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  • Diversion of flight fails to save passenger from Ireland Diversion of flight fails to save passenger from Ireland

    A flight from Melbourne to Qatar was diverted to India on Wednesday, in a desperate attempt to save an Irish man on board. The man, Raymond McMorrow, 68, is believed to have had a heart attack on board Qatar Airways flight QR 031 while in transit from Melbourne to Doha, the Qatar capital. The Qatar Airways plane landed without incident at Cochin Airport, in southern India, where an ...

  • Sean Sherlock announces 62 new Technology Innovation Development Awards Sean Sherlock announces 62 new Technology Innovation Development Awards

    The Irish government is to provide nearly 7 million euros in funding for scores of research grants. Ireland's Minister for Research and Innovation, Sean Sherlock, made the announcement on Thursday. The minister said 6.9 million euro would be put up through SFI's Technology Innovation Development Award (TIDA) programme, in conjunction with Enterprise Ireland, to cover 62 research awards. ...

  • Irish suspects feature prominently on Dubai Most Wanted list Irish suspects feature prominently on Dubai Most Wanted list

    Ireland continues to suffer from its false implication in the high profile assassination of a militant in Dubai more than three years ago. Hamas commander Mahmoud Al Mabhouhwas on a visit to the UAE on his way to China from Damascus. Thirty two suspects were named by Dubai Police and it soon became apparent most of them were carrying passports belonging to citizens of other countries. ...

  • 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 ...

  • Misbah urges Pak to improve game following surprise Ireland tie

    Pakistan Test and one-day captain Misbah-ul Haq has said that it is a must for his team to improve in all three departments of the game ahead of the series decider with Ireland, before the ICC Champions Trophy. Kevin O'Brien hit a dramatic four off the last ball of the first one-day international on Thursday to deny Pakistan victory and earn Ireland a dramatic tie, the 28th in ODI history, ...

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Better Off Dead [DVD]

Better Off Dead [DVD]

Of all the teen comedies made in the 1980s--and there were oh so many--Savage Steve Holland's Better Off Dead stands on its own as a unique, kooky gem. Call it the nadir of teenage-embarrassment comedy, Better Off Dead strikes chords with anyone who has known and been able to laugh at middle-class American teenage angst at its worst. The fact that Holland manages to derive near-surr ... ...

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  • Magician wins Irish 2000 Guineas decisively for Aidan OBrien

    He has just turned 20 and looks younger still, but Classic winners are already a common currency for Joseph O'Brien and the latest was perhaps the most straightforward of all. "I never had a moment's worry," he said after steering Magician to an easy three-and-a-half length success in the Irish 2,000 Guineas here, a summary of the race that was as succinct as it was ...

  • Irish grandmother locks three suspected thieves in farmyard

    A 64-year-old Irish grandmother locked three suspected thieves into a yard, promised to come back with the key and then called police. Her daughter says Ann Curtis also got some help from her neighbors in Clegg, County Meath, who gathered in front of the gate before police officers arrived to make sure the men did not escape, the Irish Independent reported. The incident occurred Tuesday ...

  • Judge heads strong field for Irish 1000 Guineas

    Sunday is Etihad Airways Irish 1000 Guineas day at the Curragh and a typically strong field has assembled for the fillies' Classic. Newmarket runner-up Just The Judge holds Snow Queen (fifth), Maureen (sixth) and Masarah (eight) but she faces two very exciting types in Big Break and Viztoria. Dermot Weld's daughter of Dansili has been talked up since slamming her Killavullan rivals ...

  • One Direction in record sell-out

    Tens of thousands of fans of the wildly successful boy band, desperate to secure admission to the concerts on May 24th and 25th next year, jammed Ticketmaster's phone lines from 9am and within a couple of hours a new Irish ticket sales record had been set, the company ...

  • One hundred turn out for Croke Park 2 no vote rally

    Around 100 members of unions against further cuts to pay in the public service turned out for the 'No to Croke Park 2' rally in Dublin today.The campaign wants the government to take note of their 'no' vote to Croke Park 2 and said the Haddington Road Agreement is almost identical to it.They are calling on the government to find an alternative way of making the EUR1bn in ...

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