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HSE STILL PURSUING VENTILATOR SUPPLIERS FOR REFUNDS OF MORE THAN €22M THROUGH
CHINESE LEGAL SYSTEM

Thu May 11 2023 - 12:16


INFLATION DROPS TO 7.2% BUT RISING FOOD PRICES KEEPS PRESSURE ON HOUSEHOLDS




UKRAINE SAYS RUSSIAN BRIGADE ABANDONS BAKHMUT POSITIONS AS KREMLIN ACKNOWLEDGES
‘DIFFICULT OPERATION’


TRUMP MOCKS E JEAN CARROLL, MULLS PARDONS FOR CAPITOL RIOTERS IN CNN TOWNHALL


TWO MEN NOW BEING INVESTIGATED AS SUSPECTS IN ANNIE MCCARRICK MURDER INQUIRY


FOOD BUSINESSES IN DUBLIN, MEATH, LIMERICK AND TIPPERARY CLOSED AFTER
INSPECTIONS


NEWTON EMERSON: UNIONIST REACTION TO BRITISH AIR DEFENCE DEAL COULD BE HISTORY
REPEATING ITSELF


IRISH WOMEN’S OBSESSION WITH FAKE TAN IS PROBLEMATIC


A NEW RESTAURANT OFFERS A RARE THING: SMALL PLATES AND A GLASS OF WINE THAT
WON’T BREAK THE BANK



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PENSIONER WHO USED DEAD BROTHER’S IDENTITY TO CLAIM MORE THAN €93,000 JAILED

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CLIFF TAYLOR: WITH €65BN IN BUDGET SURPLUSES, WHY ARE WE STILL BEING WARNED
ABOUT NEED FOR HIGHER TAXES?

Business


IRISH HOUSE PRICES RISE 8.9% IN FIRST THREE MONTHS OF 2023

Inside Politics


‘I ALLOWED THE TOXINS OF POLITICS TO SEEP INTO MY SKIN’ - RAFAEL BEHR ON THE
PERSONAL TOLL OF BREXIT

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STEPHEN TOMPKINSON CLEARED OF PUNCHING DRUNK MAN OUTSIDE HIS HOUSE

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CIARÁN MURPHY: THE MARKET HAS SPOKEN WHEN IT COMES TO BROADCASTING LIVE GAA

Music


BEYONCÉ: RENAISSANCE WORLD TOUR – NEAR THREE-HOUR SPECTACULAR DRIPPING WITH
SCI-FI DISCO DECADENCE

Education


‘THE LEVEL OF ANXIETY WE’RE FACING IN SCHOOLS IS UNPRECEDENTED’

Residential


PRICE OF FOXROCK MANSION PLUNGES BY 47% AS BUYERS REFUSE TO BITE

Courts


ACCOUNTANTS AND LAWYERS MADE €100M FROM QUINN INSURANCE DEMISE, FIGURES SHOW



OPINION


IRISH WOMEN’S OBSESSION WITH FAKE TAN IS PROBLEMATIC

When a white Irish woman dons fake tan for a night out, she is wearing a costume
that allows her to experience a fleeting taste of a more exotic identity, with
none of the obstacles people of colour face

By Adriana Acosta-Cortez


EOIN Ó BROIN: WHAT HAPPENED TO MICHELINE WALSH WILL HAPPEN TO OTHERS

By Eoin Ó Broin


FACING THE MUSIC – FRANK MCNALLY ON BEETHOVEN’S NINTH, BEHAN IN PRISON, AND
POST-COVID SMILING UNMASKED


NEWTON EMERSON


NEWTON EMERSON: UNIONIST REACTION TO BRITISH AIR DEFENCE DEAL COULD BE HISTORY
REPEATING ITSELF




THE IRISH TIMES VIEW ON THE LETTER TO MINISTERS FROM THE CLIMATE CHANGE ADVISORY
COUNCIL: IS ANYONE LISTENING?


THE IRISH TIMES VIEW ON THE TURKISH ELECTION: A DEFINING MOMENT FOR ERDOGAN



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FOOD BUSINESSES IN DUBLIN, MEATH, LIMERICK AND TIPPERARY CLOSED AFTER
INSPECTIONS


STACEY FLOOD: AS A BREATHLESS SEASON COMES TO A CLOSE, THE OLYMPIC DREAM IS IN
SIGHT


CLIFF TAYLOR: WITH €65BN IN BUDGET SURPLUSES, WHY ARE WE STILL BEING WARNED
ABOUT NEED FOR HIGHER TAXES?


STEPHEN TOMPKINSON CLEARED OF PUNCHING DRUNK MAN OUTSIDE HIS HOUSE


HELENA MANGAN (22), COOLOCK - ‘BEFORE MY MAMMY LEFT THAT NIGHT, SHE GAVE ME A
BIG KISS AND HUG’

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‘THE LEVEL OF ANXIETY WE’RE FACING IN SCHOOLS IS UNPRECEDENTED’

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‘DOWNSIZING IS OVERRATED. CREATING A FAMILY HOME IS A LIFETIME’S ACHIEVEMENT’


NEWS IS NOT ENTERTAINMENT, IT IS ESSENTIAL FOR DEMOCRACY


RÓISÍN INGLE: MODERN DUBLIN SMELLS MOSTLY OF MARIJUANA, NOT MANURE


GERMAN CHANCELLOR’S OSCAR WILDE MISQUOTE LOOKS LIKE CARELESSNESS



SPORT


DYSTOPIAN VERSION OF GOLF MARKS NEW DEPARTURE IN US FETISHISATION OF THE AR-15
RIFLE

A dystopian sport marks a new departure in the fetishisation of the AR-15 rifle,
which has been used by many mass murderers in the US


CIARÁN MURPHY: THE MARKET HAS SPOKEN WHEN IT COMES TO BROADCASTING LIVE GAA


IRELAND’S NEW WOMEN’S COACH WILL FACE ‘CHALLENGING ROLE’, ADMITS IRFU


STACEY FLOOD: AS A BREATHLESS SEASON COMES TO A CLOSE, THE OLYMPIC DREAM IS IN
SIGHT


A TIMELY COMEBACK FOR LEINSTER’S JOE MCCARTHY AFTER FRUSTRATING INJURY


HOW HELPING CHILDREN TO PLAY SPORT CAN CHANGE LIVES IN PALESTINE


NO PRESSURE ON KATIE TAYLOR FOR HER PROFESSIONAL HOMECOMING BOUT IN DUBLIN



BUSINESS


INFLATION DROPS TO 7.2% BUT RISING FOOD PRICES KEEPS PRESSURE ON HOUSEHOLDS

Headline rate was down from 7.7 per cent the previous month and was linked to
falling energy prices internationally


FORMER PWC PARTNER WHO LEAKED AUSTRALIAN TAX PLANS SOUGHT TO TAP IRISH CONTACTS


IRISH HOUSE PRICES RISE 8.9% IN FIRST THREE MONTHS OF 2023


CLIFF TAYLOR: WITH €65BN IN BUDGET SURPLUSES, WHY ARE WE STILL BEING WARNED
ABOUT NEED FOR HIGHER TAXES?


RTÉ RADIO 1 AND 2FM MAKE MODEST GAINS IN LISTENERSHIP


BANK OF ENGLAND RAISES RATES TO 4.5% AS INFLATION REMAINS STUBBORNLY HIGH


ACCOUNTANTS AND LAWYERS MADE €100M FROM QUINN INSURANCE DEMISE, FIGURES SHOW



LIFE & STYLE

Your Wellness


THE SECRECY OF . . . MENTAL HEALTH

Your Wellness


THE BURDEN IS ALL THE GREATER IF GUILT IS PART OF THE ABUSE

People


THE WALLS OF THE LOCAL PUB HAVE EYES AND ALSO THE BAINISTEOIR’S PHONE NUMBER

People


IN THE CHARITY SHOP, I FEARED THAT THE WORD ‘DICKY-BOW’ MIGHT BE OFFENSIVE

Travel


SNOOZE IN THE SKY: AIR NEW ZEALAND TO OFFER ECONOMY SLEEPER PODS FOR MORE THAN
$400



CULTURE

TV & Radio


STEPHEN TOMPKINSON CLEARED OF PUNCHING DRUNK MAN OUTSIDE HIS HOUSE

Books


DENIS LEHANE AND A JOURNEY THROUGH THE DARK HEART OF IRISH-AMERICAN RACISM

Books


A SPRING JOURNEY FROM KYIV TO KHERSON ON THE EVE OF THE COUNTEROFFENSIVE

Culture


‘ADOLF HITLER MADE THE LIVES OF MILLIONS OF PEOPLE MUCH WORSE – BUT NOT THE LIFE
OF THIS AUTHOR’

Books


BEST GRAPHIC NOVELS OF 2023, SO FAR: ADVENTURES IN PARENTING, SUN-WORSHIPPING
AND STRANGE GIFTS



WORLD


STEPHEN TOMPKINSON CLEARED OF PUNCHING DRUNK MAN OUTSIDE HIS HOUSE

Ballykissangel star told court contact with man drinking at bottom of driveway
at 5:30am ‘not enough to knock a sober man off his feet’


BANK OF ENGLAND RAISES RATES TO 4.5% AS INFLATION REMAINS STUBBORNLY HIGH


SITUATION ‘UNDER CONTROL’ FOLLOWING MILAN EXPLOSION


AT LEAST ONE PERSON KILLED AS SHOTS FIRED IN MERCEDES PLANT IN GERMANY


MIGRANTS RISK LIFE AND LIMB TO JUMP MEXICO TRAINS IN RUSH TO BORDER BEFORE END
OF TITLE 42


FINLAND PRIME MINISTER SANNA MARIN FILES FOR DIVORCE


UKRAINE SAYS RUSSIAN BRIGADE ABANDONS BAKHMUT POSITIONS AS KREMLIN ACKNOWLEDGES
‘DIFFICULT OPERATION’



CRIME & LAW


PENSIONER WHO USED DEAD BROTHER’S IDENTITY TO CLAIM MORE THAN €93,000 JAILED

Aidan Byrne (75) conned social welfare system for years using identity of
brother who died in drowning accident in England in 1972


TWO MEN CHARGED OVER DROGHEDA ARMED ROBBERY


TWO MEN NOW BEING INVESTIGATED AS SUSPECTS IN ANNIE MCCARRICK MURDER INQUIRY


ACCOUNTANTS AND LAWYERS MADE €100M FROM QUINN INSURANCE DEMISE, FIGURES SHOW


TWO SUSPECTS EXAMINED AS ANNIE MCCARRICK INVESTIGATION BOOSTED WITH NEW
RESOURCES


MORE THAN 100 CHRISTIAN BROTHERS FACE POSSIBLE JUDGMENT IN DEFAULT OVER ABUSE
CASE


HSE ACTED FAIRLY WHEN SUSPENDING CONSULTANT GYNAECOLOGIST FOLLOWING COMPLAINTS,
SUPREME COURT RULES



POLITICS


HSE STILL PURSUING VENTILATOR SUPPLIERS FOR REFUNDS OF MORE THAN €22M THROUGH
CHINESE LEGAL SYSTEM

About 100 machines that did not meet testing standards in storage at cost of
€75,000 so far


‘I ALLOWED THE TOXINS OF POLITICS TO SEEP INTO MY SKIN’ - RAFAEL BEHR ON THE
PERSONAL TOLL OF BREXIT

Listen | 56:32


DETAILS OF IRELAND’S AIR DEFENCE DEAL WITH BRITAIN SHOULD BE PROVIDED


LOCAL AUTHORITIES NEED TO TAKE BACK CONTROL OF WASTE COLLECTIONS, COUNCILLORS
AND UNIONS TELL TDS


POLITICAL PARTIES AT ODDS OVER SIZE OF NEXT DÁÍL WITH LEFT WING PARTIES CALLING
FOR SIX-SEATER CONSTITUENCIES


RECESSION-ERA CUTS TO LAWYERS’ FEES AN ‘EMBARRASSMENT’, FINE GAEL MEETING TOLD


SENATORS QUERY GENDER DEFINITION IN HATE CRIME LAW


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HEALTH


PANCREATIC CANCER VACCINE SHOWS PROMISE IN SMALL TRIAL


THE SECRECY OF . . . MENTAL HEALTH


THE BURDEN IS ALL THE GREATER IF GUILT IS PART OF THE ABUSE


MORE THAN 70 RESIDENTS AT CORK NURSING HOME FACE UNCERTAIN FUTURE AFTER OPERATOR
QUITS FAIR DEAL



PROPERTY


TRANQUIL, ULTRA-MODERN RATHFARNHAM HOME IN SYLVAN SETTING FOR €2.45M


‘DOWNSIZING IS OVERRATED. CREATING A FAMILY HOME IS A LIFETIME’S ACHIEVEMENT’


VICTORIAN ELEGANCE ON SOUGHT-AFTER SILCHESTER ROAD FOR €2.95M


PRICE OF FOXROCK MANSION PLUNGES BY 47% AS BUYERS REFUSE TO BITE



DON'T MISS


IRISH WOMEN’S OBSESSION WITH FAKE TAN IS PROBLEMATIC


FIRST LOOK: HIGH-END BRITISH STEAKHOUSE OPENS IN DUBLIN CITY CENTRE


IN THE CHARITY SHOP, I FEARED THAT THE WORD ‘DICKY-BOW’ MIGHT BE OFFENSIVE


PEPPER LOSES BATTLE OF WILLS WITH JUDGE


‘IN TEARS WITH HIS CLOSING NUMBER. WE HOPE THIS ISN’T HIS LAST TOUR’: READERS
SHARE THEIR BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN CONCERT EXPERIENCES


WHY ‘GODFATHER’ OF AI GEOFFREY HINTON QUIT GOOGLE TO SPEAK OUT ABOUT RISKS



YOUR MONEY


CLIFF TAYLOR: WITH €65BN IN BUDGET SURPLUSES, WHY ARE WE STILL BEING WARNED
ABOUT NEED FOR HIGHER TAXES?


PEPPER LOSES BATTLE OF WILLS WITH JUDGE


NO PROMISE ON PRICE CUTS AS SUPERMARKETS MEET MINISTER AT RETAIL FORUM

FOOD


A NEW RESTAURANT OFFERS A RARE THING: SMALL PLATES AND A GLASS OF WINE THAT
WON’T BREAK THE BANK


FIRST LOOK: HIGH-END BRITISH STEAKHOUSE OPENS IN DUBLIN CITY CENTRE


ADD THIS TO ANY DISH WHERE YOU WANT A SALTY, SMOKEY TASTE



IRELAND


FOOD BUSINESSES IN DUBLIN, MEATH, LIMERICK AND TIPPERARY CLOSED AFTER
INSPECTIONS


YELLOW THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SIX COUNTIES


LOCAL AUTHORITIES NEED TO TAKE BACK CONTROL OF WASTE COLLECTIONS, COUNCILLORS
AND UNIONS TELL TDS

ABROAD


‘THE CONCEPT OF MONARCHY IS ABSURD’: ANNIE MAC ON LONDON-IRISH LIFE, REJECTING
AN MBE, AND THE PULL OF HOME


‘I WENT OVER WITH TWO SUITCASES AND THE REST IS HISTORY’


THE CLOSEST WESTERN REFERENCE POINT FOR EID AL-FITR IS CHRISTMAS AND THIS
IRISHMAN LOVED IT



CLIMATE CRISIS


WHAT DOES IRELAND OWE THE WORLD FOR ITS ROLE IN CLIMATE CHANGE?


WEATHER AND CLIMATE RESEARCH TO MAKE A RESPONSIBLE DIFFERENCE


FREE ELECTRONS PROGRAMME: ‘YOU COULD THINK OF IT AS THE X FACTOR FOR TECH
START-UPS’

EDUCATION


‘THE LEVEL OF ANXIETY WE’RE FACING IN SCHOOLS IS UNPRECEDENTED’


CALL FOR STUDENTS WITH DYSLEXIA TO BE GIVEN EXTRA TIME IN STATE EXAMS


MEDIA LITERACY FOR STUDENTS VITAL TO PROTECTING DEMOCRACY, SAYS MINISTER



PODCASTS

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IT BUSINESS PERSON OF THE YEAR BARRY CONNOLLY ON ‘FULFILLING’ HIS BUSINESS GOALS

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PODCAST: THE SECRET ANGLO-IRISH AIR DEFENCE DEAL, EXPLAINED

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EUROVISION: WHERE DID IT ALL GO WRONG FOR IRELAND?

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THE SECRECY OF . . . MENTAL HEALTH

By Geraldine Walsh
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NEWS IS NOT ENTERTAINMENT, IT IS ESSENTIAL FOR DEMOCRACY

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CIARÁN MURPHY: THE MARKET HAS SPOKEN WHEN IT COMES TO BROADCASTING LIVE GAA

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VIDEO

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would settle the Ukraine war in one day if he were re-elected. Video: CNN



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DUBLIN


HELENA MANGAN (22), COOLOCK - ‘BEFORE MY MAMMY LEFT THAT NIGHT, SHE GAVE ME A
BIG KISS AND HUG’


HOWTH HEAD BECOMES HOME TO SEVERAL KID GOATS


DUBLIN CITY COUNCIL EXPLORING WAYS TO SUPPORT REDEVELOPMENT OF FORMER BAGGOT ST
HOSPITAL

SOCIAL AFFAIRS


‘THEY JUST SEEM TO BE TRENDING NOW’: CHARITY SHOPS FLOURISH DUE TO
SUSTAINABILITY SHIFT AND RISING LIVING COSTS


HOMELESS RESPONSE ‘SHOULD FOCUS ON NEEDS OF CHILDREN’


UP TO 10,000 TOURISM JOBS DISPLACED DUE TO HOTEL BED SHORTAGES, MINISTERS TOLD

TECHNOLOGY


NEWS IS NOT ENTERTAINMENT, IT IS ESSENTIAL FOR DEMOCRACY


GARMIN DRIVE 53: THERE ARE GOOD REASONS TO HAVE A DEDICATED SATNAV


WHY ‘GODFATHER’ OF AI GEOFFREY HINTON QUIT GOOGLE TO SPEAK OUT ABOUT RISKS

TRANSPORT


EU COURT BACKS RYANAIR’S CHALLENGE AGAINST LUFTHANSA STATE BAILOUT


‘I OFTEN OPT FOR THE ONE HOUR WALK, AS I GET FED UP WATCHING FULL BUSES PASS’:
MORE TALES FROM PUBLIC TRANSPORT


RYANAIR ORDERS 300 NEW BOEING 737 MAX 10 JETS WORTH MORE THAN €36BN



HISTORY


TAKING SIDES: BRITAIN AND THE CIVIL WAR: ‘HISTORY THAT IRISH PEOPLE MAY PREFER
NOT TO KNOW’


DUBLIN CITY COUNCIL TURNS DOWN PLANS FOR FIRST WORLD WAR MEMORIAL GARDEN


MICHAEL PORTILLO: ‘CONSERVATIVES SEE IRELAND EXCLUSIVELY THROUGH THE UNIONIST
PRISM’

OBITUARIES


ROBERT PURCELL – LEADING CRIMINAL DEFENCE SOLICITOR WAS KNOWN FOR HIS COMPASSION
AND DETERMINED ADVOCACY


MARY KERRIGAN OBITUARY: WARM, WITTY AND JOYOUS PRESENCE IN POLITICS AND MEDIA


PEADAR TOMÁS MACRUAIRÍ OBITUARY: A GIANT OF THE IRISH LANGUAGE AND OF JOURNALISM

TUARASCÁIL


SÉARLAS AGUS SÉARLAIS EILE


‘MIONLACH LAISTIGH DE MHIONLACH ATÁ IONAINN’


IARMHAIRTÍ NA RÉABHLÓIDE: AN IMIRCE

MOTORS


COULD A SHOCK SAAB COMEBACK BE ON THE CARDS?


OUR TEST DRIVE: ALFA ROMEO TONALE 280HP PHEV EAWD VELOCE


FIRST DRIVE IN BYD’S ATTO3: WHO’S BYD? IT’S ONLY OVERTAKEN TESLA AS THE WORLD’S
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