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  • Royalty Pharma takeover bid fails to find Elan ecceptance Royalty Pharma takeover bid fails to find Elan ecceptance

    DUBLIN/ WASHINGTON Ireland-based biotechnology firm Elan Thursday rejected Royalty Pharma's increased $6.4 billion takeover bid, shortly after the U.S. firm cut the acceptance bar for its latest offer to 50 percent plus one share. Royalty raised its hostile cash bid to $12.50 per share on Monday, from $11.25 previously, but made the new offer conditional on Elan shareholders rejecting, at a ...

  • 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 ...

  • Judge wants Gallagher tape handed over

    He faces two charges arising out of an incident on May 13th and May 14th this year. One charge is a threat to kill his brother Donal Gallagher while the second charge is harassing this brother over a period of time spanning both ...

  • Two women arrested after cannabis grow house discovered in Monaghan

    Garda discovered a grow house during the search of a business unit on the outskirts of Castleblayney as part of a planned operation targeting the sale and supply of drugs in the Monaghan ...

  • McGahern’s works characterised by ‘revolutionary disillusionment’

    Revolutionary disillusionment is a theme which recurs in much of John McGahern's work and clearly reflected his father's experience both as a Volunteer and in his later life in the Free State, ...

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Finding Neverland

Finding Neverland

Early on in Marc Forster's Finding Neverland, there is a shot that neatly summarizes the film's view of Scottish novelist and playwright J.M. Barrie and his relationship with the rest of the world. Using the widescreen frame, Forster shows Barrie and his dour wife, Mary, ... ...

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  • Teaching unions reject revised proposals to cut public sector pay

    The country's largest union, Siptu, has urged its members in the public service to accept revised proposals on reducing the public service pay bill, but the two main teaching unions have said they will be rejecting the ...

  • Cannabis growhouse discovered in Monaghan

    Two women have been arrested following the discovery of a cannabis growhouse in Co Monaghan this evening.Some EUR500,000 worth of cannabis plants were seized during the planned search of a business unit on the outskirts of Castleblayney. The location has been sealed off for a technical examination.The women - one in her 20s and the other in her 30s - are being held at Carrickmacross Garda ...

  • Four held in Wexford as part of probe into Dublin burglaries

    Garda investigating burglaries in Dublin have arrested four people and recovered suspected stolen goods in Co. Wexford.It follows an intelligence lead operation targeting suspects involved in burglaries in the Blackrock, Dun Laoghaire and general Dublin area.Garda from Blackrock, Dun Laoghaire and local stations supported by the Regional Support Unit, conducted a number of planned searches at ...

  • Fodder crisis fuelling increase in carcass collection

    The impact of the fodder crisis is taking its toll, with truckloads of dead cattle being delivered this week to one of the west's leading animal collection ...

  • Sharp exchanges between Martin and Gilmore over tobacco lobbying

    Michel Martin: "The history of the tobacco industry reflects and reveals one of the worst examples of behind-the-scenes lobbying of governments across Europe and the world." Photograph: Alan ...

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