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Fast-food hourly pay to rise to $15 in NYC

Fast-food workers in New York would see a super-sized raise under a plan to phase in a $15 (€13.66) minimum wage — the first time a state has singled out a particular industry for such a rise.

business

Banks have enough cash for now, says Honohan

business

ECB rate cut likely before end of year

business

BOI announces plan to raise €3.4bn capital

EU watchdog to prevent repeat of banking crisis

news

Arrests made at Apprentice Boys march

Bugged governor 'tried to sell' Obama's senate seat

The governor of Illinois was arrested in the middle of the night after prosecutors said he was caught on wiretaps audaciously scheming to sell Barack Obama’s vacant Senate seat for cash or a job for himself in the new administration.

Wed, 10 Dec, 2008

Continuity IRA prisoner found dead in jail

Gardaí were investigating today after a dissident republican terrorist was found hanged in his cell in the high security Portlaoise Prison.

Fri, 21 Oct, 2005

Main suspect in women’s murder refuses to attend inquest

THE prime suspect for the murder of two female patients in the grounds of a Dublin psychiatric hospital in 1997 has refused to attend an inquest into their deaths.

Wed, 23 Oct, 2002

Boxing: Mayor gives Tyson fight the thumbs up

The mayor of Washington DC will not stand in the way of the controversial heavyweight showdown between Mike Tyson and Lennox Lewis taking place in his city.

Wed, 20 Feb, 2002