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Paying toilets onboard in Ryan airlines, just to lower the flight fares
Region: Ireland
Dublin: The top European budget air carrier, Ryan airlines chief suggested that the future passengers might be obliged to insert a British pound coin for access to the lavatory to get some in-flight relief. He said that installing pay toilets would lower ticket costs make flying, somehow, easier for all. It seems a bit strange when the nature calls at 30, 000 feet, and a wee price is 1 Bri... more
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Will India Internationalize Sri Lakan Tamil Case?
Region: IrelandThe Forum for Welfare and Rights of Lankan Tamils is a new initiative taken up by the ruling DMK government in Tamil Nadu to ensure an honorable settlement of Tamil question in Sri Lanka. The Forum for Welfare and Rights of Lankan Tamils comprises several parties, including the ruling DMK's main ally the Congress. This forum’s aim is to pressurize the Union government to internationalize the sufferings of the ... more
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UFC 93: Franklin vs. Henderson Preveiw
Region: Ireland
On January 17, 2009 live from O2 arena in Ireland the UFC will present UFC 93: Franklin vs. Henderson. The card include several former world champions looking to get back on track and attempting to get a title shot against the new light heavy champion Rashad Evens. This card also includes on the return of a UFC hall of fame Inductees Mark Coleman. Franklin vs. Henderson Rich “Ace” Fr... more
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Irish Preschools Fight Back Against Copyright Bill
Region: Ireland
In what many agree to be a bad public relations move, the Motion Picture Licensing Company (MPLC) in Ireland has tried to charge 2,500 preschools for licenses to show cartoons and movies to toddlers. The MPLC sells licenses for the movie industry to users who want to screen a movie beyond a family setting. Without such a license, it would be generally illegal for individuals or businesses to show a movie publicly w... more
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Dom Mee Little Murka Wreckage Video
Region: Ireland
Video footage of one man's struggle aboard a small kite boat, the Little Murka, during a hurricane has surfaced in Ireland. Sailor Dom Mee attempted to sail the Little Murka from Canada to England in the summer of 2005 and ran into what was one of the worst hurricanes recorded in the North Atlantic. His 14 foot boat capsized a number of times and the cabin filled with water. Dom Mee survived the ordeal... more
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Hillary Annexes the Holy Land (of Ireland)
Region: Ireland
The Lefties are in love with not only their own reflections in the water, but with their own fairy tale renderings of history. This has been made clear in countless ways throughout what the rest of us call factual history. For instance, the Lefty Fascists now insist—and insist adamantly—that fascism is the domain of the Right. Just as they have long insisted—and this was before the coming to power... more
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English Premier League
Region: IrelandEnglish Premier League With most teams having played three games, with the notable exceptions of Liverpool and Arsenel who have only played two, the English Premier League season is well and truly up and running. Yesterday’s matches saw Liverpool versus Chelsea, whilst Manchester City entertained fierce local rivals and current champions, Manchester United. It is fair to say that United have had a poor... more
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Green Party form government in Ireland
Region: Ireland
After twenty-six years in the political wilderness Ireland’s Green Party have finally succumbed to the lure of political office. Born on the 3rd of December, 1981, in Dublin’s Central Hotel, the party formerly known as the Ecology Party of Ireland (EPI) was formed by school teacher Christopher Fettes at a meeting attended by no more than eighty curious onlookers. Although they had an inauspicious star... more
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Mother Russia Scolds Naughty Uncle Sam… By Threatening Europe?
Region: IrelandThe British and Irish media have been awash with talk today of a return to the cold war era where espionage ruled the day and school children were frequently drilled in the art of diving under their desks for cover in order to aid their survival in the event of a nuclear strike. President Putin’s threat to point missiles at Europe in retaliation for the US placing defence shields in Poland and the Czech Republic ... more
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Historic third term looms for Irish PM
Region: IrelandLet the horse trading begin. The electorate in the Republic of Ireland have sent a message of support to the Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern in a manner few had envisaged. Those of you who read my pre-election article will be aware that this ground reporter called it just as it turned out. But enough about me, in what turned out to be a pretty clear cut endorsement of his premiership over the past ten years, the PM&r... more
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