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  • Capita opens new Dublin headquarters and vows to take on 800 new recruits Capita opens new Dublin headquarters and vows to take on 800 new recruits

    Capita has marked the growth of its business in Ireland with the announcement that it plans to double its workforce in the country over the next three years. The announcement, which would increase the number of people employed in Ireland by the company from 800 to 1,600, was made at the official opening of its new Dublin office, by Ireland's Minister for Finance, Michael Noonan (pictured ...

  • Eircom broadband network to reach 1.2 million homes and businesses by 2014 Eircom broadband network to reach 1.2 million homes and businesses by 2014

    Taoiseach Enda Kenny this week launched a new Eircom Fibre Broadband network. Eircom says the fibre service will provide speeds that are six to ten times faster than current broadband speeds. eFibre offers download speeds of up to 70Mb as well as Ireland's fastest upload speeds of up to 20Mb. The download allowance is unlimited for all products above entry level. Qualifying Eircom ...

  • Dzhokhar Tsarnaev scribbled note in boat as munhunt was on Dzhokhar Tsarnaev scribbled note in boat as munhunt was on

    NEW YORK - Boston marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev scribbled a note in a boat he hid in while the manhunt was on, saying the attacks were retribution for U.S. military action in Afghanistan and Iraq, and described the victims as "collateral damage". Tsarnaev wrote the note with a marker in the boat, describing the Boston victims "collateral damage" in the same way Muslims have been ...

  • Ocado enters sale and lease back deal with Morrisons for Dordon facility Ocado enters sale and lease back deal with Morrisons for Dordon facility

    LONDON - Morrisons Supermarkets, one of the major British retail chains, has entered into a 170 million pounds and 25-year agreement with Ocado Group plc ("Ocado"), to acquire its recently opened Dordon Customer Fulfilment Centre (CFC) in the Midlands, and lease it back with commitment to use its logistics and distribution facilities to start grocery deliveries to customers by January ...

  • Girl beaten and robbed at Belfast bus stop

    A girl of 14-years has been beaten and robbed in Belfast. The teenager was assaulted by a gang of three men in the Royal Avenue area of Belfast around 9.30pm on May 16. One of the men punched her in the face, knocking her to the ground. He then kicked her in the back while another of the men went through her coat pockets.The trio fled with a mobile phone and a sum of cash.Police have said the ...

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Savages

Savages, a lurid thriller about the cross-border drug trade, is Oliver Stones latest entry in his Current Events phase, following his ode to 9/11 heroism World Trade Center (2006), his Dubya-years semi-satire W. (2008), and his corporate-shark sequel Wall Street: Mon ... ...

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  • Organ campaigner Joe Brolly urges law change

    Shane Finnegan, deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness, Joe Brolly and First Minister Peter Robinson at the start of the Life Cycle Challenge in Belfast today. Photograph: PA ...

  • Wallace accuses Shatter of trying to discredit him

    Independent Wexford TD Mick Wallace: 'unaware' of incident referred to by Minister for Justice Alan Shatter. Photograph: Alan Betson/The Irish ...

  • Sensitive talks on NI welfare funding

    Northern Ireland Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness has said "sensitive discussions" are taking place with the British government on important funding issues. He said Northern Ireland is different to England, Scotland and Wales and that the British government must recognise this in the funding provisions for welfare reforms. The funding of Northern Ireland's welfare system ...

  • Oil laundering plant discovered in Dublin

    18 May 2013 An oil laundering plant with the capacity to process more than 2.5 million litres of fuel a year has been discovered in ...

  • Waterford sports coach freed in abuse inquiry

    Garda are to prepare a file for the DPP after this morning releasing without charge a sports coach arrested for questioning about the sexual abuse of 30 boys ...

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