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<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Aaron McKenna: It’s time for a conversation about how local government spends our money]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/aaron-mckenna-its-time-for-a-conversation-about-how-local-government-spends-our-money-923837-May2013/" ></link>
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<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The notion that cutting local government spending wouldn’t save the country or bring justice to bankers, and therefore it shouldn’t be touched at all, is a logical fallacy, writes Aaron McKenna. ]]></summary>
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<author><name>Aaron McKenna</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/aaron-mckenna/</url>
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<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Column: EU unity is little more than fiction in the wake of Cyprus being hung out to dry]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/eu-unity-cyprus-ireland-848806-Mar2013/" ></link>
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<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/eu-unity-cyprus-ireland-848806-Mar2013/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-06-19T16:38:00+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The Cypriot case demonstrates that the European authorities are now prepared to cross the rubicon into the appropriation of deposits. It seems clear that this crisis has seen the Eurozone enter a new and dangerous phase, writes John O’Brennan. ]]></summary>
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<author><name>John O'Brennan</name>
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<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Column: Ireland has the worst managed healthcare system in the developed world]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/column-ireland-has-the-worst-managed-healthcare-system-in-the-developed-world-810328-Feb2013/" ></link>
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<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/column-ireland-has-the-worst-managed-healthcare-system-in-the-developed-world-810328-Feb2013/#comments</link>
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<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[While Ireland does not have the worst quality of healthcare, it is run by technically deficient, medically illiterate bureaucrats, says Professor John Crown. What healthcare model should we be looking to?]]></summary>
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<author><name>John Crown</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/john-crown/</url>
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<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Aaron McKenna: Our nearest neighbour may leave the EU. Here’s why.]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/uk-eu-exit-759855-Jan2013/" ></link>
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<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/uk-eu-exit-759855-Jan2013/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-06-19T16:38:00+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The bureaucracy, waste and profligacy of the EU repulses many people, writes Aaron McKenna – so is it any surprise the UK might want to exit?]]></summary>
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<author><name>Aaron McKenna</name>
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<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Column: My dealings with the Syrian government]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/column-my-dealings-with-the-syrian-government-511306-Jul2012/" ></link>
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<updated>2013-06-19T16:38:00+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Stephen Starr is an Irish journalist who lived in Syria for five years. Here he recalls his encounter with low-level government officials.]]></summary>
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<author><name>Stephen Starr</name>
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<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Column: Extreme poverty is right in front of us – and what are we doing?]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/column-extreme-poverty-is-right-in-front-of-us-%e2%80%93-and-what-are-we-doing-454529-May2012/" ></link>
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<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/column-extreme-poverty-is-right-in-front-of-us-%e2%80%93-and-what-are-we-doing-454529-May2012/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-06-19T16:38:00+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[One in five children go to bed hungry, yet State safety nets are actually being taken away, writes Sr Stanislaus Kennedy.]]></summary>
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<author><name>Sr Stanislaus Kennedy</name>
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<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Column: Emigrated? Well, good luck coming home again…]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/column-emigrated-well-good-luck-coming-home-again%e2%80%a6-220119-Sep2011/" ></link>
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<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/column-emigrated-well-good-luck-coming-home-again%e2%80%a6-220119-Sep2011/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-06-19T16:38:00+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Sinead Moran came back to Ireland from Australia – and met a wall of hostile bureaucracy. She writes about her experiences.]]></summary>
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<author><name>Sinead Moran</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/sinead-moran/</url>
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<title type="html" ><![CDATA[FAI to appeal Andorra decision to UEFA]]></title>
<link href="http://thescore.thejournal.ie/fai-to-appeal-andorra-decision-to-uefa-210764-Aug2011/" ></link>
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<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://thescore.thejournal.ie/fai-to-appeal-andorra-decision-to-uefa-210764-Aug2011/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-06-19T16:38:00+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Unhappy with UEFA’s refusal to play Ireland’s European Championships Group B qualifier with Andorra in Barcelona, the FAI have decided to appeal the decision.]]></summary>
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<author><name>Conor Nagle</name>
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<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Cuts to ‘red tape’ could save businesses up to €5m a year]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/red-tape-richard-bruton-audit-eu-limit-levels-government-199070-Aug2011/" ></link>
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<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/red-tape-richard-bruton-audit-eu-limit-levels-government-199070-Aug2011/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-06-19T16:38:00+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Richard Bruton raises the income limits at which businesses need to be audited, cutting down on administration costs.]]></summary>
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<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/gavan-reilly/</url>
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<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[The Bluffer’s Guide to… the World Cup 2014 preliminary draw]]></title>
<link href="http://thescore.thejournal.ie/the-bluffers-guide-to-the-world-cup-2014-preliminary-draw-186955-Jul2011/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:e6b3f50f-142f-4dd8-16c5-f01816783cf4</id>
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<updated>2013-06-19T16:38:00+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[FIFA will give the World Cup 2014 monolith a starting push in Brazil on Saturday by making the draw for the qualification stage of the competition. Our easy-to-follow guide cuts the corporate gibberish into manageable, bite-size portions. ]]></summary>
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<author><name>Conor Nagle</name>
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