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Devastation

INSURANCE companies deluged with flood claims that could cost tens of millions of euro are bracing themselves for more as forecasters predict further bad weather is on the way.

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Ireland

Four-year ban on public sector hirings

NO new non-essential staff will be hired in the public service for at least the next four years, the Government told unions yesterday.

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'This is a life they are dealing with'

AN EAST Cork family has spoken of "the utter disregard" shown to them and their four-month-old daughter Emma by the HSE after it cancelled an operation that could save their daughter's sight.

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World

Knox killed roommate out of hate, court hears

AN AMERICAN student accused of murdering her British roommate in Italy had a growing hatred for the victim and killed her in retaliation during a drug-fuelled sex game, a prosecutor said yesterday in closing arguments at her murder trial.

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Lawyer for Karadzic

FORMER Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic has had a British lawyer appointed to represent him at the Yugoslav war crimes tribunal.

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Sport

France says 'Non'

A FRESH and final appeal by the FAI for a replay of the World Cup play-off game against France fell on deaf ears last night as the French Football Federation rejected the idea, citing an earlier FIFA ruling on the matter.

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Business

Aer Lingus cuts 'vital' for survival

AER Lingus is at the most critical juncture in its history and the planned cost cutting measures must be achieved, according to Aer Lingus board member Leslie Buckley.

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Today's columnist:

Ryle Dwyer

Only a video referee can reveal the hand of God or a French flick

DURING the recession of the 1980s sport helped to lift the public gloom, but unfortunately what happened in Paris on Wednesday night has only added to it now.

 

Saturday, November 21, 2009

Sports Desk Blog

Becks and Donovan sleepless in Seattle

The sun came out in Seattle on Friday afternoon, not five minutes after Landon Donovan and David Beckham had expressed their pure and undying love for each other.



 

 


 

 

 

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