Irish Independent (Dublin, Republic of Ireland) back issues from May 2007:
THRILL OF THE HUNTER TRIAL.(FARMING)
May 01, 2007 ... Byline: Ciatriona Murphy WHERE once the term' horsey person' was used to describe either the extremely wealthy or doggedly devoted, it has morphed in recent years into something entirely different. The sight of row after row of shining 4x4s, gleaming horseboxes and ...
Sheep industry on point of collapse.(FARMING)
May 01, 2007 ... Byline: Maeve Dineen THE Irish sheep flock has fallen by an astounding half a million ewes in the past 18 months, with confidence in the sheep sector now at an all-time low. Last week, the sheep trade collapsed with prices dropping by 40-50c/kg. Yesterday the trade ...
Farmers sceptical on milk testing in the new system.(FARMING)
May 01, 2007 ... Byline: Maeve Dineen A GROUNDSWELL of scepticism about the new A ; B-C milk pricing system was voiced at the IFA dairy meeting in Kilkenny last week. Dairy farmers from the Glanbia region claimed it will not work unless the milk is tested in an independent milk ...
Dairy fund: an opportunity missed?(FARMING)
May 01, 2007 ... Byline: Maeve Dineen THE allocation of the EU114m dairy fund has created a furore amongst a number of dairy industry heavyweights. The generous lump sum money, which was the envy of many of our European counterparts, has only served to divide the industry further rather than ...
EU2.6m guide on Golden Vale farm.(FARMING)
May 01, 2007 ... Byline: Declan O'Brien A NUMBER of farmers who have sold land for development are expected to be in the shake-up for a dairy farm which has just come on the market in Co Limerick. The 80-acre holding at Dromin, Kilmallock is being sold with a 154,871-gallon milk ...
Proposal to pay for walking use.(FARMING)
May 01, 2007 ... Byline: Caitriona Murphy A NEW hillwalking proposal, seen by some as a pre-election sweetener, is the first indication that farmers could be paid to allow walkers roam across their land. The draft document, seen by the Farming Independent, stresses that while there ...
Stores pushed up in rush to buy.(FARMING)
May 01, 2007 ... Byline: Caitriona Murphy FARMERS are busy buying store bullocks, with prices improving by as much as EU40/hd on last week for quality types. Ballinakill mart had 740 animals on offer on Saturday, with a good trade for all types. Heavy bullocks sold for EU400-580 over ...
Prices drop for second week.(FARMING)
May 01, 2007 ... Byline: Caitriona Murphy THE lamb trade has been hit by price drops for the second week in a row. Hogget numbers were well back at Baltinglass mart on Saturday at prices of EU19-30 over the weight. Cull ewes sold for between EU28 and EU54/ hd. Ewes with single lambs ...
Legal crisis fear as teen seeks UK abortion.(FRONT PAGE)
May 01, 2007 ... Byline: Ann O'Loughlin and Dearbhail McDonald THE Government is bracing itself for another constitutional crisis on our abortion laws. A 17-year-old teenager whose baby will not survive after birth has gone to court to stop the HSE preventing her travelling to the UK ...
Taoiseach says stgPS30,000 for Celia was a 'stamp duty issue'.(FRONT PAGE)
May 01, 2007 ... Byline: Gene McKenna TAOISEACH Bertie Ahern was yesterday forced to defend his former partner Celia Larkin following reports she had received stgPS30,000 from Michael Wall, from whom the couple were renting a house. He described it as a ''stamp duty issue'' at a time ...
Bottleneck set to drive motorists even further round bend.(NEWS)
May 01, 2007 ... Byline: Paul Melia FRUSTRATED motorists using one of the country's most notorious traffic bottlenecks face even further delays from today. Motorists travelling in and out of Dublin via the N7/Red Cow interchange face an even longer daily commute because of new traffic ...
Rugby ground residents reject cash offer.(NEWS)
May 01, 2007 ... Byline: Paul Melia DUBLIN 4 residents affected by the redevelopment of Lansdowne Road stadium have been offered EU75,000 each in compensation for loss of light to their homes. But the offer has been rejected by Dublin City councillors who have sought an increased ...
Blanket coverage - Michael Jnr's debut awaits 'Hello' money.(NEWS)
May 01, 2007 ... Byline: Ralph Riegel MICHAEL Flatley Jnr made his first public appearance yesterday - but he was a little camera shy. As he lay hidden beneath a baby blanket, the hordes of photographers were unable to get a snap of Michael and Niamh Flat-ley's first child. ...
Draft guidelines rule out expulsion for uniform breaches.(NEWS)
May 01, 2007 ... Byline: Katherine Donnelly NEW guidelines on promoting good behaviour in school say pupils should not be suspended or expelled for breaches of the uniform code. Suspensions and expulsions should also be avoided during the Leaving and Junior Certificate exams, ...
Opening time for 'booze bus' scheme.(NEWS)
May 01, 2007 ... Byline: Treacy Hogan Environment Correspondent IT'S the ultimate pub takeaway - a government-funded bus that brings the customers home after their night out. The Government gave the green-light yesterday for EU500,000 to be spent on the first seven rural transport ...
New powers to 'chase down' river polluters.(NEWS)
May 01, 2007 ... Byline: Treacy Hogan Environment Correspondent IRRESPONSIBLE local authorities who continue to discharge sewage into rivers and lakes are to be prosecuted by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The State's environment watchdog is being handed tough new powers ...
Big banks offering the lowest rates to savers.(NEWS)
May 01, 2007 ... Byline: Charlie Weston Personal Finance Editor THE big banks have been accused of giving poor value to people who deposit lump sums. A survey issued yesterday showed AIB, Bank of Ireland, Ulster Bank and Permanent TSB have some of the worst rates for lump-sum savers ....
New skin cancer treatment proving successful.(NEWS)
May 01, 2007 ... Byline: Eilish O'Regan Health Correspondent A NEW technique is now available to skin cancer patients which offers the highest potential chance for recovery. However, the technique is only practised by three specialists in the country. Dr Cal Condon, consultant ...
Estonian 'was kicked to death for his mobile phone'.(NEWS)
May 01, 2007 ... Byline: Tom Brady and Breda Heffernan GARDAI believe a young man was kicked to death yesterday because a gang of teenage thugs wanted his mobile phone. The victim was named last night as Valerii Ranert, a 28-year-old Estonian, who had been living here for just two ...
Children 'ostracised' due to fear over TB outbreak.(NEWS)
May 01, 2007 ... Byline: Ralph Riegel CHILDREN have been ostracised within their communities because of a TB outbreak in two creches. Last night, health chiefs leading the treatment campaign admitted they were appalled at the way some children and their families had been shunned ...
Nurses threaten to step up action if pay talks fail.(NEWS)
May 01, 2007 ... Byline: Eilish O'Regan Health Correspondent FRUSTRATED nurses have warned that they will escalate their dispute and re-start their one-hour work stoppages from Friday if talks fail. And they will target the main hospital in Taoiseach Bertie Ahern's constituency. ...
CONTINUATION: Legal crux over teen's abortion bid.(NEWS)
May 01, 2007 ... She claimed that because she couldn't have an abortion in Ireland - ina case of foetal abnormality - it was in breach of her human rights. The court rejected her application because the matter had not been heard in Irish courts. But the latest case could lead to ...
Our most contentious issue: but still untackled due to political cowardice.(NEWS)
May 01, 2007 ... Byline: DEARBHAIL McDONALD WHAT are pregnant women to do? What are the parents of a pregnant, under-age girl to do? What is the medical profession to do? Fifteen years have passed since the late Supreme Court Judge Niall McCarthy implored the Government to clarify ...
Quarryvale probe delayed until after country goes to the polls.(NEWS)
May 01, 2007 ... Byline: Lorna Reid THE controversial Quarry-vale inquiry has been put on the back burner for another month, thanks to Bertie Ahern's early morning visit to Aras an Uachtarain. It was to be all systems go at Dublin Castle yesterday for the probe into Quarry-vale, ...
Ahern says payments row may cost him votes.(NEWS)
May 01, 2007 ... Byline: Gene McKenna Political Editor TAOISEACH Bertie Ahern was trying to draw a line last night under the payments controversy, but admitted it could cost him crucial votes on polling day. The surprise adjournment of the Mahon Tribunal for the election campaign has ...
Visitors' hopes of a juicy scandal cruelly dashed.(NEWS)
May 01, 2007 ... Byline: Dearbhail McDonald Legal Affairs Correspondent THE planning tribunal isn't usually the first port of call for visitors who land on Irish shores. Dublin Castle boasts the Chester Beatty Library; the State Apartments, the Chapel Royal and, for the truly ...
From bar to street to bookie, Bertie's bandwagon rolls on.(NEWS)
May 01, 2007 ... Byline: Fergus Black BERTIE Ahern might have to draw on the courage of the Jameson family motto for some inspiration as he heads into what is predicted to be the closest general election in years. When John Jameson founded his famous distillery in Dublin's Bow Street ...
Don't be fooled, no man, woman or child is safe from candidates.(NEWS)
May 01, 2007 ... Byline: Sam Smyth PLANET politics is a parallel universe inhabited by men and women in suits obsessed with the election and getting their message across. Meanwhile, back on planet punter, folk are going about their everyday business and trying hard to ignore the manifesto sales ...
Going gets tough so FF pull plug on Martin's press conference.(NEWS)
May 01, 2007 ... Byline: Fionnan Sheahan Political Correspondent FIANNA Fail shut down their first press conference of the general election campaign yesterday after Enterprise Minister Micheal Martin was bombarded with tricky questions. And Fine Gael claimed their anonymously ...
'I won't run again if I don't fulfil my promises'.(NEWS)
May 01, 2007 ... Byline: Fionnan Sheahan Political Correspondent ENDA Kenny says every one of his key promises would have to be fulfilled in government for him to seek re-election to the Taoiseach's office. Fianna Fail immediately attacked Fine Gael's policy by claiming the party ...
Keyboard critics get their spake in virtual analysis.(NEWS)
May 01, 2007 ... Byline: Ciaran Byrne THE voices of reason. Anoraks. Cranks? Who are these creatures that roam Irish cyberspace offering frank opinions on, well, just about everything? Some of it is reasoned, some of it just plain mad. But an avalanche of debate ...
Why would you ever swap us for a Lada, asks Cowen.(NEWS)
May 01, 2007 ... Byline: Fionnan Sheahan Political Correspondent FINANCE Minister Brian Cowen warned Fine Gael and Labour yesterday that Fianna Fail would be scrutinising their policies. But Fine Gael said Mr Cowen was making yet another baseless attack on their "sound proposals" that ...
'Tara' motorway work to begin before end of week.(NEWS)
May 01, 2007 ... Byline: Paul Melia CONSTRUCTION work on the controversial M3 motorway linking Meath with Dublin is expected to begin before the end of the week. Transport Minister Martin Cullen yesterday turned the sod on the motorway just outside Navan in a low-key event aimed at ...
Bertie finds shelter from storm and emerges smiling in the sun.(NEWS)
May 01, 2007 ... Byline: FIONNAN SHEAHAN THE Taoiseach's diary yesterday looks like any other Monday when Bertie Ahern is out and about in Dublin. 12 noon: Sport Stars Read Project in Croke Park. 1:00pm: Refurbished Old Jameson Distillery Bow Street. 1:45pm: ...
Economy less competitive, latest CSO figures reveal.(NEWS)
May 01, 2007 ... Byline: Grainne Cunningham THE performance of Irish economy ranked second in the EU zone just two years ago but our international competitiveness is slipping, according to new figures out yesterday. Higher inflation and a stronger euro is making Irish goods and ...
Galway water: a scandal.(ELECTIONS)
May 01, 2007 ... MORE than 200 cases of stomach ailments caused by the cryptospori-dium bug in the polluted water supply have been confirmed in Galway. But Dr Diarmuid O'Donovan, public health director, says that the true figure is between five and 10 times the number confirmed in the laboratory. In other ...
Shadow over the campaign.(ELECTIONS)
May 01, 2007 ... BERTIE Ahern's general election campaign has got off to a bad start, aggravated by his visible annoyance at the publicity given to allegations, old and new, about financial transactions during his time as Minister for Finance in the mid-1990s. His annoyance is entirely ...
Are we trendy enough to choose Enda the Culchie?(ELECTIONS)
May 01, 2007 ... Byline: JUSTINE McCARTHY IN Labour's campaign HQ above Burger King, where go-getters from the solicitors' and estate agents' offices around Baggot Street grab lunch on the run, the message board proclaims: "It's the future, stupid." What a supreme act of ...
We'll have to save Africa just to rescue ourselves.(NEWS)
May 01, 2007 ... Byline: KEVIN MYERS SPRING in Ireland, 2007, and we breakfast daily on the terrace. It has rained once in the past month, wasps are everywhere, and the swallows arrived some two weeks early. Something is happening, and it will not be changed by the green ...
Little Mickey hits the hustings . . .(FEATURES)
May 01, 2007 ... Byline: Ian O'Doherty Ah, you gotta love election time. The sun is out, the canvassers are prowling the streets like vaguely animated zombies and politicians are even more shameless than normal -- if such a thing is possible. And, while the weasel Ahern ...
Best personals ad ever?(FEATURES)
May 01, 2007 ... Byline: Ian O'Doherty You know how it is. You're in the office, chained to your desk while the sun bakes the stones outside. Do you continue with your work and get out as quickly as possible, or do you waste a few hours trawling around the lower reaches of craigslist.com trying ...
Must. Get. Out. More.(FEATURES)
May 01, 2007 ... Byline: Ian O'Doherty We all know that people who watch too many soaps run a very real risk of going completely insane. But it seems that not all the people who watch soaps are mad. Some are really boring as well. Step forward the good people of lobby ...
Oh yeah, the perfect choice.(FEATURES)
May 01, 2007 ... Byline: Ian O'Doherty The celebrity accessory du jour is undoubtedly a little black baby, and the poorer the country they come from, the better. As gruesome twosome Madonna and Angelina Jolie compete to see who can collect the most cabbage patch dolls, sorry, ...
Thanks for the tip, Sheryl.(FEATURES)
May 01, 2007 ... Byline: Ian O'Doherty There can be few sights more entertaining than a deranged celebrity lecturing the rest of us on how to live our lives. Whether it's Tibet, Darfur, Aids or the environment, there is no shortage of ill-informed, smug egomaniacs who believe that ...
How to spend wisely.(PERSONAL FINANCE)
May 01, 2007 ... Byline: Charlie Weston TODAY a EU7.5bn wall of cash will become available to consumers from the SSIA scheme. It is, without doubt, the largest amount of money consumers in this country have seen come their way. Half of the 1.1m SSIAs (Special Savings ...
She's going to splash out and save as well.(PERSONAL FINANCE)
May 01, 2007 ... Byline: CHARLIE WESTON A TRIP to Western Australia and a deposit for a house are on the agenda for 27-year-old Laura Brady, thanks to her SSIA. When she started saving into the scheme she put in PS100(EU126.97) a week, but after a year Ms Brady went up to the maximum ...
Be careful not to be stung on your savings account.(PERSONAL FINANCE)
May 01, 2007 ... Byline: CHARLIE WESTON THE Irish have become a nation of savers with a recent survey showing that nine out of 10 consumers are squirreling away money. And three out of four people save on a regular basis, according to research carried out by Amarach Consulting and ...
WEIGH UP THE RISKS.(PERSONAL FINANCE)
May 01, 2007 ... Byline: Donal Buckley THOSE SSIA savers who opted for equity-based investments look set to celebrate better returns than the majority of SSIA savers who opted for deposit-style savings. As a result many are now looking around for the best bets in which to reinvest ...
Mortgage lending rise slows to 2002 low point.(BUSINESS)
May 01, 2007 ... Byline: Brendan Keenan THE slowdown in the property market was highlighted by Central Bank figures which showed mortgage lending rising at the slowest level in almost five years. The rate of growth in mortgage lending slowed from 22.9pc in February to 22pc. This ...
All-Ireland corporation tax rate plan.(BUSINESS)
May 01, 2007 ... Byline: Bernard Purcell in Brussels ANY All-Ireland wide reform of corporation tax would have to comply with existing EU rules outlawing unfair State aid to companies, the European Commission said yesterday. Commission president Jose Manuel Barosso will meet North ...
Consumer confidence higher but fragile.(BUSINESS)
May 01, 2007 ... Byline: Brendan Keenan CONSUMER confidence picked up last month after the sharp decline recorded in March, but remains fragile, according to the latest survey from the ESRI and IIB Bank. The survey takes on an added significance during the election campaign because ...
EU money supply to prompt more ECB rate increases.(BUSINESS)
May 01, 2007 ... Byline: Brendan Keenan THE supply of money in the eurozone rose at the fastest level in 24 years last month, suggesting the European Central Bank may have to raise interest rates higher than the 4pc expected in June. Even though inflation fell in the 13-nation euro ...
INBS up for sale soon after due diligence.(BUSINESS)
May 01, 2007 ... Byline: Jim Aughney IRISH Nationwide Building Society will be put up for sale in the next week to ten days when a vendor's due diligence report is completed by KPMG -- the society's auditors -- and passed on to those financial institutions who have expressed an interest in ...
Kenmare eyes Moma boost as losses hit $4m.(BUSINESS)
May 01, 2007 ... Byline: Pat Boyle KENMARE, the mining group which last week announced the start of production from its Moma titanium mine in Mozambique, yesterday reported a loss of $4.3m for 2006. The company said the loss arose primarily from foreign exchange losses on ...
SHIP parent loses EU1m.(BUSINESS)
May 01, 2007 ... Byline: Jim Aughney FINANCE Ireland, the parent company of the SHIP home-loan business, has reported a pre-tax loss of EU1m for the six months to the end of December. Finance Ireland is the holding company for SHIP, which provides so-called 'equity release' products ...
Markets.(BUSINESS)
May 01, 2007 ... Byline: CYRIL HARDIMAN IRISH share prices saw a bright opening fade and wilt as investor confidence in the Dublin market continued to look very shaky yesterday. The ISEQ index ended the session flat at 9,470.5, having given up 70 points (0.7pc) from the market's early ...
Dana profits surge by 27pc to reach PS107m.(BUSINESS)
May 01, 2007 ... Byline: Pat Boyle OIL exploration and production group Dana Petroleum yesterday reported a 27pc jump in profits before tax and any adjustments to PS106.8m for the year to the end of December last. After adjustments, the profit fell from PS107m to PS97m but cash ...
Healthy options are very much on O'Sullivan menu.(SPORT)
May 01, 2007 ... Byline: DAVID KELLY WHERE once it seemed as if the senior Irish rugby squad represented a formidable, albeit immoveable beast, it now appears that on the cusp of a World Cup in which they are expected to challenge strongly, it more resembles a moveable feast. How ...
Carney can unlock the missing code for Ireland.(SPORT)
May 01, 2007 ... Byline: David Kelly SUCH are the vicissitudes of sport that this time last year a bookie would have proffered meaner odds on Brian O'Driscoll swapping union for league, as opposed to his namesake Carney making the reverse switch. Yet yesterday's cast list for ...
Puma tour to focus minds on World Cup.(SPORT)
May 01, 2007 ... Byline: TONY WARD EDDIE O'SULLIVAN is of course stating the blindingly obvious when he narrows the upcoming Argentinian tour down to options ahead of the upcoming World Cup. But in real terms, mixing it while understrength in a two-test series with the physically ...
Cardiff out to claim top spot.(SPORT)
May 01, 2007 ... Byline: David Kelly CARDIFF BLUES, relatively refreshed after their weekend jaunt against the hapless Borders, will haul in long-term Magners League leaders Leinster this evening if they can overcome local rivals Newport Gwent-Dragons at the Arms Park. Nick Macleod ...
Italian job sequel holds out few fears for invigorated McDowell.(SPORT)
May 01, 2007 ... Byline: KARL MacGINTY GRAEME McDOWELL'S morale is soaring this week as he returns to the scene of his triumph at the 2004 Italian Open. "I'm ready to swim with the big fish again," McDowell enthused. "My recent results do not reflect the quality of my ball striking, ...
Ireland fast-track Hayward into side.(SPORT)
May 01, 2007 ... Byline: Emmet Riordan NEW Irish coach Phil Simmons has wasted no time in bolstering his squad for the Friends Provident Trophy after signing South African fast bowler Nantie Hayward as an overseas player. Sunday's opening defeat to Kent again highlighted Ireland's ...
Kildare crisis as Earley career in doubt after sustaining freak Sunderland injury.(SPORT)
May 01, 2007 ... Byline: Colm Keys DERMOT Earley's intercounty career with Kildare is hanging by a thread after yet another injury setback. Earley suffered a recurrence of a metatarsal injury during a training session in Sunderland where the Kildare squad had set up camp over the ...
Cork football selector blames greedy managers for curse of player burn-out.(SPORT)
May 01, 2007 ... Byline: Cliona Foley SELFISH managers are the people responsible for burning out the GAA's young talent, not the Under-21 grade. So says Cork U21 football selector Michael O'Loughlin, in defence of the competition which some of the GAA's own top administrators are ...