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  • Leaders of G8 call for peace in Syria and pledge humanitarian aid Leaders of G8 call for peace in Syria and pledge humanitarian aid

    ENNISKILLEN - The Group of Eight industrialised nations called for a swift end to the bloody civil war in Syria and urgent peace talks but stopped short of calling for the ouster of Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad in its joint statement at the end of talks Tuesday. Despite the lack of consensus among the G8 on the fate of Assad, as well as the use of chemical weapons by his regime, Canadian ...

  • Northern Ireland police close in on east Belfast bomb plot Northern Ireland police close in on east Belfast bomb plot

    Northern Ireland Police appear to be close to solving a case involving the attempted bombing of a police officer and his family 6 months ago. Last December the senior office, his wife and children were about to take a drive from their home in east Belfast and go on a family picnic when the policeman noticed a booby trap apparatus fixed to the bottom of his car. The booby trap was linked to a ...

  • Dean Leanne fishing boat retrieved from sea Dean Leanne fishing boat retrieved from sea

    The mystery as to what happened to the Bolger brothers deepened Sunday despite the trio's boat being retrieved. The boat was pulled ashore Sunday afternoon after it was discovered earlier in the day. Kenny, Paul and Shane Bolger went fishing last Wednesday and spent the day setting lobster pots near Brownstown Head in Tramore, after setting out from Dunmore East. The 19-foot 'Dean ...

  • Taoiseach catches up with Canadian counterpart Taoiseach catches up with Canadian counterpart

    Taoiseach Enda Kenny met with the Prime Minister of Canada Stephen Harper at Farmleigh on Sunday afternoon. Harper was in Dublin in advance of his attendance at the G8 meeting in Enniskillen which begins Monday. The visit, said a statement from the Taoiseach's office, 'highlights the close ties between Ireland and Canada and the importance the Government attaches to strengthening that ...

  • 1,000 mourners attend brothers funerals 1,000 mourners attend brothers funerals

    Around 1,000 people turned out for the funerals of three men who perished last week in a fishing tragedy. Brothers Kenny, Paul and Shane Bolger drowned after their boat is believed to have capsized last Wednesday while the men were laying lobster pots. The trio's families and friends, and their mother Margaret, on Saturday joined together for Mass said by local parish priest, local Father ...

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Traffic [DVD]

Steven Soderbergh's Traffic is about the ultimate futility of the current war on drugs. In a lean, taut two and a half hours, Soderbergh and screenwriter Stephen Gaghan, a former writer for N.Y.P.D. Blue, weave an Altmanesque multi-layered narrative that covers every aspect of the illegal drug trade between Mexico and the United States. With more than 20 major characters, Traffic< ... ...

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  • Michelle Obamas bangs at G8 Summit slammed on Twitter

    Michelle Obama, who headed to Belfast for this year's G8 summit, is facing backlash on Twitter for her fringes. Onlookers apparently were more concerned with the ill-received styling of her bangs than her speech, the Huffington Post reported. The first lady seems to be growing out her blunt trim and transitioning it to a side-swept style. ...

  • G8 leaders focus on taxation counter-terrorism at final day of summit

    Beijing, June 18 (Xinhua-ANI): Leaders of the Group of Eight (G8) nations gathered in Lough Erne, Northern Ireland on Tuesday for the second and final day of their summit. Key items on the agenda are taxation, transparency and counterterrorism. The issue of Syria was discussed on Monday evening at a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Barack Obama and also at a ...

  • Irish people drink more than others

    A study of students from different countries has confirmed that Irish people really drink more than other nationalities. In the University College Dublin survey, one in seven of the Irish students questioned admitted they downed at least two drinks a day, the Daily Star. Students also drank more if they went to a same-sex school. ...

  • Ban appoints Irish major general to head up UNs oldest peacekeeping mission

    the appointment today of Major General Michel Finn, of Ireland, as head of Mission and Chief of Staff of the Jerusalem-based UN Truce Supervision Organization ...

  • Irelands refugee acceptance rate lower than European counterparts

    Ireland is not accepting as many refugees as its European counterparts.That is the claim being made by the Irish Refugee Council who said that the latest European statistics on asylum show Ireland has the third lowest rate in the EU.According to their figures 10% of cases were granted status on their first try, with just 6.8% success on appeal. The total percentage of positive decisions was 8.3% ...

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