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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".

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    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.

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    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
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    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

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  • LIFESTYLE
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Munster politicians should unite to promote area

In view of the neglect by RTE of Munster and its environs, it is vitally important that all Munster politicians should unite to form a Munster Development Committee, which would counteract the focus from Dublin towards Munster.

This is vital for the future of Munster and similarly this also should be done in Connacht. The over development of Dublin should be reduced, and the regions in the south and west should be vastly improved to rejuvenate life in their respective areas.

If the politicians in the regions are serious about their areas, and about Ireland, they should forget their childish differences and unite in developing the outlying regions of Ireland.

This unity would prove their patriotic allegiances to Ireland — after all, they like to invoke this patriotism to the people of Ireland when they want us to do things collectively.

The emotions of the Irish people have been pulled from one party to another, while the country itself has become the victim in this charade.

Liam O Conaire
Bruff
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