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Costs deter suicidal from going to GP, warn Samaritans (2010-09-09 06:00:00) SOME PEOPLE with suicidal feelings are choosing not to attend their doctors due to the high cost of visits to general practitioners, Samaritans Ireland has warned Taxi fares will not be increased, rules regulator (2010-09-09 06:00:00) TAXI FARES have been put on hold after the Commission for Taxi Regulation ruled an increase would not benefit taxi drivers. Robinson denies she received €1m for memoirs (2010-09-09 06:00:00) FORMER PRESIDENT Mary Robinson has said reports that she has got a €1 million deal to write her memoirs are incorrect. Elan tells regulator of Schuler 'issues' (2010-09-09 06:00:00) ELAN HAS notified the US stock market regulator of “issues” relating to dissident director Jack Schuler. Aer Arann attracts 14 offers (2010-09-09 06:00:00) FOURTEEN GROUPS have expressed an interest in investing in Aer Arann and the examiner hopes to have secured a deal for the airline by October 10th, the High Court has been informed. Government decides to wind down Anglo (2010-09-09 06:00:00) BANK PLAN:THE GOVERNMENT has decided to wind down Anglo Irish Bank while seeking to secure its €54 billion in deposits. Non-life insurance market reports underwriting loss (2010-09-09 06:00:00) THE NON-LIFE insurance market sustained an underwriting loss last year for the first time since 2002, as the insurance industry was hit by the double-whammy of the recession and extreme weather events. Number who can use loopholes to pay no tax is tiny (2010-09-09 06:00:00) Contrary to often-cited statistics, changes to the law have limited the scope for tax avoidance by the rich, writes SARAH CAREY Stark reality of losses at AIB and BoI must be faced (2010-09-09 06:00:00) OPINION: While all the focus has been on losses at Anglo Irish, the other Irish banks are in denial about the scale of State support needed. It is time to face the facts: the three viable banks need over €17 billion, writes PETER MATHEWS An incitement to hatred (2010-09-09 06:00:00) “Dort, wo man Bücher verbrennt, verbrennt man am Ende auch Menschen. (Where they burn books, they will also burn people).”– Heinrich Heine Legacy of Troubles can't be ignored in Northern crisis (2010-09-09 06:00:00) OPINION:In a new report on the North, all references to the conflict are decidedly in the past tense, writes DAVID ADAMS China defends alliance with Burma (2010-09-09 06:00:00) ONE OF the Burmese junta’s top generals, Than Shwe, arrived in China yesterday to underline the good relations between the two Asian neighbours. The visit has turned a spotlight on China’s controversial policy of non-interference in the domestic policies of states considered pariahs by most of the world. Pastor ready to 'send a warning' by burning Koran (2010-09-09 06:00:00) PASTOR Terry Jones says he’s “definitely praying” for God’s guidance about whether to go ahead with his “International Burn a Koran Day”. Spanish arson suspect is former forest ranger (2010-09-09 06:00:00) SPANISH POLICE are questioning a former forest ranger they believe is responsible for starting three separate fires that have swept through the Valencia region of southwest Spain. Others are burning in the nearby areas of Murcia and Alicante. Fresh EU move to harmonise tax rules (2010-09-09 06:00:00) THE EUROPEAN Commission is preparing new plans for pan-European rules on the taxation of business profits, measures certain to be opposed by the Government. McGuinness reveals he met Fr Chesney (2010-09-09 06:00:00) THE NORTH’S Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness told yesterday of how he met Fr James Chesney shortly before his death but that he knew nothing of the allegations that the priest was one of the Claudy bombers. Drums might be instrumental in beating obesity problem (2010-09-09 06:00:00) HOW CAN you work as hard as a Premier League footballer without getting out of your chair? Try drumming. Government moves to calm markets with Anglo plan (2010-09-09 06:00:00) THE GOVERNMENT has unveiled plans to split Anglo Irish Bank into two entities and wind them down or sell them. However, it has not disclosed the amount of funding or time periods the move will involve. |