Merkel, Obama, Clinton, Gates: here’s who topped the list of most powerful women

thejournal.ie 1 hour ago

The Forbes list of the world’s most powerful women ranks them by money, media presence and impact. Here’s who’s in.

 
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Barbaric scenes on London street as soldier beheaded in terrorist attack

independent.ie 3 hours ago

Shoppers on a busy London street looked on in horror as two men brandishing meat cleavers hacked an off-duty soldier "like a piece of meat" in broad daylight.

 
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Amnesty International: ‘Abortion laws out of line with international human rights standards’

thejournal.ie 47 mins ago

Unless rape, incest, risk to a woman’s health and fatal foetal abnormality are included in Ireland’s abortion law, Amnesty International’s 2013 report notes Ireland is off base.

 
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SIPTU executive to discuss new Croke Park 2 deal

breakingnews.ie 40 mins ago

The National Executive of SIPTU will meet today to discuss the proposals that emerged from the Labour Relations Commission on the Croke Park 2 deal earlier this week.

 
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Swedishness

broadsheet.ie 45 mins ago

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8_7yPocGPg In case you missed it: the utterly brilliant mockumentary about Sweden (aired during last weekend's Eurovision)

 
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Column: How to deal with your bank if you’re in mortgage arrears or pre arrears

thejournal.ie 1 hour ago

If you are barely keeping your head above water with the banks, David Hall has some crucial advice about what your options are.

 
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Well, We Didn't See This Coming! One Of The World's Biggest Rock Stars Was From Cork?

her.ie 12 hours ago

Kurt Cobain, the lead singer of Nirvana, revealed in an interview that he believes he was from Cork.

 
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Religious control of schools is neither tolerant nor inclusive

irishtimes.com 6 hours ago

Opinion: Many of my peers have a blind spot and display much hypocrisy when it comes to the Catholic Church

 
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The score.ie

independent.ie 1 hour ago

The Independent would like to apologise to thescore.ie for reproducing a substantial part of its content in an article entitled “Pilkington named in squad but Dunne still missing” which

 
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Cleary backs young guns to step up

irishexaminer.com 5 hours ago

Cork U21 football manager John Cleary does not feel Damien Cahalane or Brian Hurley would be overawed by making the step up to senior championship football.

 
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Creches are probed by gardai, HSE over claims children mishandled

independent.ie 3 hours ago

A CHILDCARE worker has been fired and five others suspended amid allegations that children were mishandled and subjected to poor-quality care at three creches.

 
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Up to 4,500 jobs unfilled due to skills shortage in IT

independent.ie 3 hours ago

UP to 4,500 jobs are currently going unfilled in Ireland, and 10,000 more potential jobs are under threat in the short term, thanks to this country's IT sector skills shortage, a startl

 
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Man, 80, oldest to climb Everest - Independent.ie

independent.ie 3 hours ago

Eighty-year-old Japanese mountaineer Yuichiro Miura has become the oldest man to reach the top of Mount Everest.

 
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Two people shot in London after machete attack

irishtimes.com 15 hours ago

Armed police responded to vicous attack in which victim reportedly decapitated

 
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Authorities respond to ‘serious’ incident in London

irishtimes.com 16 hours ago

Broadcaster said reports received that person had been decapitated in attack

 
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Atrocity plays out on social media

independent.ie 3 hours ago

EMERGENCY services were called to the scene of the Woolwich attack at 2.20pm, and within 30 minutes the incident was setting social media alight.

 
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Scientists link autism with lack of gut bacteria

irishexaminer.com 22 May

Mice raised without bacteria in the gut showed distinctly autistic patterns of behaviour, choosing to interact with objects more than other mice, scientists at University College Cork (UCC) have...

 
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Micro chipping of dogs to be mandatory by 2015

rte.ie 15 hours ago

A bill that provides for micro chipping of all dogs by 2015 has passed through the Oireachtas.

 
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Judge lifts ban on naming ex-priest Bill Carney accused of historic child sex abuse - Independent.ie

independent.ie 15 hours ago

A FORMER priest awaiting trial on historic child sex abuse charges does not have the right to anonymity, a judge held today.

 
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Sunny Kate welcomes guests to bash

independent.ie 3 hours ago

KATE Windsor, the Duchess of Cambridge, was on hand to welcome Olympians, Paralympians and officials from the 2012 London Games to the first Buckingham Palace garden party of the summer

 
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Women on Air welcomed at RTÉ

irishtimes.com 6 hours ago

Broadcaster holds confidence-boosting training event for female experts

 
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I don't care if Aussies target me, insists HealyRUGBY - Independent.ie

independent.ie 3 hours ago

Cian Healy says he is ready for any Australian intimidation that may come his way on this summer's Lions tour after admitting that he is just thankful to be on the plane after a ban for

 
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The world’s wealthy ‘could be hiding €707 billion in Ireland’

thejournal.ie 10 hours ago

Oxfam says we shouldn’t just focus on companies: the world’s wealthy could have billions stashed away here.

 
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Work on your chest for overall balance - Independent.ie

independent.ie 3 hours ago

It's funny how it's not until you see some definition in your chest muscles that you realise how important it is to work your chest.

 
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Women who had medical terminations to share experiences with TDs

thejournal.ie 2 hours ago

TFMR will gather at Leinster House this afternoon.

 
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Pic: Here's the special 'Mind Our Men' jersey Dublin will wear in the Championship

joe.ie 11 hours ago

For their Championship opener against Westmeath, Dublin will wear a special shirt with a very important message from suicide awareness group Pieta House.

 
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So it seems Kurt Cobain was from Cork

joe.ie 13 hours ago

Michael Collins, Roy Keane, Teddy McCarthy and now you can add the name of Kurt Cobain to the list of famous sons of Cork.

 
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Did Pope Francis really perform an exorcism? The devil's in the detail - Independent.ie

independent.ie 3 hours ago

SO, did he or didn't he? The image of Pope Francis intently praying over a young man with a disability in St Peter's Square at the weekend has caused endless speculation. As the Pontiff

 
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Thousands of Great Hunger victims who died in Staten Island quarantine remembered

irishcentral.com 20 hours ago

Thousands of Great Hunger victims who died in Staten Island quarantine remembered

 
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Building collapse causes revealed

independent.ie 2 hours ago

A government investigation found poor quality construction materials and building code violations were among the "series of irregularities" that caused the collapse of a build

 
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Boost for IVF couples as new technology set to reduce costs

independent.ie 3 hours ago

THE cost to Irish couples of undergoing IVF treatment is expected to fall following the availability of ground-breaking new technology.

 
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Taoiseach conducts formal talks with tobacco indstry

irishtimes.com 6 hours ago

Industry figures call on Government to reject proposals to ban menthol and roll-your-own products.

 
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'Crack film' mayor loses coach job

independent.ie 4 hours ago

Troubled Toronto mayor Rob Ford, at the centre of a scandal over a video allegedly showing the leader of Canada's largest city smoking crack cocaine, has been sacked from his job as foo

 
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