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Monthly Archives: August 2010

GAA rift over ‘pinkie swear’ method to disavow manager payments

August 31, 2010

A proposal to have county boards make sworn statements that no unauthorised payments are being made to team managers is causing a rift in the GAA.
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Fears Work for Dole could be extended to target the employed

August 30, 2010

Public service unions and professional bodies were united in condemning the Government’s proposed ‘Work for your Dole’ scheme this morning.
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HSE to use ‘Mountjoy’ nets to stop illicit codeine distribution

August 26, 2010

The HSE is seeking permission from An Bord Pleanala to place nets around pharmacists and their shops to prevent them from throwing codeine to their customers.
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Irish economy mislaid by Govt – no longer visible to naked eye

August 25, 2010

Embarrassed officials at the Department of Finance have admitted to The Mire that they have mislaid the Irish economy.
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Suggestion Callely once claimed modest expenses dismissed as slur

August 23, 2010

Suggestions that Senator Ivor Callely only claimed reasonable and modest expenses for his first days as a TD in 1989 have been dismissed as outrageous, absurd and a slur.
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Radical overhaul of Leaving Cert to encourage actually leaving

August 20, 2010

There were red faces in the Department of Education this morning after it emerged that many people were awarded Leaving Certficates without going anywhere.
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Garda source claims nearly all marriages in State are sham

August 18, 2010

Gardai in the elite Sham Marriage Unit have been inundated with calls this morning from people who claim their marriages are bogus, fraudulent or deeply unpleasant.
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Hope that future civil servants could be second rate crushed by reality

August 6, 2010

Hopes that future civil servants could achieve second division status were dismissed by public service trade unions this morning.
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Confusion as to what conduct is unbecoming for Fianna Fáil

August 4, 2010

One hundred per cent of respondents to a Mire A.R.S.E. poll do not understand why Senator Ivor Callely was last night suspended from membership of Fianna Fáil, over allegations of “conduct unbecoming” a member of the organisation.
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