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Support for Fine Gael grows -Poll
Fine Gael has taken a lead over Fianna Fáil, according to the latest Sunday Business Post/Red C poll, which shows the main Opposition party has reached its highest ever level of support.
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Emergency plans working -Cowen
Taoiseach Brian Cowen and Environment Minister John Gormley held a meeting at the National Emergency Co-ordination Centre in Agricultural House on Kildare Street in Dublin today.
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Funeral masses for three students
Funeral masses for three of the four women who died in a crash on the Galway-Mayo border on Tuesday have taken place.
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Soccer fans march to French embassy
About 200 soccer fans marched to the French embassy in Dublin today to call for a rematch of Ireland’s disputed World Cup playoff against France.
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IFA calls for national flood plan
The Irish Farmers Association is calling on the government to implement an action plan to reduce the risk of flooding.
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Water crisis prompts swine flu warning
People should continue to handwash irrespective of whatever difficulties they may be experience with water supplies due to the flooding crisis in order to prevent the spread of the swine flu, a public health expert has warned.
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Robinson defends power-sharing
Collapsing power-sharing and returning to direct rule from London would consign unionists to second class citizenship, the leader of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) said today.
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IFA calls for flood plan
The Irish Farmers Association is calling on the government to implement an action plan to reduce the risk of flooding.
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Fans to march over play-off
A group of Irish soccer fans are planning a demonstration today in protest of Ireland’s disputed World Cup play-off against France last Wednesday.
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18,000 Cork households face week without water
Over 18,000 households in north Cork may be without water for up to a week after a pumping station in the city flooded, cutting off supplies.
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Minister defends councils' flood response
Minister for the Environment John Gormley has defended the handling of the flood crisis in Cork by the local authorities and insisted that the focus must now be on ensuring that drinking and sanitation water is provided to up to 18,000 households in the city.
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Man murdered in east Belfast
Police in Northern Ireland have launched a murder inquiry after a man was found dead at a house in East Belfast.
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Vaccine-resistant swine flu reported
Five patients diagnosed with Tamiflu-resistant swine flu at a Welsh hospital could be the world’s first cases of person-to-person transmission of the strain.
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Funeral masses for two students
Funeral masses for two of the four women who died in a crash on the Galway-Mayo border on Tuesday will take place later today.
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More flooding likely as further heavy rain forecast
Homeowners and businesses in deluged areas of the south, west and midlands are bracing themselves for more heavy rains after some of the worst flooding in living memory.
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ISPCC calls for constitutional reform
The ISPCC has called for constitutional reform to fully implement the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) which today celebrates its 20th anniversary on Universal Children’s Day.
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Man held over ???1.6m drug seizure
A man (36) has been arrested in connection with the seizure of drugs in Co Kildare this afternoon.
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Workplace accidents cost ???31m
Some ???31 million was paid out in compensation for workplace accidents last year, according to the body that assesses claims for personal injuries.
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T??naiste critical of public sector strike
T??naiste Mary Coughlan criticised next Tuesday???s public sector strike in the Dail today.
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Paisley praises Sinn F??in
Ian Paisley tonight praised Sinn F??in for keeping its word on power-sharing despite the dissident threat.
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