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The Centre for Cross Border Studies Yearbook - Year 6
The Centre for Cross Border Studies, now in its 6th Year of operation, has had another busy and productive twelve months. Under the leadership of director Andy Pollak, the Centre’s expanded team has taken on a range of new challenges. These range from a major…
Author: The Centre for Cross Border Studies
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Taking care of our elderly is a priority
by Paul Mulholland The Irish Geronto-logical Society re-cently held its Annual Scientific Meeting highlighting new developments in research into ageing in Ireland. President of the Society, Prof Des O’Neill hailed the range and quality of the research presented, which included a study on the use…
Author: Irish Medical News
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Rich pickings in an overlong, authorised biography of a billionaire investor
BOOK OF THE DAY: The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life by Alice Schroeder Bloomsbury 960pp, £25 reviewed by CONOR O’CLERY THIS IS the second major biography of Warren Buffett, whose net worth was recently estimated at US$62 billion, but the first which…
Author: Irish Times
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Agencies warn Government on budget cuts
by ALISON HEALY FIVE AGENCIES representing people with intellectual disabilities have warned the Government that the funding situation for the sector is “already dire” and they have cautioned against further budget cuts. In another development, the Carers’ Association said that if carers were not adequately…
Author: Irish Times
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Plan to integrate key public services for poorer families
by Niall Murray EDUCATION, health and welfare services may be more closely linked to provide an integrated service for poorer families under plans being considered by Education Minister Batt O’Keeffe. However, he has ruled out any merging of health and education agencies, even though the…
Author: Irish Examiner
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President McAleese launches 'Preparing for Life'
A unique early intervention programme which provides services to support parents to ensure that a child is ready for school on a social and emotional level will be launched today by President Mary McAleese at the Darndale and Belcamp Village Centre. Co-ordinated by the Northside…
Author: Northside Partnership
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IRA army council 'redundant'
by DAN KEENAN THE IRA army council is neither functional nor operational and poses no threat to constitutional politics now or in the future, the Independent Monitoring Commission (IMC) has reported. However, the DUP is pushing for further assurances before accepting that devolution of justice…
Author: The Irish Times
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Group to lobby for right to wear hijab
by PATSY McGARRY A NEWLY formed Muslim group has been set up to help ensure the continued rights of Muslim women to wear the hijab in Ireland. The Irish Hijab Campaign will lobby for legislation to protect and support those wearing the hijab. It hopes…
Author: The Irish Times
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Woman (74) wins age bias case over refusal of car loan
Original Source by ALISON HEALY A 74-YEAR-OLD woman who has won an age discrimination case against Ulster Bank has encouraged all older people to challenge discrimination when they encounter it. Phyllis Fahey from Rathfarnham, Dublin was refused a car loan from Ulster Bank’s Maynooth branch…
Author: The Irish Times
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DUP warning fuels threat to power sharing
by Henry McDonald The looming threat to power sharing in Northern Ireland deepened yesterday after the first minister, Peter Robinson, warned that the IRA army council has to be dissolved before policing and justice is devolved to the Stormont assembly. The Democratic Unionist leader was…
Author: The Guardian (London)