Person: Kevin Kinsella

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Lt Jason O’Brien, Ballincollig, with his son Diarmuid, 3, on his return from duties in the Mediterranean. Pictures: Michael Mac Sweeney/Provision

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Families overjoyed as naval heroes from LÉ Samuel Beckett return from Mediterranean

LÉ Samuel Beckett’s crew saved 106 migrants from drowning, revived an unresponsive baby, searched ships for suspected gun-running and, at night, watched gun battles rage on the shore between rival militias fighting for control of Libya.

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Agri events guide

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Nine options for sheep farmers in new €10 per ewe scheme

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Prospects for live cattle exports into EU markets ‘looking good’

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Good signs for live cattle exports to Italian market

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Call for sheep farmers to be given €4m top-up to restore income level

VHI hikes corporate plan 23%

PRICES for VHI corporate health insurance plans are to jump by 23% — pushing health insurance right to the top of the HR and finance agenda for many companies.

Sat, 05 Feb, 2011

Call for VHI 8.5% increase to be rejected

MANY families will pay more than €1,800 a year for medical cover after the VHI announced an inflation-busting 8.5% hike from September.

Sat, 21 Jul, 2007

Farmers demand Brazil beef import ban

European Commission chiefs today rebutted Irish farmers’ demands for an EU ban on Brazilian beef imports.

Mon, 16 Jul, 2007

Sick days costing firms over €500,000 a year

Sick days are costing Irish companies more than half a million euro a year, it emerged today.

Wed, 16 Aug, 2006

HSA: One in five offered health insurance at work

Only one in five Irish people are offered any kind of medical insurance at work, according to health insurance firm HSA.

Tue, 28 Jun, 2005

Leased land farmers may lose premia

THE prospect of farmers who have been operating on leased land losing all their EU premia rights within weeks has been raised by IFA.

Thu, 05 Jun, 2003

Cian first Irishman to capture Open title

IT isn't very often that an Irish sports person sees off the best efforts of rivals from 57 other countries, but that's what happened at Royal Musselburgh yesterday when Cian McNamara, a student at Crescent College Comprehensive and a member of Limerick Golf Club, maintained his three-stroke overnight lead to become the first Irish player to capture the R&A Junior Open Championship.

Thu, 18 Jul, 2002