Noonan House price rise sign of tentative recovery
House prices have risen by 2.5% during recent months, in what the Minister for Finance Michael Noonan has called "tentative signs of recovery".Today's Sunday Independent reports that ...
View ArticleInvestigators examine Russian flight recorders
Investigators are examining flight recorders and other evidence to try to determine the cause of a plane crash in Moscow that left four people dead.The Tu-204 jet belonging to Russian airline Red ...
View ArticleAnd the Winner Is Readers Choice for Top 10 Fantasy Movies
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) (Image: Warner Bros. Pictures) Our readers nominated 50 films. They voted 3,814 times (and these votes represented 41 countries). Now, the ...
View ArticleMan shot dead in Kildare named as Edward Hamilton
The victim of a fatal shooting in Co Kildare yesterday has been named as 33-year-old Edward Hamilton. The Kilmeague man was rushed to Naas General Hospital at about 6am yesterday after suffering ...
View ArticleA year of movies is sweeter in meter
Dear readers, look - a year’s flown past With scores and scores of movies massed. Twelve months of film, from great to worse So let’s revisit them - in verse! First off, some cheers ...
View ArticlePlane crash puts Russias airline industry in spotlight - again
A Russian plane carrying only crew slid off the runway and crashed yesterday, the latest in a steady stream of such incidents that has given Russia one of the world's worst air traffic safety ...
View ArticleDebuchy heading to Newcastle
Newcastle have agreed a deal to sign France international defender Mathieu Debuchy from Lille.Press Association Sport understands the Magpies have finally reached an agreement with the Ligue 1 side ...
View ArticleCoast Guard saved 161 lives during 2012
The Irish Coast Guard saved 161 lives during the past year.Responding to almost 2,000 incidents, it was the busiest year since the search and rescue service was formed in 1822.Crews recovered 88 ...
View ArticleBerlusconi lashes out at Monti
Former premier Silvio Berlusconi sharply criticised the decision by Mario Monti to run in Italy's general elections and vowed to launch a parliamentary inquiry into the 2011 fall of his ...
View ArticleJobseekers die during South African fitness test
Officials in South Africa have launched an investigation after the deaths of seven jobseekers who collapsed in the heat while undergoing a fitness test for positions as traffic officers.The chief ...
View ArticleFlowers Im more rock n roll than anyone
Brandon Flowers believes he is the most "rock 'n' roll" person anyone could meet.The Killers frontman - who is a devout Mormon, father-of-three who gave up alcohol and cigarettes ...
View ArticleLondon gay fans my favourite says Cyrus
Miley Cyrus loves London - because it has more gay people than she's ever seen.The singer-and-actress loves performing in Europe because it is so "free" and her homosexual supporters ...
View ArticleVideo Cancuns underwater museum
Most know Cancun, Mexico for wild parties. However, it's now home to an artist's attempt to save the native reefs - not with underground art, but underwater art. Mo Rocca ...
View ArticleBicyclist killed in collision with car in Hollywood
HOLLYWOOD— Police were on the scene of a fatal collision between a bicyclist and a car about 8 a.m. Sunday at Taft Street and North 66th Avenue. The body of the bicyclist was lying in the ...
View ArticleBollywood Mourns Gang-Rape Victims Death
summed up India's mood Sunday morning as the 23-year-old woman, who was brutally gang-raped on Dec. 16, was cremated in a private ceremony in Delhi hours after her body was flown back from ...
View Article10 terrific movies of 2012
It’s a year-end tradition, right there with twinkle lights and New Year’s champagne: the movie critic’s annual Top 10 list. And it’s always been a source of some anxiety for ...
View ArticleStudy Solo stars at higher death risk than bands
An academic study published Thursday confirms that rock and pop musicians are more likely to die prematurely than the general population, and finds that solo artists are twice as likely to die young ...
View ArticleLampard proves his worth as brace helps Chelsea to Goodison win
Everton 1 Chelsea 2Frank Lampard's days at Chelsea are reportedly numbered, but if that is the case he seems determined to go out in a blaze of glory.Restored to the starting line-up, the ...
View ArticleTina OBrien set for Corrie return
Tina O'Brien is set to return to 'Coronation Street' in 2013.The 29-year-old actress - who portrayed Sarah-Louise Platt, who hit the headlines when she fell pregnant aged just 13, for ...
View ArticleThree arrests following Clondalkin armed robbery
Garda in Dublin are investigating an armed robbery which took place in Clondalkin this morning. Three men have been arrested. At around 8am, three men, armed with an imitation firearm and knives ...
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