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The Irish Times 2010-04-24T00:00:00 irishtimes.com http://www.irishtimes.com/ http://www.irishtimes.com/feeds/rss/rss_logo.gif Search The Irish Times Search for articles on irishtimes.com keywords http://www.irishtimes.com/search/index.html?rm=listresults Charity founder's fall from grace http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/newsfeatures/2010/0424/1224269025759.html The world of charities and NGOs has seen a lot of scandals, but the financial and sexual allegations that Icross founder Mike Meegan has struggled to keep out of the press are unusually serious, writes PAUL CULLEN Text News Features Fashion & Beauty PAUL CULLEN 2010-04-24T00:00:00 1224269025759 Condemned to a living death http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/newsfeatures/2010/0424/1224269025705.html The shooting of father-of-two Robert Delany 18 months ago has left him in a permanent vegetative state, and his shattered family are determined to get justice, writes CONOR LALLY, Crime Correspondent Text News Features Fashion & Beauty 2010-04-24T00:00:00 1224269025705 The builder, the banks and the housing development gone bad http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/newsfeatures/2010/0424/1224269025833.html The man behind the badly built Riverside development in Portarlington managed to secure millions of euro from major financial institutions, writes COLM KEENA, Public Affairs Correspondent Text News Features Fashion & Beauty 2010-04-24T00:00:00 1224269025833 'The buildings are in a shocking state' http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/newsfeatures/2010/0424/1224269025811.html The Riverside estate is in such a sub-standard condition that its residents cannot get basic insurance, and are stuck paying for homes that are unpleasant to live in. COLM KEENAreports Text News Features TopStories 2010-04-24T00:00:00 1224269025811 Remembering the golden age of Wonder http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/newsfeatures/2010/0424/1224269023690.html His classic songs and albums have made an indelible mark on modern musical history, but it has been a long time since the Motown legend has touched the great heights he reached in the 1970s. Can his upcoming Dublin show satisfy his ardent fans, asks JIM CARROLL Text News Features TopStories 2010-04-24T00:00:00 1224269023690 No more treading water on charges http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/newsfeatures/2010/0424/1224269025670.html Ireland is tackling the issue of water shortages, writes CONOR POPE, but at what cost to you? Text News Features TopStories 2010-04-24T00:00:00 1224269025670 Don't blame my son, pleads Douglas, blame me http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/newsfeatures/2010/0424/1224269023742.html With his son facing 10 years in prison, Michael Douglas did what any father would do: but where does a parent’s responsibility end?, asks KATE HOLMQUIST Text News Features TopStories 2010-04-24T00:00:00 1224269023742 The tale of Barbara the Brown http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/newsfeatures/2010/0424/1224269025722.html Austria’s far-right presidential candidate has been painted as a closet Nazi, writes DEREK SCALLY Text News Features TopStories 2010-04-24T00:00:00 1224269025722 Finding a future for Dublin Bus requires more than downsizing http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/newsfeatures/2010/0424/1224269025738.html Plans to reshape its confusing network of routes and slim down the size of its workforce might benefit Dublin Bus, but it will take a lot more to make it the public transport service the city badly needs Text News Features TopStories FINTAN O'TOOLE 2010-04-24T00:00:00 1224269025738 Clegg mobilises instant opinion - but it's the worm wot won it http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/newsfeatures/2010/0424/1224269025790.html PRESENT TENSE:THE BRITISH general election campaign is not exactly setting party conversation alight here. It’s their business. Nick Clegg was their flavour of the week. It is their battle involving a couple of public schoolboys trying to de-posh themselves. It is their leader who looks like he’s been taught to smile by someone who’s never actually seen a smile. Text News Features TopStories SHANE HEGARTY 2010-04-24T00:00:00 1224269025790 Irish lives http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/newsfeatures/2010/0424/1224269023678.html Mary Burns 1823-63:MARY BURNS, mill hand and social radical, was born in Ireland, daughter of an Irish dyer who emigrated to Manchester. In 1842, while employed there at the Victoria Mills of Ermen Engels, she first met and fell in love with the socialist Friedrich Engels while he was on his first visit to the city. She introduced him to the slums of Manchester, in particular “Little Ireland”, giving him a first-hand knowledge of working-class living conditions. They also attended workers’ mass meetings in the Hall of Sciences. Text News Features TopStories FRANCES CLARKE BURNS 2010-04-24T00:00:00 1224269023678 Seven days http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/newsfeatures/2010/0424/1224269023725.html A glance at the week that was...

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