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Minister for Finance Brian Cowen presenting the Estimates at Government Buildings

Minister for Finance Brian Cowen presenting the Estimates at Government Buildings


Photograph: Frank Miller

  • Government spending to rise by more than 10% next year

    Government spending will rise by more than 10 per cent next year when Budget day measures are added to the spending Estimates published yesterday. Presenting the Estimates, Minister for Finance Brian Cowen announced an 8.1 per cent increase in State expenditure.

  • Summit moves to ease burden on Africa

    The 70 environment ministers at the UN Climate Change Summit here are close to agreeing steps to help Africa and other poor nations cope with the effects of global warming but they remain deeply divided on how to extend the Kyoto Protocol for curbing global warming.

  • Formula for nomination of NI ministers sought

    Ian Paisley and Martin McGuinness must be considered as the North's first and deputy first ministers designate by next Friday or the Assembly elections, confirmed yesterday for March 7th, will not go ahead. This proviso is contained in legislation published yesterday.
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  • Bank of Ireland delivers 28% increase in pretax profit

    Positive results: Group chief executive Brian Goggin (right) attributed the profit gains to improvements in efficiency and a strong performance from the corporate banking division. Photograph: Aidan Crawley The Republic's second-biggest bank has delivered a 28 per cent increase in underlying pretax profit in the first half and raised its full-year growth forecast to 20 per cent. p

  • Quinlan nears €1.5bn Marriott deal

    Quinlan Private, the property group headed by former tax inspector Derek Quinlan, is in advanced talks with two Israeli partners to purchase 47 Marriott-branded hotels in Britain in a deal valued at €1.5 billion. p

  • Carroll holding firm has profits of €28.2m

    Property tycoon Liam Carroll, owner of a big stake in food group Greencore, has declared annual profits totalling €28.2 million from the operations of dozens of subsidiaries in his main holding company. p
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  • Larkham is positioned to strike

    Matt Giteau during Australia's squad training session at the Wanderers RFC grounds yesterday. Australia have opted to persist with playing the centre-cum-outhalf at scrumhalf for their Test match with Ireland on Sunday. RUGBY/Ireland v Australia: It's always advisable to kill the hosts with kindness on tour - ask South Africa coach Jake White - and in keeping with their stated belief that Ireland will provide them with their toughest match of a four-Test, seven-game tour, the Wallabies think-tank have restored Stephen Larkham to his natural position of outhalf. At a stroke, with the creative genius of Larkham at 10, Australia look more recognisable and potent. p

  • June 3rd start for Dublin

    GAELIC GAMES/2007 Leinster championships: Next season's Leinster championships will begin a week later in keeping with the decision of last month's special congress to create a four-week window between the end of the National Leagues and the start of the championship. p

  • Landis takes next step in bid to hold on to title

    CYCLING: Tour de France winner Floyd Landis will take the next step in his fight to hold on to his title when his defence team presents new evidence today on the doping charges levelled against the American. p
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  • Searching for home from home

    Kelly Hickey and Julia Krynke in The Townlands of Brazil, Bolger's new play Playwright Dermot Bolger sees himself as an outsider. 'I quite like standing at a peculiar angle to the universe,' he tells Peter Crawley p

  • Friendly exchange while out on the town

    Displaced in Mullingar:   The Christmas rush hasn't quite begun, but even now, there's an awful lot of people shopping in Mullingar. Mullingar has Tescos and SuperValu, Dunnes Stores and Aldi. They all have car parks. They're all full. p
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