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- Galileo's missing body parts found17:22An art collector has found a tooth, thumb and finger of the renowned Italian scientist Galileo
- 21,000 lose jobs in industrial sector12:43CSO figures reveal numbers employed fell from 232,600 to 211,300 in 12 months up to June
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The cost of prescriptionsWITH SAVINGS of at least €1 billion required by the Department of Health in next month’s budget, it was not surprising to see Minister for Health Mary Harney raise the issue on a few occasions recently. What was unexpected was her specific mention of a prescription charge to be paid by medical card holders for hitherto free drugs; with a relatively paltry possible savings return in the region of €25 million, it would seem to risk alienating an already sensitised sector for little monetary gain.
Images of the day
People being ferried by trailer through the floods on Kennedy Street in Carlow, November 20th. Photo:Dylan Vaughan.
Getting by in Ballinsaloe during floods, November 20th. Photo:Joe O'Shaughnessy
A waterfall created by the flooding at the outer wall of St Flannans College Ennis, November 20th. Photo:Eamon Ward
Cork city fire brigade transport doctors and nurses to the Mercy hospital in the Cork city floods, November 20th. Photo:Daragh Mc Sweeney / PROVISION
Jack Buckley captain of Killarney Golf Club sees the lighter side a he guides fellw golfers James 'The Wedge' Arthurs and Con healy down to the first tee at Killarney Golf Club, November 20th. Photo:Don MacMonagle
A flooded Grand Parade in the Cork city floods, November 20th. Photo:Daragh Mc Sweeney / PROVISION
Michelle and Ray Walker pictured in the floodwater at the family bar MacSiuls on Kennedy Street in Carlow, November 20th. Photo:Dylan Vaughan.
Cafe sign on the Western Road, Cork City, yesterday after heavy flooding, November 20th. Photo:Clare Keogh /PROVISION
Jimmy Dunican lifts his wife Mary onto his tractor trailer on River Street on River Street, Ballinasloe in Co.Galway which is flooded under 3 feet of water after the River Suck burst its banks after heavy rain overnight, November 20th. Photo:Julien Behal/PA
A man and his daughters make their way through the floods at the Old Bridge Clonmel, November 20th. Photo:John D Kelly
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