http://www.irishexaminer.com/Ireland's premier news website providing news and sports reports.10http://www.irishexaminer.com/rss/images/irish_examiner_rss.gifhttp://www.irishexaminer.comhttp://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/kfauojsngbey/rss2/TRANSITION year students came up with a festive idea for their mini-company – they’ve reared turkeys for Christmas.IrelandIrishExaminer.comFri, 20 Nov 2009 12:00:00 GMThttp://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/kfauojsngboj/rss2/SPECULATION intensified in Limerick last night that one of the city’s most experienced detectives who recently announced his intention to retire will change his mind to become Chief Superintendent of the Limerick Division.IrelandIrishExaminer.comFri, 20 Nov 2009 12:00:00 GMThttp://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/kfauojsnidkf/rss2/THE head of the Department of Education has admitted the cost of the 10-year long Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse was widely underestimated and is now set to cost taxpayers over €130 million, more than 60 times the estimated bill.IrelandIrishExaminer.comFri, 20 Nov 2009 12:00:00 GMThttp://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/kfauojsnidcw/rss2/A LECTURER who secretly double-jobbed by working in two colleges at the same time is likely to receive two pensions, it has emerged.IrelandIrishExaminer.comFri, 20 Nov 2009 12:00:00 GMThttp://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/kfauojsnidmh/rss2/A MAN has been arrested and questioned by gardaí about what they believe was a sexually motivated assault on a woman in Cork city centre earlier this week.IrelandIrishExaminer.comFri, 20 Nov 2009 12:00:00 GMThttp://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/kfauojsnidey/rss2/ALMOST 100% of child abusers know their victims, new figures from the Rape Crisis Network of Ireland reveal. The network found just 3% of child abusers were strangers to their victims, a figure described yesterday as “astounding” by its director, Fiona Neary.IrelandIrishExaminer.comFri, 20 Nov 2009 12:00:00 GMThttp://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/kfauojsnsngb/rss2/BLOCKED roads, fallen trees along with flooded homes and farmland greeted the residents of west Cork and Kerry yesterday as continuing heavy rainfall took a grim toll on one of the worst-hit parts of the country. IrelandIrishExaminer.comFri, 20 Nov 2009 12:00:00 GMThttp://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/kfauojsnsnql/rss2/THE worst flooding in two decades has destroyed hundreds of homes and businesses and devastated thousands of acres of farmland throughout the country, mostly in the south and west. IrelandIrishExaminer.comFri, 20 Nov 2009 12:00:00 GMThttp://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/kfauojsnsnid/rss2/BIN charges will fall across the country if local authorities take back full control over household waste, according to a report commissioned by the Department of the Environment.IrelandIrishExaminer.comFri, 20 Nov 2009 12:00:00 GMThttp://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/kfauojsnsnsn/rss2/ABOUT 4% of the population have been infected with swine flu, the country’s public health watchdog has confirmed. And it looks as if the initial wave of the pandemic has peaked, the Health Protection Surveillance Centres said.IrelandIrishExaminer.comFri, 20 Nov 2009 12:00:00 GMThttp://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/kfaugbauauau/rss2/IN fraught exchanges at an Oireachtas Committee, Aer Lingus management has been told the company would lose goodwill among staff and the public if it pressed ahead with its restructuring plan.IrelandIrishExaminer.comFri, 20 Nov 2009 12:00:00 GMThttp://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/kfaugbauaukf/rss2/THE Government is preparing to renegotiate last year’s controversial national wage deal.IrelandIrishExaminer.comFri, 20 Nov 2009 12:00:00 GMThttp://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/kfaugbauaucw/rss2/THE Department of Education has clawed back €25 million in taxpayers’ money after tightening up rules on substitution cover for teachers.IrelandIrishExaminer.comFri, 20 Nov 2009 12:00:00 GMThttp://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/kfaugbauaumh/rss2/FINANCE Minister Brian Lenihan was yesterday accused of doing a policy back-flip in order to allow AIB to impose an insider as head of the bank.IrelandIrishExaminer.comFri, 20 Nov 2009 12:00:00 GMThttp://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/kfaugbauauey/rss2/MORE than 10,000 people got busy with their thumbs to text Joe Duffy’s Liveline radio programme in frustration at the outcome of Wednesday’s fiasco in Paris.IrelandIrishExaminer.comFri, 20 Nov 2009 12:00:00 GMThttp://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/kfaugbauauoj/rss2/IRELAND’s very own “Hand of God” incident sparked a media frenzy yesterday as newspapers around the globe bemoaned Ireland’s hard luck at the hand of Thierry Henry.IrelandIrishExaminer.comFri, 20 Nov 2009 12:00:00 GMThttp://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/kfaugbauaugb/rss2/THE FAI have been urged to sue FIFA for negligence and loss of earnings after Thierry Henry’s handball denied Ireland a place in next summer’s World Cup.IrelandIrishExaminer.comFri, 20 Nov 2009 12:00:00 GMThttp://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/kfaugbauauql/rss2/FURY over Thierry Henry’s handball has escalated into an international incident as the Government backed FAI demands for a replay of the match.IrelandIrishExaminer.comFri, 20 Nov 2009 12:00:00 GMThttp://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/kfaugbaucwid/rss2/DIPLOMATIC tension between Ireland and France has become intense as the fallout from the World Cup handball affair gathers political momentum.IrelandIrishExaminer.comFri, 20 Nov 2009 12:00:00 GMThttp://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/kfaugbaucwsn/rss2/WIDESPREAD flooding throughout the country – which closed towns and businesses, inundated hundreds of farms, homes and schools and caused traffic chaos – is likely to be repeated over the weekend as forecasters predict a continuation of unsettled conditions.IrelandIrishExaminer.comFri, 20 Nov 2009 12:00:00 GMThttp://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/kfaugbaumhau/rss2/EUROPE’s top jobs were filled in record time at a summit of EU leaders in Brussels last night, but the initial reaction was one of disappointment.IrelandIrishExaminer.comFri, 20 Nov 2009 12:00:00 GMThttp://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/kfaugbaumhkf/rss2/A STAGGERING 69,000 people have signed up to an anti-Thierry Henry Facebook campaign just 24 hours after his hand-ball knocked Ireland out of the World Cup.IrelandIrishExaminer.comFri, 20 Nov 2009 12:00:00 GMThttp://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/kfaugbaumhcw/rss2/FRANCE may have seen the hand of God, but the Dáil detected nothing less than the hand of the devil himself.IrelandIrishExaminer.comFri, 20 Nov 2009 12:00:00 GMThttp://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/kfaugbaumhmh/rss2/SPONSORS are standing by Thierry Henry after his blatant handball dashed Ireland’s hopes of qualifying for next summer’s World Cup. IrelandIrishExaminer.comFri, 20 Nov 2009 12:00:00 GMThttp://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/kfaugbaumhey/rss2/PÁDRAIG Harrington has labelled as “galling” the French side’s controversial “dirty handball goal” victory celebration over Ireland.IrelandIrishExaminer.comFri, 20 Nov 2009 12:00:00 GMThttp://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/kfauojididkf/rss2/SOCIAL networking sites like Facebook and MySpace have been criticised for failing to provide a help button for children who are targets for bullying or sexual grooming.IrelandIrishExaminer.comThu, 19 Nov 2009 12:00:00 GMThttp://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/kfauojididcw/rss2/THREE in 10 survivors of sexual violence who appeared for counselling at rape crisis centres last year were victims of multiple abusers.IrelandIrishExaminer.comThu, 19 Nov 2009 12:00:00 GMThttp://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/kfauojidsnid/rss2/ROY SHEAHAN (St Michael’s, Athy) will have the ideal opportunity to get his international career back on track when he guests for the Garda/Rylane selection against the New York Police Department in a sell-out dinner show at the Rochestown Park Hotel, Cork on Saturday night.IrelandIrishExaminer.comThu, 19 Nov 2009 12:00:00 GMThttp://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/kfauojsncwkf/rss2/A BAN on public service recruitment is worsening the crisis facing people seeking adult education services, it was claimed yesterday.IrelandIrishExaminer.comThu, 19 Nov 2009 12:00:00 GMThttp://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/kfauojsncwcw/rss2/POLITICIANS are beholden to the will of individual constituents rather than the good of their constituency at large.IrelandIrishExaminer.comThu, 19 Nov 2009 12:00:00 GMT