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		<title>HSE to be split into Well Service and Unwell Service</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Sep 2010 06:12:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Donal Conaty</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Government has decided that the Health Service Executive is to be split into a Well Service and an Unwell Service. Well people will be catered for by the Well Service which will have state of the art equipment funded by Germany. Unwell people will be catered for by the Unwell Service which will have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Zimmer frame carnage as elderly wealthy shop for their country</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 07:46:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Donal Conaty</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Discount supermarkets, pub and hotels were overrun this morning as a patriotic fervour of spending swept the nation. There was carnage in the specials aisles in Lidl and Aldi as the elderly wealthy answered the Government&#8217;s call to spend their savings. &#8220;It was hell,&#8221; a witness said. &#8220;The fire brigade had to cut people out [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cabinet meet to consider joining public service strikes</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 08:16:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Donal Conaty</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Minister for Arts Sport and Tourism Martin Cullen]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Cabinet is divided over whether its members should join in the series of public service strikes announced by trade unions yesterday. Members of the cabinet will meet today to decide whether to join the striking workers. &#8220;It could go either way,&#8221; a senior minister said. &#8220;Most of us think we have every right to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Enda Kenny identified as leader of group trying to overthrow Govt</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 07:34:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Donal Conaty</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Fine Gael leader]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[revolution on the streets]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[An undercover investigation by The Mire has identified Fine Gael leader Enda Kenny as the ringleader of a secret organisation dedicated to overthrowing the Government. Mr Kenny&#8217;s day-to-day posturing as the ineffectual leader of an irrelevant political party is, in fact, a clever ruse to divert suspicion from his sinister aims. &#8220;It&#8217;s hard to credit [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Social partners claim credit as workplace fatalities at all time low</title>
		<link>http://www.themire.net/social-partners-claim-credit-as-workplace-fatalities-at-all-time-low/</link>
		<comments>http://www.themire.net/social-partners-claim-credit-as-workplace-fatalities-at-all-time-low/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 07:31:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Donal Conaty</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Government is confident that it will be able to completely eradicate workplace fatalities and injuries by 2014 if the economy and unemployment trends stay on their current course.&#8220;We are delighted to be able to say that we are leading the way across Europe in eliminating deaths due to accidents in the workplace,&#8221; a Government [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Angry cabinet protests against Government</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 09:01:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Donal Conaty</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Traffic was severely disrupted in the centre of Dublin today as angry members of the Cabinet took to the streets to protest against the Government. Many citizens were surprised to see Taoiseach Brian Cowen and all of his Government ministers protesting against his government but Mr Cowen said it was vital that the public realised [...]]]></description>
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