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ELECTION 2016
Polling begins in the General Election today on 12 islands off the western and northern coasts.
Taoiseach Enda Kenny has accepted responsibility for a series of “mistakes” which have blighted Fine Gael’s stuttering general election campaign.
Party leaders have left their own distinct marks on this election campaign, an otherwise dull affair peppered with few scandals, no real political joists and only a few fired-up debates that petered out.
As we head into polling day, there appears to be only one certainty and that is the uncertainty of Friday’s election results.
The housing crisis is probably the greatest failing of the outgoing government, but how much better would an alternative administration tackle the problem asks Michael Clifford.
The current state of play in the General Election has sparked one bookmaker to create a video of some of our political leaders frolicking in front of the camera.
IRELAND
A toxin found in water supplying 400,000 people can cause miscarriages as well as cancer, environment campaigner, Erin Brockovich has warned her “Irish cousins”.
A consultant orthopaedic surgeon who cancelled four out of five hip operations two weeks ago — blaming the hospital’s escalation policy — had to cancel another four procedures yesterday.
A bank official targeted the accounts of elderly and vulnerable customers to steal over €60,000 which she used to fund her children’s third-level education and pay her mortgage.
An inspirational college student with a visual impairment who was awarded a masters at UCC has warned the Government against cutting special needs assistant hours.
A judge yesterday placed the divorced parents of a school-shy teen in temporary custody after hearing a boy had not attended school any day since a previous court hearing.
A Cork woman was thrown down the stairs by her “perfectionist” husband after she cooked his pork chops in the oven instead of frying them.
The therapeutic benefits of a garden environment will soon be enjoyed by adults with autism in east Cork thanks to the growing endeavours of a group of five chiropractors.
WORLD
The Syrian president has assured Russia’s Vladimir Putin of Damascus’ commitment to a Russia-US proposed truce, even as a spokesman for a Saudi-backed alliance of Syrian opposition and rebel factions expressed “major concerns” about the ceasefire, due to begin this week.
Johnson & Johnson has been ordered by a Missouri jury to pay $72m (€65.4m) damages to the family of a woman whose death from ovarian cancer was linked to her use of the company’s Baby Powder and Shower to Shower for several decades.
SPORT
The Camogie Association is standing by its procedures surrounding the regrading of players as the row involving a number of Cork players threatens to rumble on.
Ken McGrath has spoken of the depth of gratitude he feels towards those who supported him and his family as he battled back from a brain haemorrhage in 2013.
BUSINESS
Irish businesses have been put on alert about the prospects of prolonged uncertainty facing sterling and the euro — even if the UK were to vote to stay in the EU in June.
Oil declined after an official report showed US crude inventories advanced to an 86-year high.
VIEWPOINTS
The likelihood is one in three of the electorate will not cast their vote but what keeps people from the ballot box and how do we encourage repeat abstainers? asks Caroline O’Doherty
LIFESTYLE
A new book tells the story of the 23-foot open lifeboat that completed the greatest feat of seamanship in the long history of seafaring, writes Dan MacCarthy
VIDEO
Singer Dolores O'Riordan along with her Mother Eileen and Solicitor Bill O'Donnell outside Ennis Court, Co Clare, Ireland on Wednesday after being sentenced over an air rage incident. Video by Eamon Ward. Irish Examiner.
VIRAL
Brace yourselves, Cruel Intentions fans. Sarah Michelle Gellar has officially signed on to reprise her role as Kathryn Merteuil in a Cruel Intentions sequel for TV.
Now the social network’s head of recruiting has revealed Facebook has a favourite interview question that it puts to candidates to see if they fit the Facebook philosophy.
TECHNOW
: Microsoft has announced March's free Games with Gold. As in recent months, Xbox One owners will get all four, thanks to backwards compatibility, while Xbox 360 users will get two.
Jean-Claude Van Damme is making the move to TV, or at least streaming video, with news of a new Amazon show in the works
Huawei announced the MateBook at Mobile World Congress, a 2-in-1 tablet-laptop hybrid device.
SHOWBIZ
Tony Blackburn says he has been sacked by the BBC over his evidence to a sex abuse review.
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Taoiseach Enda Kenny has accepted responsibility for a series of “mistakes” which have blighted Fine Gael’s stuttering general election campaign.
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