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Tim O'Brien is a correspondent with The Irish Times.

File image Sellafield nuclear plant in Cumbria, UK. Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images
‘Very low’ risk from new UK nuclear plants

Study shows a severe accident at a British plant would not require evacuation

Smoking in the home can generate pollution six times higher than the World Health Organisation’s outdoor recommendations. Photograph: Susana Vera/Reuters
Smoking at home may cause as many fatalities as road crashes

UCG researcher show how pollution from cigarettes is worse than coal or turf fires

Local communities will be asked to consider contributing to the cost of road repairs. Photograph: Cyril Byrne
Locals to be asked to pay for road maintenance

Up to 50% of cost or labour involved in repairs may come from local communities

Ex-Google executive appeals dismissal

Senior manager faulted over allegedly failing to ‘embrace change’ positively

Louth Council handout artist’s impression of the Narrow Water Bridge project, which will link Omeath in Co Louth with Warrenpoint in Co Down. Photograph: Louth Council/PA Wire
Funding for Narrow Water bridge may be lost

Committee hears final agreement from the North’s Department of Finance is delayed

A privately operated speed camera seen through the open door of the van. Photograph: Frank Miller / THE IRISH TIMES
Fianna Fáil calls for naming of penalty point evaders

Party’s justice and transport spokesmen claim their own licences ‘are a private matter’

Clondalkin councillor Trevor Gilligan said the high level of compensation payments was concerning. Photograph: Cyril Byrne/The Irish Times
South Dublin County Council compensation bill tops €1m a year

Average compensation payment has increased to almost €17,000 in last four years

Workers preparing the Poolbeg incinerator site in January 2010. Photograph: Cyril Byrne
Poolbeg incinerator construction expected to start within weeks

Dublin authorities’ private sector partner Covanta ‘in a position to proceed by mid-summer’

Vincent Dowling had a successful association with the Abbey Theatre in a career spanning five decades, serving as the national theatre’s artistic director between 1987 and 1989. Photograph: Tony Gavin
Vincent Dowling (83) dies after distinguished career in theatre

Distinguished Abbey director passes away in US

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