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# poker - Friday 2 March, 2012

From The Daily Edge Cyprus

Cyprus drops gambling charges against elderly women

02/03/12 2,121 Views 4 Comments

Around 40 women, one of whom is 98, were facing illegal gambling charges over their weekly poker sessions.

From The Daily Edge Cyprus

98-year-old woman facing gambling charges in Cyprus

02/03/12 3,147 Views 10 Comments

Dozens of elderly women have been summoned to court over their weekly poker party.

# poker - Saturday 21 January, 2012

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Column: ‘I’d lost over a grand gambling by 11 on Christmas morning’

21/01/12 7,834 Views 35 Comments

A casino might close – but online gambling goes on all the time, everywhere. Former addict Marc tells TheJournal.ie why it’s worse than drug addiction.

# poker - Wednesday 16 November, 2011

From The Score Ace This post contains images

Meet the poker sharks representing Ireland tomorrow

16/11/11 564 Views No Comments

London will host the the International Federation of Poker ‘Nations Cup’‏. Here’s who we’re sending.

# poker - Sunday 30 October, 2011

From The Score Hold 'em

Column: If the cards fall my way, I’ll win €6million in Vegas this week

30/10/11 861 Views 14 Comments

Dubliner Eoghan O’Dea leaves for Vegas today for the final of the World Series of Poker Main Event. He’s ready to sit down at the big table, he writes.

# poker - Tuesday 4 October, 2011

From Business ETC Full Tilt Poker

Fears remain over Full Tilt jobs despite takeover ‘deal’

04/10/11 427 Views No Comments

The Groupe Bernard Tapie says it has provisionally agreed to buy the poker website – but will offer shareholdings to its users.

# poker - Friday 30 September, 2011

Full Tilt Poker

Hundreds of Dublin jobs at risk as Full Tilt Poker loses licence

30/09/11 649 Views 8 Comments

Hundreds of jobs could be on the line, following the decision of a Channel Islands gambling regulator to withdraw the site’s licence.

# poker - Thursday 22 September, 2011

From Business ETC All In

Fears for Dublin jobs as poker site is labelled a ‘global Ponzi scheme’

22/09/11 1,096 Views 3 Comments

Prosecutors in New York have alleged that the owners and management of Full Tilt Poker took customer cash for themselves.

# poker - Wednesday 14 September, 2011

From Business ETC Poker

Fears over as many as 250 jobs at Pocket Kings in Dublin

14/09/11 732 Views 3 Comments

Pocket Kings employs 700 people in Cherrywood in Dublin but cost-cutting measures means some of those jobs could now be at risk.

# poker - Thursday 4 August, 2011

From The Score Investigation

A-Rod to be interviewed by MLB in poker probe

04/08/11 136 Views No Comments

Star will have to answer questions about alleged involvement in illegal games.

# poker - Sunday 31 July, 2011

From The Daily Edge Sitdown Sunday

Sitdown Sunday: 7 deadly reads

31/07/11 1,530 Views 1 Comment

The very best of the week’s writing from around the globe.

# poker - Friday 22 July, 2011

From The Score Vegas Baby

Interview: Poker ace Eoghan O’Dea on his World Series success

22/07/11 1,258 Views 6 Comments

“I got a few Facebook emails from random American girls asking me if I’m still in Vegas and saying they saw me on TV,” – the life of Ireland’s newest card shark.

# poker - Wednesday 20 July, 2011

From The Score Chips Are Up

O’Dea seals his place at World Series of Poker final table

20/07/11 468 Views 3 Comments

The Dubliner is one of nine players in with a chance of winning €6.1m when play resumes on 5 November.

# poker - Saturday 2 July, 2011

From Business ETC Poker

Investors step in to buy Dublin-based online poker company

02/07/11 679 Views 1 Comment

Around 700 people are employed at Pocket Kings, which is the service provider for Full Tilt Poker. Full Tilt had its licence suspended earlier this week.

# poker - Wednesday 29 June, 2011

Full Tilt

Online poker site with HQ in Dublin has licence suspended

29/06/11 1,953 Views 12 Comments

Full Tilt Poker has halted play this evening after its licence was suspended. The company employs 700 people in Cherrywood in Dublin.

# poker - Wednesday 20 April, 2011

From The Score Poker

Online poker companies allowed to reuse domain names to refund US players

20/04/11 854 Views No Comments

US authorities have brought charges including the facilitation of illegal gambling against 11 people involved in three of the biggest names in online poker.

# poker - Saturday 16 April, 2011

Daily Fix

The Daily Fix: Saturday

16/04/11 4,246 Views 11 Comments

Our collection of the day’s news, developments and random tidbits.

Poker

Director of Dublin-based online poker company charged with fraud in US

16/04/11 2,623 Views 9 Comments

Eleven people and three major poker sites – PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker and Absolute Poker – facing a number of different charges relating to unlawful internet gambling.

From The Score Poker

US charges major poker websites with bank fraud

16/04/11 572 Views No Comments

PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker and Absolute Poker are accused of bribing banks to process transactions from illegal gambling.

# poker - Wednesday 10 November, 2010

Poker Face

Canadian takes $9m World Poker tournament

10/11/10 1,593 Views No Comments

College drop-out Johnathan Duhamel scooped the world’s largest poker prize in Las Vegas.

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A NEW REPORT from the OECD has suggested people living in Ireland have some of the best lives in the world, with Ireland among the top countries in its Better Life Index.

The index finds that life expectancy, low pollution, positive experiences and a healthy work-life balance are among the factors that contribute to happy lives in Ireland.

It did note, however, that the gap between the rich and poor is wider in Ireland than elsewhere, while the gender gap in educational performance is also larger than average.

Today we’re simply wondering whether (assuming you live in Ireland) you’re satisfied with your quality of life.


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Aggressive banks are making mortgage resolution impossible, writes David Hall of New Beginning – and suggests a way to restore trust between lenders and borrowers.

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Confidence and stability will be the last things to emerge from this dangerous experiment, writes Michael Taft.

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A Yes to the Stability Treaty will give Ireland access to the ESM, writes Naoise Nunn – and keep us out of a potentially lethal game of chicken.

Seamus Breslin
Column: Parents bringing their children to be kneecapped. Yes, this is Ireland.
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Self-styled republican vigilantes are terrorising a city, writes Seamus Breslin – and perceived neglect by authorities is fuelling the fire.

Mike Morris
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Phil Hogan is planning to introduce new regulations which are meant to make for better buildings. He’s making a major mistake, writes Mike Morris.

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Being proud to be Irish is sometime looked on as a social gaffe, writes Lisa McInerney, but that’s not always fair… and it’s not always the best way to figure out who really is racist…

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