Irish Independent (Dublin, Republic of Ireland) back issues from October 2008:
Someone save us from OAPs.
Oct 01, 2008 ... We live in a time of unprecedented personal danger. It now seems to even the most reasonable, rational and fair-minded person that the mere act of sticking your head outside the door is to invite a violent and possibly lethal response. While many of us who happen to walk the ...
UK complains as savers rush to move cash here.
Oct 01, 2008 ... BRITISH banks suffered yesterday after savers in Britain and Ireland withdrew money from UK banks and poured it into Irish banks that have a State guarantee. The development promoted the UK's Financial Services Authority (FSA) to complain to its Irish counterpart that the ...
EU Commission to investigate State's bank deposits pledge.
Oct 01, 2008 ... THE European Commission is to investigate the Government's plan to guarantee all bank deposits in its bid to improve the industry's access to international funds frozen by the credit crunch. The Commission will focus its investigation on the competitive aspects of the deal and ...
Growth in mortgage lending plummets.
Oct 01, 2008 ... THE annual rate of growth in mortgage lending dropped to its lowest level in 21 years in August, Central Bank figures out yesterday showed. The new statistics were released as it emerged that IIB Homeloans is again increasing its mortgage interest rates, in a move that is likely ...
CCTV may hold clues to vicious shooting.
Oct 01, 2008 ... GARDAI hunting the vicious gang who gunned down a young man in front of his pregnant girlfriend and her two children are hoping that CCTV security camera footage may deliver a key breakthrough in their investigation. The 35-year-old victim, from Togher, Cork, is set to be ...
No golden parachute for financial bodies: SIPTU.
Oct 01, 2008 ... THE country's largest trade union yesterday said there should be no "golden parachute" for financial institutions. SIPTU President Jack O'Connor reacted with scepticism to the Government's announcement of security for Irish banks. He described the plan as ...
Business groups give backing to guarantee.
Oct 01, 2008 ... Fergus Black BUSINESS leaders yesterday gave a broad welcome to the Government's unprecedented intervention to safeguard the banking sector. But the Consumers Association of Ireland said there must be some sort of "payback" for the taxpayer, who was now guaranteeing ...
Devil lies in the detail of this epic bailout.
Oct 01, 2008 ... THE House of Representatives rejected Uncle Sam's planned $700bn bailout, partly because it was unconvinced by the lack of detail in the financial roadmap. What then to make of the Government's plans to shore up confidence in Ireland's banking system? At first ...
Consumer confidence edges up despite job losses.
Oct 01, 2008 ... CONSUMER confidence has risen slightly for the second month in a row despite the massive global financial upheaval and a slew of job losses. Figures released yesterday showed that the overall IIB Bank/ESRI Consumer Sentiment Index rose in September. But it was based on the ...
The '400bn battle.
Oct 01, 2008 ... Fierce row erupts on Government powers to support the banks THE Government last night battled for sweeping powers to allow it to step in and prevent troubled banks from going under. Following a day of drama, the full details finally emerged of Taoiseach Brian Cowen's ...
Primary school chiefs plead for.
Oct 01, 2008 ... doubling of grants in Budget SEVEN groups representing the managements of 3,200 primary schools yesterday joined forces to warn of the dangers of "chronic underfunding" in primary education. The "Cinderella" status of primary education is no longer acceptable, they ...
Ireland's.
Oct 01, 2008 ... care of diabetics ninth best in Europe IRELAND'S diabetes care is the ninth best out of 27 European countries, according to a new report, but waiting times for specialist care are still too long, writes Eilish O'Regan. Euro Consumer ...
Care home fee plan delayed.
Oct 01, 2008 ... Families must wait until 2009 before reclaiming costs Eilish O'Regan Health Correspondent Residents of private nursing homes facing high fees will have to wait until next year before they can avail of the Government's delayed Fair Deal scheme allowing for a new form ...
Sky's the limit for Desmond at appeal hearing.
Oct 01, 2008 ... TALL TALES: Bizquip buildingDeveloper Sean Dunne's counsel questioned financier Dermot Desmond's attitude to tall buildings yesterday in an attempt to overcome opposition to his plans to build a 132m skyscraper in leafy Ballsbridge. Mr Desmond's witness, architect Shane O'Toole, ...
Call for poor to get 'no frills' accounts.
Oct 01, 2008 ... Fergus Black "NO FRILLS" bank accounts to bring thousands of financially excluded people into the banking system were called for yesterday as it was revealed that one in 10 of the country's adults doesn't have an account. On the day the Government intervened to ...
Abuse victim who took on Church signs book deal.
Oct 01, 2008 ... CHURCH sex abuse survivor Colm O'Gorman has signed an international deal with a big publisher for his memoirs. Hodder & Stoughton in London will publish the book in the UK and Ireland in 2009 and it will also be published in the US, Australia and other countries. ...
Haunting tale of man who turns into a fly is snared in a web of simplicity.
Oct 01, 2008 ... Metamorphosis Olympia Theatre, Dublin You go to bed one night as a hardworking young man weighed down by the stresses of supporting your family through impoverished times. You wake up the next morning feeling light enough to fly away through the bedroom window -- and then you ...
Movie buffs will get the silent film treatment.
Oct 01, 2008 ... IRELAND'S oldest film festival opens its 53rd programme next week with British comedian Paul Merton as guest of honour. The Cork Corona Film Festival runs from October 12 to 19 and boasts one of its strongest ever film selections. Paul Merton -- star of 'Have I Got News For You' ...
Dublin 7/1 with.
Oct 01, 2008 ... Paddy Power for riot on economy ROCKERS the Kaiser Chiefs had in mind a rowdy night out in their native Leeds when they wrote their smash hit 'I Predict a Riot'. But maverick bookmaker Paddy Power now predicts another type of riot is about to sweep the ...
Double delight.
Oct 01, 2008 ... for Slade Valley's Birmingham Margaret Birmingham was the ace in the pack for Slade Valley in the ILGU AA Insurance finals last weekend. Margaret helped her club defeat East Cork in the final of the Inter-mediate Championship by winning her match, scoring ...
O'Connors put their heads together at Concra.
Oct 01, 2008 ... CHRISTY O'Connor Junior is getting ready for the launch of his latest design project in Portugal -- but the former Ryder Cup star will find it hard to beat the emotional appeal of Concra Wood Golf and Country Club near Castleblayney, Co Monaghan. "Concra Wood is the only course ...
Ireland face tough Davis assignment in Algeria.
Oct 01, 2008 ... IRELAND have been handed a tough away test against Algeria in the opening round of next year's Davis Cup. The Algerians have just two players in the ATP singles world rankings, their No 1, Lamine Ouahab, is at 246, while their second player, Eddy Chala, is way down the list at ...
French minnows willing to learn Thomond lessons.
Oct 01, 2008 ... HEINEKEN CUP debutants Montauban have written off their chances of beating Munster when they face the champions in their opening Pool One clash at the redeveloped Thomond Park on Friday week. No French team has won in Limerick in 13 years of European competition and Montauban ...
Classy Fahey's efforts in vain as Pat's left to ponder what might have been.
Oct 01, 2008 ... And so another Irish club were ushered out of Europe, yet more players and fans armed with an all too wearying truckload of regrets. After Drogheda's luckless exit, St Pat's were the latest to rue the denial of the improbable. If this was a game of inches in the mind, ...
Reward for Jean's 'Junior' efforts.
Oct 01, 2008 ... CONGRATULATIONS to Ennis member Jean Molony who has won the Portmarnock Hotel & Golf Links/Irish Independent Lady Golfer of the Month Award for August. A member of the Southern District's Junior Committee for eight years, Jean was appointed Junior Convenor at Ennis in 1995 and ...
McCreevy plans to overhaul financial standards as turmoil continues.
Oct 02, 2008 ... Strict limits on the size of any individual risk taken on by European financial institutions, higher capitalisation and a switch to rules on fair-value accounting if other parts of the world do so, are among proposals made yesterday by EU Internal Market Commissioner Charlie McCreevy as ...
US and EU downward manufacturing trend reflected here.
Oct 02, 2008 ... MANUFACTURING firms on both sides of the Atlantic reported sharp downturns in activity during September, with the UK showing the sharpest rate of decline in 17 years. Activity in the Irish manufacturing sector, as measured by the NCB Purchasing Manager's Index, was down again in ...
Wisecracks and fascist analogies make for a wacky Wednesday.
Oct 02, 2008 ... "I do not like to draw extreme analogies . . ." began Fine Gael TD Lucinda Creighton. Brian Lenihan sat up. Ms Creighton had already addressed him as Tanaiste. "I must have had a sex change," muttered the finance minister. Creighton blurted her punch ...
Brothers.
Oct 02, 2008 ... in arms Egans make a good start Boxer Kenny Egan came face-to-face with some serious muscle yesterday. Thankfully this time it was not in the ring. The Olympic silver medalist changed from his normal role of competitor to that of official starting marshal for 700 ...
Suspect arrested in Sydney over attack on Irish backpacker.
Oct 02, 2008 ... POLICE have arrested a 20-year-old Sydney man in connection with the attempted murder of an Irish backpacker and are expected to charge him today. David Keohane (29), pictured right, from Ballyvolane, Cork, suffered horrific head and facial injuries in an unprovoked street ...
Dunlop 'earned '2m for lobbying contract'.
Oct 02, 2008 ... '612,000 payment made after tribunal had started LOBBYIST Frank Dunlop earned over '2m for his work for Quarryvale developer Owen O'Callaghan, the Mahon Tribunal heard yesterday. The largest of the payments, '612,143, was made in 1998, a year after the planning ...
Lenihan to allow more banks take up bailout guarantee.
Oct 02, 2008 ... Fionnan Sheahan Political Editor FINANCE Minister Brian Lenihan will admit more banks into the Government '400bn bailout scheme for financial institutions. The move would appear to open the door for Ulster Bank, and possibly Halifax, to get under the State borrowing ...
TV3 blames RTE.
Oct 02, 2008 ... as it seeks 15 redundancies TV3 yesterday blamed RTE for its plummeting advertising revenue as it said it would seek 15 redundancies soon. The news came on the same day that Odlums said it is shedding 26 jobs when it closes a plant in Kildare. ...
Bank charges to increase but mortgage rates to fall.
Oct 02, 2008 ... ECB expected to announce cut, consumers face big rise in fees BANK charges are set to spiral as a result of the State guarantee for four domestic banks and two building societies, the Irish Independent can reveal. But there could be a boost for consumers and ...
Immigrant children targeted by bullies in school.
Oct 02, 2008 ... Immigrant children suffer more bullying than their Irish classmates, with African pupils the most targeted, a major study has found. Foreign children are over-represented in disadvantaged schools, according to the survey of 1,200 primary and second-level school principals. ...
Dental expert calls for ban on sale of sweets in schools.
Oct 02, 2008 ... Schools should ban vending machines for the sake of children's teeth, according to the Irish Dental Association. Dr Rosarii McCafferty, president of the Public Dental Surgeons Group, warned sweets, crisps and fizzy drinks purchased by young people from these machines are ...
Third of mental health budget was spent elsewhere.
Oct 02, 2008 ... Less than two-thirds of the multimillion euro funding allocated to improve mental health services over 2006 and 2007 was spent doing so, because "competing expenditure pressures" meant it was used elsewhere. Junior Health Minister John Moloney said that of the '51m provided for ...
Rush for test re-checks raises fear of delays at cancer clinics.
Oct 02, 2008 ... The HSE insisted yesterday that the numbers of women availing of breast cancer re-checks are "manageable" although it does not know how many are availing of the offer. A week ago Health Minister Mary Harney urged all women given the all-clear in breast cancer clinics over the ...
Search for driver after car plunges into sea.
Oct 02, 2008 ... A MAJOR search operation will resume this morning for a young man who was driving a car which plunged from a pier into the sea yesterday. Gardai and the coastguard began the search for the man, who is in his 20s, after the lunchtime incident in Courtown harbour, Co Wexford. ...
Underage rape prosecutions plummet after 'mistake' ruling.
Oct 02, 2008 ... STATUTORY rape prosecutions have dropped dramatically in the wake of the Supreme Court's decision to strike down Ireland's underage sex laws, leading to renewed calls for the reinstatement of an absolute liability regime to protect children from sex predators. Prior to the 'CC ...
Mark a special day with a Mater donationHealth Minister Mary Harney and Veronica Doyle, Ireland's first lung transplant patient, at the launch of the Mater Special Days Appeal in the hospital yesterday. Leon Farrell/photocall IRELAND.
Oct 02, 2008 ... A public appeal for people to donate '10 a month in aid of new equipment and facilities at Dublin's Mater Hospital was launched by Health Minister Mary Harney yesterday. The Mater Foundation, the fundraising arm of the hospitals, is offering people the chance to mark a special ...
Brennan makes pitch for Champions League.
Oct 02, 2008 ... LET'S bite the bullet, forget about compromise solutions and bring in a new 'Champions League' format for the All-Ireland hurling championship. That's the verdict of Kilkenny hurling ace Eddie Brennan as delegates head to this weekend's Special Congress to discuss the latest ...
O'Sullivan's.
Oct 02, 2008 ... adviser denies Biarritz link EDDIE O'SULLIVAN'S adviser has dismissed reports claiming the former Ireland coach has held talks about a coaching position with Biarritz, WRITES HUGH FARRELLY. The French giants have made a poor start to the Top 14, in ninth ...
You laughin' at me?
Oct 03, 2008 ... You bet we are. Simon Pegg took Hollywood by storm with a low-budget spoof. He tells Paul Whitington why he finds living in Tinseltown bizarre, but such fun When Simon Pegg and Nick Frost were shooting their 2004 spoof horror Shaun of the Dead, they made an on-the-fly script ...
still mr angry.
Oct 03, 2008 ... Noel Gallagher has a [pounds sterling]14m fortune yet insists he's still working class. But, he tells John Meagher, the 'baggage' of kids and ex-wives has made him grow up 'The boredom is driving me f***ing mad." Right now, Noel Gallagher is supposed to be in the middle of a ...
Noel on..
Oct 03, 2008 ... In his chinwag with Day & Night, Noel Gallagher had plenty to say about everything and anything. n On Arctic Monkeys: "[Frontman Alex Turner] is a scruffy little bollocks, but I thought their first album was good. The real test for it will be how many bands in the future will ...
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Big Daddy, The Cat and all the other great Southern characters will be taking to the Dublin stage for the much-anticipated opening of the Corn Exchange's production of Tennessee Williams' classic this week.
Oct 03, 2008 ... Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Big Daddy, The Cat and all the other great Southern characters will be taking to the Dublin stage for the much-anticipated opening of the Corn Exchange's production of Tennessee Williams' classic this week. This is the story of a family in ...
How To Lose Friends and Alienate PeopleFans of Toby Young's book about his disastrous stint on the staff of Vanity Fair will probably be disgruntled by this film version, which departs from Young's account significantly and even gives him a romantic life.
Oct 03, 2008 ... How To Lose Friends and Alienate People Fans of Toby Young's book about his disastrous stint on the staff of Vanity Fair will probably be disgruntled by this film version, which departs from Young's account significantly and even gives him a romantic life. But screenwriter Peter ...
How to lose friends and alienate people (15A, general release) HHHIIhigh life: Simon Pegg and Kirsten Dunst in How To Lose Friends And Alienate People.
Oct 03, 2008 ... If you've ever watched Toby Young being interviewed or seen him on television, you'll realise why he's an acquired taste. His manner is rather bumptious, with tendencies towards the actively obnoxious. He's no fool, though, and having gone down like a dose of the clap during a disastrous ...
Fly Me To The Moon(PG, general release) HHIII.
Oct 03, 2008 ... Children's films are entitled to be daft, but I doff my cap to the marketing persons who managed to sell this idea as a picture. In 1969, a trio of enterprising teenage flies (I didn't think they lived that long) take their hunger for adventure to new heights when they sneak on board the ...
88 Minutes (16, general release) HIIIIIf shit films can be called a genre, 88 Minutes is a sterling example of the breed.
Oct 03, 2008 ... If shit films can be called a genre, 88 Minutes is a sterling example of the breed. In fact it's one of those wonderful, special films that are so consistently shit that they're full of unintentional hilarity. On that basis I almost feel like recommending it, though perhaps the only thing ...
Saviours (PG, general release) HHHHIYoung filmmakers Ross Whitaker and Liam Nolan struggled hard to raise money to make their gritty documentary about the St Saviours boxing club in Dublin's north inner city.
Oct 03, 2008 ... Young filmmakers Ross Whitaker and Liam Nolan struggled hard to raise money to make their gritty documentary about the St Saviours boxing club in Dublin's north inner city. But when they'd finished it, things didn't get any easier. Though it received positive notices when ...
ALEXANDRANew release. See reviews p18-20.
Oct 03, 2008 ... ALEXANDRA New release. See reviews p18-20 THE BOY IN THE STRIPED PYJAMAS (12A, general release) HHHII Stark and moving adaptation of John Boyle's bestselling novel about the eight-year-old son of a concentration camp commander who forms an ...
Bon IverAfter wowing the same venue during the summer, Wisconsin newcomer Justin Vernon returns with yet more choice cuts from his marvellous debut, For Emma, Forever Ago. Clocking in at just over half an hour in length and boasting nine songs, it's an album to suggest that great things often come in small packages.
Oct 03, 2008 ... Bon Iver After wowing the same venue during the summer, Wisconsin newcomer Justin Vernon returns with yet more choice cuts from his marvellous debut, For Emma, Forever Ago. Clocking in at just over half an hour in length and boasting nine songs, it's an album to suggest that ...
Halfset Another Way Of Being There (Casino Gravity) HHHHIEvery year, roughly 200 Irish albums are released -- and the vast bulk of them make no impact whatsoever.
Oct 03, 2008 ... Every year, roughly 200 Irish albums are released -- and the vast bulk of them make no impact whatsoever. The number of those albums worth your buck can be counted on the fingers of two hands -- think Jape, Automata, David Holmes and Turpin, Lisa Hannigan and The Jimmy Cake. Oh, ...
ART GARFUNKELHis 1960s songwriting partner Paul Simon may be more celebrated, but Garfunkel deserves just as much credit. If anything, his more recent offerings have been more consistent than his old bandmate.
Oct 03, 2008 ... His 1960s songwriting partner Paul Simon may be more celebrated, but Garfunkel deserves just as much credit. If anything, his more recent offerings have been more consistent than his old bandmate. Still, it's highly likely that he will delve into the older regions of his back ...
n Wolf Parade Vicar Street, Dublin.
Oct 03, 2008 ... n Wolf Parade Vicar Street, Dublin Saturday, November 29 ('17.45) The Canadian band -- favourite of Arcade Fire's Win Butler -- have had their show moved from the smaller Andrew's Lane. Their second album At Mount Zoomer was released to surprisingly little ...
Many schemes 'will collapse' unless radical action is taken.
Oct 03, 2008 ... A LARGE number of company pension schemes are close to collapse and will fail over the coming months unless radical action is taken, pension fund managers have warned. The dire warning from the Irish Association of Pension Funds (IAPF) came as new figures from Rubicon Investment ...
Homeloans slump forces 'broker of the year' to close.
Oct 03, 2008 ... INNOVATIVE mortgage broker Rea Mortgages is to shut down due to the collapse in the homeloans market. Founded by American Richard Eberle, the firm was named 'The Investor' magazine's 'Mortgage Broker of the Year' three times in a row. At its peak, the brokerage arranged ...
Law Society sought advice for solicitors in funds panic.
Oct 03, 2008 ... THE Law Society, the ruling body for solicitors, sought clarification from the Government on the status of solicitors in the event of a bank collapsing, but did not move its own funds into the Post Office prior to the announcement of the State guarantee scheme. Assurances were ...
Banks 'avoiding court publicity'.
Oct 03, 2008 ... BANKS are deliberately avoiding taking loan defaulting clients to court to avoid bad publicity, it was alleged last night. New figures from 'Stubbs Gazette' publisher BusinessPro show a sharp fall in the number of banks taking out judgments against consumers. There ...
Banks leading charge as new Act lifts ISEQ gloom.
Oct 03, 2008 ... Heavy trading in financial stocks sparked by Government's '400bn guarantee THE Dublin market enjoyed another exceptional day yesterday with banks leading a continued rebound in share values which recovered a further 5pc of recent losses. The passing in the Senate of ...
Hankies at ready for QE2 on final voyage.
Oct 03, 2008 ... THE world's most famous cruise liner departed Irish waters for the last time yesterday amid a poignant farewell waved by 3,000 specially embroidered white hankies. The commemorative hankies were distributed yesterday afternoon by Cobh Tourism, so the huge crowds gathered on the ...
Warning over unofficial colleges.
Oct 03, 2008 ... Students were alerted last night to four self-styled colleges and training bodies that have no official standing. The Higher Education Authority warning named the four bodies -- all of which operate from Cornelscourt, Dublin. No comment was available from them. They are: ...
Bringing back college fees 'would sabotage progress'.
Oct 03, 2008 ... John Walshe Education Editor The reintroduction of tuition fees will "sabotage" progress, the group that agitated for their abolition over a decade ago said last night. The Campaign for Free Third Level Education has reformed to oppose the mooted reintroduction of ...