6 Sep 2008 at 4:21am You couldn't call Brian Cowen a slacker. Work, work, work, was the theme of his first summer as Taoiseach, with barely a pause for fun. He'd a few laughs, of course, especially when he sang on RTE Radio 1's Céilí House while the Fleadh Ceoil was in ...
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6 Sep 2008 at 4:07am Share THE TDs were certainly very excited about their return to the Dail. However, even as the Fifth Column, who actually prefers the place when they're not around (it's so much tidier), was buried in an avalanche of 'back to school' cliches, it was ...
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6 Sep 2008 at 1:58am First comments on the analysis conducted for the Government into the result of the Lisbon referendum are in today's Irish Times here . Fears of conscription appears to one of the major factors in the No vote. That re-negotiation might not be that ...
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2 Sep 2008 at 7:57pm Jimmy Buffet and the Coral Reefer Band, Sept. 4 and Sept. 6, 8 p.m., The Comcast Center, Mansfield. $29, $89, $129. 508-931-2000 or www.livenation.com . Citizen Jane Farewell, Sept. 5, 7 p.m., Steve's Backstage Pass, 15 School St., Taunton. Playing ...
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31 Aug 2008 at 7:59pm ADDASI, Maha . The White Nights of Ramadan . illus. by Ned Gannon. unpaged. glossary. Boyds Mills . 2008. RTE $16.95. ISBN 978-1-59078-523-2 . LC number unavailable. Gr 1?4? This story is centered around Girgian , a Muslim celebration observed ...
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30 Aug 2008 at 7:53pm We reported last week from the campaign trail about Sen. John McCain's visit to Newport Beach, prompting one Chronicle reader to pose a question about our item: Were the maxed-out donors to the McCain campaign -- developer John Hagested and his wife ...
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27 Aug 2008 at 7:28pm But fears are being voiced this week that those very same undocumented will be left out of a possible bilateral visa deal between the U.S. and Ireland. The idea of a bilateral has been stirring for the past couple of years but has risen to greater ...
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