She’s been said to be a a ringer for – albeit with a very tiny size bum, thin limbed version of Kim Kardashian. The leggy, skinny, curvy Irish gal has long been a favorite with Irish men, but model Georgia Salpa’s popularity is officially spreading beyond our borders. The Dublin beauty has been named...
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You hate stepping in it. Your car tire sometimes rolls over it. Your toddlers may pick it up and place it in their mouth and re-chew. So you’d be amazed that the amount of litter caused by chewing gum has been reduced by nearly 60%, according to the Minister for the Environment. The amount...
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Mother of two, Louise Carey is involved in a battle with Education Minister Ruairi Quinn over the lack of a Catholic school education for her young son. Minister Quinn’s department has recently given the go-ahead for two new schools in Ashbourne in Co Meath, where the population increased massively during the boom. But both...
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Snow Patrol are to represent Northern Ireland musical talent at a concert to mark the start of the Olympic Games. The band will appear alongside other acts representing Scotland, Wales and England on July 27 to coincide with the opening ceremony of the Games. The line-up will include Duran Duran, representing England, Stereophonics for...
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A pair of White-tailed Eagles has been confirmed breeding in Co Clare – the first documented nesting attempt for the species in Ireland in over 100 years. Nest building began in recent weeks with the birds spending much time in and around the nest site in Mountshannon before laying eggs. The breeding pair, a...
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Wrinkles beware! Back in October of last year the Governor of California passed a ban on tanning beds for those under the age of 18 years. Then again if anyone under 18 on the Golden Coast really wants a tan, they can just step outside! They live in California, where there’s great weather! A...
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An Irish government board has given the green light to a multi-million euro Asian trade hub for Athlone in Co Westmeath. In one of the biggest single developments planned in Ireland, the project will be built on a 137-hectare site at Creggan. The centre, with a price tag of €175m, will promote trade and...
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Pharmaceutical company Corden Pharma Chem has been fined over an explosion which happened at their Cork facility in 2008. A judge has imposed a fine and costs of more than €370,000 on the pharmaceutical company which was the subject of one of the worst chemical explosions ever investigated by the HSA. Cork Circuit Criminal...
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New figures show 118 companies got off the ground on an almost daily basis last month. Vision-Net, the business and credit risk analyst, says just over 3,000 start-ups were recorded between the 1 and 26 of April. 2,000 of them were registered business names and 1,000 were company incorporations. But the figures also show...
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