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<title type="html" ><![CDATA[TheJournal.ie]]></title>
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<updated>2013-05-22T02:31:19+01:00</updated>
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<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Column: Straight talk on Bosnia has been sadly lacking during Ireland’s EU presidency]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/bosnia-irish-presidency-881229-Apr2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:85946c3d-db00-5077-a6c2-82cbfb409dcd</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/bosnia-irish-presidency-881229-Apr2013/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-22T02:31:19+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Ireland can no longer afford, financially or morally, to go along with the EU’s current hopeless policy in Bosnia. Now is an opportune time for a fundamental rethink of how the EU should deal with the political situation there, writes Patrick Nulty. ]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="BUREACRACY" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="column" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Eamon Gilmore" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="EU" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="EU membership" />
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Labour TD" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Opinion" />
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<author><name>Patrick Nulty</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/patrick-nulty/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Video: How’s 2013 been so far? Here’s what Fine Gael thinks… ]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/fine-gael-party-video-2013-so-far-867893-Apr2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:0340f368-2d14-eb44-2eda-07febc6bb147</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/fine-gael-party-video-2013-so-far-867893-Apr2013/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-22T02:31:19+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The party has released a short video putting a positive spin on events so far this year… ]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="eu presidency" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Fine Gael" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Meath East by-election" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Politics" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="So far" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="The Year So Far" />
<author><name>Hugh O'Connell</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/hugh-o'connell/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Column: The EU need not look beyond its own borders to see widespread poverty]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/poverty-in-ireland-850194-Apr2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:491f5719-2a09-4fc5-5ee2-08476ba4ddee</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/poverty-in-ireland-850194-Apr2013/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-22T02:31:19+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[At 38 per cent, Ireland has the highest rate of children at risk of poverty in Western Europe. But, far from protecting the vulnerable, the government has introduced austerity measures that mean the rich get richer, writes Richard Manton.]]></summary>
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<author><name>Richard Manton</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/richard-manton/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Column: Should we increase school inspections? ]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/column-should-we-increase-school-inspections-844880-Mar2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:808e5cd3-7eac-e7e5-a4dc-0ae81661873c</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/column-should-we-increase-school-inspections-844880-Mar2013/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-22T02:31:19+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The reality is that inspections only offer a momentary window into a teacher’s classroom as an educator. I would challenge the very notion that increasing inspections and appraisals is necessary to help develop better education standards, writes Aodhán Ó Ríordáin.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Education" />
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Teachers" />
<author><name>Aodhán Ó Ríordáin </name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/aodhán-Ó-ríordáin-/</url>
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<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[400 events promoting Irish arts organised across Europe for Ireland’s EU Presidency ]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/400-events-promoting-irish-arts-organised-across-europe-for-ireland%e2%80%99s-eu-presidency-832622-Mar2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:df642262-d470-dd36-0e3b-3661a2df9f14</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/400-events-promoting-irish-arts-organised-across-europe-for-ireland%e2%80%99s-eu-presidency-832622-Mar2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/400-events-promoting-irish-arts-organised-across-europe-for-ireland%e2%80%99s-eu-presidency-832622-Mar2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-22T02:31:19+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Hundreds of events are taking place across all Member States of the European Union to help promote Irish culture during the country’s EU Presidency. ]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="arts heritage and the gaeltacht" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Council of the EU" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Culture" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="eu presidency" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Jimmy Deenihan" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="St Patrick’s Day" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Theatre" />
<author><name>Jennifer Wade</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/jennifer-wade/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Meeting of European finance chairmen to discuss life after the crisis]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/meeting-of-european-finance-chairmen-to-discuss-life-after-the-crisis-805693-Feb2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:4492c229-0329-39df-60a8-9463a56ca146</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/meeting-of-european-finance-chairmen-to-discuss-life-after-the-crisis-805693-Feb2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/meeting-of-european-finance-chairmen-to-discuss-life-after-the-crisis-805693-Feb2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-22T02:31:19+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Labour’s Ciarán Lynch will today chair a meeting of the chairs of the Finance Committees of each of the 27 EU states.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="eu presidency" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="EU2013" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="European Union" />
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Oireachtas" />
<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/gavan-reilly/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[In pictures: Michael D Higgins meets President Hollande in Paris ]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/michael-d-higgins-paris-france-hollande-800667-Feb2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:d3903f33-8da5-25a8-dfc2-b6bf81ea72b2</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/michael-d-higgins-paris-france-hollande-800667-Feb2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/michael-d-higgins-paris-france-hollande-800667-Feb2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-22T02:31:19+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Lovely weather they’re having in France…. ]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="France" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Francois Hollande" />
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Michael D" />
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<author><name>Hugh O'Connell</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/hugh-o'connell/</url>
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</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[7 things Ireland has done in the first 50 days of its EU presidency]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/7-things-ireland-has-done-in-the-first-50-days-of-its-eu-presidency-800341-Feb2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:1bf6a590-6245-0903-db94-e474f93cd4a3</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/7-things-ireland-has-done-in-the-first-50-days-of-its-eu-presidency-800341-Feb2013/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-22T02:31:19+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[It’s February 19 – and the 50th day of Ireland’s tenure at the helm of the Council of the European Union.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Catherine Ashton" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Council of the EU" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Council of the European Union" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="EU Budget" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="eu presidency" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="EU2013" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="European Council" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="European Union" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Financial transaction tax" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="free trade" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Herman Van Rompuy" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Horse Meat" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Mali" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Unified Patent COurt" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Youth Unemployment" />
<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/gavan-reilly/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Economic crisis has underlined the ‘critical importance’ of the welfare state – Burton]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/economic-crisis-has-underlined-the-critical-importance-of-the-welfare-state-burton-782595-Feb2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:bf66722e-3cd0-2f22-882e-39e88d96d039</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/economic-crisis-has-underlined-the-critical-importance-of-the-welfare-state-burton-782595-Feb2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/economic-crisis-has-underlined-the-critical-importance-of-the-welfare-state-burton-782595-Feb2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-22T02:31:19+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The Minister for Social Protection said that without welfare payment, “millions of families across the EU would literally be left with nothing”.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="EU" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="eu presidency" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Irish Countrywomen’s Association" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Social Protection" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Unemployment" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Welfare" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Youth Unemployment" />
<author><name>Jennifer Wade</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/jennifer-wade/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[The Evening Fix…now with added fake Monopoly boards]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/evening-fix-abortion-gardai-oireachtas-745654-Jan2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:d01e1c1b-b5bd-442c-b6f5-02cf7813513d</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/evening-fix-abortion-gardai-oireachtas-745654-Jan2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/evening-fix-abortion-gardai-oireachtas-745654-Jan2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-22T02:31:19+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Here are the things we learned, loved and shared today. ]]></summary>
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<author><name>Sinead O'Carroll</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/sinead-o'carroll/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Free Audis ‘only used to bring ministers to hotels’ during EU Presidency ]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/eu-presidency-audi-bus-745247-Jan2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:9bdb0b06-ca43-2add-9c7f-d0cf8ce4b2b4</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/eu-presidency-audi-bus-745247-Jan2013/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-22T02:31:19+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Ministers will be brought to their hotels by car for security reasons, but will join their colleagues on buses after that. ]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Cars" />
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="donated" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="EU" />
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Ministers" />
<author><name>Aoife Barry</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/aoife-barry/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Back to work: Here are the stories you missed over Christmas and New Year]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/back-to-work-news-round-up-christmas-new-year-739422-Jan2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:a93f88a5-0f1c-cb04-fba3-9239ed1568ff</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/back-to-work-news-round-up-christmas-new-year-739422-Jan2013/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-22T02:31:19+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Many of us are returning to work for the first time tomorrow following the festive period. Here is a round-up of the news stories you may have missed. You are welcome. ]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Charlie Haughey" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Christopher Warren" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Dáil" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Dennis O'Driscoll" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="eu presidency" />
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Jason McGovern" />
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Mary Kate Byrne" />
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Sean Quinn" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Shane McEntee" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="St Luke's Bertie Ahern" />
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Syria" />
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Visas" />
<author><name>Hugh O'Connell</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/hugh-o'connell/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Leo Varadkar has a 20-point plan for 2013]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/leo-varadkar-20-point-plan-738116-Jan2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:4fdfc14f-bb6d-6012-33cf-979c31fbf820</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/leo-varadkar-20-point-plan-738116-Jan2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/leo-varadkar-20-point-plan-738116-Jan2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-22T02:31:19+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The Minister for Transport wants five new Acts, a new road safety strategy, a Luas connection and an independent Shannon.]]></summary>
<link rel="enclosure"  type="image/jpg"  href="http://s1.jrnl.ie/media/2013/01/leo-varadkar-gathering-ireland-ireland-230x150.jpg" />
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="eu presidency" />
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Irish Rail" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Luas" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="National Sports Campus" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Ports" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Road Safety" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Roads" />
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Sport" />
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<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/gavan-reilly/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Explainer: A crash course on Ireland’s presidency of the EU]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/ireland-eu-presidency-explainer-737271-Jan2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:f76a8575-7cda-e9b6-1ba5-16b9955c28bc</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/ireland-eu-presidency-explainer-737271-Jan2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/ireland-eu-presidency-explainer-737271-Jan2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-22T02:31:19+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Ireland’s six-month stint running the Council of the European Union starts today. So what’s involved?]]></summary>
<link rel="enclosure"  type="image/jpg"  href="http://s1.jrnl.ie/media/2013/01/bertie-ahern-ireland-european-union-presidency-230x150.jpg" />
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Council of the EU" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Council of the European Union" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="eu presidency" />
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="European Union" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Herman Van Rompuy" />
<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/gavan-reilly/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Poll: Does Ireland’s EU presidency matter to you?]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/poll-ireland-eu-presidency-736876-Jan2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:0e1cae2f-8812-a198-5a3f-59699c0c1cfa</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/poll-ireland-eu-presidency-736876-Jan2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/poll-ireland-eu-presidency-736876-Jan2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-22T02:31:19+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Ireland formally begins its six-month stint leading the Council of the EU today. How do you feel about it?]]></summary>
<link rel="enclosure"  type="image/jpg"  href="http://s1.jrnl.ie/media/2013/01/ireland-eu-flags-3-230x150.jpg" />
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="eu presidency" />
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="European Union" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Poll" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Your Say" />
<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/gavan-reilly/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Ireland’s EU Presidency is an opportunity to end world poverty]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/ireland%e2%80%99s-eu-presidency-opportunity-to-end-world-poverty-736018-Jan2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:0ffa5cce-9827-4cb8-a276-159e5e473475</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/ireland%e2%80%99s-eu-presidency-opportunity-to-end-world-poverty-736018-Jan2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/ireland%e2%80%99s-eu-presidency-opportunity-to-end-world-poverty-736018-Jan2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-22T02:31:19+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[NGOs want the government to press for a strong, European vision for a fairer and more sustainable world in the next six months.]]></summary>
<link rel="enclosure"  type="image/jpg"  href="http://s1.jrnl.ie/media/2012/12/179825_10150109995329054_7071151_n-230x150.jpg" />
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Non-Governmental Development Organisations" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="world poverty" />
<author><name>Amy Croffey</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/amy-croffey/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Ceremony at Dublin Castle to mark Irish EU milestones]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/2013-ireland-eu-presidency-736038-Dec2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:471175a7-56c1-7be3-588c-d0e123ac8e36</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/2013-ireland-eu-presidency-736038-Dec2012/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/2013-ireland-eu-presidency-736038-Dec2012/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-22T02:31:19+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The first six months of 2013 will see Ireland host the EU Presidency.]]></summary>
<link rel="enclosure"  type="image/jpg"  href="http://s1.jrnl.ie/media/2012/12/2013-ireland-eu-presidency-230x150.jpg" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Dublin Castle" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Eamon Gilmore" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Enda Kenny" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="eu presidency" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="European Union" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="European Year of Citizens" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Lucinda Creighton" />
<author><name>Paul Hyland</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/paul-hyland/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Politicians and diplomats will fly Ryanair during Ireland’s EU presidency ]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/eu-presidency-ryanair-732312-Dec2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:1f1b06ca-f223-260f-3cb2-6bef7c7ed4e1</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/eu-presidency-ryanair-732312-Dec2012/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/eu-presidency-ryanair-732312-Dec2012/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-22T02:31:19+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[But will their bags fit in the gauge? ]]></summary>
<link rel="enclosure"  type="image/jpg"  href="http://s1.jrnl.ie/media/2012/12/ryanair-last-in-satisfaction-table-230x150.jpg" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Belgium" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Brussels" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Carlson Wagonlit Travel" />
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="eu presidency" />
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Travel" />
<author><name>Hugh O'Connell</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/hugh-o'connell/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Government defends cost of €244k EU presidency website]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/government-eu-presidency-website-720802-Dec2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:a44fd116-439e-648e-1086-fc6c9bf9013b</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/government-eu-presidency-website-720802-Dec2012/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/government-eu-presidency-website-720802-Dec2012/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-22T02:31:19+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The website for Ireland’s six-month presidency of the Council of the European Union cost the taxpayer €244,741.71.]]></summary>
<link rel="enclosure"  type="image/jpg"  href="http://s1.jrnl.ie/media/2012/12/eu2013-230x150.png" />
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Department of the Taoiseach" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="eu presidency" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="EU2013" />
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Website" />
<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/gavan-reilly/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[The 5 at 5: Monday]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/the-5-at-5-monday-35-720045-Dec2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:a171eb0f-2cbf-8444-dcf8-e33d7cc8f499</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/the-5-at-5-monday-35-720045-Dec2012/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/the-5-at-5-monday-35-720045-Dec2012/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-22T02:31:19+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock…]]></summary>
<link rel="enclosure"  type="image/jpg"  href="http://s0.jrnl.ie/media/2012/12/shutterstock_60710572-230x150.jpg" />
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Brussels" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Connecticut" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="eu presidency" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="flag" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="flag flying" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="North Korean leader" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Northern Ireland" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Protests" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Ri Sol-Ju" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="The 5 at 5" />
<author><name>Amy Croffey</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/amy-croffey/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Stability, jobs and growth: Ireland’s EU Presidency motto]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/%e2%80%98stability-jobs-and-growth%e2%80%99-irelands-eu-presidency-motto-719716-Dec2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:4cf90223-74d4-131b-509d-e0eb7b73201a</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/%e2%80%98stability-jobs-and-growth%e2%80%99-irelands-eu-presidency-motto-719716-Dec2012/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/%e2%80%98stability-jobs-and-growth%e2%80%99-irelands-eu-presidency-motto-719716-Dec2012/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-22T02:31:19+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[A deal on bank debt is one of the top priorities, the Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore said today.]]></summary>
<link rel="enclosure"  type="image/jpg"  href="http://s2.jrnl.ie/media/2012/12/belgium-europe-financial-crisis-159-230x150.jpg" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Brussels" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Eamon Gilmore" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="EU" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="eu presidency" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="EU2013" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Euro" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Eurozone" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Growth" />
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="trade agreements" />
<author><name>Amy Croffey</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/amy-croffey/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Oireachtas agenda: Welfare cuts, HSE bailout and the Seanad’s birthday]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/oireachtas-agenda-december-11-710530-Dec2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:42301df1-9106-8d3b-9bfb-9b67f7e9b34b</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/oireachtas-agenda-december-11-710530-Dec2012/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/oireachtas-agenda-december-11-710530-Dec2012/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-22T02:31:19+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[James Reilly formally asks for a €360 million HSE bailout today, as the Dáil also debates Sinn Féin’s motion of no confidence.]]></summary>
<link rel="enclosure"  type="image/jpg"  href="http://s3.jrnl.ie/media/2012/12/seanad-chamber-4-230x150.jpg" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Credit Unions" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Dáil Éireann" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="eu presidency" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="HSE" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="James Reilly" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Leinster House" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Oireachtas agenda" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Seanad Éirean" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Shannon Airport" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Social Welfare Bill" />
<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/gavan-reilly/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Column: What could Ireland gain from the EU Presidency?]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/column-what-could-ireland-gain-from-the-eu-presidency-686899-Dec2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:6e4c271e-ab6a-ea5a-e3ac-84f687b24e3d</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/column-what-could-ireland-gain-from-the-eu-presidency-686899-Dec2012/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/column-what-could-ireland-gain-from-the-eu-presidency-686899-Dec2012/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-22T02:31:19+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The EU presidency holds challenges for Ireland – but also offers major opportunities, writes Linda Barry. ]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="CHAIRING" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="DECISION -MAKING" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Dublin Castle" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="EU" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="EU leaders" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="eu presidency" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="European Commission" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Eurozone" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Government" />
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Read mes" />
<author><name>Linda Barry</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/linda-barry/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Ireland’s EU presidency will cost less than in 2004 – Creighton]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/ireland-eu-presidency-cost-697693-Dec2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:729fead8-9fb2-4ce7-e5ea-7f9ea9507dc8</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/ireland-eu-presidency-cost-697693-Dec2012/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/ireland-eu-presidency-cost-697693-Dec2012/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-22T02:31:19+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[EU affairs minister Lucinda Creighton says Ireland’s next stint at the helm will cost far less than the last one.]]></summary>
<link rel="enclosure"  type="image/jpg"  href="http://s2.jrnl.ie/media/2012/12/lucinda-creighton-ireland-eu-presidency-230x150.jpg" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Council of the EU" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Dublin" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="eu presidency" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="EU2013" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Europe" />
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Presidency" />
<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/gavan-reilly/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Kenny: Irish EU Presidency “will be in the business of solutions”]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/european-parliament-dublin-695582-Nov2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:95185f23-6118-eeff-0262-7a67ba63a8fb</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/european-parliament-dublin-695582-Nov2012/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/european-parliament-dublin-695582-Nov2012/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-22T02:31:19+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The Taoiseach said that the Irish presidency of the EU will be about “stability, jobs and growth”, as the Conference of Presidents began in Dublin. ]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Europe" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="European" />
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Taoiseach" />
<author><name>Aoife Barry</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/aoife-barry/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[First major event of Irish EU presidency announced]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/eu-presidency-visit-690611-Nov2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:ad22e78a-79b3-16bf-1f40-93b0a9eb2348</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/eu-presidency-visit-690611-Nov2012/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/eu-presidency-visit-690611-Nov2012/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-22T02:31:19+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The Government will meet the president of the European Parliament, Martin Schulz, and chairpersons of the Parliament’s political groups, on Thursday.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Parliament" />
<author><name>Aoife Barry</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/aoife-barry/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Busy man: Taoiseach in Budapest, Vienna and Berlin today ]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/enda-kenny-european-of-the-year-665821-Nov2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:65117f9a-97a1-e1e7-28fb-c0fd9c671adf</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/enda-kenny-european-of-the-year-665821-Nov2012/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/enda-kenny-european-of-the-year-665821-Nov2012/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-22T02:31:19+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Enda Kenny meets with two heads of government and picks up his ‘European of the Year’ award today. ]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Berlin" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Budapest" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="eu presidency" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="European Council" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Hungary" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="On the Move" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Vienna" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Viktor Orban" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Werner Faymann" />
<author><name>Hugh O'Connell</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/hugh-o'connell/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Taoiseach: Bank debt deal will be dealt with by Finance Minister next year ]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/enda-kenny-bank-debt-negotiations-angela-merkel-657284-Nov2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:ac484796-dc43-1698-d284-446d71d07e5e</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/enda-kenny-bank-debt-negotiations-angela-merkel-657284-Nov2012/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/enda-kenny-bank-debt-negotiations-angela-merkel-657284-Nov2012/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-22T02:31:19+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Enda Kenny has said his meeting with Angela Merkel today will not be about making a decision on a deal for Ireland’s legacy bank debt. ]]></summary>
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<author><name>Hugh O'Connell</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/hugh-o'connell/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Ireland to promote EU presidency with branded ties and scarves]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/ireland-eu-presidency-neckties-scarves-637090-Oct2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:8de039f1-e35e-c396-834d-4537c0dd6815</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/ireland-eu-presidency-neckties-scarves-637090-Oct2012/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/ireland-eu-presidency-neckties-scarves-637090-Oct2012/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-22T02:31:19+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The Department of Foreign Affairs will offer branded ties and scarves as ‘promotional mementoes’ for the European Council presidency.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Department of Foreign Affairs" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="eu presidency" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="EU2013" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="European Council" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Ireland" />
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Scarves" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Ties" />
<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/gavan-reilly/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Kenny says vote on Seanad likely in late 2013]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/seanad-referendum-630076-Oct2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:3e777f0f-dd9d-e623-f5d0-b7287af2247b</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/seanad-referendum-630076-Oct2012/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/seanad-referendum-630076-Oct2012/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-22T02:31:19+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The Taoiseach said he does not intend to publish any documentation relating to the abolition of the Seanad until he is satisfied it is all in place.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Dáil" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Enda Kenny" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="eu presidency" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="joe higgans" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Oireachtas" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Referendum" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Seanad" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Taoiseach" />
<author><name>Michelle Hennessy</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/michelle-hennessy/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Minister says gender equality crucial to reshaping society and economic recovery]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/gender-equality-613306-Sep2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:994a16d3-510d-e697-11ad-a91f94433147</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/gender-equality-613306-Sep2012/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/gender-equality-613306-Sep2012/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-22T02:31:19+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Kathleen Lynch said it may fall to Ireland to advance gender equality in state and corporate boards when we take over the EU Presidency.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="eu presidency" />
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Gender" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Gender Equality" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Kathleen Lynch" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="minister for disability" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="minster for equality" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Older People" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="WIPL" />
<author><name>Michelle Hennessy</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/michelle-hennessy/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[“Silly season is over”: Enda and Eamon get back to work]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/silly-season-enda-kenny-583812-Sep2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:ec7a54da-d86c-7e02-a640-c846c84bdcdc</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/silly-season-enda-kenny-583812-Sep2012/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/silly-season-enda-kenny-583812-Sep2012/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-22T02:31:19+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The Taoiseach and Tánaiste said it is time now for the Government to get down to “real work”. ]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Budget 2013" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Cabinet Meeting" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Dr James Reilly" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Eamon Gilmore" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Enda Kenny" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="eu presidency" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Health Cuts" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Silly Season" />
<author><name>Sinead O'Carroll</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/sinead-o'carroll/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Germany to seek new EU treaty on budget rules – report]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/germany-wants-new-eu-treaty-573509-Aug2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:95eb06b1-1d0a-ea39-d557-2ffede3b9a83</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/germany-wants-new-eu-treaty-573509-Aug2012/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/germany-wants-new-eu-treaty-573509-Aug2012/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-22T02:31:19+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Germany’s Der Spiegel magazine says the federal government wants a convention on a new treaty this December.]]></summary>
<link rel="enclosure"  type="image/jpg"  href="http://s0.jrnl.ie/media/2012/08/angela-merkel-cabinet-230x150.jpg" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Angela Merkel" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Bailout" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Debt Crisis" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Enda Kenny" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="eu presidency" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="EU Treaty" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="euref" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="European Council" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="European Court of Justice" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="European Union" />
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Germany" />
<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/gavan-reilly/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[The EU Presidency – brought to you by…?]]></title>
<link href="http://thedailyedge.thejournal.ie/eu-presidency-sponsorship-ideas-530478-Jul2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:10cf717c-619e-2191-7a75-e80098aca6b2</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://thedailyedge.thejournal.ie/eu-presidency-sponsorship-ideas-530478-Jul2012/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://thedailyedge.thejournal.ie/eu-presidency-sponsorship-ideas-530478-Jul2012/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-22T02:31:19+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The Irish Government are hoping for some corporate sponsorship to help keep the costs of hosting the EU Presidency in 2013 down. This could prove entertaining…]]></summary>
<link rel="enclosure"  type="image/jpg"  href="http://s2.jrnl.ie/media/2012/07/PA-13642899-230x150.jpg" />
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="EU" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="EU Cannot be serious?" />
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Ireland" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Irish Politics" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Politics" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Sponsorship" />
<author><name>Paul Hyland</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/paul-hyland/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[After 16 months in office Taoiseach to address Seanad for the first time ]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/taoiseach-to-address-the-seanad-for-the-first-time-this-week-521819-Jul2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:601d33ba-2f1e-0e97-4af6-373729210a12</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/taoiseach-to-address-the-seanad-for-the-first-time-this-week-521819-Jul2012/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/taoiseach-to-address-the-seanad-for-the-first-time-this-week-521819-Jul2012/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-22T02:31:19+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Enda Kenny has not got around to addressing the upper house in the 16 months since he took office. That all changes on Wednesday. ]]></summary>
<link rel="enclosure"  type="image/jpg"  href="http://s1.jrnl.ie/media/2012/07/Photocall-enda-canvass-8144-0012947212-230x150.jpg" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="address" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Dáil" />
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Enda Kenny" />
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="European Council" />
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Seanad" />
<author><name>Hugh O'Connell</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/hugh-o'connell/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Creighton takes French lessons ahead of Ireland’s stint at EU presidency ]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/lucinda-creighton-french-lessons-ireland-eu-presidency-496623-Jun2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:60d0587f-e44c-3c3c-64f7-87c0734e9e70</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/lucinda-creighton-french-lessons-ireland-eu-presidency-496623-Jun2012/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/lucinda-creighton-french-lessons-ireland-eu-presidency-496623-Jun2012/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-22T02:31:19+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The junior minister for EU Affairs is preparing for next year’s presidency of the Council of the EU by learning a fourth language.]]></summary>
<link rel="enclosure"  type="image/jpg"  href="http://s2.jrnl.ie/media/2012/06/PA-10560803-230x150.jpg" />
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="eu presidency" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="EU2012" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="European Council" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="European Union" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="French" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Lucinda Creighton" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Zut alors!" />
<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/gavan-reilly/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[New car efficiency standards ‘would save drivers €800 a year’]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/new-car-efficiency-standards-%e2%80%98would-save-drivers-e800-a-year%e2%80%99-462347-May2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:7a5eaede-4520-52b5-5254-301aafdeccb5</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/new-car-efficiency-standards-%e2%80%98would-save-drivers-e800-a-year%e2%80%99-462347-May2012/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/new-car-efficiency-standards-%e2%80%98would-save-drivers-e800-a-year%e2%80%99-462347-May2012/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-22T02:31:19+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Tougher laws to cut emissions would lead to dramatic savings in the cost of motoring, it’s been claimed.]]></summary>
<link rel="enclosure"  type="image/jpg"  href="http://s2.jrnl.ie/media/2012/05/PA-12056035-230x150.jpg" />
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Drivers" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="efficiency" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Emissions" />
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<author><name>Michael Freeman</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/michael-freeman/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Poland to take over EU presidency ]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/poland-to-take-over-eu-presidency-167463-Jul2011/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:944269ae-6933-6157-4516-464815d01fe8</id>
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<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Europe’s sovereign debt crisis, EU enlargement and the EU budget are all on the menu during its presidency. ]]></summary>
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<author><name>Aoife Barry</name>
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