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Bono to appear on stage with Suu Kyi at concert during whistle-stop tour
2 days ago

BONO will appear on stage with Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi when she attends a special concert in her honour here next month.A theatrical celebration has been planned for Ms Suu Kyi in the Bord Gais Theatre in Dublin's docklands on June 18.
Kenny's show of transparency ends up costing taxpayer more
1 month ago

IT might have seemed like a good idea at the time, but a decision by Taoiseach Enda Kenny to move from claiming unvouched expenses for his constituency office to vouched expenses is set to cost the taxpayer another €8,000 this year alone, the Sunday Inde
Mahon Tribunal report is published after 15 years
2 months ago

THE long-awaited final report of the Mahon tribunal, the State's longest running corruption inquiry, was published just before 10am today.Former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern, his ex-colleagues, the Government and political parties have been braced for months f
Tribunal criticises 'virulent attack' from last government
2 months ago

THE Mahon Tribunal unleashed a devastating criticism of the previous Fianna Fail-led government after coming under "sustained and virulent attack" from a number of senior government ministers in an effort to undermine its work.In their final report on th
Credit registry bumped to 2013 after deadline missed
2 months ago

A LONG-awaited centralised credit registry now won't be up and running until "the second half of 2013 at the earliest" after the Government failed to meet an end of February target for finalising draft heads of legislation for the new regime.The lack of
Good sport Kenny is spreading the word about Seachtain na Gaeilge festival
2 months ago

TAOISEACH Enda Kenny yesterday spread the word that the Irish language is alive and well at the launch of Seachtain na Gaeilge 2012.He showed off his hurling skills to Noinin Ni Mhurchu (5), from Scoil Bharra in Cabra, to mark the start of the two-week f
Eamon Delaney: Protesting students entitled to take on fat-cat academics
1 month ago

One would usually associate them with supporting any trade union action and opposing any cuts, but this week the national students' body, the Union of Students in Ireland (USI), did us all a service by calling for the restrictive Croke Park deal, which p
Istanbul: Hungry for more of this Turkish delight
2 months ago

An ancient city in which you can dine like a sultan, marvel at the architectural wonders and even keep abreast of the belly dancing appeals to John MastersonIt was a cold February day when the offer came to go to Istanbul. I jumped at it. That is the tim