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  • UK urged by IMF to bring forward high value spending UK urged by IMF to bring forward high value spending

    LONDON - In a critique of the United Kingdom's austerity programme, the International Monetary Fund Wednesday urged the Europe's third largest economy to rebalance the policy to make the transition to a high-investment and more export-oriented economy. "The UK could boost growth by bringing forward measures already included in its fiscal plan, such as spending on infrastructure and job ...

  • Donegal go with familiar XV against Tyrone

    Donegal v Tyrone preview Sunday Game. The Donegal team to face Tyrone in Sunday's Ulster Football Championship quarter-final is the exact same XV that started last year's All-Ireland final against Mayo. Key trio and current All Stars, Karl Lacey, Mark McHugh and Frank McGlynn have all recovered from injury setbacks and will line out in Ballybofey. Earlier this week, Lacey ...

  • Apples Irish base has paid minimal tax since 1980

    Apple has operated almost tax-free in Ireland since 1980, welcomed by a government keen to bring jobs to what was then one of Europe's poorest countries, former company executives and Irish officials have said. CEO Tim Cook faced criticism from a US Senate subcommittee in Washington over Apple's tax practices, which had been shrouded behind tax-exempt Irish-based corporate entities. ...

  • Belfast woman weeps after being cleared of defrauding her mother

    A woman wept in court after she was acquitted of defrauding thousands of pounds from her elderly mother’s life savings. The Belfast Crown Court jury deliberated for two hours and 20 minutes yesterday before finding 49-year-old Heather Noble unanimously not guilty on two counts of theft, two counts of forgery and a further charge of fraud. Following further deliberations and a direction ...

  • Belfast Lord Mayor’s challenging year

    The crisis created by the Union flags dispute gave Belfast’s outgoing Lord Mayor a chance to do more than simply pose for the cameras, Gavin Robinson revealed today. The 28-year-old DUP man, whose east Belfast constituency was marred by some of the worst scenes of violence, admitted that the months of protests had been a challenging but insisted they had not overshadowed his 12 months in ...

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The Wrestler [Blu-Ray]

The Wrestler [Blu-Ray]

The defining shot in Darren Aronofskys The Wrestler, a bittersweet story about a man struggling through lifes second act, is a tracking shot that follows right behind the titular character, a decaying former superstar named Randy The Ram Robinson, as he walks down various hallways a ... ...

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  • Dublin flower club wins medal at Chelsea for second year

    A woman with flowers in her blue dyed hair looks at chrysanthemums at the Chelsea Flower Show in London. Photograph: Luke ...

  • Government allowed to cut public sector wages under new laws

    Labour Relations Commission -- a revised version of the overwhelmingly rejected Croke Park II -- the Government will use the new laws to impose unilateral pay cuts across the public ...

  • Motorists in Galway and Donegal face longest waits for NCT appointments

    Motorists in Galway and Donegal face the longest wait for an NCT appointment according to recent figures by the Road Safety Authority.Figures show an average wait of 18 days at Clifden in Galway and 17 days in Carndonagh, Donegal.Nationally there is an average 12 day wait for NCT appointments so far this year.Motorists in Dublin have to wait between 11 to 16 days for an NCT appointment while the ...

  • Ireland face tough chase

    Ireland will chase a victory target of 276 as they bid to beat a full-member nation for the first time in Dublin in the opening RSA Insurance one-day international against Pakistan.Mohammad Hafeez's unbeaten century ensured the tourists defied four rain delays to post a testing target in a match reduced to 47 overs by the weather.Hafeez struck 122 from 113 balls and combined in a 188-run ...

  • Noonan Apple tax claims clearly wrong and misleading

    The Finance Minister has said claims that Apple only paid corporation tax of 0.05% on profits here are 'clearly wrong and misleading'. Michael Noonan has told the Dil that multi-nationals are paying 12.5% on their operations here and Ireland is not a tax haven. He said that lower figures being quoted are because the figures are being manipulated."Having examining the document ...

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