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• Oxx to try hood with Born To Sea

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  Racing: Pat Smullen will ride Born To Sea in Saturday’s Abu Dhabi Irish 2,000 Guineas at the Curragh, with the colt sporting a first-time hood. A half-brother to the brilliant Sea The Stars, Born To Sea ruined his chance in the Newmarket Guineas by ... more

• Google honours synthesiser creator

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  Users of Google's search engine today found an interactive musical “doodle” that can be played using a mouse.The Moog synthesiser graphic has playable keys and users can alter the sound by clicking on several “knobs” on the screen.The latest in the ... more

• Smithwick considers 'negative reporting'

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  The chairman of the Smithwick Tribunal has said he may set aside a day in which legal representatives may address some of the negative publicity garnered by their clients in media reports of the tribunal’s hearings.The tribunal is inquiring into sug... more

• Paxman: Morgan gave me hack lesson

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  Former Daily Mirror editor Piers Morgan once told Jeremy Paxman how to access voicemail messages Britain’s Leveson Inquiry heard today.Newsnight anchorman Mr Paxman said he attended a lunch at Mirror headquarters in Canary Wharf in September 2002 wh... more

• MEPs back financial transaction tax

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  MEPs meeting in Strasbourg today have backed a proposal to introduce a tax on financial transactions across the European Union.The plan was adopted with 487 votes in favour, 152 against and 46 abstentions. Pension funds will not be subject to the ta... more

• Restauranteurs support Yes vote

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  Restaurateurs have backed the call for a Yes vote in next week’s fiscal treaty referendum.The Restaurants Association of Ireland met Minister for Tourism Leo Varadkar in Dublin today to endorse the Government campaign. The association’s president, B... more

• Russia tests ballistic missile

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  Russia has successfully test-fired a new intercontinental ballistic missile with an enhanced capability to penetrate missile defences, according to a military spokesman.The first launch of the new missile was performed today at the Plesetsk launchpa... more

• Greek euro exit would be 'manageable'

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  The impact of a Greek exit from the euro zone would be substantial but "manageable", Germany's Bundesbank said today, raising pressure on Athens to keep its painful economic reforms on track.In a toughly worded monthly report, the German central ban... more

• Harte rewarded with one more year

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  Soccer: Reading left-back Ian Harte has signed a new one-year contract which will keep him with the newly-promoted Royals until the summer of 2013. The former Republic of Ireland defender's contract was set to expire this summer but discussions abou... more

• Event to discuss appliance of science

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  Turning astronomy into business, helping more spin-outs to form, and how companies and win research money from the EU are just a few of the topics up for discussion during the Euroscience Open Forum conference taking place this July in Dublin.The co... more