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  • Dalian Wanda Group to buy UK yacht maker and hotel property Dalian Wanda Group to buy UK yacht maker and hotel property

    LONDON - China's largest premier commercial property and entertainment conglomerate, Dalian Wanda Group Wednesday entered into 320million pounds definite acquisition deal with leading British yacht company, Sunseeker International Ltd, under which Wanda will acquire a majority shareholding of 91.81% in pre-eminent luxury motor yacht manufacturer. Under the agreement, the remaining 8.19% ...

  • Irish public support attack on U.S. president and family Irish public support attack on U.S. president and family

    Many people have rallied in support of controversial Independent TD Clare Daly after her extraordinary attack on the visiting U.S. president Barack Obama and his family. Daly didn't miss any punches on Wednesday morning in the Dail when she hit out at Obama, describing him as the "hypocrite of the century," and "a war criminal." She pointed out while he was in Northern Ireland talking the ...

  • Obama wife and daughters take walk in Wicklow Mountains National Park Obama wife and daughters take walk in Wicklow Mountains National Park

    US first lady Michelle Obama and daughters Malia and Sasha Tuesday wrapped up their brief visit to Ireland with a private guided tour of Wicklow Mountains National Park. Michelle Obama and the girls have been taking in the sights as President Barack Obama meets with other world leaders at the G8 summit in neighbouring Northern Ireland. Malia, 14, and Sasha, 12, listened attentively Tuesday ...

  • Lundbeck and several drug firms fined for pact to delay generic drugs Lundbeck and several drug firms fined for pact to delay generic drugs

    BRUSSELS - European Union in its first case over pay-for-delay deals that held back sales of cheaper generic drugs Wednesday fined Danish pharmaceutical company Lundbeck 93.8 million euros and imposed fines totaling 52.2 million euros on several other producers of generic medicines. The European Commission, the EU's antitrust regulator, said the companies had reached agreements that may ...

  • Major General Finn appointed to top UN role in Jerusalem Major General Finn appointed to top UN role in Jerusalem

    18 June 2013 150 United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced 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 (UNTSO), the first such operation the world body set up almost 60 years ago. "Major General Finn succeeds Major General Juha Kilpia of Finland, who will ...

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Mission: Impossible [DVD]

Mission: Impossible [DVD]

Throughout its history, Hollywood has tended to run in cycles, latching onto an idea and running with it until they run it into the ground. From screwball comedies, to Biblical epics, to disaster thrillers, to juvenile gross-out comedies, Hollywood producers love to run in ... ...

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  • Wicklow Co Council pleads guilty in Bray fire case

    Wicklow County Council has pleaded guilty to breaches of health and safety laws in relation to a fire in which two firefighters died almost six years ago. Brian Murray and Mark O'Shaughnessy died fighting a blaze at a derelict factory in Bray on 26 September 2007. The local authority had denied four charges of breaching health and safety laws, but the plea was changed this morning after ...

  • Young whale beaches in Co Meath

    A two-tonne 3m whale has beached itself on Laytown beach in Co Meath for the second time today. The whale was returned to the water this morning, with the help of the army, the coast guard and members of the public. Around 20 people helped the whale back into the sea, only for it to return to Laytown again this afternoon. It is believed the whale could have become detached from its mother ...

  • Abortion legislation will provide clarity - Reilly

    The Dáil has begun debating the Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill. The bill provides a legal framework for abortions in Ireland where there is a real and substantial risk to the life of the woman. Minister for Health James Reilly said he believed the legislation would provide legal clarity for women using the health services, and for medical professionals. He characterised the ...

  • 150 railway workers to strike in Northern Ireland

    More than 150 railway workers in Northern Ireland are to go on strike over pay and conditions. Conductors, station and platform staff will take part in industrial action beginning at midnight next Monday. The Union GMB said it would last a day. The strike has come about after railway workers and management refused to agree to cost-saving measures like changes to sick pay. A spokeswoman for ...

  • Tablet sales help Dixons to profit in Ireland UK

    Sales of tablet computers are booming, electricals retailer Dixons has said, underpinning profit growth and offsetting weak markets in debt-squeezed southern Europe. Profits in Britain, Ireland and northern Europe rose 39% and 6% respectively, while in the southern Europe division - where losses narrowed - the firm was "hunkering down while the storm passes." Underlying group sales ...

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