which would otherwise have cost €9.2 million.

Futureshock

Price of oil could double in a decade, warns IMF paper

Mon, 9:53 AM 1,953 Views 24 Comments

A working paper commissioned by the IMF says previous trends in oil prices point to a major surge in costs by 2022.

From TheJournal.ie Cooperation

LIVE: British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly takes place in Dublin

Mon, 9:49 AM 1,422 Views 6 Comments

The 44th plenary session of the group, which includes members from Britain, Ireland and crown dependencies, is being held in the Seanad chamber for the first time.

Rumbled

Yahoo! CEO quits after expose of ‘fake’ computer science degree

Mon, 8:36 AM 4,981 Views 8 Comments

Scott Thompson had only been in the job for six months before someone noticed he couldn’t have earned the degree he said he had.

Sunday 13 May, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Motoring

Driving with dimmed headlights may be mandatory by 2015

Sun, 4:07 PM 5,513 Views 51 Comments

Leo Varadkar says the Road Safety Authority will consider mandatory rules when the country’s car fleet becomes more modern.

From TheJournal.ie Venezuela

Did a crossword maker try to encourage people to kill the president’s brother? Probably not

Sun, 3:44 PM 3,823 Views 2 Comments

Government critics and supporters alike are amused at the suggestion of a pundit on a state-run TV station.

From The Daily Edge Pudsey's Got Talent This post contains videos

WATCH: The dog-training act that won Britain’s Got Talent

Sun, 3:08 PM 6,248 Views 26 Comments

17-year-old Ashleigh Butler and her six-year-old cross Pudsey took the £500,000 prize and will perform for the Queen.

From TheJournal.ie Judiciary

Chief Justice launches report calling for independent judicial appointments

Sun, 2:49 PM 1,595 Views 15 Comments

Court appointments should be independent, says a report by the European judges’ association launched by Justice Susan Denham.

From TheJournal.ie Residential Abuse

Protest at Pro Cathedral over government plans for abuse survivors’ trust fund

Sun, 2:02 PM 2,641 Views 31 Comments

Victims of institutional abuse oppose plans to establish a trust fund for abuse victims, instead of simply giving cash payments.

Fiasco

TDs to report on Revenue error which left State with ‘significant’ legal costs

Sun, 1:20 PM 3,321 Views 14 Comments

The State-controlled body which runs the National Sports Campus tried to sue Dublin Waterworld over a VAT bill that wasn’t due.

From TheJournal.ie Greece

Last-ditch Greek talks fail to form unity government

Sun, 12:55 PM 2,190 Views 12 Comments

Meetings between the country’s president and its three main party leaders fail to end the political stalemate in Greece.

From TheJournal.ie Afghanistan

Leading Afghan peace negotiator shot dead by unidentified gunman

Sun, 11:15 AM 1,062 Views 3 Comments

Arsala Rahmani – a former minister in the Taliban administration – is killed, in a major blow to Hamid Karzai’s efforts for peace.

From TheJournal.ie Drugs

Man arrested after cannabis seizure in Co Waterford

Sun, 10:41 AM 1,921 Views 28 Comments

Drugs worth an estimated €80,000 were recovered from an house in Tallow; a man is being held at Dungarvan.

From TheJournal.ie Your Say This post contains a poll

Poll: Are you happy with the quality of the referendum campaigns?

Sun, 10:37 AM 2,959 Views 135 Comments

Declan Ganley’s back in the fray, as Michael Noonan fears election fatigue. How do you feel so far?

From TheJournal.ie Referendum

Ganley to campaign for No vote in Fiscal Compact referendum

Sun, 10:17 AM 2,960 Views 111 Comments

The veteran of the Lisbon campaigns has revived Libertas to oppose the treaty – but Simon Coveney has already accused him of showing “flawed thinking”.

From The Score Still Got It This post contains videos

37-year-old Beckham rolls back the years with trademark free kick

Sun, 9:31 AM 5,898 Views 16 Comments

He might not have worn the same fuschia boots in Manchester, Madrid or Milan – but Golden Balls is still putting them away.

From TheJournal.ie 9 At 9

The 9 at 9: Sunday

Sun, 8:59 AM 3,635 Views 21 Comments

Nine things you need to know this morning…

Saturday 12 May, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Prime Numbers

Movies, MPs and Angry Birds: the week in statistics

Sat, 7:30 PM 3,160 Views 2 Comments

Plus: How long it takes to ruin a two-hour debate, and the number of people who’d rather pick a convict than Obama.

Friday 11 May, 2012

From TheJournal.ie NAMAland

Nearly 700 NAMA units being provided suitable for social housing – minister

Fri, 4:27 PM 4,186 Views 22 Comments

Jan O’Sullivan says over 2,000 properties have been appraised for their suitability – and only half are fit for use as social housing.

From TheJournal.ie Lock And Key

State cuts down on security costs for ministers’ homes

Fri, 3:42 PM 3,284 Views 18 Comments

The government has spent over €1.5 million installing security in ministers’ houses and offices – but nothing since 2009.

From TheJournal.ie Referendum

Government accused of designing referendum guide ‘to mislead public’

Fri, 3:13 PM 2,829 Views 120 Comments

Sinn Féin’s Caoimhghín Ó Caoláín says the Stability Treaty guide being sent to homes understates the loss of sovereignty.

From TheJournal.ie Greece

Radical Left coalition to meet Socialists in last bid to form Greek government

Fri, 2:08 PM 2,116 Views 49 Comments

If Alexis Tsipras and Evangelos Venizelos can’t agree a common platform, a second election will be almost certain.

From TheJournal.ie Check The Register

Today’s your last chance to post your application for a Fiscal Compact vote

Fri, 12:37 PM 1,641 Views 8 Comments

Your local council needs to receive your form by Monday – meaning today is your last chance to get it posted off.

From TheJournal.ie Roads

Woman killed after car strikes truck in Cork

Fri, 12:13 PM 3,152 Views 2 Comments

The female driver of a car is killed, while a 9-year-old girl is uninjured, after the collision at Reas Cross this morning.

From TheJournal.ie Local Authorities

Government to block Bill allowing TDs to scrutinise council spending

Fri, 11:24 AM 1,518 Views 21 Comments

The government says proposals by Fianna Fail’s John McGuinness would hamper the government’s own plan for reforms.

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Nick Leeson
Column: Nick Leeson – My heart says ‘No’, but my head says ‘Yes’
By Nick Leeson

TheJournal.ie columnist nails his colours to the mast and says that a ‘Yes’ vote is the only message to send out if we want access to funds at the keenest rates possible.

Danny McCoy
Opinion: ‘Rejection could force Ireland to greater austerity’
By Danny McCoy

On a ‘Yes’ vote: IBEC Director General Danny McCoy says that voting against the fiscal compact could bring dangerous economic instability and uncertainty.

Terrence McDonough
Column: ‘The treaty is risky and dangerously experimental’
By Terrence McDonough

On a ‘No’ vote: Economist Terrence McDonough says evoking fear in people over the recession is not an appropriate move by government.

John Gleeson
Column: Why does a tech startup succeed? Here’s the recipe…
By John Gleeson

Did you know the most promising startup founders in the US are from Limerick? John Gleeson looks at what we can learn from them.

Paul Quigley
Column: Ireland should buy from start-ups, not just give them cash
By Paul Quigley

The Government invests more than €100m in start-ups every year, writes Paul Quigley, but they should consider buying some of their goods and services if they really want to get them off the ground.

Stephen Donnelly
Column: The social welfare bill – ‘I wonder what this button does?’
By Stephen Donnelly

Independent TD Stephen Donnelly laments “a series of policy mistakes” embedded into our legislation tonight as the Social Welfare Bill is signed into law.

Nick Leeson
Column: There IS white collar crime here – it’s just that no-one is jailed for it
By Nick Leeson

This week, regular TheJournal.ie columnist Nick Leeson says that Ireland technically doesn’t have white collar crime – but only because no-one is being properly punished for bad business actions.

Stephen Wynne
Column: Why I’m bringing the DeLorean back – as an electric car
By Stephen Wynne

Electricity is more readily available and cheaper than petrol, but people need to be converted to electric cars and realise that you can still get high performance from those vehicles, writes Stephen Wynne.

Irene Gunning
Column: ‘Free preschool has to be backed by strong political will’
By Irene Gunning

Education and care go hand in hand, argues Irene Gunning, and the care of toddlers and preschoolers can’t be separated as two different processes.

Jason O'Mahony
Column: Is it time to grow up about Europe?
By Jason O'Mahony

Ahead of next Wednesday’s Leviathan debate about the future of Ireland’s relationship with Europe, panelist Jason O’Mahony tells us that it might well be…

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In pictures: Lifeboat crew scale cliff to rescue sheep in Cork
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From The Score

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