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Saturday, January 28, 2012

BREAKING STORY - ireland

Taoiseach defends 'mad borrowing' comments

Taoiseach Enda Kenny has responded to criticism of remarks he made yesterday, when he blamed Ireland's economic collapse on a "mad borrowing frenzy".

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TODAY'S PAPER

Conflict over ‘Prime Time’ apology

Miriam O’Callaghan apologised to the wife and daughters of Martin McGuinness for her "behaviour" when she questioned him over his involvement in murder, the Sinn Féin candidate in last year’s Presidential election has told the Irish Examiner — a claim rejected by the Prime Time presenter.

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BREAKING IRISH NEWS

Alleged rape 'was drunken orgy', court told

The alleged rape of a woman in her Monaghan home has been described as a “drunken orgy” by a defence counsel for one of the accused men.

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DPP asked to examine Garland case

State prosecutors have been asked to examine the case of veteran Republican Sean Garland to determine whether he should be charged with an alleged US super-dollar forgery plot.

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BREAKING WORLD NEWS

Agency cuts credit ratings of five EU countries

US ratings agency Fitch says it is downgrading the credit ratings of five countries that use the euro, including economic heavyweights Italy and Spain.

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Travellers return to Dale Farm

Families have returned to the UK's largest illegal travellers site in Essex in defiance of a British High Court order.

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BREAKING SPORTS NEWS

Mayo cruise to victory and league title

Mayo 0-14 NUI Galway 0-4, Castlebar
Mayo cruised to back-to-back FBD League titles as they ran out ten-point winners over NUI Galway in tonight's final in Castlebar.

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Headers send Everton into fifth round

Everton 2 Fulham 1
Headers from Denis Stracqualursi and Marouane Fellaini sent Everton into the fifth round of the FA Cup as they came from behind to beat Fulham tonight.

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BREAKING BUSINESS

Losses for European markets

PARIS: the Cac-40 index closed dn 44.5 at 3318.8.

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CSO figures show 1% rise in retail sales for December

The Central Statistics Office has issued retail sales figures for December 2011 that show that the value of retail sales (excluding the motor trade) increased by 1% in December 2011 compared to December 2010.

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Thursday, January 26, 2012

Sports Desk Blog

Talking points from the midweek games

Ger McCarthy
 
You can never watch enough El Clasico’s
WEDNESDAY night’s Copa Del Ray quarter final second leg between Barcelona and Real Madrid at the Camp Nou delivered one of the most intense, high octane, action-packed and downright mad El Clasico’s of the season.