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  • Actavis buying Warner Chilcott in $8.5bn deal Actavis buying Warner Chilcott in $8.5bn deal

    WASHINGTON/ DUBLIN - Actavis Inc, the largest US generic drug maker by market value, is acquiring Dublin-based Warner Chilcott in a deal worth $8.5billion (5.6billion pounds) including $3billion net debt, to create the third-biggest specialty pharmaceutical company in the country. Under the deal, Actavis, which itself has been the subject of bid speculation, would be offering $5billion in ...

  • Elderly cyclist killed in collision with car Elderly cyclist killed in collision with car

    A man in his 80s has been killed in a road traffic accident in Co. Kildare. The man was riding a bicycle when he was struck by a car on the Dublin Road at Clane on Sunday afternoon. The driver of the car, reportedly in his twenties, attended Naas Garda Station for questioning but left the station on Sunday night without any charges being laid. A post-mortem is expected to be carried out on ...

  • Busy weekend for Enda Kenny in United States Busy weekend for Enda Kenny in United States

    Taoiseach Enda Kenny has spent the weekend in Boston, Massachusetts furthering the strength of U.S. -Ireland relations. The head of Ireland's government attended a function on Saturday at the JFK Library to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of President Kennedy's 1963 visit to Ireland At the ceremony Kenny addressed an audience of U.S. lawmakers and representatives of the business ...

  • Gardai appeal for information on death of young man in Dublin Gardai appeal for information on death of young man in Dublin

    Gardai have issued an appeal to the public for any information concerning a man whose body was found on Friday night in Dublin. The 37 year-old man, whose identity has not yet been disclosed, was reportedly shot in the back of his head. The man whose body was found in a field near Killanarden Hill around 9:00pm on Friday night had been missing for some weeks. Gardai have begun a murder ...

  • Gatland expects Irish pair to be fit

    Warren Gatland expects Leinster duo Brian O'Driscoll and Sean O'Brien to be on board Monday's flight to Hong Kong, where the tour opens against the Barbarians on 1 June. O'Driscoll should play in this weekend's RaboDirect PRO12 final against Ulster after making progress in his recovery from the back spasm that ruled him out of Friday's victory over Stade Francais. ...

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The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou

The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou

The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou is Wes Andersons latest stagy tragicomedy about a failed father figure. It is right in line with his last two films, 1998s Rushmore and 2001s The Royal Tenenbaums, in that it creates a hi ... ...

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  • Charity targeted by credit card fraudsters

    The Founder of the Jack and Jill Foundation has warned that his charity is being exploited by credit card fraudsters. Speaking to RTÉ's Morning Ireland, the children charity's founder Jonathan Irwin said that the organisation has been forced to return €132,000 in donations within the last 15 months as fraudsters test their latest credit card scam on the charity. Irwin ...

  • Sinn Fein accused of hiding abortion talks at conference

    Sinn Fein has been accused of hiding the fact that study days in Ireland which it helped host involved lobbying for abortion to be legalised here. The party issued a press release a week ago to say that its MEP, Martina Anderson, was hosting a "major MEP conference" to discuss topics such as the economy and "challenges for left politics". The week of study days - held both ...

  • New proposals reached on Croke Park II after overnight talks

    The Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform has said a new set of proposals has been reached between public sector unions and the Government on the Croke Park 2 agreement. Talks continued through the night at the Labour Relations Commission with health sector and teachers unions.Minister Brendan Howlin said that a new document is being distributed to all unions this morning and some unions ...

  • Drugs crisis organisation call for decriminalisation of drug use

    A drugs crisis organisation is urging the Government to treat drug use as a health issue instead of a criminal one.The Citywide Campaign group are holding a conference in Dublin today, looking at alternatives to our current drugs policies.Among the suggestions being discussed will be the decriminalisation of addiction, but spokesperson for Citywide Anna Quigley said that is not the same as ...

  • Parents warned about letting their baby sleep in the bed

    Parents are being warned sharing a bed with their baby increases the risk of cot death. A study from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine has found that breastfed babies under the age of three months who sleep in their parents' beds - face a five-fold increased risk of cot death."For the first few months they have the baby in a cot beside the bed so that they can bring it ...

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