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Mike
Nangle and Pat O’Neill
By Joan Cunninham
You’d
think when an interview with the Deputy Lord Mayor, Mike Nangle, and
the Chair of the Irish Forum, Pat O’Neill, has been arranged, it
would occur in a rather plush and comfortable council house office...More
Oh
Velvet! Launch Night
By
Pictures by Vince
A selection of pictures from the launch
night of Oh Velvet!, The newest bar to open in Broad Street,
with its distinct Irish flavours...More
Tea-Party
Raises Money for Hospice
By Patrick
McCool
Tea at 3 is a National
Campaign held across the country for organisations to
raise money for their local hospice. Clara House, a Supported
Accommodation Provider in Kings Heath, Birmingham decided
last month to get everyone involved, including staff and residents...More
Kiltimagh
- 10 Miles Further On From The Back Of Beyond?
And where do the “culchies” come
from, anyway?
By Michael
Fox
Issue was taken recently with
a long established and respected weekly newspaper circulating widely
in the Irish communities in Britain, and on sale throughout Ireland
including here in the west of Ireland, over an unfortunate and
less than flattering article which appeared in its pages...More
Allies
Gather for Theatre Company
By
Enda Mullen
ALLIED
Irish Bank (GB) Coventry is the latest business to give its
backing to the Belgrade Theatre’s ambitious development
plans...More |
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Skyscraper
for Dublin
A
skyscraper which will tower over the Dublin skyline has received
the green light from the planning authorities. The 32 storey
building will be almost three times the height of Liberty
Hall, Dublin’s well known landmark. The new building
will be part of a 8.5 acre development beside Heuston Station.
At its highest point of 140m, the skyscraper will tower over
the spire on O’Connell Street and have a striking impact
on the city-scape.
At one of the gateways to the capital an Board Pleanala was
said to be “particularly taken” by the tower
in the wider design for the area and granted permission despite
objections from the Irish Georgian Society, the Friends of
Kilmainham and An Taisil. This does not open the door to
similar high rise developments, or at least not yet, but
it will be a spectacular sight in the city. |
Rogue
Condoms!
A pharmacy supplier which imported 77,000 condoms was
fined €2,000 in Dunshaughlin District Court. The company
Sundrelle Ltd of Ashbourne Co Meath, pleaded guilty to
putting on the market the condom’s which did not
meet EU and safety requirements, and were likely to mislead
the public.
The company’s Managing Director, Frank O’Gorman,
also pleaded guilty to the same offences and was fined €3,000. |
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