Top Stories: London, Dec. 6 : Republican terrorists are "highly likely" to strike British troops in Northern Ireland during Christmas, secret documents have revealed. ANI Sun, 06 Dec 2009 02:30:11 -0500By Jonathan Mullin. Talks continued in Ennis on Sunday night in a bid to find a resolution to the ongoing hurling crisis. Manager Mike McNamara met with the Clare inter-county panel earlier Sunday e... RTE Sun, 06 Dec 2009 16:49:42 -0500Stormont Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness tonight called on First Minister Peter Robinson to publish his list of pre-conditions for devolving policing powers to Northern Ireland. Amid a deepen... RTE News Sun, 06 Dec 2009 16:49:34 -0500A murder probe was launched in Belfast tonight after a teenager fell from a ninth storey apartment in a city centre, the PSNI have said. James Murray, 19, from Glendowan Grove, in the Lagmore area of... RTE News Sun, 06 Dec 2009 16:49:33 -0500Dec 6 2009 Alistair Darling has left the door open to a windfall tax on bankers' bonuses amid reports that the move could be central to this week's Pre-Budget Report. The Chancellor warned the bet... Loughborough Echo Sun, 06 Dec 2009 16:45:33 -0500Dec 6 2009 The Archbishop of Canterbury has urged the Diocese of Los Angeles to think very carefully about the potential impact before it confirms a lesbian as an assistant bishop. Dr Rowan Willia... Loughborough Echo Sun, 06 Dec 2009 15:18:36 -0500Dec 6 2009 The family of murdered British student Meredith Kercher have returned home pledging to try and get on with their lives. The Kerchers were greeted by a waiting crowd of press as they fle... Loughborough Echo Sun, 06 Dec 2009 15:18:36 -0500Dec 6 2009 Senior Labour figures have recoiled from attacks on David Cameron's privileged upbringing after the Tory leader branded them "spiteful". Ministers said Mr Cameron's schooling at Eton wa... Loughborough Echo Sun, 06 Dec 2009 15:18:35 -0500Nine people have been rescued from the water at Lough Mahon in Cork today.The group, made up of rowers from UCC Rowing Club, were out in rough conditions when their boat sank.They were rescued by the ... Breaking News.ie Sun, 06 Dec 2009 15:11:28 -0500The latest Rolex World Jumping Rankings released this week show that Ireland now has five riders within the top 50. Highest-placed is Antrim-born Jessica Kurten at 16th, with Tipperary's Denis Lynch ... RTE Sun, 06 Dec 2009 14:00:52 -0500Police in Co Tyrone are investigating the circumstances surrounding the sudden death of a man in Cookstown. The 29-year-old's body was found in a house in the Tullywiggan area of the town shortly bef... RTE News Sun, 06 Dec 2009 12:39:40 -0500London, Dec. 6 : Republican terrorists are 'highly likely' to strike British troops in Northern Ireland during Christmas, secret documents have revealed. New Kerala Sun, 06 Dec 2009 12:37:41 -0500Middlesex bowler Dermott Monteith has died at the age of 66.Monteith represented Ireland 76 times, captaining them on 38 occasions, in a 19-year career from 1965 to 1984. He remains the country's lead... The Guardian Sun, 06 Dec 2009 12:32:32 -0500, Ireland's all-time highest wicket-taker, has died at the age of 66. In a remarkable career he played 76 times for Ireland, taking 326 wickets at 17.37, including 47 in five matches in 1971, with... Cricinfo Sun, 06 Dec 2009 12:29:51 -0500An army of animal lovers took to the capital’s streets today to call for tougher laws to protect their four-legged friends.Hundreds of campaigners gathered on O’Connell Street to fight for harsher... Breaking News.ie Sun, 06 Dec 2009 12:28:45 -0500Ireland's all-time top wicket-taker Dermott Monteith has died suddenly at the age of 66.Monteith played 76 times for Ireland between 1965 to 1984, taking 326 wickets at an average of 17.37. The former... BBC Sport Sun, 06 Dec 2009 12:15:59 -0500A patient went missing from his hospital ward, sparking a police search, a health trust has confirmed.The 68-year-old man was being treated in the Royal Victoria Hospital when he disappeared on Sunday... BBC Sun, 06 Dec 2009 12:15:49 -0500The Bishop of Limerick has today asked his parishioners to pray for him as he considers his position.A letter from Dr Donal Murray was read out at all masses in the diocese of Limerick today.The Bisho... Breaking News.ie Sun, 06 Dec 2009 11:05:12 -0500A man has been injured after shots were fired through a house window in the Northe police said today.He was hit in the leg as unknown assailants opened fire on the property in the Ballymurphy area of ... Breaking News.ie Sun, 06 Dec 2009 11:05:12 -0500DUBLIN: Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen will take a 20 per cent pay cut as part of the 4 billion euros ($6.03 billion) of savings sought in next Wednesday's budget, a number newspapers reported. ... Times of India Sun, 06 Dec 2009 10:42:35 -0500'); } writeAuthHeader(179, true, 'http://www.loughboroughecho.net/registration/index.cfm', null, false, '', 2 ); //]]>... Loughborough Echo Sun, 06 Dec 2009 09:48:30 -0500Israeli authorities deny Irish Minister for Foreign Affairs Micheal Martin permission to visit the impoverished coastal sliver of Gaza which has long been under an Israeli siege. Speaking at the Oirea... Palestine Chronicle Sun, 06 Dec 2009 09:00:24 -0500Dec 6 2009 Commons Speaker John Bercow insisted that he was not the author of a guide to luring drunken women into bed. Reports claiming that he had penned the The John Bercow Guide to Understandi... Loughborough Echo Sun, 06 Dec 2009 08:27:04 -0500Dec 6 2009 Three more men have been arrested after a man was shot dead and robbed of £10,000 cash and a laptop, police said. Khurram Ashraf, 30, was blasted once in the stomach after he and ... Loughborough Echo Sun, 06 Dec 2009 08:27:03 -0500Dec 6 2009 The UN's top climate official has conceded that hacked e-mails from climate scientists had damaged the image of global warming research but said evidence of a warming Earth is solid. In... Loughborough Echo Sun, 06 Dec 2009 08:27:02 -0500Dec 6 2009 Police have arrested a husband in connection with the murder of his wife three days after he vanished following the discovery of her body. Vicky Roberts, 25, was strangled and her body ... Loughborough Echo Sun, 06 Dec 2009 08:27:01 -0500The St Vincent de Paul Society has launched its annual appeal for direct financial help in the run-up to Christmas.The society has thanked the public for donating generously to flood victims - more th... Breaking News.ie Sun, 06 Dec 2009 08:20:22 -0500Dec 6 2009 Unemployment will continue to rise in the new year, Work and Pensions Secretary Yvette Cooper predicted. With figures showing almost 2.5 million people out of work in the three months t... Loughborough Echo Sun, 06 Dec 2009 07:08:53 -0500Dec 6 2009 The Queen has warned newspapers against publishing paparazzi photos of members of the Royal family, it has emerged. The hard line follows growing exasperation about intrusion into the p... Loughborough Echo Sun, 06 Dec 2009 07:08:52 -0500The head of the Roman Catholic Church in Ireland says he will meet Pope Benedict XVI next week to discuss a devastating report that found the church covered up clerical child abuse for decades.Cardina... eTaiwan News Sun, 06 Dec 2009 07:04:30 -0500The Bishop of Limerick says he is reflecting on the decision he now has to make and has asked mass goers for their continued prayers - especially this week.Expectation has grown that Dr Donal Murray w... Breaking News.ie Sun, 06 Dec 2009 07:01:39 -0500A major Government department is pulling out of upmarket Dublin offices in an attempt to save millions of euro, it claimed today.The Department of Justice confirmed it will not renew its expensive lea... Breaking News.ie Sun, 06 Dec 2009 07:01:38 -0500National Irish Bank is reported to be preparing job losses and branch closures.Earlier this month, Permanent TSB announced plans for 120 job cuts and 11 branch closures.National Irish Bank, which is o... Breaking News.ie Sun, 06 Dec 2009 07:01:38 -0500There was no winner of last night's Lotto jackpot of just more than €4m.The numbers drawn were 1, 5, 7, 32, 38, 44 and the bonus number was 36.Wednesday's jackpot is now heading for around €4.5m. Breaking News.ie Sun, 06 Dec 2009 05:42:18 -0500Social welfare cuts and public sector pay cuts will be part of Wednesday's Budget.Apart from the old age pension, the axe will fall across the board as the Government cuts €4bn in spending.New tax r... Breaking News.ie Sun, 06 Dec 2009 05:42:18 -0500The sudden death of a man in west Belfast is no longer being treated as suspicious, the police have said.The body of the man, who was in his 20s, was found at a house at Aitnamona Crescent at about 22... BBC Sun, 06 Dec 2009 05:29:58 -0500BELFAST, N. IRELAND, December 06, 2009 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Sail home at Christmas from Belfast to Liverpool (Birkenhead) from only GBP75 single for a car and driver and you will arrive home refreshe... 24 / 7 Press Release Sun, 06 Dec 2009 04:13:35 -0500Two people have been arrested following the death of a 19-year-old man in Belfast city centre. The man's body was discovered at an apartment block in the King Street area of the city, shortly before ... RTE News Sun, 06 Dec 2009 03:17:30 -0500Authorities in Cork say a flood warning for the city remains in place. Cork City centre escaped flooding last night after high tide passed without incident. However, the council has warned that the ... RTE Sun, 06 Dec 2009 03:17:29 -0500A quarter of a million public sector workers in the 26 counties that make up the Irish Republic staged a one-day strike on November 24. Strikers demanded an alternative to government plans to cut 1.3 ... Green Left Online Sun, 06 Dec 2009 03:09:40 -0500Co Kildare .The business titan shocked members of the private club when he revealed he is now shouldering the entire costs of the business venture he took on with Mr Gannon in 2005.The claim was made ... Independent.ie Sun, 06 Dec 2009 01:54:27 -0500Tanaiste Mary Coughlan had been disloyal to him, the finance minister broke his silence to say that the former Taoiseach's "informants" were wrong.Mr Ahern caused a furore with his remarks in relation... Independent.ie Sun, 06 Dec 2009 01:54:25 -0500Dublin 's Blackrock Clinic.The legendary Irish funnyman was rushed to the private hospital after developing gangrene -- a condition associated with diabetes.Grace, who developed type II diabetes in 19... Independent.ie Sun, 06 Dec 2009 01:54:24 -0500A CURATE who launched an obscenity-laden tirade against the Revenue Commissioners over a €433,000 personal tax settlement is now to take some time away from his ministry.In a special statement t... Independent.ie Sun, 06 Dec 2009 01:54:22 -0500Four Seasons Hotel for the Ladies Guild annual Christmas lunch. With many fund-raising events around the country cancelled due to lack of sponsorship and poor ticket sales, there was a degree of appre... Independent.ie Sun, 06 Dec 2009 01:54:21 -0500Dublin Golf Club hangs a plaque commemorating the golfers of the year. The name WP Carney holds the record for 1994. The exclusive club on Bull Island is not the place one would expect one of the most... Independent.ie Sun, 06 Dec 2009 01:54:19 -0500Dublin diocese, adult rape remains both prevalent and under-reported, an everyday occurrence that is largely unpunished. Many victims of rape suffer in silence while those that are prepared to pursue ... Independent.ie Sun, 06 Dec 2009 01:54:18 -0500Dublin Archdiocese , make for devastating reading and have left the Faithful of the Church reeling. It seems clear from the inadequate response of the hierarchy to the damning content within the repor... Independent.ie Sun, 06 Dec 2009 01:54:16 -0500Fergus Murphy is prepared to break rank, and even break the mould, to help his building society -- and its members -- survive the downturn.While other bankers sit and wait for Nama to restore their in... Independent.ie Sun, 06 Dec 2009 01:54:15 -0500Midleton . Jackie has done this very economically by "taking vacant shops on short lets at a cheap rental" and when a long-term tenant was found, she moved on. She says she will be where she is now fo... Independent.ie Sun, 06 Dec 2009 01:54:14 -0500IT was a miserable evening as I edged onto the crowded Luas on my way to Heuston Station. As I squeezed down the aisles to find standing room, my phone started ringing. Scrambling to find it in my stu... Independent.ie Sun, 06 Dec 2009 01:54:13 -0500The Government and Opposition have agreed an ambitious series of Dail reform -- but the deal is being held up because the government does not want semi-state agencies and quangos to be discussed in th... Independent.ie Sun, 06 Dec 2009 01:54:11 -0500The beautiful Irish mistress who stood by a South American dictator in a war that destroyed his country is once again at the centre of a diplomatic storm.Scandalous Eliza Lynch was mistress of the Par... Independent.ie Sun, 06 Dec 2009 01:54:10 -0500There is a "substantial" number of new mortgage holders who should never have been approved for the amount of money they borrowed and repossession orders should not be granted to their lenders, propos... Independent.ie Sun, 06 Dec 2009 01:54:09 -0500University of Limerick who were finalising the first edition of a newspaper they have produced for the Moyross community. While the immediacy of their deadline meant I could not write the article in t... Independent.ie Sun, 06 Dec 2009 01:54:08 -0500Dubai World which announced last week that it was suspending payments on its €50bn debt.During the last two weeks, many Irish breeders were at the Tattersalls Sales in the... Independent.ie Sun, 06 Dec 2009 01:54:05 -0500Naas a service of hope will be held for Trevor Deely, who will be nine years missing on December 8.The circumstances of Damian's disappearance are remarkably similar to those of Trevor Deely, who was ... Independent.ie Sun, 06 Dec 2009 01:54:04 -0500Society of the Irish Motor Industry estimates that one in four jobs in the industry has gone and is calling for a scrappage scheme to be introduced in the Budget.The number of Irish businesses declare... Independent.ie Sun, 06 Dec 2009 01:54:03 -0500Ireland and Archbishop of Armagh said he had been in contact with Dr Murray and was confident that the bishop would "do the right thing".Following that contact, Dr Murray last night released a letter ... Independent.ie Sun, 06 Dec 2009 01:54:00 -0500Bernadette Connolly , which gardai said was stopped after high level intervention by the Catholic Church.More than any other journalist, McLaughlin pursued the case of the little girl who was abducted... Independent.ie Sun, 06 Dec 2009 01:53:59 -0500A 35-year-old man who denied sexually assaulting a young woman he bought drink for at a night club in Listowel, Co Kerry, in June 2008 -- claiming at first to gardai he had "found your wan" naked from... Independent.ie Sun, 06 Dec 2009 01:53:57 -0500Irish Budget 2010: Interest payments on the national debt will increase by €2bn to €4.6bn in 2010 By Finfacts Team Dec 6, 2009 - 5:01:17 AM >... Finfacts Sun, 06 Dec 2009 00:29:40 -0500If you're a fan of Cafe Brenda, you'd better get there soon. After 23 years in the Minneapolis downtown Warehouse District, Brenda Langton says it's time to say goodbye. She is closing her vegetarian-... Pioneer Press Sun, 06 Dec 2009 00:01:13 -0500Dec 6 2009 The Tories have urged the Government to overhaul measures meant to improve the flow of credit to small businesses amid a continued decline in lending. Shadow business minister Mark Pris... Loughborough Echo Sat, 05 Dec 2009 23:13:16 -0500'); } writeAuthHeader(179, true, 'http://www.loughboroughecho.net/registration/index.cfm', null, false, '', 2 ); //]]>... Loughborough Echo Sat, 05 Dec 2009 23:13:16 -0500'); } writeAuthHeader(179, true, 'http://www.loughboroughecho.net/registration/index.cfm', null, false, '', 2 ); //]]>... Loughborough Echo Sat, 05 Dec 2009 23:13:15 -0500Dec 6 2009 Graduates should be hit with a 2.5% real rate of interest on their student loans to pay for a national civic service scheme, a think-tank has said. University students would also be for... Loughborough Echo Sat, 05 Dec 2009 23:13:14 -0500Dec 6 2009 Baroness Scotland has said she never considered resigning as Attorney General amid the row over her housekeeper. Lady Scotland was fined £5,000 for failing to keep photocopies of ... Loughborough Echo Sat, 05 Dec 2009 23:13:14 -0500Dec 6 2009 Seriously ill cancer patients are being forced to undergo "cruel" back-to-work interviews despite the fact they should be exempt, charities have warned. Those who are terminally ill or ... Loughborough Echo Sat, 05 Dec 2009 21:45:55 -0500END: Module - M24 Article Headline with no image --> BEGIN: Module - Main Article --> It began with a decision. Plans for dinner. That seemed easy enough. Then last week I got an ema... Times Online Sat, 05 Dec 2009 21:13:12 -0500END: Module - M24 Article Headline with landscape image (d) --> BEGIN: Module - Main Article --> Jackie Skelly, the woman behind the eponymous fitness chain, has lodged a High Court suit ... Times Online Sat, 05 Dec 2009 21:12:58 -0500Dec 6 2009 Gino D'Acampo, the winner of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!, and fellow contestant Stuart Manning are facing criminal charges for animal cruelty after cooking and eating a rat on ... Loughborough Echo Sat, 05 Dec 2009 20:20:58 -0500END: Module - M24 Article Headline with no image --> BEGIN: Module - Main Article --> Michael Lynn, the fugitive solicitor who is being sought by gardai for multiple mortgage fraud, is li... Times Online Sat, 05 Dec 2009 19:46:20 -0500END: Module - M24 Article Headline with landscape image (d) --> BEGIN: Module - Main Article --> Harry Crosbie is in dispute with his business partner at The O2. Live Nation, the joint ow... Times Online Sat, 05 Dec 2009 19:46:18 -0500END: Module - M24 Article Headline with landscape image (d) --> BEGIN: Module - Main Article --> Hydrologists could be hired by the government to ensure Met Eireann can give accurate floo... Times Online Sat, 05 Dec 2009 19:46:14 -0500END: Module - M24 Article Headline with landscape image (d) --> BEGIN: Module - Main Article --> Fáilte Chuig Lana Wisteria. All new estates in Dublin are to have Irish language na... Times Online Sat, 05 Dec 2009 19:46:09 -0500New Aer Lingus chief executive Christoph Mueller signalled a dramatic departure from the consensus-building approach of his predecessors last week when he dropped plans for 700 voluntary redundancies ... Irish Examiner Sat, 05 Dec 2009 19:30:53 -0500 | 
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