Top Stories: London, Nov.27 : Irish Roman Catholic archbishops and police covered up four decades of child sex abuse by priests in a conspiracy to protect the reputation of the church, The Telegraph quoted a report, as saying. ANI Fri, 27 Nov 2009 03:10:07 -0500Nov 27 2009 Mourners have lined the streets to say farewell to a hero policeman killed in the storms that ravaged Cumbria. Pc Bill Barker, 44, was swept to his death in the swollen waters of the R... Loughborough Echo Fri, 27 Nov 2009 10:31:31 -0500Nov 27 2009 Administrators of Threshers' owner First Quench have announced the loss of more than 2,000 jobs following another raft of store closures. First Quench - which also trades as Wine Rack,... Loughborough Echo Fri, 27 Nov 2009 10:31:30 -0500A 45-year-old Tipperary man who kidnapped and sexually assaulted a 14-year-old girl after driving her to a remote woodlands in County Offaly nine years ago has been jailed for three years by Mr Justic... Breaking News.ie Fri, 27 Nov 2009 10:23:36 -0500The Catholic Church’s ’don’t ask, don’t tell’ cover-up culture exposed in a damning clerical abuse report is dead and gone, a senior cleric said today.Bishop Eamonn Walsh, deputy head of the... Breaking News.ie Fri, 27 Nov 2009 10:23:36 -0500The Fine Gael leader Enda Kenny is calling for the resignation of senior Church figures named in the Murphy report as having helped to cover-up clerical child abuse.Mr Kenny said if the Church wants t... Breaking News.ie Fri, 27 Nov 2009 10:23:35 -0500A convicted rapist has been acquitted at the Central Criminal Court of raping and sexually assaulting a 13-year-old baby-sitter in Roscommon.The 60-year-old was found not guilty by a jury after 37 min... Breaking News.ie Fri, 27 Nov 2009 10:23:35 -0500Six Nations Grand Slam champions Ireland will hope to get the better of World Cup holders South Africa when the teams meet at Croke Park on Saturday.The Irish are unbeaten in this autumn series while ... BBC Sport Fri, 27 Nov 2009 10:12:28 -0500The decision to quash the convictions of four men who admitted terrorism offences as teenagers 30 years ago has been put on hold. The convictions of Eric Wright, James Henry Brown, and Peter Joseph Mc... BBC Fri, 27 Nov 2009 10:12:14 -0500A Belfast solicitor who committed a mortgage fraud spent the money on "a hedonistic adventure", including an expense account at London's Ritz Hotel.Belfast Crown Court heard that 53-year-old... BBC Fri, 27 Nov 2009 10:12:13 -0500Graeme McDowell combined for a four-under 68 on Friday to keep Ireland atop the leaderboard after the second round of the Omega Mission Hills World Cup. The Irish duo fired a 58 in Thursday's opening... TSN Fri, 27 Nov 2009 09:57:11 -0500Irish team management had held off confirming Cragg on the men's senior team until he raced at the Thanksgiving Day 5km race in San Jose on Thursday. The Clonliffe Harriers runner put in an impressiv... RTE Fri, 27 Nov 2009 09:03:38 -0500A gun has been recovered and three people have been arrested by police in west Belfast. The PSNI said detectives from the organised crime branch arrested the two men and a woman around 9.30pm last ni... RTE Fri, 27 Nov 2009 09:03:28 -0500Brian O'Driscoll has backed Ireland's rising star Jonathan Sexton to take Saturday's clash with South Africa in his stride. Ireland coach Declan Kidney selected Sexton for his second Test appearanc... Planet Rugby Fri, 27 Nov 2009 09:02:25 -0500Nov 27 2009 Strictly Come Dancing contestant Ricky Whittle has been arrested on suspicion of assault after a row outside a city centre nightclub. The actor is being held at a police station in Liv... Loughborough Echo Fri, 27 Nov 2009 08:58:56 -0500Nov 27 2009 The invasion of Iraq was of "questionable legitimacy", Britain's ambassador to the United Nations at the time of the war has said. Sir Jeremy Greenstock told the official inquiry into ... Loughborough Echo Fri, 27 Nov 2009 08:58:56 -0500Nov 27 2009 The majority of the board of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has voted to censure Iran for its nuclear defiance. Diplomats inside the meeting said that 25 of the 34 IAEA ... Loughborough Echo Fri, 27 Nov 2009 08:58:55 -0500Nov 27 2009 A man charged with the murders of two young jockeys who died in a fire at a flat has been remanded in custody by magistrates. Peter Brown, 37, of Knottingley, appeared at Scarborough M... Loughborough Echo Fri, 27 Nov 2009 08:58:54 -0500A tragic Co Fermanagh couple found dead earlier this week had planned their deaths a long time ago, their son has revealed. Dr James Barbour said his father Bill, a former grammar school teacher who ... Independent.ie Fri, 27 Nov 2009 08:56:53 -0500Dublin Archdiocese , insisted clergy named and shamed in the devastating probe should not stay in their job. A three-year inquiry found paedophile priests got away with decades of horrific chil... Independent.ie Fri, 27 Nov 2009 08:56:51 -0500Three quarters of all dole claimants have been claiming benefit for less than a year, according to figures released today by the CSO.The numbers also show a 55% rise in those on the dole for a year or... Breaking News.ie Fri, 27 Nov 2009 08:50:50 -0500Ireland has secured the Research and Innovation portfolio in the European Commission.Maire Geoghegan Quinn will be allocated the position by Commission president Jose Manuel Barroso.The Taoiseach has ... Breaking News.ie Fri, 27 Nov 2009 08:50:49 -0500Vigilante groups like Republican Action Against Drugs are damaging Londonderry's image, a police inspector has said.Inspector Jon Burrows spoke out after a photograph in the Derry Journal showed maske... BBC Fri, 27 Nov 2009 08:39:43 -0500The families of two of the five young people killed in a crash in Donegal in 2005 have been awarded over 200,000 euro each by the Irish High Court.Charlene O'Connor, Gavin Duffy, David Steele, Darren ... BBC Fri, 27 Nov 2009 08:39:39 -0500The twin sons of Coleraine murder victim Kevin Mc Daid have appeared in court charged in connection with an attack on one of the murder suspects.Ryan and Mark McDaid appeared in court on Thursday with... BBC Fri, 27 Nov 2009 08:39:39 -0500'He is a young, aggressive and quick left-sided centre-back who is hungry to keep improving and will go straight into our first-team squad when he joins us," said Burnley manager Owen Coyle.'... RTE Fri, 27 Nov 2009 07:27:32 -0500Construction of the controversial incinerator at Poolbeg is to begin in mid-December after Dublin City Council issued a commencement notice for the project. The incinerator at Poolbeg is a long-runni... RTE News Fri, 27 Nov 2009 07:27:25 -0500More than half of this increase had taken place since April, said the CSO. The CSO said all age groups showed an increase in the number of long-term claimants in the six months from April to October,... RTE News Fri, 27 Nov 2009 07:27:24 -0500London Irish have called on veteran Mike Catt to make his first start of the season against Bath at the Recreation Ground on Saturday. Catt will play at inside centre on a pitch that he knows intim... Planet Rugby Fri, 27 Nov 2009 07:26:20 -0500Nov 27 2009 The chairman of a hospital foundation trust has been removed from his post over a series of failings, regulator Monitor has announced. Richard Bourne was reappointed as chairman of Col... Loughborough Echo Fri, 27 Nov 2009 07:23:02 -0500Children's Minister Barry Andrews has said the Government will consider establishing further inquiries into clerical sex abuse in other dioceses, if it becomes clear that there are shortcomings in chi... Irish Examiner Fri, 27 Nov 2009 07:15:31 -0500The Community Foundation for Ireland has established a food recovery fund to help frontline community and voluntary groups provide assistance to those worst-affected by the recent floods.The organisat... Irish Examiner Fri, 27 Nov 2009 07:15:30 -05002009 Plimsoll Analysis - Printers - Northern Ireland - A comprehensive profile of 89 companies operating in the UK market " report to their offering. This edition of the Plimsoll Analysis is the most ... Earth Times Fri, 27 Nov 2009 06:54:46 -0500SHENZHEN, China, Nov. 27 (AP) - (Kyodo)?Japan's Hiroyuki Fujita and Ryuji Imada slipped into fourth place at the World Cup of Golf on Friday after carding a 1-under 71 in the second-round foursom... Breitbart Fri, 27 Nov 2009 06:32:03 -0500Irish 3G operator 3 Ireland says it has signed up more than 175,000 mobile broadband customers, making it the number one player in that segment and the second largest in the broadband market overall b... TeleGeography Fri, 27 Nov 2009 06:14:18 -050016 people remain in custody in connection with a spate of ATM robberies in the east of the country. Ten men and three women were arrested on Wednesday. Three more people were arrested yesterday in c... RTE News Fri, 27 Nov 2009 06:12:23 -0500Co Cork after another bleak day for jobs.A Sligo-based call centre is to close in six months with the loss of 160 jobs while 150 jobs are to go in Cork at a wireless communications plant. Work done at... Independent.ie Fri, 27 Nov 2009 06:05:50 -0500Sixteen people are now being questioned by gardaí in connection with serious organised criminal activity in the south and east of the country. Detectives from the National Bureau of Criminal Investig... Irish Examiner Fri, 27 Nov 2009 05:59:44 -0500One of the men accused of trying to kill a police officer in County Fermanagh was a reserve soldier in the Irish Army, it has been confirmed.Gerard James McManus, from Fern Hill in Letterkenny, County... BBC Fri, 27 Nov 2009 05:49:07 -0500De Villiers stuck to his guns and continued to pick his leader in the No.3 jersey, even though the scrumming power of the Boks has come under some fierce criticism. Now, with BJ Botha back in the s... IOL Fri, 27 Nov 2009 05:42:09 -0500London, Nov.27 : Irish Roman Catholic archbishops and police covered up four decades of child sex abuse by priests in a conspiracy to protect the reputation of the church, The Telegraph quoted a repor... New Kerala Fri, 27 Nov 2009 04:50:11 -0500Nov 27 2009 The FTSE 100 index has slipped further as lingering fears over a major debt default in Dubai kept up the pressure on worried investors. The London market tumbled another 1.5% after a 3... Loughborough Echo Fri, 27 Nov 2009 04:47:54 -0500HEALTH officials last night appealed to the public to avail of the swine flu vaccine after a man died from complications of the virus.The death of the man, who had an underlying illness, brings to 17 ... Independent.ie Fri, 27 Nov 2009 04:45:56 -0500Ryan Tubridy awake last night.The bubbly presenter said the show would bring "a splash of colour to a very grey world" and insisted that the toys featured would be "recession-friendly".As usual, the '... Independent.ie Fri, 27 Nov 2009 04:45:54 -0500'The Irish Times' yesterday said it was considering its options after being ordered to pay legal costs of up to €600,000 over a failed bid by the Mahon Tribunal to force the paper to reveal its ... Independent.ie Fri, 27 Nov 2009 04:45:52 -0500THOUSANDS of separated parents could be forced back into court to renegotiate maintenance agreements, if the government slashes child benefit next month.Child benefit payments are a big part of family... Independent.ie Fri, 27 Nov 2009 04:45:51 -0500November data covering the Eurozone retail sector signalled a month-on-month fall in sales, with Germany posting the steepest dip in five months. The Markit Eurozone Retail PMI (Purchasing Managers’... Finfacts Fri, 27 Nov 2009 04:44:29 -0500Germany wastes enormous growth potential due to inadequate education; Every fifth 15-year-old does not get beyond elementary school By Finfacts Team Nov 27, 2009 - 8:59:12 AM >... Finfacts Fri, 27 Nov 2009 04:44:26 -0500The Environment Minister is pledging to reduce his emissions by 10% next year.John Gormley will make the commitment during a visit to the Dublin HQ of social networking site Facebook this morning.The ... Breaking News.ie Fri, 27 Nov 2009 04:40:58 -0500A two-year-old girl in urgent need of open heart surgery is to have her life-saving operation next week.Joy Lawlor Doyle, who was adopted from Vietnam and lives in Dublin, had received the offer of mo... Breaking News.ie Fri, 27 Nov 2009 04:40:57 -0500Residents in Clonlara, Co Clare have slammed the Government for not dealing with the issue of flooding before now.Many homes in the area have been flooded or are under threat of flooding and much of t... Breaking News.ie Fri, 27 Nov 2009 04:40:57 -0500The Christmas lights will be turned on at the Grand Parade in Cork tonight - just a week after the street was submerged in up to three feet of water.The official ceremony by the Lord Mayor takes place... Breaking News.ie Fri, 27 Nov 2009 04:40:57 -0500The BBC has learned that a former major property developer is being sued over his alleged failure to complete the purchase of an apartment booked at the peak of the housing boom.Michael Taggart is amo... BBC Fri, 27 Nov 2009 04:30:43 -0500The inquiry into sex abuse by Catholic priests in Ireland has disclosed that the Vatican ignored formal requests for information.The inquiry asked for details of reports on abuse sent to the Vatican b... BBC Fri, 27 Nov 2009 04:30:41 -0500A three-year government inquiry into the church and state's handling of abuse cases in Dublin from 1975 to 2004 reveals a policy of cover-up. Officials even took out insurance to pay future claims. Los Angeles Times Fri, 27 Nov 2009 04:24:18 -0500A three-year government inquiry into the church and state's handling of abuse cases in Dublin from 1975 to 2004 reveals a policy of cover-up. Officials even took out insurance to pay future claims. Los Angeles Times Fri, 27 Nov 2009 04:24:05 -0500DUBLIN – Roman Catholic Church leaders in Dublin spent decades sheltering child-abusing priests from the law and most fellow clerics turned a blind eye, an investigation ordered by Ireland&rsquo... The News Tribune Fri, 27 Nov 2009 04:13:44 -0500The Catholic hierarchy in Ireland was granted immunity to cover up child sex abuse among paedophile priests in Dublin, a damning report has revealed. Authorities enjoyed a cosy relationship with the... Ananova Fri, 27 Nov 2009 03:57:58 -0500Agencies providing support services for victims of abuse have reported increased calls to their helplines after yesterday's publication of the Commission of Investigation into the Catholic Archdiocese... RTE News Fri, 27 Nov 2009 03:33:20 -0500Taoiseach Brian Cowen has called for an end to what he called the 'overwhelming negativity' about the economy, saying it was not in our national interest. Addressing the Irish Exporters' Association ... RTE News Fri, 27 Nov 2009 03:33:19 -0500A quantity of cannabis with an estimated street value of €220,000 has been recovered during a search of a house in north Kerry. A man in his 30s was arrested at the scene and a woman in her 20... RTE News Fri, 27 Nov 2009 03:33:18 -0500Eurozone lending to the private sector contracted at an accelerating rate in October, despite the regional economy exiting from recession in the third quarter. The European Central Bank reported on T... Finfacts Fri, 27 Nov 2009 03:25:12 -0500See Search Box lower down this column for searches of Finfacts news pages. Where there may be the odd special character missing from an older page, it's a problem that developed when Interactiv... Finfacts Fri, 27 Nov 2009 03:25:09 -0500The IFA is working this morning to get fodder supplies to farmers in the worst flood-hit areas of counties Galway and Offaly.Gort, Ballinasloe as well as Banagher are priorities for fodder deliveries.... Breaking News.ie Fri, 27 Nov 2009 03:21:16 -0500The Dublin Rape Crisis Centre has reported a 300% increase in calls to its helpline following the publication of the Murphy report into child sexual abuse in the Dublin Archdiocese.Several support gro... Breaking News.ie Fri, 27 Nov 2009 03:21:16 -0500A senior public sector union figure has warned that members may need to sacrifice certain allowances in order to avoid a pay cut.The Irish Independent reports today that the general secretary of the P... Irish Examiner Fri, 27 Nov 2009 03:21:15 -0500A missing-persons case in Germany has had a happy ending, thanks to a campaign in Irish newspapers.Nineteen-year-old Thomas Muffke disappeared from his home in Germany in September, sparking major con... Breaking News.ie Fri, 27 Nov 2009 03:21:14 -0500Stargazers are in for a treat this weekend - Jupiter can be seen close to the Moon over the next couple of days.The International Space Station is also visible in Irish skies in the evenings at the mo... Breaking News.ie Fri, 27 Nov 2009 03:21:14 -0500A three-year government inquiry into the church and state's handling of abuse cases in Dublin from 1975 to 2004 reveals a policy of cover-up. Officials even took out insurance to pay future claims. Los Angeles Times Fri, 27 Nov 2009 03:04:11 -0500The Catholic hierarchy in Ireland was granted immunity to cover up child sex abuse among paedophile priests in Dublin, a damning report has revealed. Authorities enjoyed a cosy relationship with the... Ananova Fri, 27 Nov 2009 02:36:35 -0500Ireland full-back Rob Kearney has warned South Africa that Ireland are ready to match them in the physicality stakes at Croke Park on Saturday. The Springboks are famed for a muscular style which h... Planet Rugby Fri, 27 Nov 2009 02:11:26 -0500Industrial overcapacity in China is “wreaking far-reaching damage on the global economy” By Finfacts Team Nov 27, 2009 - 5:57:46 AM >... Finfacts Fri, 27 Nov 2009 02:04:32 -0500The cover-ups spanned the tenures of four Dublin archbishops and continued through to the mid-1990s and beyond, even after the church was beginning to admit to its failings and had professed that it w... International Herald Tribune Fri, 27 Nov 2009 01:47:47 -0500The Catholic hierarchy in Ireland was granted immunity to cover up child sex abuse among paedophile priests in Dublin, a damning report has revealed. Authorities enjoyed a cosy relationship with the... Ananova Fri, 27 Nov 2009 01:19:45 -0500Nov 27 2009 Gordon Brown has vowed to block Sri Lanka's bid to host the next summit of Commonwealth leaders, in retaliation for the Colombo government's handling of its military campaign against th... Loughborough Echo Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:50:18 -0500Nov 27 2009 Families of the 52 innocent people killed in the July 7 bombings said they were left "absolutely devastated" by the decision to hold inquests into the victims' deaths at the same time a... Loughborough Echo Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:50:17 -0500Dublin report will still cause distress. First and foremost, our thoughts are with the victims.All members of the Catholic Church and citizens of this country will rightly feel betrayed and sorely let... Independent.ie Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:48:37 -0500Lough Ree are at record high levels as the dangers of flooding remains.And there's a threat of another weather front coming in next Tuesday, adding to water levels.The lack of rain yesterday offered s... Independent.ie Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:48:35 -0500Justice Minister Dermot Ahern said the era where evil people could carry out abuses under the cover of cloth was "over for good"."The bottom line is this: a collar will protect no criminal," he said.C... Independent.ie Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:48:34 -0500Dublin were heavily criticised for their failure to report child sexual abuse and their determination to keep the crimes secret.The archbishops who colluded in the cover-up were:... Independent.ie Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:48:33 -0500Fr Thomas Naughten 's "abusing emerged in another parish Bishop Murray's failure to reinvestigate the earlier suspicions was inexcusable", the report said.Bishop Brendan Comiskey, who resigned as Bish... Independent.ie Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:48:30 -0500NUI Galway , says the gallery's belief that it could store its most valuable works in an area prone to flooding was astonishing.As many as 184 works, some of them by famous Irish artists such as Louis... Independent.ie Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:48:26 -0500Athlone "just needs to be somewhere safe" -- away from the floods. She can't eat or sleep. "It's just getting to me. I can't deal with it on my own. I try to be strong really, I let on I am ok, I'm no... Independent.ie Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:48:25 -0500ESB at the Parteen Weir, levels rose by a couple of inches throughout yesterday. Dozens of householders, living in the worst-hit areas, were making emergency plans to evacuate on the advice of Limeric... Independent.ie Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:48:24 -0500Parnell Square , where over 30 homeowners had been left devastated by the worst floods to ever hit the shell-shocked town, angered its residents. Strapped into waterproof hip-waders, an irate and soak... Independent.ie Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:48:21 -0500Athlone . It was a disaster for his spin doctors -- as he failed to reach out to those in distress.Mr Cowen got heckled for failing to spend enough time viewing the plight of flood victims.His trip to... Independent.ie Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:48:20 -0500George Lee said everyone was "extremely fearful" of the coming days."We have been watching it all week now and it is getting worse every day. The water was, at one stage, 100 to 80 feet from my front ... Independent.ie Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:48:19 -0500New Quay late last Thursday, she was surprised by its depth. "It was the highest ever," she said yesterday in her hallway as a dehumidifier whirred away in the nearby sitting room. "In 2004 it was hig... Independent.ie Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:48:18 -0500Irish Farmers' Association (IFA) delivered hundreds of bales of animal feed collected from members around the country to tide livestock over until government relief efforts come into effect.Last night... Independent.ie Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:48:17 -0500Ireland 's top climate change expert says "we have reaped what we have in sown" in the floods that have afflicted the south and west of the country in the past 10 days. Nobel-prize winning climatologi... Independent.ie Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:48:16 -0500Cork 's Western Road. "All the furniture, all the fridges. There's structural damage to the front, all the plaster on the walls will have to come off and be redone again, the floor was literally lifte... Independent.ie Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:48:14 -0500GARDAI last night appealed for help from taxi drivers who may have witnessed a vicious hammer attack on a clamper that left him fighting for his life in hospital. The attack happened at a car park on ... Independent.ie Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:48:13 -0500John Deasy , who was stabbed in the heart as he went to the aid of a colleague during a robbery.A widespread hunt was stepped up last night for the suspect, who was described as 6ft 4ins tall, as gard... Independent.ie Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:48:12 -0500ONE of the country's most senior civil servants has been accused of breaching official government guidelines by sanctioning a €1.1m top-up to the golden handshake package of former... Independent.ie Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:48:11 -0500WHILE the property market continues to suffer, one of the country's most wealthy men has celebrated the completion of his €100m mansion with a special guest -- the President of Ireland,... Independent.ie Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:48:10 -0500Minister Batt O'Keeffe is considering either guidelines or regulations obliging them to make a lot more information available to parents, including exam results.But the secondary teachers' union... Independent.ie Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:48:08 -0500AN island's population of wild cats has been culled in a bid to save the endangered corncrake.The controversial decision to euthanise a colony of feral cats on Tory Island off the... Independent.ie Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:48:07 -0500 | 
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