GERMANY: A teacher has won a case for work-related injury she suffered when she fell off a bench while dancing in a beer tent on a school trip.

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Ireland’s Group C rivals Germany eased past lowly Kazakhstan 3-0 last night without deploying any strikers for the first time in a competitive match under coach Joachim Loew as they stayed top of the group.

GERMANY is very resistant to efforts to negotiate a butterfat flexibility which would add 1% to 2% to Ireland’s milk quota, said Agriculture Minister Simon Coveney at the National Dairy Show.

Germany has a strong argument against measures to bring relief to its indebted neighbours, but something must be done to help these countries, writes Yannos Papantoniou.

GERMANY warned yesterday of severe consequences should its immunity as a state be breached, if the UN’s highest court allows Italian civil courts to rule on compensation for Nazi war crimes.

GERMANY’S representative at the European Central Bank was told to mind his own business by Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore, who reaffirmed the Government’s commitment to the Croke Park agreement.

GERMANY blasted as “irresponsibly high” the European Commission’s proposal for the next 2014-2020 budget, saying it set a poor example during the eurozone debt crisis.

GERMANY has stepped up efforts to trace the source of a bacteria outbreak that has killed 22 people amid warnings it might never be found.

GERMANY has been hit by a repeat of the dioxin in animal feed scare which closed Ireland’s pig industry two years ago.

GERMANY said yesterday it was tightening security at airports and train stations after receiving “concrete” evidence of planned terrorist attacks in the country, including one this month.

AT long last Spain, the great underachievers of world football, are through to their first World Cup final.

GERMANY’S first designated Muslim state minister wants to ban crucifixes from classrooms.

GERMANY is considering issuing an arrest warrant on hate crime charges against a Holocaust-denying bishop, the country’s justice minister said yesterday.

Ireland’s team of Patricia Ryan, Niall Griffin, Geoffrey Curran, Louise Lyons and Austin O’Connor finished eighth with 276.10 points after the showjumping phase of the equestrian competition in Hong Kong today.

Horse Sport Ireland coach Ginny Elliott was still optimistic this morning about Ireland's hopes after the dressage phase of the Three Day Event in Hong Kong left the team in tenth place of eleven teams competing.

GERMANY’S performance in their Euro 2008 semi-final triumph over Turkey was their worst in the tournament according to defender Per Mertesacker, but he believes that can only bode well for the final.

GERMANY’S Martin Kaymer came through the most searching test of his young career yesterday — and lies sixth in the Ryder Cup race.

GERMANY, playing within themselves, did just enough to get what they needed.

ITALY midfielder Daniele De Rossi scored a second-half penalty as Roma beat Internazionale to win the Supercoppa at the San Siro last night.

Germany proved unstoppable in this year's Aga Khan Trophy competition at the Dublin Horse Show today finishing on an enviable score of just nine faults, their second consecutive Aga Khan Trophy win.

Ireland's pony riders took a bronze medal in the European Team Championships at Freudenberg in Germany today finishing on a total of 22 penalties.

IRELAND were triumphant on the last day (Sunday) of the four-star show in Drammen, Norway, with victory in both the Norway Nations' Cup and the Drammen Grand Prix.

GERMANY’S finance minister has made a blistering attack on Ireland’s low corporate tax rate and accused the country of using EU money to fund unfair competition.

GERMANY will risk losing Michael Ballack to suspension in tonight’s game against Ecuador in the hope of maintaining their momentum and clinching top spot in Group A to avoid England in the second round.

GERMANY has been the sick man of Europe for almost a decade and despite major attempts by Gerhard Schroeder and his Social Democrats (SPD) to introduce reform, the country’s growth remains among the slowest of any EU country.

ENGLAND coach Sven-Goran Eriksson has played down suggestions Manchester United’s Alan Smith does not have a future with the national team.

GERMANY has deported a Jordanian suspected of collecting money for a terrorist network founded by an Arab militant blamed for masterminding attacks in Iraq, authorities said.

GERMANY began the new era under Jurgen Klinsmann when they beat Austria 3-1 in Vienna last night.

GERMANY can beat almost anyone if they play with the same determination they showed in their opening 1-1 draw with the Netherlands at Euro 2004, Franz Beckenbauer claims.

GERMANY’S potentially explosive match with Holland in Oporto has been targeted by security officials as a flash-point for hooliganism at the Euro 2004 finals in June.

GERMANY faced the prospect of economic stagnation yesterday after Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder won Sunday's election with a reduced majority that narrowed his scope to implement painful reforms.

GERMANY believe they are heading for their fourth world title, driven by the fear of being branded back home as the generation that could not win the World Cup.