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Senior bankers who put taxpayers’ money at risk should be jailed
A report by a parliamentary commission on banking in the UK has recommended widespread reform to the sector.
# uk - Yesterday’s News
G8 leaders agree to ‘fight the scourge of tax evasion’, Ireland’s regime not discussed
G8 leaders are likely to announce new measures that will make companies more transparent when it comes to taxation.
G8 leaders ‘close’ to agreement on Syria amid calls for ‘concrete’ solution
World leaders are attempting to hammer out a joint communique that is agreeable for Russia and the US who differ on the Syrian conflict.
# uk - Sunday 16 June, 2013
What has the G8 ever done for us?
Here’s a list of all the topics that have been discussed in the last 38 summits. Has it been worth it?
# uk - Friday 14 June, 2013
Electronic cigarettes to be sold as over-the-counter medicines in the UK
Experts say smokers are at risk from the toxins and tar in cigarettes, not the nicotine that is in e-cigarettes.
# uk - Thursday 13 June, 2013
One-eyed murderer gets life for killing two officers and a father and son
The Chief Constable labelled Cregan as the “scourge on our society”.
# uk - Wednesday 12 June, 2013
UK: Approved extradition deal will see radical cleric surrendered after 20 year fight
Jordan’s parliament has approved an agreement with Britain on the extradition of suspects – including notorious radical cleric Abu Qatada who has been fighting extradition to Jordan to face terrorism charges, claiming he may be tortured there.
# uk - Tuesday 11 June, 2013
Column: What do you really know about emigrating?
Emigration from Ireland is once again a reality for many young people and their families – but how much do young people facing the prospect really know about the country they are emigrating to before they leave Ireland, asks Marie-Claire McAleer.
# uk - Saturday 8 June, 2013
Taoiseach doubles Ireland’s spend on nutrition for the next eight years
Ireland already gives around €32 million a year for nutrition programmes, so this is set to increase to around €64 million.
# uk - Thursday 6 June, 2013
UK to compensate 5,228 Kenyans for Mau Mau uprising abuse
A compensation deal worth €23.5 million was unveiled. That’s around €4,460 per person – five times the annual salary of a Kenyan civil servant.
# uk - Wednesday 5 June, 2013
Column: The UK will continue to be a far friendlier place for those drowning in debt
The new Personal Insolvency Act may work for some but it’s deficient for a sizeable portion of distressed borrowers, writes Ronan Coburn.
# uk - Monday 3 June, 2013
British government vows new lobbying law after scandal
New laws to regulate lobbying have today been promised in the UK, after four politicians were filmed by undercover reporters offering to push lobbyists’ agendas in parliament in exchange for cash.
# uk - Sunday 2 June, 2013
Column: The victims of the Troubles were not ‘collateral damage’ and they deserve justice
The introduction of a bill that would ban people convicted of serious offences from being appointed as a special advisor to a minister in Northern Ireland has raised more serious questions: who are the victims of the Troubles – and have we forgotten them?
Man admits threats to kill Britain’s Prince Harry
Ashraf Islam, 30, is being held in custody today after admitting threatening to kill the British royal.
60 years ago today Queen Elizabeth II was crowned
The 87-year-old took the throne on 6 February 1952 upon the death of her father King George VI.
# uk - Saturday 1 June, 2013
Column: Why do we care about Will and Kate, the fairytale across the Irish Sea?
One in three Irish people watched the Royal Wedding in 2011 and now the world is waiting with bated breath to see if the heir to the British throne will be a boy or a girl, but why do we care, asks Aoife O’Connor.
# uk - Wednesday 29 May, 2013
Woolwich attack: Suspect discharged from hospital as post-mortem results released
Post-mortem results show Lee Rigby died of “multiple incised wounds”, as Michael Adebowale is released from hospital,
# uk - Monday 27 May, 2013
Over 130 people with Irish addresses filed for bankruptcy in UK during crisis
Figures also show that 35 people moved to England or Wales last year solely for the purpose of seeking bankruptcy.
Two women bailed after Liverpool dog attack death
The women, aged 28 and 27, were arrested on suspicion of manslaughter.
# uk - Sunday 26 May, 2013
Sixth man arrested in connection to Lee Rigby murder
A 22-year-old man has been arrested by officers investigating the murder of British soldier Lee Rigby in London last week.
# uk - Saturday 25 May, 2013
Betting shop employee killed in south London – reports
The deceased, 55, is understood to have died in Ladbrokes’ Aberconway Road branch early this morning.
# uk - Friday 24 May, 2013
Oxfam urges EU foreign ministers to extend the arms embargo on Syria
Transferring more weapons to Syria can only “exacerbate a hellish scenario for civilians” says Oxfam, who say extending the embargo would avoid fuelling an arms race.
# uk - Wednesday 22 May, 2013
Building eight nuclear power plants in the UK poses little threat to Ireland
A report by the Radiological Protection Institute of Ireland looked at the impact day-to-day operations would have on Ireland and what would happen in the event of a severe nuclear accident.
# uk - Tuesday 21 May, 2013
Column: No woman has an abortion on a whim
Stitch up the X Case’s dangling loopholes and then hold a referendum to legalise abortion in Ireland – because no woman wants an abortion just for the hell of it, writes Carol Redmond.
# uk - Thursday 2 May, 2013
Ken Barlow actor is ‘deeply horrified’ by rape charges against him
Bill Roache, 81, says he will focus his ‘full attention’ to proving his innocence against the charges from 1967.
SARS-like virus kills 5 people in Saudi Arabia
The virus, known as novel coronavirus, was first detected in mid-2012 and is a cousin of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS).
# uk - Sunday 28 April, 2013
Rich pensioners ‘should give back any handouts they don’t need’
Free bus travel, free television licences, heating bill payments – one Conservative minister in Britain has suggested rich pensioners may not need them all.
# uk - Saturday 27 April, 2013
Column: Why are people disengaging with politics in Northern Ireland?
Following the signing of the Good Friday Agreement, more than 70 per cent of people turned out to elect the first assembly. Fast forward 15 years and the people seem disenchanted, but why, asks David McCann.
# uk - Wednesday 24 April, 2013
DUP deputy leader hospitalised after falling ill in Westminster
Tests are still being carried out on the north Belfast MP Nigel Dodds.
# uk - Friday 19 April, 2013
HSE has this warning for families as 800 people in the UK hit by measles
Measles is highly contagious and can lead to deafness, brain damage and even death.
# uk - Thursday 18 April, 2013
Column: Margaret Thatcher, a feminist icon? She certainly wouldn’t have called herself one
Margaret Thatcher normalised female success, challenging the prevailing orthodoxy that women were unsuited to the pursuit of power, but mechanisms, such as electoral gender quotas would have been anathema to her, writes Margaret O’Keefe.
# uk - Wednesday 17 April, 2013
Pics: Protesters, supporters and mourners at Margaret Thatcher’s funeral
Big Ben’s bell was silenced as Margaret Thatcher’s coffin was driven through the streets of London.
# uk - Sunday 14 April, 2013
Call for BOI to introduce bank accounts with An Post
The Irish Postmasters’ Union has called on the Bank of Ireland to roll out bank accounts with An Post in line with a recent UK decision.
# uk - Thursday 11 April, 2013
Crises in Syria and Korea to dominate G8 talks in London
Iran’s atomic ambitions, instability in north and west Africa, and climate change will also be up for discussion.
# uk - Tuesday 9 April, 2013
Column: Few politicians have courted controversy and adoration like Thatcher
In Ireland, we tend to think of Margaret Thatcher as either the prime minister who let the hunger strikers die or the pragmatist who signed the Anglo-Irish Agreement. David McCann wonders if this is too narrow a view.
# uk - Monday 8 April, 2013
“First lady of girl power”: Thatcher’s death – the Twitter reaction
Britain’s first female prime minister died today at the age of 87. The reaction on Twitter was somewhat mixed…
# uk - Saturday 6 April, 2013
Irish girl accepted for kidney exchange programme
Eddie Carter will donate his kidney to a stranger and his daughter Megan will receive another donor’s organ in return.
# uk - Thursday 4 April, 2013
Embarrassed politician accidentally tweets porn link
Morto for Rob Wilson, UK Conservative MP.
# uk - Tuesday 2 April, 2013
House fire: Couple found guilty of manslaughter of 6 children
Mick Philpott and his wife Mairead have been found guilty
150k sign petition after UK Minister says he could live on €63 a week
The petition was set up to challenge Iain Duncan Smith to prove that he would be able to survive on benefits.
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