Get down there on your knees and BEG for admission to this green and fertile land:
It has emerged that 33 part-time members of the Refugee Appeals Tribunal earned EUR7.7m in fees during the last five years. One member of the board received more than EUR780,000 during this period.09:00
1865 American Civil War ends as General Robert E. Lee surrenders his troops to Ulysses S. Grant
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| Generally forlorn, General Lee, 1865 |
Gardai in Dublin are investigating the circumstances surrounding the discovery of a man's body in a burned out car at Blackhall Place in Dublin.
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Humans average three hours less sleep than other primates like chimps, rhesus monkeys, and baboons, all of whom sleep for 10 hours.
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Blueshirt memorabilia in the conquerors' killing ground:
Opening a new exhibition on 1916 in Collins Barracks in Dublin, Mr Ahern said Irish people must begin a 'great national conversation on what it means to be Irish, on the values we hold and cherish'.Blah, blooey. He should know about values and holds. However, the gouger does say one thing I have to agree with:
The Taoiseach added that they had established the principle that no country had the right to govern another without its consent.
