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By Mark Malone and Andy Storey. Michael Noonan could have “walked on water across the Liffey” to the recent Fine Gael Árd Fheis. That was the view of one political commentator on RTÉ, following the “miracle” the Finance Minister had performed in relation to the Anglo Irish Bank promissory note, due for payment that day. […]
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Among all the column inches given to the abortion debate in Ireland in recent months, the most bizarre opinion is that a pregnant woman whose life is at risk will get all the support and care that she requires within this State. More than 5,000 women called the Irish Family Planning Association (IFPA)’s helpline in […]
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VILLAGER May-June 2012
Bono as bauble Bono was asked to meet Prince Waleed bin Talal, a member of the Saudi royal family, on his yacht in the south of France by Derek Quinlan when he wanted to finalise a £230m deal to sell the poshest hotels in London, the High Court there has been told. Bono clearly added […]
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Pádraig Ó Ríordáin, a partner with Arthur Cox solicitors, is recent governments’ go-to lawyer for finance and now aviation. After a seven-month search by Fine Gael’s scrupulous Minister for Transport, Leo Varadkar, the appointment, over the becalmed Christmas period, of high-flyer Pádraig Ó Ríordáin to the role of chairman of the Dublin Airport Authority (DAA) […]
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Dirty laundering
Diesel laundering is lucrative but filthy and dangerous and could easily be stopped
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Buccaneers
The Treasury boys once had little Dublin at their feet