2015-08-17 Ireland More Top Stories

Irish Independent   

Irish man dies in East Africa after balcony fall   
Irish Independent
A young Irish man who died following an accident in Tanzania has been described as the "life and soul of the party" as family and friends come to terms with the shock of his passing. Ads by Google. Share. Facebook · Twitter · Google · Email. Go To.
Young Irish backpacker dies in Tanzania   The42.ie
Dublin man (20) dies after fall in Tanzania   Irish Times
Irish backpacker dies after accident in Tanzania   Belfast Telegraph
Irish Mirror   
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Irish Independent   

No need to rush a decision on your CAO offer   
Irish Independent
If you received a CAO offer today, congratulations. Getting an offer for a place in higher education is a huge achievement and should be celebrated. Ads by Google. Share. Facebook · Twitter · Google · Email. Go To. Comments. For many receiving a CAO ...
Colleges accused of manipulating admissions system   RTE.ie
Colleges denying course places to students to maintain CAO requirements   Irish Mirror
Leading academic says colleges are manipulating CAO   UTV Ireland
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Irish Independent   

Man (20) fights for life after being shot five times   
Irish Independent
Members of the Garda technical division at the scene of the shooting in Ballyfermot, Dublin 1 Members of the Garda technical division at the scene of the shooting in Ballyfermot, Dublin. Photo: Gareth Chaney/Collins. A young man is fighting for his ...
Gun victim managed to run to safety despite being shot five times in broad ...   Herald
Appeal for witnesses after man shot in south Dublin   Irish Times
Appeal for witnesses to shooting in Dublin   RTE.ie
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BBC News   

Indonesia passenger plane wreckage located in remote Papua   
BBC News
The wreckage of an Indonesian plane which went missing with 54 people on board has been spotted in the remote western Papua region, officials say. The Trigana Air flight lost contact at 14:55 local time (05:55 GMT) on Sunday as it flew from the ...
Rescuers rush to crash site as 54 on flight feared dead   Irish Independent
Search for crashed plane in Indonesia's Papua gets underway   Reuters
Indonesian plane crash: Debris spotted in mountains   CNN
Hindustan Times   
Irish Examiner   
NBCNews.com   
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Irish Times   

HSE seeks €250m funding for disability homes   
Irish Times
The Health Service Executive says it needs over €250 million in funding to rehouse thousands of people with disabilities in smaller units and meet standards set by the health watchdog. The HSE has sent the Department of Health a costed submission ...
€240m needed to re-accommodate disabled   RTE.ie
State's direct provision just warehouses the vulnerable   Irish Independent

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Irish Times   

Burton to ask Labour TDs to ratify FG transfer pact   
Irish Times
Tánaiste Joan Burton will ask Labour TDs and Senators to give their assent to a vote transfer pact with Fine Gael when the parliamentary party meets for its pre-Dáil think-in next month. However, party sources said Ms Burton would only ask for the go ...
It's every man for himself as our embattled parties pivot on those pre ...   Irish Independent
TDs fear Labour election disaster   Irish Examiner
Labour crashes to lowest level of support in 2015 so far   Irish Mirror
RTE.ie   
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Firstpost   

Pakistan's Punjab province home minister Shuja Khanzada assassinated by ...   
Firstpost
Lahore: Pakistan's Punjab province Home Minister Shuja Khanzada was assassinated on Sunday by a suicide bomber who blew himself up at his ancestral home in Attock district, killing at least 13 people in the brazen attack. Khanzada, 71, and a DSP were ...

2015-08-17 Ireland Health

Irish Times   

HSE seeks €250m funding for disability homes   
Irish Times
The Health Service Executive says it needs over €250 million in funding to rehouse thousands of people with disabilities in smaller units and meet standards set by the health watchdog. The HSE has sent the Department of Health a costed submission ...
€240m needed to re-accommodate disabled   RTE.ie
€240m investment now needed for care homes, insists HSE   Herald
State's direct provision just warehouses the vulnerable   Irish Independent

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NEWS.com.au   

Nearly naked on a heartwarming mission   
NEWS.com.au
A YOUNG woman, with an eating disorder and low self-esteem, decided to stand in a busy street in her bra and knickers with a marker pen. Jae West stood in her underwear in London's Piccadilly Circus and blindfolded herself. She also put up a sign that ...
[VIDEO] Girl Undresses in Public for Courageous Cause   TV3.ie
This is why a girl was stood in the middle of Piccadilly Circus in her bra and ...   Metro
Brave young woman who has battled eating disorder strips off in public to ...   Mirror.co.uk
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Wall Street Journal   

A Free-Speech Clinic for the FDA   
Wall Street Journal
The Food and Drug Administration thinks its powers are so total that it can even prohibit drug companies from making true claims about their products. Not so fast. A federal judge in an important and closely watched test case in New York has called ...

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NEWS.com.au   

Woman wins fight while pregnant   
NEWS.com.au
BRAZILIAN mixed martial artist Kinberly Novaes was trying to cut weight for an upcoming fight without any success. Despite putting herself on a strict diet four weeks before the fight, she actually gained one kilogram during a six-day period. So even ...
Kinberly Novaes, 12 weeks pregnant, wins MMA fight   Washington Times
Kinberly Novaes Won MMA Title While 12 Weeks Pregnant: Latest Comments, Reaction   Bleacher Report
A Brazilian strawweight won a world title when she was 12 weeks pregnant   SportsJOE
The42   
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Daily Mail   

Karen Walker joins the Fashion Targets Breast Cancer Campaign to support ...   
Daily Mail
Lending her signature symbol to the Fashion Targets Breast Cancer campaign was a simple decision for Karen Walker. The arrow, the renowned designer told Daily Mail Australia, stands for forward movement and strength, and these are the elements she ...

2015-08-17 Ireland Science

Irish Examiner   

Galaxies near the Milky Way are crashing into each other producing an ...   
Irish Examiner
A spectacular collision between galaxies that looks like a firework display has been spotted near the Milky Way. Galaxies near the Milky Way are crashing into each other producing an intergalactic firework display. Scientists from the University of ...

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The Hullabaloo Online   

Incredible extent of owls' stealth uncovered by study   
Irish Examiner
Owls are equipped with state-of-the-art stealth technology to help them swoop on prey undetected, a study has shown. The night hunters have feathers that absorb aerodynamic sound and suppress the vibrations that occur when a bird flaps its wings.
Owls use 'stealth technology' to help capture prey   The Guardian
The owl is 'king of stealth' thanks to its sound-absorbing feathers   Daily Mail

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Newstalk 106-108 fm   

It turns out the Greenwich Meridian Line is in the wrong place   
Newstalk 106-108 fm
For 131 years, the eastern and western hemispheres of the world have been divided by the Greenwich Meridian Line, but it turns out that it's been in the wrong place the whole time. Thousands visit the Greenwich observatory every year to see the line ...
The Prime Meridian is in the wrong place   Business Insider
GPS Locates True Greenwich Meridian Line   SDPB Radio

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Business Insider Australia   

Northern Lights and sunrise combine to create spectacular show from space   
TVNZ
An astronaut from the International Space Station has captured a beautiful display of the Aurora Borealis at the same time as the sunrise over Earth. Spectacular Northern Lights and sunrise captured from space. 00:16 ...

2015-08-17 Ireland Sports

Sydney Morning Herald   

Jason Day 2015 US PGA Championship win: Home town golfers missed the show   
Sydney Morning Herald
​Early on Monday morning at the Beaudesert Golf Club, they gathered in nervous anticipation for Jason Day. On the other side of the world, the local kid made good was about to win the PGA Championship. There was a small catch. Nobody could see a thing ...

2015-08-17 Ireland Entertainment

Irish Independent   

This has been the toughest year of my life - RTE's Claire Byrne   
Irish Independent
Claire Byrne is riding high. Now RTE's undisputed 'go-to' girl, she is at the zenith of her broadcasting career. Ads by Google. Share. Facebook · Twitter · Google · Email. Go To. Comments. But behind a new elegant coiffure and breezy confidence, the ...
Claire Byrne reveals: 'This has been the toughest professional and personal ...   Goss.ie

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Irish Examiner   

Simon Pegg: Robin Williams was 'joyous' in Absolutely Anything   
Irish Examiner
Simon Pegg has revealed that hearing the late Robin Williams' in his film Absolutely Anything is not “bittersweet” but “joyous”. The late funnyman, who died in August 2014, aged 63, provided the voice of Dennis the dog in the big screen comedy ...

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CNN   

Relative of Morgan Freeman Is Stabbed to Death in Manhattan   
New York Times
An actress related by marriage to Morgan Freeman died on Sunday after she was found with multiple stab wounds in the street outside her Washington Heights apartment, the police said. The woman, E'Dena Hines, 33, was discovered by police officers after ...

2015-08-17 Ireland Technology

Irish Times   

Phone use and grooming still prevalent among drivers   
Irish Times
Shaving, applying make-up and using mobile phones in cars are still common practices among drivers despite the risks involved. A third of respondents to an AA survey said they saw drivers grooming themeslves and although shaving and putting on ...

2015-08-17 Ireland Business

Irish Examiner   

Only 40% of firms are driving Irish recovery   
Irish Examiner
More than 80% of Irish-based firms are in stable or growth mode, but the economic recovery is being driven by only 40% of larger companies in the manufacturing and services sectors, a report has claimed. “While businesses continue to experience ...
Irish recovery driven by just 40pc of firms   Irish Independent

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Irish Times   

Former owners of Four Seasons paid €2m to end deal   
Irish Times
The Livingstone brothers, the former owners of the Intercontinental Hotel in Ballsbridge, Dublin 4, paid €2 million to cancel the hotel's contract with the Four Seasons group last year, according to accounts just filed. The accounts for Ballsbridge ...

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Irish Independent   

Innovations come from the land Down Under as portly Australians gobble up fast ...   
Irish Independent
Fast food may be falling out of favour in many countries but companies are making healthy profits and boldly innovating in the unlikely market of Australia. Ads by Google. Share. Facebook · Twitter · Google · Email. Go To. Comments. Contrary to ...
Domino's rolling in the dough   New Zealand Herald
Why Domino's Pizza Enterprises Ltd is now a technology stock you should watch   Motley Fool Australia

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Irish Examiner   

Small firms have no faith in justice after crimes   
Irish Examiner
Owners of small companies have no faith that criminals who target their trade will be brought to justice, at a time when the total cost of crime against businesses amounts to €1.62bn per year. Isme chief executive Mark Fielding. Their disillusionment ...
Crime against business a 'growing epidemic', says Isme   Irish Times
Firms fail to report crime through lack of faith in justice system   Irish Independent

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Irish Times   

Behind The News: Karin O'Flanagan, Airbnb host   
Irish Times
The announcement this week that online hospitality business Airbnb is passing on details of its hosts to the Revenue Commissioners comes as no surprise to Airbnb host Karin O'Flanagan. “In many ways, Airbnb is the modern iteration of Irish B&B in the ...

2015-08-17 Ireland Ireland

Irish Independent   

No need to rush a decision on your CAO offer   
Irish Independent
If you received a CAO offer today, congratulations. Getting an offer for a place in higher education is a huge achievement and should be celebrated. Ads by Google. Share. Facebook · Twitter · Google · Email. Go To. Comments. For many receiving a CAO ...
Colleges accused of manipulating admissions system   RTE.ie
Colleges denying course places to students to maintain CAO requirements   Irish Mirror
Leading academic says colleges are manipulating CAO   UTV Ireland
Newstalk 106-108 fm   
98FM   
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Irish Independent   

Irish man dies in East Africa after balcony fall   
Irish Independent
A young Irish man who died following an accident in Tanzania has been described as the "life and soul of the party" as family and friends come to terms with the shock of his passing. Ads by Google. Share. Facebook · Twitter · Google · Email. Go To.
Young Irish backpacker dies in Tanzania   The42.ie
Dublin man (20) dies after fall in Tanzania   Irish Times
Irish backpacker dies after accident in Tanzania   Belfast Telegraph
Sunday World   
BreakingNews.ie   
Irish Mirror   
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Irish Independent   

Minister backs Irish Water's cold calls to collect outstanding payments   
Irish Independent
The Government has backed Irish Water's move to use collection agents as they cold call thousands of families. Ads by Google. Share. Facebook · Twitter · Google · Email. Go To. Comments. The company started calling customers in the past week to collect ...

2015-08-17 Ireland World

BBC News   

Indonesia passenger plane wreckage located in remote Papua   
BBC News
The wreckage of an Indonesian plane which went missing with 54 people on board has been spotted in the remote western Papua region, officials say. The Trigana Air flight lost contact at 14:55 local time (05:55 GMT) on Sunday as it flew from the ...
Search for crashed plane in Indonesia's Papua gets underway   Reuters
Indonesian plane crash: Debris spotted in mountains   CNN
Rescuers rush to crash site as 54 on flight feared dead   Irish Independent
Hindustan Times   
Financial Express   
NBCNews.com   
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The Australian   

Scores killed by Syria air strikes   
The Australian
Syrian warplanes bombed a marketplace near Damascus on Sunday, killing at least 82 people on the day that the new United Nations humanitarian chief paid his first visit to the country. Many people died while helping victims of an initial air strike on ...
At least 80 killed and 200 hurt in 'Syrian government bomb attack' on busy ...   Mirror.co.uk
Syria hits Isis-controlled town killing 80   Hamilton Spectator
Air strikes on marketplace near Damascus kill 80 people   Daily Times
ARA News   
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Firstpost   

Pakistan's Punjab province home minister Shuja Khanzada assassinated by ...   
Firstpost
Lahore: Pakistan's Punjab province Home Minister Shuja Khanzada was assassinated on Sunday by a suicide bomber who blew himself up at his ancestral home in Attock district, killing at least 13 people in the brazen attack. Khanzada, 71, and a DSP were ...