GAA Congress votes in Hawk-Eye trial, black card and anti-racist stance
The assembly in Derry have also passed motions to install an advantage rule, but the mark has been rejected again.
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The assembly in Derry have also passed motions to install an advantage rule, but the mark has been rejected again.
Hawkeye, the mark and the black card are all on the agenda in Derry this weekend.
Analysts say that the cuts, due to come into force overnight, will take a number of months to take effect and will see growth fall by as much as 0.7 per cent.
Stadia for the Rugby World Cup, introducing the mark and removing hurling helmets for the national anthem are some of the motions tabled for next month’s Congress in Derry.
Dual player Lee Chin has spoken out on the issue in Gaelic Games.
The former US congresswoman, who nearly died after being shot in the head two years ago, gave an emotional testimony to senators in Washington yesterday.
Two of Gaelic football’s leading midfielders have voiced their opinions on the proposed introduction for a mark in 2014.
Curbing the US’s runaway national debt, and reforming immigration law, are points on the 113th Congress’s agenda.
The US is facing a potentially devastating financial crisis in less than a week but what is it all about, what impact will it have on Ireland and what’s got to happen if it is to be avoided? TheJournal.ie explains…
The US President has cut short his annual Christmas vacation in Hawaii to return to the White House in an attempt to avert the looming series of potentially devastating tax hikes and spending cuts.
The settlement includes about €1 billion in criminal fines – the biggest criminal penalty in US history.
David Petraeus will testify before Congress after all about the attack on the US consulate in Libya which killed US Ambassador Christopher Stephens and three other Americans.
The Irish and US political systems are different – but both have their good points, writes Professor Maura Adshead.
The US president and the Republican-led House of Representatives want to avoid automatic tax increases and spending cuts but they are far off any compromise.
John Boehner will remain as the Speaker, as the Republicans are set to keep a clear majority in the 438-member House.
He will put a motion before the Executive Council of Congress today calling for an end to any further meetings with the Troika.
With the motion going to Congress in 2013, the GAA President is keen to point out what a successful Rugby World Cup bid would do for the country.
The Missouri congressman and US senate hopeful is under pressure after comments he made about “legitimate rape”.
“They should take all the uniforms, put them in a big pile and burn them,” declared Senator Harry Reid.
The US president used a White House press conference to urge Greece to remain in the eurozone and have a pop at his country’s congress while he was at it.
The SLICE Act aims to counter US Congress’ ruling that pizza is a vegetable.
A Dominican friar has developed the app to enable pilgrims around the world to experience the Congress, which takes place in Dublin in June.
INTO president Noreen Flynn made the comment at the union’s congress in Killarney today. She said that the Croke Park Agreement “has delivered so far”.
The budget for 2013 aims to to achieve $4 trillion in deficit reduction over the next ten years.
The president is addressing the US Congress for the last time before the autumn election.
The Congresswoman, who was injured during a shooting last year, released a video in which she thanked those who supported her.
Sites such as Wikipedia, Reddit and Boing Boing are taking part in an ‘internet blackout’ today.
Speaking at an EPP congress in Marseille, Kenny wants Europe to use the treaty it has – and Sarkozy demands a new one.
A slice of the US defence budget is expected to be cut following a breakdown in talks in the US.
Samuel J. Wurzelbacher, who became a conservative hero during the 2008 US presidential election, has filed papers to run for a seat in Congress.
The demise of Obama’s jobs package was expected, despite his campaign-style efforts to swing the public behind it.
Anthony Weiner was forced to step down in June following a Twitter sex scandal. His seat had been held by Democrats since the 1920s.
The Senate voted by 74 votes to 26 to pass the hard fought bill. Obama has said that it’s the first step to ensuring America lives within its means.
The vote passed comfortably and Giffords’ emotional return brought down the house.
In today’s 9 at 9: The latest on Davis Norris’ Áras bid; a debt deal in the US; the Ministers and the bus lanes; and what the recession is doing to our sex lives.
But not everyone’s happy including the president.
Obama calls for common ground as Republicans and Democrats again fail to reach an 11th hour deal on the US debt ceiling.
The standoff on US debt continues between Barrack Obama’s Democratic party, and the majority seat holders in Congress, the Republican party.
The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation has proposed the motion at the conference run by the Irish Congress of Trade Unions today.