Irish Independent (Dublin, Republic of Ireland) back issues from April 2007:
DOWN AND OUT.(SPORT)
Apr 02, 2007 ... Byline: DAVID KELLY TO arrive at Adams Park, the ground Wasps share with the local soccer club, one negotiates a series of turns before abruptly hitting a cul de sac. Fittingly, Leinster's much trumpeted Heineken Cup ambitions arrived at a similar conclusion in ...
Revitalised Harlequins stun Shannon.(SPORT)
Apr 02, 2007 ... Byline: Kieran Rooney BELFAST HARLEQUINS' remarkable revival continued with their exciting 32-28 AIB Cup semi-final success over Shannon a Deramore Park on Saturday. The result is not quite the major surprise it might seem. Since the arrival of former Ulster coach ...
Dead-eye Doyle holds nerve.(SPORT)
Apr 02, 2007 ... Byline: CLIONA FOLEY WHEN all around him were losing their heads, Kildare's regular 'superhero' John Doyle kept his to expertly convert a controversial late free to steal this crucial victory at Cusack Park in Mullingar yesterday. The Lilywhites had already been ...
Mayo smile as sad Dubs lose their way again.(SPORT)
Apr 02, 2007 ... Byline: COLM KEYS PLUS ca change. It wasn't quite on the scale of their collapse to the same opposition in Croke Park last August but it was significant nonetheless. Dublin lost their way and failed to score in the second half, Mayo took full advantage and booked a ...
Yellow card controversy as Cross drive sees off Crokes.(SPORT)
Apr 02, 2007 ... Byline: PADDY HICKEY THE famed South Armagh Crossmaglen Rangers moved into clear second position in the All-Ireland Club football honours list with a hard-earned victory over Dr Crokes. Prior to yesterday's fractious and bad-tempered replay at Portlaoise, Crossmaglen ...
Galway left to lament penalty decision.(SPORT)
Apr 02, 2007 ... Byline: MARTIN BREHENY HIGH-class business as usual for Kilkenny as they nudged their way quietly and efficiently into the Allianz hurling League semi-finals, while Galway head for the more circuitous quarter-final route. Antrim's defeat of Dublin last Wednesday meant ...
Deflated Dubs fail to summon even the brief illusion of a contest.(SPORT)
Apr 02, 2007 ... Byline: VINCENT HOGAN SO the petals stop falling at Dublin's feet and they bow out of the National Hurling League, looking cold and lifeless under a dilating sun in Nenagh. Tipperary didn't spare them in McDonagh Park, driven as they were by the emotional simplicity ...
Ireland no longer has lowest EU life expectancy.(HEALTH & LIVING)
Apr 02, 2007 ... Byline: Eilish O'Regan Health Correspondent Ireland no longer has the lowest life expectancy in the EU since it was enlarged. Most of the newest member states have a lower life expectancy when people reach the age of 65 than this country. The exceptions among the new ...
How to get Penelope's glow...(HEALTH & LIVING)
Apr 02, 2007 ... Byline: Rowena Walsh Beauty Editor Any time a celebrity is asked about their beauty regime, they always cite getting lots of sleep as an And it is. As ac tress Penelope Cruz says, "I sleep 12 hours when I'm not shooting and it does wonders for me." But a good night's ...
Chaos in the hospitals as nurse protest hits wards.(FRONT PAGE)
Apr 02, 2007 ... Byline: Eilish O'Regan Health Correspondent UP to 40,000 nurses began a work-to-rule in hospitals this morning - and threatened to escalate their action if demands are not met. The action by the Irish Nurses Organisation (INO) and the Psychiatric Nurses Association ...
Hothouse wowers . . . ad men turn saucy and steamy to sell new homes.(NEWS)
Apr 02, 2007 ... Byline: Aideen Sheehan FORGET built-in cookers and ensuite bathrooms - now threesomes and steamy kitchen antics of the non-culinary variety are what it takes to flog houses. The "lifestyle" marketing of new housing developments reached boiling point at the weekend ...
Affordable home . . . if you have a salary of EU67,000.(NEWS)
Apr 02, 2007 ... Byline: Paul Melia SINGLE people applying to purchase 'affordable' homes in west Dublin will have to have a salary of at least EU67,000 to qualify. Despite the three-bedroom homes being offered for sale at a discount to the market price, applicants will have to earn ...
Censor defends PG cert for comedy with suicide scene.(NEWS)
Apr 02, 2007 ... Byline: Shane Hickey THE film censor has defended a decision to classify a film with a suicide scene in it as 'PG'. John Kelleher has said he was right to give 'Mr Bean's Holiday' a parental guidance rating in light of criticism of a scene at the end of the film ...
Surprise shopping trip turns to tragedy for lifelong friends.(NEWS)
Apr 02, 2007 ... Byline: Ralph Riegel TWO lifelong friends died side by side in a horrific crash which cut short the lives of three young men in Co Kerry. Fred Ryan (31) and John 'Pa' O'Reilly (27) were on their way to pick up John's girlfriend to go on a surprise shopping trip to ...
Tributes to Kate, 'who clung on for a last goodbye'.(NEWS)
Apr 02, 2007 ... Byline: Breda Heffernan THE father of a woman killed in last week's motorway pile-up has told how she clung on to life until all her family and friends had gathered at her bedside. Hundreds of mourners packed St Conleth's Church in Newbridge, Co Kildare, at the ...
Quality street . . . Dublin is the place to be.(NEWS)
Apr 02, 2007 ... Byline: Allison Bray DUBLIN ranks near the top of the league of European cities when it comes to quality of living, according to a survey of major cities around the world. The capital is ranked 8th out of 26 European cities, a survey conducted by recruitment ...
Levy row derails plans to burn our waste.(NEWS)
Apr 02, 2007 ... Byline: Ralph Riegel THE Government's waste disposal strategy went up in flames last night after the shock confirmation that Indaver is to shelve its EU250m plans for twin incinerators in Cork and Meath. The decision was taken by the Belgian firm because the ...
'Ruthless' contestant makes her mark.(NEWS)
Apr 02, 2007 ... Byline: Shane Hickey A "RUTHLESS" Irish woman has put herself forward for what has been dubbed the toughest job interview going. Wicklow-born Kristina Grimes (36) is one of 15 remaining contestants on the BBC show 'The Apprentice' which has become famous for Sir Alan ...
Parents give false address in bid to get school entry.(NEWS)
Apr 02, 2007 ... Byline: Shane Hickey PARENTS trying to secure places for their children in Catholic schools are using desperate measures, including fake addresses. Some of the parents, who live outside the district of the school, are registering their child but using the address of ...
Developer warned not to turn hotel into high rise.(NEWS)
Apr 02, 2007 ... Byline: Anne-Marie Walsh A DEVELOPER who has offered one of the highest prices in history for a chunk of Irish property has been warned not to turn it into a high rise development. Dublin 4 residents have reacted with scepticism to news of Bernard McNamara's lofty ...
Industrial strife could put patients at risk - HSE.(NEWS)
Apr 02, 2007 ... Byline: Eilish O'Regan Health Correspondent PATIENT safety may be compromised by the work-to-rule by nurses, which starts today, the Health Service Executive (HSE) warned last night. However, nurses' representatives said that many hospitals had failed to set up ...
CONTINUATION: Hospital chaos as nurses go on work to rule.(NEWS)
Apr 02, 2007 ... it was imperative that a specific deadline was set for the introduction of the shorter week. Health employers offered to regrade particular nurses who are working with care assistants in the mental handicap sector to end the anomaly under which qualified nurses earn around ...
All set for a high-stakes, EU1bn game.(NEWS)
Apr 02, 2007 ... Byline: EILISH O'REGAN THE nurses involved in today's action are banking on using their strongest card - plunging the Government into a state of jitters before the general election. It's a high-stakes game. The nursing unions were generally dismissive of the three ...
'U2Charist' lights up church as young and old worship.(NEWS)
Apr 02, 2007 ... Byline: Allison Bray YOU'D be forgiven for thinking you had stumbled into a nightclub instead of a church at Ireland's first U2Charist service in Dublin last night. The domed altar at St George and St Thomas' Anglican church off O'Connell Street was lit up with ...
New hospital opens its doors . . . and we have several new arrivals.(NEWS)
Apr 02, 2007 ... Byline: Ralph Riegel A EU75M new maternity hospital celebrated its opening in the best possible fashion last weekend - with the delivery of a healthy baby boy. Kacper Poslada was born at 10.20pm last Saturday night - about seven hours after Cork University Maternity ...
Filter is 'answer' to bug - and costs just EU100.(NEWS)
Apr 02, 2007 ... Byline: Anne-Marie Walsh A FILTER which catches the bug that has stricken hundreds in the west could cost the average household just over EU100. An enterprising hotelier claims that a readily available filtration system probably costs less than what some people have ...
Gangland killings a national emergency, say gardai.(NEWS)
Apr 02, 2007 ... Byline: Tom Brady Security Editor GARDA supervisors want the Government to treat the recent spate of gangland murders as a national emergency. The annual conference of the Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors, which gets under way in Wexford this evening, ...
No booty aboard Lusitania - owner.(NEWS)
Apr 02, 2007 ... Byline: Ralph Riegel THE American owner of the Lusitania wreck has rubbished claims that its wreck off the Cork coast may contain bullion and art treasures. But Greg Bemis said he would press ahead with plans for a EU5m dive to explore the wreck next year, after the ...
Tax break is siring EU11m a year for stud owners.(NEWS)
Apr 02, 2007 ... Byline: Edel Kennedy STALLION owners have received exemption on almost EU30m annual profits under the controversial stud fees tax break. The first figures ever supplied for the scheme show that it cost the Exchequer EU10.7m in tax foregone in one year, more than three ...
Kenny puts neck on line over promise to deliver.(NEWS)
Apr 02, 2007 ... Byline: Gene McKenna and Fionnan Sheahan FINE Gael leader Enda Kenny is gambling his hopes of becoming Taoiseach on public trust. He has promised that if he is elected to power, he will "deliver". Mr Kenny said he was "putting his neck on the line" and ...
Enda plays the family guy card with devoted wife firmly in tow.(NEWS)
Apr 02, 2007 ... Byline: Fionnan Sheahan Political Correspondent FIONNUALA Kenny says her role is to make sure her husband doesn't have to worry about the family at home. The wife of Enda Kenny became a quite public part of his general election campaign over the weekend as the Fine ...
Faithful get whiff of blood and warm up for a government transfusion . . .(NEWS)
Apr 02, 2007 ... Byline: NICOLA ANDERSON WE expect a certain level of insanity from the Fianna Fail brigade, but this shower were on a different level completely. Wired to the moon. When you see a man in a 'legoland' toupee dancing precariously on a chair, you know things are on the ...
New faces set out their stall.(NEWS)
Apr 02, 2007 ... Byline: FIONNAN SHEAHAN Nervous delivery but built up to a constructive argument on the need for alternatives to prison for young offenders with a dig at the PDs to boot. Star rating: 4/10 Came back from a goal down when his microphone wouldn't work. ...
Kenny offers new 'contract to transform the country'.(NEWS)
Apr 02, 2007 ... Byline: Gene McKenna Political Editor FINE Gael leader Enda Kenny has offered a "Contract for a Better Ireland" between the public and himself. He said he was ready to put this forward as something which had never been done before. If he was elected as ...
Party banks on 'comeback kids' in the race for power.(NEWS)
Apr 02, 2007 ... Byline: Gene McKenna Political Editor THE spotlight was as much on Fine Gael's ''comeback kids'' at the weekend as on its new candidates hoping to make their mark. For Enda Kenny is depending on a mixture of the old and the new to provide the right blend for bringing ...
My knighthood will open doors, says Bono.(NEWS)
Apr 02, 2007 ... Byline: SHANE HICKEY BONO has defended his decision to accept an honorary knighthood from the Queen, saying U2 was interested in having "more interesting enemies". The singer, pictured right, said there were double standards in operation when people talked about the ...
Inmates up by 15pc when new prisons ready.(NEWS)
Apr 02, 2007 ... Byline: Tom Brady Security Editor THE overall prison population is set to rise by 15pc - partly as a result of the minimum mandatory sentences for thugs convicted of serious firearms and drugs offences. The projected number of prisoners is 3,700 within eight years ...
Charting a steady course.(COMMENT)
Apr 02, 2007 ... FINE GAEL delegates were in high spirits at their ard fheis at the weekend. And with excellent reason. When the year began, Bertie Ahern looked certain to return as Taoiseach after the general election. Since then, for a variety of reasons, the playing field has levelled, at least to the ...
Oh, for the good old days of gunboat diplomacy.(FEATURES)
Apr 02, 2007 ... Byline: IAN O'DOHERTY Has there been a more hear-rending picture on our screens in recent years than the sight of Leading Seaman Faye Turney being paraded in front of Iranian national television cameras? The act of piracy which led to the kidnap of the 15 British ...
Kazakhstan, the unlikely tourist hot spot . . .(FEATURES)
Apr 02, 2007 ... Byline: Kim Bielenberg As the fictitious Kazakh reporter Borat would say, 'Eez nice, you like'. In the spoof documentary, Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan, the central Asian country was lampooned mercilessly. It was ...
The Thoughts of Trichet.(BUSINESS)
Apr 02, 2007 ... Byline: BRENDAN KEENAN A People of Europe are telling us to ensure price stability and saying: We support you in ensuring price stability. And they add: We are not sure that we have perfect price stability. That is true, but it cannot be interpreted in a negative way. It means: ...
Steer clear of these lottery scams.(BUSINESS)
Apr 02, 2007 ... Byline: CHARLIE WESTON I RECEIVED a letter, followed up by a phone call, from a foreign lottery claiming I had won EU60,000. I normally don't pay any attention to these letters or calls but it comes from an EU country and looks very official. The company ...
Poor return from An Post rates.(BUSINESS)
Apr 02, 2007 ... Byline: JIM AUGHNEY I HAVE EU12,000 in Instalment Saving Certificates at An Post. The investment period will be complete on April 1. I can reinvest with a guaranteed return of 16pc tax-free over a five-year, six-month period. If I reinvest in Special Bonds, I can get 8pc ...
Irish link in Dutch armoured vans deal.(BUSINESS)
Apr 02, 2007 ... Byline: Don Lavery A HUGE order for up to 350 Irish-designed armoured vehicles is on the cards after The Netherlands offered a unique swop deal to Australia where the vehicle is produced. The Bushmaster vehicle is designed by Timoney Technology of Navan. ...
Irish investment firms get thumbs up in survey.(BUSINESS)
Apr 02, 2007 ... Byline: Cyril Hardiman A SURVEY of local and international investment professionals has ranked Irish company shareholder communications among Europe's best. There was unanimous consensus that Irish companies were strong communicators, preferring direct contact, ...
Aurum Mining in big gold hunt.(BUSINESS)
Apr 02, 2007 ... Byline: Jim Aughney AURUM Mining, which is listed on London's AIM, is well on the way to bringing a gold/copper mine in the former Soviet Union into operation, according to its stocbroker Arbuthnot. This follows a PS30m fund raising in February. The ...
REF'S CARDINAL ERROR.(SPORT)
Apr 02, 2007 ... Byline: Paddy Hickey REFEREE Euge e Murtagh is at the centre of a major controversy after failing to send off a player despite showing him two yellow cards in yesterday's All-Ireland Club Senior Football Championship final replay in Portlaoise. Having already been ...
Lessons in hard knocks keep Irish eyes on ball.(SPORT)
Apr 02, 2007 ... Byline: EMMET RIORDAN in Georgetown, Guyana IRELAND are hoping to take the lessons learned from Friday's opening Super Eights loss to England into tomorrow's game against South Africa at Providence Stadium. Loose bowling in the final ten overs and an inability to ...
Fahey's raider Pavlova shows class at Navan.(SPORT)
Apr 02, 2007 ... Byline: Damien McElroy RICHARD FAHEY'S English raider Anna Pavlova and the ultra-smart debutant Acapulco were the star turns at Navan yesterday as punters got the better of the argument with the bookmakers late on. Anna Pavlova, twice a Listed winner in Britain, ...
Treasure Ireland.(REVIEW)
Apr 02, 2007 ... Byline: GEMMA O'DOHERTY REPORTS This week, two of Dublin's legendary shops closed their doors for the last time: Greene's Bookstore on Clare St and Frawleys clothes shop in the heart of the Liberties. Around the country, indigenous family-run retailers are ...
WACKYPEDIA.(REVIEW)
Apr 02, 2007 ... Byline: Kim Bielenberg As my old school teachers used to say, "Manners maketh man.'' But where do you go to find out the rules of modern etiquette? How do you get by in posh circles if you don't know your petits fours from your elbow? ...
TRUE STORIES.(REVIEW)
Apr 02, 2007 ... Byline: Kim Bielenberg One should never shun opportunities for romance. A robber who held up a Milwaukee shop asked one of the shop assistants out for a date. Ananova.com reports how robbers forced employees to open the till. One grabbed the money, forced the workers ...
QUOTEABLES.(REVIEW)
Apr 02, 2007 ... Byline: Kim Bielenberg "Let's be clear. A deal with Fianna Fail would be a deal with the devil. We would be spat out after 5 years, and decimated as a Party." - Green Party TD Ciaran Cuffe on the prospects of coalition with Fianna Fail. The comment was made on his ...
BAD WEEK.(REVIEW)
Apr 02, 2007 ... Byline: Kim Bielenberg The Northern Ireland minister caused a bit of a kerkuffle when he said he was repulsed by gays and lesbians. "I think that people harm themselves and harm society." They're such bigots, those damn Northerners! ...
LUAS TALK.(REVIEW)
Apr 02, 2007 ... Byline: Kim Bielenberg - MICK THE MAVERICK 'Big Brother' - aren't you just sick of it? Do you think I want to spend my evenings watching some screwball, painted Jezebel washing dishes and scratching her backside? If I wanted to do that I could go to the ...
Breakfast roll man's verdict.(REVIEW)
Apr 02, 2007 ... Byline: DAVID McWILLIAMS The sun is just coming up. It is a damp Friday morning. The traffic is, as always, endless. The head is a bit sore. The few pints last night didn't help. He shouldn't have gone to Diva nightclub in the Red Cow Complex with the lads, but one of the ...
Human faces behind the legal jousting.(REVIEW)
Apr 02, 2007 ... Byline: KIM BIELENBERG In the long-running and frequently tedious saga of modern Irish tribunals, there has seldom been a more dramatic moment. Just hours after the apparent election victory, Bertie Ahern's reputation was again being shredded by counsel for the Mahon ...
The hairdryer treatment.(REVIEW)
Apr 02, 2007 ... Byline: John Meagher It's minutes before Ireland's historic rugby encounter with France at Croke Park, and stand-in captain Paul O'Connell has got the attention of the dressing room. The Limerick man is pumping up his team-mates, urging them to intimidate the French ....
Tag rugby: no game for the Golden Oldies.(REVIEW)
Apr 02, 2007 ... Byline: DAVID ROBBINS Age has a funny way of catching up with you. Or in my case, actually passing you out.Take yesterday morning. I was at the bank to discuss switching my mortgage. After all the details had been finalised, we got round to talking about mortgage protection. ...
STILL THE KING OF COOL.(REVIEW)
Apr 02, 2007 ... Byline: PAUL WHITINGTON Towards the business end of the 1968 thriller Bullitt, Steve McQueen looks into the rear view mirror of his Ford Mustang and notices that he is being followed. Looking down, and looking perfect, he revs the car noisily and thus begins the most ...
Glanbia package for milk, grain.(FARMING)
Apr 03, 2007 ... Byline: Maeve Dineen GLANBIA plc h a s announced a significant co-op package in an effort to boost milk price to its dairy farmers. On top of a 6.3c/gal increase for April manufacturing milk, the company has also announced a further 3.2c/gal increase as part of a ...
Rights being sold for big prices.(FARMING)
Apr 03, 2007 ... Byline: Maeve Dineen ENTITLEMENT trading has taken off in earnest this year with rights easily making prices of three to four times their value. Well-known auctioneer Meath-based auctioneer Helen McGee said she has a strong trade this year and is dealing with ...
CONTINUATION: Glanbia bonus and shares spinout.(FARMING)
Apr 03, 2007 ... "Therefore, it is proposed to fund this proposal through a combination of co-op resources and the sale of up to 6.8m of shares held in Glanbia plc in the 2007/2009 period. The co-op shareholding in the plc will not be reduced below 51pc to fund this proposal. "Glanbia Co-op is ...
Department approves EU346m in FWM scheme.(FARMING)
Apr 03, 2007 ... Byline: Caitriona Murphy The average value of Farm Waste Management applications approved by the Department of Agriculture so far stands at EU26,110. More than 13,200 farmers have had their farm waste building plans grant-approved by the Department of Agriculture. ...
SFP forms nearly come to a fiery end in blaze.(FARMING)
Apr 03, 2007 ... Byline: Caitriona Murphy FARMERS' Single Farm Payment application forms narrowly escaped being destroyed in a blaze recently when a building next door to the printer's premises caught fire. A major blaze at a factory in the Ballymount Industrial Estate required nine ...