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Fire crews attacked five times
Fire crews escape injury after they are attacked at five locations overnight across Northern Ireland.
BBC News – May 10, 2008 08:29 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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Fire crews escape injury after they are attacked at five locations overnight across Northern Ireland.
BBC News – May 10, 2008 08:29 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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Bradley dangles World Cup carrot
Ireland's interim coach Michael Bradley has reminded his squad their summer tour could have an impact on their passage through the next World Cup.
Scrum.com – May 10, 2008 07:35 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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Ireland's interim coach Michael Bradley has reminded his squad their summer tour could have an impact on their passage through the next World Cup.
Scrum.com – May 10, 2008 07:35 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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Woman sees red over green for 'Ireland trip'
A Greenville woman who thought she'd won a free trip to Ireland at this year's Return to the Green festival in downtown's Falls Park says she's upset because the prize turned out to be $500 -- an amount she says doesn't begin to cover a plane ticket.
GreenvilleOnline.com – May 10, 2008 06:53 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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A Greenville woman who thought she'd won a free trip to Ireland at this year's Return to the Green festival in downtown's Falls Park says she's upset because the prize turned out to be $500 -- an amount she says doesn't begin to cover a plane ticket.
GreenvilleOnline.com – May 10, 2008 06:53 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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Ireland Wants Election Results Early and Without Problems
WHEELING - The eyes of the political world will be on West Virginia on Tuesday, but Secretary of State Betty Ireland doesn't want the state's election process to be the focus on election night. "It is my main goal is to keep West Virginia's name out of the news on Election Day," she said. "West Virginia will run the election with the world watching or not.
Wheeling News-Register – May 10, 2008 04:04 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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WHEELING - The eyes of the political world will be on West Virginia on Tuesday, but Secretary of State Betty Ireland doesn't want the state's election process to be the focus on election night. "It is my main goal is to keep West Virginia's name out of the news on Election Day," she said. "West Virginia will run the election with the world watching or not.
Wheeling News-Register – May 10, 2008 04:04 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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Diageo consolidates Guinness operations
Diageo PLC will spend & 520-million ($1-billion) on a new brewery on the edge of Dublin. The London-based beer and spirits maker said yesterday it will renovate its historic, central Dublin brewery at St. James's Gate to supply Guinness drinkers in Britain and Ireland, but it will close two smaller breweries by 2013 and cut its Irish brewery work force by more than half. In five years time, when the new brewery opens and smaller ones at Kilkenny and Dundalk are closed, Diageo says its Irish brewing work force will be cut by 250 from its current 450. Chief executive officer Paul Walsh said the move had been prompted by efficiency gains and also to meet the growing export demand for Guinness. DGE (London) rose 13 pence to & 10.41 ($20.44).
The Globe and Mail – May 10, 2008 04:00 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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Diageo PLC will spend & 520-million ($1-billion) on a new brewery on the edge of Dublin. The London-based beer and spirits maker said yesterday it will renovate its historic, central Dublin brewery at St. James's Gate to supply Guinness drinkers in Britain and Ireland, but it will close two smaller breweries by 2013 and cut its Irish brewery work force by more than half. In five years time, when the new brewery opens and smaller ones at Kilkenny and Dundalk are closed, Diageo says its Irish brewing work force will be cut by 250 from its current 450. Chief executive officer Paul Walsh said the move had been prompted by efficiency gains and also to meet the growing export demand for Guinness. DGE (London) rose 13 pence to & 10.41 ($20.44).
The Globe and Mail – May 10, 2008 04:00 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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Leo Hickman visits Ireland's revolutionary eco-home
This is the future - and it's airtight. Leo Hickman visits Ireland's revolutionary eco-home
The Guardian – May 9, 2008 11:57 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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This is the future - and it's airtight. Leo Hickman visits Ireland's revolutionary eco-home
The Guardian – May 9, 2008 11:57 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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Ireland recall Bob Casey, but there's no cap
Bob Casey was recalled to the senior Irish squad for the first time in eight years, but the London Irish captain will still have to wait to win his first cap since that 2000 season.
Telegraph.co.uk – May 9, 2008 11:35 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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Bob Casey was recalled to the senior Irish squad for the first time in eight years, but the London Irish captain will still have to wait to win his first cap since that 2000 season.
Telegraph.co.uk – May 9, 2008 11:35 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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Games raise HMV above retail gloom
Booming demand for computer games has helped HMV to sidestep the gloom hanging over other high street retailers. HMV, the CDs, DVDs and games stores group that also includes the Waterstones books chain, yesterday reported double-digit sales growth over the latest quarter and predicted full-year profits would be at the top end of market expectations. Chief executive Simon Fox, said HMV UK and Ireland had "clearly benefited from a strong games market", which it continued to outpace. Over the last 16 weeks the games market was up 25% while HMV increased sales more than 40%, the company said. HMV's total like-for-like sales grew by 10.1% in the 16 weeks to April 26, and by 7.3% for the full year. Fox said that after stripping computer games out of the numbers, its like-for-like sales growth was still more than 8% in the 16 weeks. Although the overall music market has continued to decline and DVD sales are only slightly higher, HMV enjoyed strong gains thanks to advertising campaigns and in-store and online promotions, particularly for present-giving days such as Valentine's Day and Mother's Day. Looking ahead, HMV was confident that underlying pre-tax profits will be "towards the upper end of market expectations" of £46-58m. Fox flagged up a strong music line-up going into the autumn, including Madonna's recently released Hard Candy and new albums from Coldplay, the Zutons, Paul Weller, Oasis and Usher. In DVDs he singled out Sweeney Todd, Bee Movie, No Country for Old Men, Juno and There Will Be Blood. The IT factor Despite the credit crunch, a number of IT services companies have received bids in the past few months - including Civica, Anite and most recently, Intec Telecom. This has prompted investors to look around for the next targets. And there seem quite a few possibilities. According to analysts at Kaupthing, larger businesses in the sector could be interested in niche companies such as Axon, down 5.5p to 514.5p, and Detica, off 11p at 307p, while Phoenix IT, 11p lower at 317p, and Innovation,0.25p lower at 28.25p, might attract private equity bids because of their recurring revenues. Companies such as Serco or Pearson might snap up RM, which was steady at 210p, and which has a strong presence in the Building Schools for the Future programme and benefits from a significant number of long-term contracts. Higher up the food chain, the search engine specialist Autonomy, down 12.5p at 873.5p, could be a good buy for the likes of Microsoft, Oracle or Google, which would certainly be able to afford the £1.9bn price tag.
The Guardian – May 9, 2008 11:13 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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Booming demand for computer games has helped HMV to sidestep the gloom hanging over other high street retailers. HMV, the CDs, DVDs and games stores group that also includes the Waterstones books chain, yesterday reported double-digit sales growth over the latest quarter and predicted full-year profits would be at the top end of market expectations. Chief executive Simon Fox, said HMV UK and Ireland had "clearly benefited from a strong games market", which it continued to outpace. Over the last 16 weeks the games market was up 25% while HMV increased sales more than 40%, the company said. HMV's total like-for-like sales grew by 10.1% in the 16 weeks to April 26, and by 7.3% for the full year. Fox said that after stripping computer games out of the numbers, its like-for-like sales growth was still more than 8% in the 16 weeks. Although the overall music market has continued to decline and DVD sales are only slightly higher, HMV enjoyed strong gains thanks to advertising campaigns and in-store and online promotions, particularly for present-giving days such as Valentine's Day and Mother's Day. Looking ahead, HMV was confident that underlying pre-tax profits will be "towards the upper end of market expectations" of £46-58m. Fox flagged up a strong music line-up going into the autumn, including Madonna's recently released Hard Candy and new albums from Coldplay, the Zutons, Paul Weller, Oasis and Usher. In DVDs he singled out Sweeney Todd, Bee Movie, No Country for Old Men, Juno and There Will Be Blood. The IT factor Despite the credit crunch, a number of IT services companies have received bids in the past few months - including Civica, Anite and most recently, Intec Telecom. This has prompted investors to look around for the next targets. And there seem quite a few possibilities. According to analysts at Kaupthing, larger businesses in the sector could be interested in niche companies such as Axon, down 5.5p to 514.5p, and Detica, off 11p at 307p, while Phoenix IT, 11p lower at 317p, and Innovation,0.25p lower at 28.25p, might attract private equity bids because of their recurring revenues. Companies such as Serco or Pearson might snap up RM, which was steady at 210p, and which has a strong presence in the Building Schools for the Future programme and benefits from a significant number of long-term contracts. Higher up the food chain, the search engine specialist Autonomy, down 12.5p at 873.5p, could be a good buy for the likes of Microsoft, Oracle or Google, which would certainly be able to afford the £1.9bn price tag.
The Guardian – May 9, 2008 11:13 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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Renewed calls to harmonise tax rates across Ireland
The UK Government has rejected renewed calls to harmonise corporate tax rates across Ireland, a move that proponents claim would boost investment in the North.
The Independent – May 9, 2008 11:00 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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The UK Government has rejected renewed calls to harmonise corporate tax rates across Ireland, a move that proponents claim would boost investment in the North.
The Independent – May 9, 2008 11:00 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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Ireland name squad for Australia and NZ tour
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InsideOceania.com – May 9, 2008 6:45 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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InsideOceania.com – May 9, 2008 6:45 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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