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- 750 jobs to go as bank closes Irish branch networkBANK OF Scotland (Ireland) is closing down the bank’s Halifax business and Irish branch network with the loss of 750 jobs, forcing more than 50,000 credit card and current account customers to move their business.
- FG front bench backs Kenny06:43Fine Gael leader pledges to improve performance after receiving unanimous support
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- Ex-Guantánamo man thanks IrelandTHE GOVERNMENT has acted as a “beacon of light” in Europe for taking in two inmates from Guantánamo Bay, a former inmate turned human rights activist has said.
- Busker finds cold comfort with iglooWITH BERLIN covered in snow and ice, a homeless man has decided to make the best of the situation by building himself an igloo.
- Existential crisis as Lévy quotes fictional philosopherTHERE’S NOTHING unusual about a new book by French celebrity philosopher Bernard-Henri Lévy causing a media stir or provoking anguished debate in left-bank intellectual circles. But never has his work given rise to an existential question quite like this one.
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Sarah Carey
George Lee might know his economics but did no one teach him his politics?

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Stephen Collins
Lee did not seem to have much idea from the start about the nature of political life

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Gavin Cummiskey
The complicated IRB rankings have come in for ridicule after a confusing anomaly appeared

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Paul Krugman
The deficit hysteria brings back memories of the group-think during the run-up to the Iraq war

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Lee's resignation has just broken and some obvious questions arise

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Giving Limerick city a futureTHE REGENERATION of Limerick is not an optional extra. Unless the Government provides additional funding for the most socially deprived parts of the city, the progress made in rolling back high incidences of crime and anti-social behaviour will be lost, along with the hopes and aspirations of thousands of young people and their families. Not only that, in years to come the State will be faced with far more difficult, intractable and expensive social problems. A stark choice faces Ministers between doing what is right or turning their backs on communities that were failed so dismally in the past.
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A salesperson wears a tiger-shaped balloon on sale at a Lunar New Year market in Hong Kong, China, February 9, five days before the celebration of the Chinese Year of Tiger on February 14. Photo: Bobby Yip/REUTERS
A trout fisherman at Langley Dam near Haydon Bridge, Northumberland,England, on Tuesday February 9 as a fresh blast of wintry weather was due to hit Britain, bringing more snow and icy conditions. Photo : Owen Humphreys/PA Wire
A woman looks at a painting titled "Arrajatabla", or "To the Letter", by Spanish artist Miquel Barcelo in the CaixaForum exhibition centre in central Madrid, Spain, February 9. Barcelo's "La Solitude Organisative" exhibit will be displayed at CaixaForum from February 10 to June 13, 2010. Photo: Sergio Perez/REUTERS
A Hindu priest holds a lamp as he performs an evening prayer on the banks of Ganges river during "Kumbh Mela" or the Pitcher Festival in the northern Indian town of Haridwar,India, February 9. Hundreds of thousands of Hindus take part in the religious gathering at the banks of the river in the holy city of Haridwar at the festival, which is held every 12 years in different Indian cities. Photo: Reinhard Krause/REUTERS
A boat makes its way through broken ice on the Spree river on February 9 in Berlin, Germany. The "Petra" cold front is predicted to bring snow and even colder temperatures to Germany from Scandinavia starting tomorrow. Photo: Sean Gallup/Getty Images
A worker hangs up red lantern as decorations on a tree for the traditional Spring Festival Temple Fair at a park, in Beijing, China, February 9, ahead of the Chinese Lunar New Year of the Tiger, which starts on February 14 this year. Photo: Jason Lee/REUTERS
A villager looks at flames of a forest fire in Shilin, Yunnan Province, China, February 9. Chinese Vice Premier Hui Liangyu has asked local authorities to take measures against forest fires and demanded local governments be cautious about forest fires as the weather in southwest China. Photo: Wong Campion/REUTERS
Stagecoach tests the amphibious bus on the River Clyde on February 9, in Glasgow, Scotland. The £700,000 Dutch made amfibus could eventually replace the existing ferry service which is being scraped in March due to costs. Photo : Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images
Tattoo artist Henry Hate "tattoos" a block of ice containing a Nissan car during a publicity event for its launch into the British market, in London, England, February 9. Nissan will market 1,500 of their Cube models in the UK from Tuesday. Photo: Andrew Winning/REUTERS
An Afghan man works on an electricity pole in Kabul, Afghanistan, February 9. Photo: Ahmad Masood/REUTERS
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Ferris gets time to prove his fitnessDECLAN KIDNEY will give Stephen Ferris every chance to prove his fitness for Saturday’s crunch Six Nations showdown against France in Paris. Protocol decrees the team be formally named tomorrow, and with the Ulster bruser having trained fully yesterday the indications are he will be named in the starting line-up.
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