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Dublin Bus drivers set to stage six days of strikes in September
Hundreds of thousands of Dublin Bus passengers are facing six days of disruption in September with staff set to stage a series of strikes. Trade unions will today serve formal notice on the company of the planned stoppages, with the dispute believed to involve up to three strikes of 48-hours duration each next month. More than 330,000 passengers use Dublin Bus services every day.
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Apple should repay Ireland €13bn, European Commission rules
Ireland should recover up to €13bn (£11bn) from Apple in back taxes, the European Commission has ruled. After a three-year investigation, it has concluded that the US firm's Irish tax benefits are illegal. The Commission said Ireland enabled the company to pay substantially less than other businesses, in effect paying a corporate tax rate of no more than 1%. Ireland and Apple both said they disagreed with the record penalty and would appeal against it.
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Apple: You can have taxes or you can have jobs, but you can't have both
Apple's official statement on the EU ruling against its Irish tax arrangements tells you all you need to know about what is at stake: You can have taxes or you can have jobs, but Apple is in no mood to deliver both. After learning on Tuesday morning that the EU expects Apple to pay 13 billion euros — equal to 11 billion pounds or $14.5 billion — in back taxes, the company said, "It will have a profound and harmful effect on investment and job creation in Europe."
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Former UTV Ireland owner suffered ad fall in Brexit run-up - Independent.ie
THE run-up to Brexit led to a fall in advertising at the former UTV local radio stations, the chairman of Belfast-based Wireless Group plc has said.
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Sweet Beams: A Lighthouse Stay in Northern Ireland
Want to get away from it all and stay somewhere truly flashy? Ireland has opened up lighthouse cottages for spectacular coastal breaks.
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A Nazi programme and GAA medals are among pieces of Irish history soon to go on sale
An Irish auction is set to include the medal collection of a rebel hero and programme from the famous match between the Irish Free State and Nazi Germany. The auction at the Fonsie Mealy auction house in Kilkenny on 28 September features over 800 lots with a focus on Irish sporting and revolutionary history. Other items of Irish cultural interests in the auction are a first edition of Roddy Doyle’s The Commitments and a Thin Lizzy collection that includes a copy of the band’s first single, The Farmer.
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"You do not want to f*** with me" - CEO threatened to ruin former company, court hears
A former chief executive in a consultancy marketing firm has threatened to publicly divulge the names, addresses and bank details of customers of “the largest mobile phone company in the State” unless paid €135,000 by tomorrow morning, the High Court was told today. Ex-CEO Sean McGrath told his former employer Madcalm Limited, Monksland, Athlone, Co Roscommon, that “you don’t want to f**k with me on this”, Ms Justice Miriam O’Regan heard.
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‘You’d swear a horse did it’- Dublin shop owner hunts for man who repeatedly defecates outside his shop
A Dublin shop owner is hunting for a man who repeatedly defecates outside his shop in Finglas. Clever Buys owner Alan Buckley from Finglas told Independent.ie that he didn’t believe it until he saw the CCTV footage. “Someone keeps coming up and sh**ting outside the shop,” he told Independent.ie. “It’s very upsetting, you’d want to have your breakfast before you come in because you’ll not eat again after looking at it.
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It's almost impossible to get an abortion in Ireland — but that could change soon
Thousands of people are expected to gather in cities around the world on Saturday to protest in favor of abortion rights for Irish women. The protesters are expected not only in Dublin but in cities including New York, Toronto, London, Paris, Wellington, Sydney and even Phnom Penh in Cambodia, focused on the fact that Ireland has some of the most restrictive abortion laws in the world.
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Ireland could be next to ban microbeads (if politicians can agree on it)
They've been banned in a number of countries, and now it looks like microbeads are set for the chopping block in Ireland – if the Dáil agrees to pass a new bill tabled by the Green Party. The tiny plastic beads, present in many cosmetic products, are not biodegradable and can affect marine life.
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A quarter of Northern Ireland children living in poverty
Nearly a quarter of all children in Northern Ireland are living in poverty, shock statistics have revealed. There are 25 wards in Northern Ireland where at least half of children are living in low income families, up from 19 in 2013. The highest rate is in the Limavady area where two-thirds of children are living in poverty.
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Ireland could join CERN by 2018
The Director General of the European particle physics centre, CERN, has said Ireland could become an associate member of the organisation by around 2018. Dr Fabiola Gianotti was speaking following a meeting in Dublin with the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation around progressing options for Ireland's membership of the body.
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Healy-Rae blames nuclear tests for ozone hole
Independent TD Danny Healy-Rae has claimed in the Dáil that the hole in the ozone layer was caused by nuclear testing in the Pacific Ocean 50 years ago. He said "untruths have been bandied about" about climate change for years as he addressed today's debate on the ratification of the Paris Climate Change Agreement, an agreement that he is "very worried about".
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Brexit must not impact NI push for peace
US Secretary of State John Kerry has said Brexit must not impact the push for peace in Northern Ireland. Mr Kerry was speaking during his visit to Ireland to receive the Tipperary International Peace Award for 2015. Previous winners include Nobel peace prize winners Nelson Mandela and Malala Yousafzai, UN general secretary Ban Ki-moon, former president Mary McAleese and her husband Martin, and Bob Geldof. Mr Kerry was also here to meet Minister for Foreign Affairs Charlie Flanagan. The pair held bilateral discussions ahead of the ceremony.
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Dart Underground plan scaled down to slash costs
Rail bosses are developing a scaled-down version of the Dart Underground expansion project in an attempt to secure Government approval to allow construction work to begin in just over three years' time. Shorter tunnels, which would require passengers to change trains, are among the options being considered, as the company attempts to reduce the massive €4.5bn bill. The expansion of the Dart originally included an 8.6km tunnel from Inchicore to East Wall with stations at Inchicore, Heuston, Christchurch, St Stephen's Green, Pearse Street and Spencer Dock.
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Jeff Buckley's Irish Odyssey
On the eve of what would have been Jeff Buckley's 50th birthday, Steve Cummins delves into Jeff's untold Irish connections and explores how his unique talent was shaped by his Irish friendships and an Irish coffee house in New York called Sin-É (2016)
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Europe’s Oldest Polished Axe Found in Ireland
The 9,000-year-old tool shows that Mesolithic people had sophisticated burial rituals and even cremated their dead. By Jason Daley.
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Looking Inside the Abandoned Schools of the Irish Countryside
Ireland is full of deserted schools. I've photographed 150 of them.
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Pope Francis confirms he will visit Ireland in 2018
Taoiseach Enda Kenny was in the Vatican today where he invited Pope Francis to come to Ireland. The last Pontiff to travel to Ireland was Pope John Paul II in 1979. However it appears that lengthy gap will now be bridged with Pope Francis likely to travel here in 2018.
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Medicinal cannabis bill passes Dáil without vote
The Dáil has passed a bill to make cannabis available in Ireland for medicinal use, after the Government said it would not oppose the legislation. Put forward by People Before Profit TD Gino Kenny, the bill seeks to legalise and regulate cannabis products, which are used for medical purposes. Speaking after the bill was passed, Mr Kenny praised Minister for Health Simon Harris for his position in not opposing the bill, while thanking all of those who supported the legislation.
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