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  • 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 ...

  • Financial Times allegedly hacked by Syrians Financial Times allegedly hacked by Syrians

    Britain's Financial Times was hacked last week by a mysterious group calling itself the Syrian Electronic Army. The newspaper's technology blog was hacked to display a slogan saying: "Hacked by the Syrian Electronic Army." Several Twitter feeds run by the Financial Times were also plastered with similar slogans. The FT later said its blogs and social media accounts had been compromised ...

  • Irish cricketers could be heading to Pakistan Irish cricketers could be heading to Pakistan

    Ireland has given hope of reviving international cricket in Pakistan after it reportedly agreed to consider visiting the country to reciprocate Pakistan's one-day international (ODI) tour of Ireland. At a time when all the Test playing nations have written-off touring Pakistan, the International Cricket Council's (ICC) associate member Cricket Ireland (CI) gave a positive response on that ...

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Inside Deep Throat

Inside Deep Throat

Inside Deep Throat, a showy, entertaining, and informative documentary is less about Deep Throat the film than it is about Deep Throat the cultural phenomenon. Prudes beware, as the writer/director team of Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato cast a nostalgicall ... ...

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  • McDowell talks up Rory McIlroy split with Horizon

    Northern Irish golfer Graeme McDowell has defended his slip about World No.2 Rory McIlroy leaving his management company, saying that although the move is not yet confirmed, it is already being much talked about in the golfing world. For weeks there have been whispers at big events in America that McIlroy is about to leave Horizon, the Dublin-based management agency that negotiated his 20 ...

  • US drugmaker Actavis buys Irish firm for $8.5bn

    DUBLIN (AFP) - US drugs company Actavis on Monday agreed to buy Irish peer Warner Chilcott for $8.5 billion (6.6 billion euros) including debt, in a bumper takeover that creates a key global player."Actavis, Inc. and Warner Chilcott plc today announced they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Actavis will acquire Warner Chilcott plc in a stock-for-stock transaction valued ...

  • Hollywood to film Dracula in Northern Ireland

    A Hollywood movie based on the Dracula story is to be filmed in Northern Ireland. The multi-million dollar feature film will also have an Irish-born director. The movie will be made by Hollywood-based Universal Pictures. It will tell the story of the man who became Dracula, the vampire character invented by author Bram Stoker who came from Clontarf in Dublin. Another Dubliner Gary Shore, who ...

  • Report shows sentencing for various crimes

    Four out of every five convicted robbers were sentenced to less than five years in prison, according to a new report on sentencing issued today. The report shows almost half of those imprisoned were sentenced to three years or less, another 30% were sentenced to between three and five years, while one in ten were given up to ten years in prison. The report also shows that the offence of so ...

  • Irelands Ryanair reports 13 rise in annual profits

    (MENAFN) Ryanair's CFO, Howard Millar, announced that Europe's largest budget carrier's net profits climbed by 13 percent in the year ended March to USD730 million, reported Reuters.Millar said that at year-end, the Irish airline had net cash of USD78.29 million despite having returned nearly USD641.80 million to shareholders in November.Meanwhile, average fares rose by 6 percent ...

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