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  • Elderly cyclist killed in collision with car Elderly cyclist killed in collision with car

    A man in his 80s has been killed in a road traffic accident in Co. Kildare. The man was riding a bicycle when he was struck by a car on the Dublin Road at Clane on Sunday afternoon. The driver of the car, reportedly in his twenties, attended Naas Garda Station for questioning but left the station on Sunday night without any charges being laid. A post-mortem is expected to be carried out on ...

  • Busy weekend for Enda Kenny in United States Busy weekend for Enda Kenny in United States

    Taoiseach Enda Kenny has spent the weekend in Boston, Massachusetts furthering the strength of U.S. -Ireland relations. The head of Ireland's government attended a function on Saturday at the JFK Library to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of President Kennedy's 1963 visit to Ireland At the ceremony Kenny addressed an audience of U.S. lawmakers and representatives of the business ...

  • Kevin OBrien says no specific plans against Pak spinner Saeed Ajmal

    Irish all-rounder Kevin O'Brien, whose team will face Pakistan in the upcoming two ODI series at home, has said that Saeed Ajmal is a "tricky customer" as well as "one of the best spinners in the world", but have admitted that they have no specific plans on how to tackle Ajmal in the upcoming matches. The 29 year-old, who was also part of the side that knocked Pakistan out of the 2007 World Cup ...

  • Actavis buying Warner Chilcott in $8.5bn deal Actavis buying Warner Chilcott in $8.5bn deal

    WASHINGTON/ DUBLIN - Actavis Inc, the largest US generic drug maker by market value, is acquiring Dublin-based Warner Chilcott in a deal worth $8.5billion (5.6billion pounds) including $3billion net debt, to create the third-biggest specialty pharmaceutical company in the country. Under the deal, Actavis, which itself has been the subject of bid speculation, would be offering $5billion in ...

  • Second ex-Irish player to Cincy

    Another former Notre Dame player has decided to finish his football career at Cincinnati, as tight end Jake Golic has decided to play for the Bearcats, Golic’s father Mike announced today on his ESPN radio show "Mike and Mike." The 6-4, 245-pound Connecticut native earned his undergraduate degree from Notre Dame and will be eligible to play immediately for Cincinnati, where he ...


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Affliction

Paul Schrader's "Affliction" is a powerful, bleak family drama about a son's tragic inability to not become his father. Set in the bitter cold of the wintry deer hunting season in Lawford, New Hampshire, "Affliction" is filled with harsh themes of generational violence, the male dominance over women, the businessman's dominance over the blue collar worker, alcoholism, and child abuse. As a w ... ...

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  • Irish researcher wins major international award

    The Grand Prix Scientifique is given by the Institute de France to recognise major achievements in research. FitzGerald, originally from Dublin, and Dr Patrono share the EUR500,000 prize for their development of low-dose aspirin as a treatment for the prevention of cardiovascular ...

  • Scientists use DNA to finger culprit in historic Irish potato famine

    A potato leaf specimen from the Kew Garden herbarium, collected in 1847, during the height of the Irish famine. Credit: Marco Thines/Senckenberg Gesellschaft fr ...

  • Analysis Eyes on Apples Irish base

    While the mechanics of Apple’s international tax strategy – in which Ireland plays a key role – is a little clearer following CEO Tim Cook’s appearance before a US Senate hearing, the rights and wrongs of it are still hotly contested. Before Cook had even taken his seat before the panel of politicians, Senator John McCain made clear his opinion by declaring that Apple ...

  • Apple CEO Tim Cook grilled on Irish tax scandal

    Apple CEO Tim Cook will face questions from U.S. lawmakers Tuesday about how his company managed to keep its tax burden so low in Ireland. (Robert ...

  • Apple’s Irish tax strategy explained- Apples CEO faces Senate questions on taxes

    Tim Cook, Apple's chief executive, and Peter Oppenheimer, chief financial officer, are expected to testify before the U.S. Senate Permanent Subcommittee today to dispute the findings of a new Senate report on its tax strategies. A new Senate report alleges that Apple ...

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