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A Galway house placed on the market for offers in excess of €1 could go for as much as ten times that figure in what would be an astonishing boost to the property market. »

The Cabinet has decided on a shortlist of three areas in which it believes it can make the €3 billion savings needed for the budget. »

Hopes are high in Fianna Fáil that Taoiseach Brian Cowen and Finance Minister Brian Lenihan will be awarded the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences for their unprecedented achievements with Anglo Irish Bank. »

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. »

Public service unions and professional bodies were united in condemning the Government’s proposed ‘Work for your Dole’ scheme this morning. »

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. »

Embarrassed officials at the Department of Finance have admitted to The Mire that they have mislaid the Irish economy. »

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. »

There were red faces in the Department of Education this morning after it emerged that many people were awarded Leaving Certficates without going anywhere. »

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. »