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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 ...

  • Final day of hearings on abortion legislation

    The Oireachtas Health Committee is hearing submissions from legal experts on the final day of its hearings into the Government's proposed heads of the Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill. Retired Supreme Court judge Catherine McGuinness and Professor William Binchy from Trinity College Dublin are among those who will appear before the committee. It will report to Minister for Health ...

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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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  • Celebrating 150 years of the Lodge that was born in Belfast

    AS George Chittick and I make our way out of Schomberg House, the Orange Order’s headquarters based at the top of Belfast’s Cregagh Road, I stop to lean in and admire several of the medals adorning his remarkably pristine collarette - which I had described only a few moments earlier as one of the most orange I had ever seen. He explains the symbolism behind them; one was given to ...

  • Ireland says it is not to blame for low Apple tax rate

    By Conor Humphries DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland said on Tuesday it was not to blame for Apple Inc's (AAPL.O) low global tax payments after the U.S. Senate said the company paid little or nothing on billions of dollars in profits stashed in Irish subsidiaries. In a 40-page memorandum released ahead of an appearance by Apple CEO Tim Cook before Congress on Tuesday, a Senate subcommittee ...

  • Tobacco smoke is biggest home pollutant in Ireland EPA study finds

    Living in a damp and cool climate, it is not surprising that people in Ireland spend 90 per cent of their time indoors, and the majority of that in their own ...

  • Danny Healy-Rae set for TV

    Danny Healy-Rae is to be the subject of a German documentary.The Kerry County Councillor came to the attention of the media there, after he called for rural dwellers in isolated areas to be allowed a higher drink-driving limit.The story gained international notoriety after some council colleagues supported his motion to raise the alcohol limit.According to ...

  • Call for information campaign on new climate change laws

    The head of the Oireachtas Committee on the Environment has warned that new climate change laws need to be introduced in tandem with an information campaign.Hearings are taking place in Leinster House this afternoon where the Government will get feedback on the bill from a range of environmental groups.The new legislation aims to help Ireland become more environmentally friendly and to reduce ...

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