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  • Martin wades into abortion debate

    As the Dáil committee hearings continue on the abortion bill, Archbishop of Dublin Diarmuid Martin has waded into the debate saying it is important that Christian believers "be, and seen to be, on the side of life, especially when life is most vulnerable".

  • Payment cuts see families pay rent shortfall

    Limits on rent supplement payments set by the Government are forcing thousands of families to make undeclared top-up payments to landlords to secure places to live.

  • WORLD
  • Anger as North Korea launches another missile

    North Korea fired a short-range missile from its east coast, a day after launching three more of these missiles, a South Korean news agency said.

  • How Star Trek predicted the future

    WHEN Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry first dreamed up the concept of a television show based in the unexplored universe of Outer Space in 1964, the world was a very different place.

  • BUSINESS
  • Warnings over future of eurozone

    The eurozone is heading towards a break up unless there are moves towards much closer political and fiscal union, according to chief economist with State Street Global Advisers, Chris Probyn.

  • Bruton defends corporate tax rate

    Ireland will be able to maintain its current corporation tax code in the face of international pressure to prevent multinational corporations avoid paying their fare share of tax, Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Richard Bruton said yesterday.

  • SPORT
  • Mayo’s statement of intent

    Galway 0-11 Mayo 4-16 Five minutes to go in Salthill yesterday and James Horan was still cajoling his men to sew it into Galway.

  • Wilkinson inspires Toulon to glory

    ASM Clermont Auvergne 15 Toulon 16 Not for the first time this season, a matchday performance and the result have made a mockery of the statistics.

  • LIFESTYLE
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    LENNY Abrahamson has directed three feature films: Adam & Paul, Garage and What Richard Did.

  • Why do women love to dress up?

    Trying on clothes, said Ewart, produced "sensations which bring deep peace and perfect contentment" to the female mind.









CSO: Weekly earnings on the rise

Figures released today have shown that average earnings in Ireland have risen.

According to the CSO, weekly earnings increased by 0.7% in the year to the end of March 2012 from €686.73 to €691.29.

However, average hourly earnings dropped by 5c, from €22.21 in the first quarter of 2011, to €22.16 in Q1 of this year.

The report on earnings in Ireland also confirms that public sector numbers are down to 386,300 in the first three months of this year - a fall of 5.5% on the previous year.

The total reduction in employment in the public sector over the three years from Q1 2009 to Q1 2012 was 34,700, a decrease of 8.2%.

The overall number of employees in the country fell by 0.6% in the year to Q1 2012.

An increase of 1.3% was recorded in private sector employment over the 12 months to Q1 2012 and now stands at 1,110,000.Home

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