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  • Eason opens new chapter with takeover of rival Reads

    Ireland's dominant bookseller, Eason, has bought Dublin rival Reads of Nassau Street. Reads has been synonymous among generations of Dublin students with cheap photocopying and stationery, writes Dominic Coyle
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  • New initiative to resolve dispute at Irish Ferries begins today

    Irish Ferries' decision to lay off up to 543 unionised seafarers and replace them with migrant workers on has placed social partnership under threat. Unions say they want commitments from the Government to prevent exploitation of workers A new initiative to resolve the dispute at Irish Ferries is to start today following an intervention by the National Implementation Body. p

  • Unit 'not a desperate measure'

    Minister for Justice Michael McDowell has denied suggestions that the formation of a new Garda unit to combat the Dublin gangland feuding was a "desperate measure". p

  • SF would raise taxes if necessary, says Adams

    Gerry Adams: believes there is merit in having a State bank Sinn Féin would raise taxes if extra revenue was needed to deliver fair social welfare and a better health service for all, the party made clear yesterday. p

  • New file goes to DPP over abuse claims

    Gardaí have sent a file to the Director of Public Prosecutions following further sexual abuse complaints against a number of Brothers of Charity by former residents of the order's home at Lota in Glanmire outside Cork city. p

  • Children's hospitals under review

    The plan for the reconfiguration of services provided by children's hospitals in Dublin will be drawn up by the Health Service Executive at the end of January, its chief executive said yesterday. p

  • Souped-up cars used by 'boy racers' to be banned

    Modified car enthusiasts believe they are being victimised Car modifications used by "boy racers" will be outlawed from next January under a planned reform of the National Car Test (NCT). p

  • €400m conference centre to be ready by 2009

    The State's first national conference centre, to be built at Spencer Dock in Dublin, is unlikely to be operational before 2009, it has emerged. p

  • Taoiseach defends decision on adviser

    The Taoiseach has strongly defended the Government's decision to move its chief science adviser to a new role in the Department of Communications in the wake of controversy over his doctorate from an unrecognised US college. p

  • Inmate prepares for 52-mile charity fundraiser

    Pat Scanlan, who is serving a seven-year jail sentence, in training for a 52-mile double-marathon which he will run next month. Convicted drug-dealer Pat Scanlan is hoping to get temporary release from the Department of Justice next month to run a double-marathon to raise money for four children's charities. p

  • Kenny calls for change in law on defending homes

    Fine Gael leader Enda Kenny has called for a change in the law to ensure a homeowner "defending their own home against an intruder should have the balance of the law on their side, not against them". p
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  • Sunnis claim Shias torturing detainees

    IRAQ: Sunni Arab politicians demanded an international investigation yesterday into allegations that Shia militias linked to Iraq's interior ministry tortured and abused prisoners in a secret Baghdad bunker. p

  • Now the cold takes its toll on a people clinging to life

    Kashmiri earthquake survivors make their way down a mountain in Neelum Valley yesterday. Villagers from the Lipa Valley are seeking access to the Neelum through Titwal, in Indian-controlled Kashmir. KASHMIR: Villagers who survived the Kashmir earthquake now fear they are caught in a death-trap, writes Ramita Navai p

  • Group against abortion praised by Pope

    THE VATICAN: Pope Benedict warmly praised anti-abortion activists yesterday as the Italian government considered deploying them into abortion advice centres to try to dissuade women from terminating pregnancies. p
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  • Swish suburban scheme raises the bar

    The Grange, Stillorgan, Co Dublin: marketing suite shows fully-furnished apartments which will have wide hallways and underfloor heating. Many will have waraparound balconies Models sip wine and eat asparagus tips from silver forks in billboards for south Dublin's swishest new development. And it seems the market likes it, ays Property Editor Orna Mulcahy
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  • How the brightest survive the cull

    Colourful characters: cat pink caterpillars survive by brightly warning predators of their toxicity Researchers at Trinity College may have discovered how brightly coloured insect species survive extinction at the claws of predators, writes Dick Ahlstrom p
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