Irish Independent (Dublin, Republic of Ireland) back issues from October 2006:
Cork dig deep to hold on to their crown as Armagh's brave bid fails.(SPORT)
Oct 02, 2006 ... Byline: CLIONA FOLEY IT WAS only by the narrowest margins and came after a rollercoaster hour which included a controversial sin-binning and another hotly debated wide. But Cork didn't care as they wildly celebrated retaining their TG4 All-Ireland ladies senior ...
Managers refuse to accept 'sin binning' as the turning point.(SPORT)
Oct 02, 2006 ... Byline: Cliona Foley AS Cork goal hero and TG4 'Player of the Match' Nollaig Cleary scanned the stands for the big gang of her North Pres' primary school students who had emptied their lungs for her, devastated beaten finalists Armagh took an even deeper breath and took the ...
Hanniffy rescues the reigning champions.(SPORT)
Oct 02, 2006 ... Byline: PADDY HICKEY IT finished in a welter of excitement and nail-biting drama, but there was little else to cheer about during yesterday's drawn Offaly county hurling final. Admittedly, a monsoon-like shower which started just before the throw-in and lasted for ...
Irish GPs struggling to treat eating disorders.(HEALTH & LIVING)
Oct 02, 2006 ... Byline: Eilish O'Regan Health Correspondent Many any Irish GPs admit they are under-equipped to deal with complex eating disorders. A new study has also found that eating disorders among patients are under-diagnosed by family doctors. Dr Clare Flahavan, of St Brigid's ...
Ryder Cup rental profiteers facing big bill from taxman.(FRONT PAGE)
Oct 02, 2006 ... Byline: Edel Kennedy HOME owners who rented out their properties during the Ryder Cup are facing huge tax bills from the Revenue Commissioners. The Revenue confirmed to the Irish Independent that prior to the tournament they took note of names and addresses of those ...
Getting 'em Hoff and bothered.(NEWS)
Oct 02, 2006 ... Byline: Breda Heffernan IT'S not just the Germans who have a soft spot for The Hoff, judging by his reception in Dublin at the weekend. David Hasselhoff, the epitome of 1980s cheesiness, who shamelessly sucked in his stomach for countless slow-mo runs along the ...
ESB inefficiency adds EU100m to home bills.(NEWS)
Oct 02, 2006 ... Byline: Paul Melia CONSUMERS are forking out an extra EU100m on their electricity bills due to poor management at the ESB. This revelation is contained in a damning new consultants' report on the Irish electricity sector and comes as the Government plans a radical ...
Staff costs on average up to 30pc more.(NEWS)
Oct 02, 2006 ... Byline: Paul Melia STAFFING costs in ESB power stations are 'notably' above the benchmarks used in other countries and are averaging up to 30pc more. Overtime is still being paid, despite not being best practice. The Deloitte report notes that a number of ...
20 soldiers fired after random drugs test.(NEWS)
Oct 02, 2006 ... Byline: Edel Kennedy TWENTY soldiers in the Defence Forces have tested positive for illegal drugs since random testing was introduced in 2003. Figures obtained by the Irish Independent show that 15 have been fired as a result, while there i s a pending discharge for ...
Local authorities ignore pay-by-weight bin charge order.(NEWS)
Oct 02, 2006 ... Byline: Edel Kennedy ALMOST three-quarters of all local authorities have ignored a government directive to introduce pay-by-weight/pay-by-use bin charges. Although the systems help householders reduce the level of waste and save almost EU100 on charges, they are ...
Household gas bills to balloon by 33pc as price deal kicks in.(NEWS)
Oct 02, 2006 ... Byline: Paul Melia and Gene McKenna HOUSEHOLDERS will face a 33pc increase in their gas bills under a new pricing regime introduced yesterday. The Commission for Energy Regulation agreed to the increase - the third in three years - on the basis that demand was ...
Death Row tales have power to electrify.(NEWS)
Oct 02, 2006 ... Byline: SOPHIE GORMAN NINE actors seated in a row of high chairs reading from scripts are the primary ingredients of a show that has already had the power to bring about changes in the death penalty in some parts of America. 'The Exonerated' is constructed solely from ...
Nostalgic trip back to Cult of the eighties.(NEWS)
Oct 02, 2006 ... Byline: JOHN MEAGHER IAN Astbury, the Cult's frontman, has lived with a Stars In Their Eyes moment for the past four years thanks to a sideline project where he has taken on the Jim Morrison role in 'The Doors'. He's not an easy act to follow, even if Astbury bears a passing ...
Coalition 'is trying to gag media'.(NEWS)
Oct 02, 2006 ... Byline: Gene McKenna Political Editor THE Government's Privacy Bill is nothing more than a move by "nervous'' Fianna Fail ministers to control the free press and its ability to cover their ''misdemeanours and mistakes'', it was claimed yesterday. Fine Gael's Justice ...
RTE set to air four new homespun drama series.(NEWS)
Oct 02, 2006 ... Byline: Isabel Hurley RTE television will be airing four new drama series next year in a multi-million euro commitment to home-produced drama. Production is just about to start on the four new dramas, commissioned by RTE and produced by various independent production ...
Failte Ireland lashed for failure to back ploughing championships.(NEWS)
Oct 02, 2006 ... Byline: Aideen Sheehan Agriculture Correspondent THE organiser of the ploughing championships has criticised Failte Ireland for failing to give it the financial support such a crowd - drawing event deserves. This year's event attracted a record-breaking crowd of ...
Houseowners have landlord they never knew about.(NEWS)
Oct 02, 2006 ... Byline: Paul Melia WELL-heeled residents of Dublin's Dartmouth Square have a landlord they didn't know about. Westmeath businessman Noel O'Gara has revealed that he is the owner of the ground rent attached to about 20 properties which means that, if one is sold, he's ...
Clash looming over the 'hated' reserve.(NEWS)
Oct 02, 2006 ... Byline: Tom Brady Security Editor GARDA rank-and-file leaders face a showdown with the authorities after a weekend outburst over the new part-time reserve force. And for the second time in less than six months it could result in an embarrassing climbdown by the ...
Irish top EU waste league with 138st of rubbish per head.(NEWS)
Oct 02, 2006 ... Byline: Isabel Hurley THE Irish are by far the biggest producers of waste in the whole of the EU. New research soon to be published by the UK based Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) finds that the average Irish person is responsible for creating nearly 138 ...
Bertie 'paid full amount for home'.(NEWS)
Oct 02, 2006 ... Byline: Fionnan Sheahan TAOISEACH Bertie Ahern is sticking to his account he paid nearly IRPS200,000 for his home, writes Fionnan Sheahan Mr Ahern's aides rejected reports yesterday that the controversial payments he got in the 1990s were enough to cover half the cost of his ...
Independent TDs waiting in wings to prop up Government.(NEWS)
Oct 02, 2006 ... Byline: Gene McKenna Political Editor INDEPENDENT TDs are on standby to prop up a minority Fianna Fail Government if the PDs decide to pull the plug on the Coalition. And this has stiffened the resolve of Fianna Fail ministers who came out in support of the Taoiseach ...
Opposition wait to see if McDowell will deliver killer punch.(NEWS)
Oct 02, 2006 ... Byline: Gene McKenna Political Editor THEY have had Taoiseach Bertie Ahern on the ropes for over a week. However, the Opposition don't appear to have the stomach to deliver a knockout blow - if, indeed, it's been in their power to do so. That killer punch ...
'Those seeking to drive me out will not succeed'.(NEWS)
Oct 02, 2006 ... Byline: Gene McKenna Political Editor A DEFIANT Taoiseach Bertie Ahern says he can stand over everything he has done in 30 years in politics. Mr Ahern has come out fighting in advance of the crucial Dail statement tomorrow night, saying the people who leaked the ...
From cafe bars to refugees, McDowell is king of the U-turn.(NEWS)
Oct 02, 2006 ... Byline: Fionnan Sheahan Political Correspondent MICHAEL McDowell is making quite a habit of performing elaborate u-turns. From cafe bars to underage sex laws, casinos to refugees, over the past 18 months he has chalked up an unenviable record of about-faces, ...
Tobacco giants face court battle.(NEWS)
Oct 02, 2006 ... Byline: Edel Kennedy SIXTEEN former smokers are taking tobacco giants to the High Court in a landmark case later this year. The plaintiffs, claiming that their health problems had been caused by smoking, are seeking compensation from cigarette companies. ...
Aoife may still get the pearl after audition.(NEWS)
Oct 02, 2006 ... Byline: BAIRBRE POWER FILM offers are coming in for Aoife Mulholland, the Galway woman who narrowly missed the lead role in the forthcoming West End production of 'The Sound of Music.' In the end, Andrew Lloyd-Webber voted Aoife off the show How To Solve A Problem ...
A waste of energy.(COMMENT)
Oct 02, 2006 ... ALTHOUGH we have grown accustomed to hyped-up launches of Government policies, strategies and even "policy strategies'', the weary Irish public must view the publication of the Green Paper on Energy as a new record in vacuous waffle. The importance and urgency of the subject are ...
The force be with him.(COMMENT)
Oct 02, 2006 ... THERE can be only one winner in a confrontation between the Minister for Justice, Michael McDowell, and the Garda Representative Association. The GRA dislike the establishment of the Garda Reserve. Their view is shared by people who have various objections, for example the ...
Oh, what a thrill it is to feel offended.(FEATURES)
Oct 02, 2006 ... Byline: IAN O'DOHERTY You know you're having a weird day when you find yourself arguing with a middle-aged traveller woman in a wheelchair before you've had lunch. Even the most enthusiastic bully would baulk at such an easy target, but I found myself part of a panel ...
Government has failed electricity users with high prices.(BUSINESS)
Oct 02, 2006 ... Byline: TOM McENANEY IT WILL come as no surprise to anyone to hear that the Irish electricity market is failing to operate efficiently; that users, both domestic and industrial, are paying much more than they should in what is a highly uncompetitive market; and that the fault ...
Has the taxman made an error in assessing us?(BUSINESS)
Oct 02, 2006 ... Byline: JIM AUGHNEY You do not give us enough information to discover if there is an error in the Revenue's calculations. We can only assume the rebate for your wife may have arisen from bin charges which she claimed (almost EU300 at 20pc, perhaps) and which were ...
Auctioneers differ over house prices.(BUSINESS)
Oct 02, 2006 ... Byline: Edel Kennedy TWO leading estate agents are giving contradictory forecasts on the immediate prospects of the Irish housing market. Douglas Newman Good, which will publish a report on house prices today, said prices could fall in the second quarter of next year ....
Foreign property deals popular.(BUSINESS)
Oct 02, 2006 ... Byline: Edel Kennedy RIOTS, political unrest and a falling currency are not enough to deter the Irish from foreign property investment, writes Edel Kennedy. Such is their zest for building a portfolio of bricks and mortar that not even a coup in Thailand and mass ...
Aer Lingus will maintain US info access.(BUSINESS)
Oct 02, 2006 ... Byline: Alan O'Keeffe AER Lingus will continue giving US authorities access to all information on its passengers travelling to America despite the breakdown of international talks. The negotiations between the US and the EU failed to reach agreement about the extent ...
O'Connell to the fore as Reds douse Ulster fire.(SPORT)
Oct 02, 2006 ... Byline: DAVID KELLY AS the rain skulked into the distance late Saturday evening, the thunderous blows of a captivating affair still ringing in one's ears, it was an eccentric quirk to be escorted into the Munster kitchen to appraise the opinions of messrs Kidney and O'Connell. ...
Moore' hold out to deny 'Wood.(SPORT)
Oct 02, 2006 ... Byline: SHANE SCANLON A THRILLER it wasn't, but the Kildare SFC final produced worthy winners in Moorefield at St Conleth's Park yesterday. A tense closing finale, a missed penalty and some feisty exchanges (including one incident where a linesman was pushed by a ...
Duke reigns on the double as Harchibald humbled.(SPORT)
Oct 02, 2006 ... Byline: Damien McElroy DUBLIN-BORN Brendan Duke, who trains at Lam-bourn, will forever remember 'Super Sunday' at Tipperary as he completed a daring double raid during a session that saw Harchibald humbled in the Tipperary Hurdle. On a day of surprise results on ...
Unbeaten Teofilo on track for Dewhurst.(SPORT)
Oct 02, 2006 ... Byline: Damien McElroy JIM BOLGER reports his exciting and unbeaten colt Teofilo to be in grand form after his recent win in the National Stakes. Bolger confirmed Teofilo is likely to make a final appearance this year in the Dewhurst at Newmarket on October 14, ...
Early SFP cattle snag.(FARMING)
Oct 03, 2006 ... Byline: Maeve Dineen FARMERS and cattle dealers buying livestock for the winter are worried that the early roll-out of this year's Single Farm Payment (SFP) will drive cattle prices up to unrealistic levels. Fifty pc of the SFP is due to be paid out in two weeks' time ...
Ploughers love it when it rains.(FARMING)
Oct 03, 2006 ... Byline: Caitriona Murphy AS always at the Ploughing Championships, the vintage horse ploughing attracted a large section of the record-breaking 225,000 visitors to the Grangeford, Tullow, site over the four days. The competitors were the ...
Former IFA man's posters torn down in Tullow.(FARMING)
Oct 03, 2006 ... Byline: Maeve Dineen A SPAT between the IFA and one of its former county chairmen escalated at the Ploughing Championships in Tullow when huge blown-up posters of IFA president Padraig Walshe with Minister for Agriculture Mary Coughlan in his arms were placed on various routes ...
Rise in area sown to cereals.(FARMING)
Oct 03, 2006 ... Byline: Caitriona Murphy DESPITE the poor weather conditions, tillage farmers will increase the area of land sown to cereals this year, Teagasc experts have predicted. Higher grain prices and an increased demand for straw mean farmers have taken a renewed interest in ...
Rights sellers try to revoke transfer deals.(FARMING)
Oct 03, 2006 ... Byline: Maeve Dineen A NUMBER of farmers who sold entitlements without land are now trying to revoke on the deal and are creating havoc for the Department of Agriculture. Over 4,800 farmers are transferring entitlements this year either with the sale of land, or ...
Tullow ploughing event of two halves.(FARMING)
Oct 03, 2006 ... Byline: Maeve Dineen THERE is no better place to gauge the mood of farmers than at the Ploughing Championships. Unfortunately, their mood is directly proportional to the weather, so it was a ploughing of two halves. We had two days of positive farmers ...
Builders pay EU2.8m even though Gorey land unlikely to be rezoned.(FARMING)
Oct 03, 2006 ... Byline: Caitriona Murphy THE auction of a 28ac Gorey farm attracted a large number of builders and investors on Tuesday, despite being zoned as agricultural land. The farm was sold under the hammer for EU2.85m, even though it is unlikely to be rezoned until 2013. ...
No takers as two Laois farms put up for auction.(FARMING)
Oct 03, 2006 ... TWO Laois farms were withdrawn from auction unsold within days of each other last week. The first was a 21ac farm at Doon, Borris-in-Ossory which got no offers on the day. Auctioneer William Mansfield from Rathdowney, who handled the sale, said the farm is now under negotiation ...
Just six weeks to quota decisions.(FARMING)
Oct 03, 2006 ... Byline: Maeve Dineen FARMERS have six weeks to decide whether they will buy or sell quota under the new quota exchange scheme. The closing date for applications under the new scheme is November 24. A second run of the trading system will take place next spring when ...
Trade for stores continues strong.(FARMING)
Oct 03, 2006 ... Byline: Caitriona Murphy THE store cattle trade continued strong this week, with demand for factory lots and forward stores the highest. Carnew mart had 500 cattle on offer on Saturday, where there was a very strong selling trade. Heavy bullocks and heifers were up by ...
Breeding stock meet a strong demand.(FARMING)
Oct 03, 2006 ... Byline: Caitriona Murphy THE lamb trade is improved again this week, while breeding stock continues its steady trade. Baltinglass mart had 2,850 sheep on offer on Saturday. Factory and butchers lambs sold for EU21-29 over the weight. Stores made EU19-24 over and ...
Plug is pulled on 45,000 Smart phones.(FRONT PAGE)
Oct 03, 2006 ... Byline: Tom McEnaney MORE than 45,000 of Smart Telecom's customers had their phone service switched off last night. Eircom, which operates the network used by Smart, pulled the plug on the troubled telephone company. It claims that Smart owes it millions ...
CAB agrees record EU26m payoff with businessman.(FRONT PAGE)
Oct 03, 2006 ... Byline: Tom Brady, Grainne Cunningham and Anne-Marie Walsh THE biggest single settlement was made with the Criminal Assets Bureau last night by a Co Clare man who has been acquitted of fraud by a London court. Dylan Creaven (32), originally from Ennis, has agreed to ...
Hollywood stars Swank into town.(NEWS)
Oct 03, 2006 ... Byline: Anne-Marie Walsh IF there is one thing Bertie Ahern's youngest daughter does not need right now -- it is a loan. It was a case of 'if you could see me now' for Cecelia Ahern as the cream of Hollywood talent crowded into the country to star in her first film. ...
Smoke alarm saved us, say blaze family.(NEWS)
Oct 03, 2006 ... Byline: Treacy Hogan Environment Correspondent THE parents of a young family told yesterday how they escaped death by seconds after a smoke alarm awoke them to a blaze in their home. Niall and Maeve Cribbin said they and and their five children would have died if they ...
Protest marks same-sex marriage legal bid.(NEWS)
Oct 03, 2006 ... Byline: Dearbhail McDonald Legal Affairs Correspondent SAME-SEX marriage supporters will stage a protest outside Government Buildings today to mark the launch of a landmark court case which is being taken by two lesbians. Hundreds of supporters of Katherine Zappone ...
Fees charged by private nursing homes are unfair, says Harney.(NEWS)
Oct 03, 2006 ... Byline: Eilish O'Regan Health Correspondent HEALTH Minister Mary Harney yesterday signalled she will present proposals to Cabinet to ease the burden of private nursing home fees which can cost up to EU1,000 a week. The minister also said she has sought the advice of ...
'Thoughtless' civil servants lashed by Ombudsman.(NEWS)
Oct 03, 2006 ... Byline: Senan Molony CIVIL servants have a thoughtless, insensitive and penny-pinching attitude when it comes to providing essential services for older people, according to the Ombudsman. Emily O'Reilly told yesterday's Age Action Ireland conference that she is ...
Hobbs got RTE deal to avoid going on Late Late.(NEWS)
Oct 03, 2006 ... Byline: Edel Kennedy INTIMIDATION, contract clauses and snide comments about each others talent - or lack thereof. The boxing gloves between two of RTE's biggest stars have come off yet again. In the latest twist in the ongoing row between Eddie Hobbs and ...
Man 'abused' by Christian Brothers halted from taking action against State.(NEWS)
Oct 03, 2006 ... Byline: Ann O'Loughlin A MAN who alleged he was abused by two Christian Brothers more than 40 years ago cannot proceed with an action against the State, the High Court ruled. Mr Justice John Quirke yesterday granted an application on behalf of the Ministers for ...
Man may lose eye after gang attack.(NEWS)
Oct 03, 2006 ... Byline: Edel Kennedy DOCTORS fear a man may lose his eye after being attacked outside a party. He was viciously assaulted early yesterday morning by a gang of youths armed with a baseball bat and golf club. Gardai believe the 25-year-old Zimbabwean was set ...
Company loses court move to win back EU83,000.(NEWS)
Oct 03, 2006 ... Byline: Ann O'Loughlin A BID by an insurance company to get back almost EU83,000 it paid in disability benefit to an employee was rejected in the High Court yesterday. The benefits were made by Canada Life to a long-serving and ''remarkably successful'' salesman over ...
CONTINUATION: 45,000 without phones as plug pulled on Smart.(NEWS)
Oct 03, 2006 ... This is because Eircom has to physically disconnect these customers from its exchanges. This process will take some weeks, after which these customers may also be disconnected. Smart shares trade on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) in London. Yesterday they ...
'Jet-owning' drug accused denied bail because he is a 'flight risk'.(NEWS)
Oct 03, 2006 ... Byline: Breda Heffernan AN AVIATION broker charged in connection with last week's EU10m heroin seizure has been denied bail because he constitutes a ''flight risk''. Former national super-heavyweight boxing champion John Kinsella (36), from Cairn Wood, Johnstown, ...
CONTINUATION: Man pays EU26m CAB bill.(NEWS)
Oct 03, 2006 ... accused of VAT fraud involving stgPS162m but when the case reached court the charges were reduced to two charges of conspiracy to defraud the public revenue of stgPS14m. Mr Creaven and his companies denied the claims and he was acquitted on all counts in May 2005. ...
ESB staff ordered to keep quiet on labour costs issue.(NEWS)
Oct 03, 2006 ... Byline: Gerald Flynn Industrial Correspondent ESB staff have been ordered by the state company's chief executive not to comment on its labour costs until it has studied the Deloitte report suggesting that they may be too high. Padraig McManus yesterday confirmed he ...
Challenge to protect young 'is an uphill climb'.(NEWS)
Oct 03, 2006 ... Byline: Ann O'Loughlin THE challenge of adequately protecting children is still an uphill climb in Ireland, the Archbishop of Dublin Most Rev Diarmuid Martin said yesterday. The archbishop told judiciary and lawyers at a special Mass to mark the start of the law term ...