Thursday 23 May, 2013
Dublin, you looked beautiful tonight.
Sleep. Delicious sleep.
The match, which features only players from their respective domestic championships, had to be called off.
Day eight of the Games was as absorbing as ever, though it held plenty of disappointment for Irish athletes.
Gas company cut off the supply over a €7,000 debt.
Guess who is up his own jumper.
Charlie Flanagan has written to the Transport Minister suggesting that motorway lights could be switched off overnight to save money and energy.
The ESB has said that it was a transformer failure that caused the outage on Sunday. Amazon’s backup generators failed after the power cut.
Co-founder says they knew the rent on the cinema would be doubled, but that the failure to develop the Smithfield area made business impossible.
AT A HIGH-profile US Senate meeting, technology giant Apple was accused of using Ireland as a ‘tax haven’.
The multinational firm, which employs 4,000 people in Ireland, reportedly avoided paying €34 billion in US taxes by negotiating a tax rate of less than 2 per cent with the Irish government – significantly lower than that nation’s 12.5 per cent statutory rate.
The Senate heard that American children are losing out on education because Apple is transferring profits to Irish subsidiaries.
However, the Taoiseach Enda Kenny has denied that Ireland is a tax haven and rejected claims that authorities had negotiated deals with multi-national companies.
So, today we want to know, what do you think? Should Ireland be tougher on multi-national companies when it comes to tax?
Poll Results:
Sun and clouds with a couple of showers
Max: 11 °C
Min: 4 °C
Times of clouds and sun
Max: 13 °C
Min: 3 °C
Mostly cloudy with afternoon rain
Max: 15 °C
Min: 7 °C
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Emergency meetings after soldier ‘decapitated’ in London machete attack |
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Which county has the lowest disposable income per person? |
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Donegal man charged with 1982 Hyde Park attack |
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Finally: The inventor of the GIF explains how to pronounce it |
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Aer Arann buys €144 million worth of aircraft and announces 50 jobs |
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RTE stars paid “too much” says station boss |
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