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/world/kfaugbaucwid/rss2/DIPLOMATIC tension between Ireland and France has become intense as the fallout from the World Cup handball affair gathers political momentum.worldIrishExaminer.comFri, 20 Nov 2009 12:00:00 GMThttp://www.irishexaminer.com/world/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.worldIrishExaminer.comFri, 20 Nov 2009 12:00:00 GMThttp://www.irishexaminer.com/world/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.worldIrishExaminer.comFri, 20 Nov 2009 12:00:00 GMThttp://www.irishexaminer.com/world/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.worldIrishExaminer.comFri, 20 Nov 2009 12:00:00 GMThttp://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/kfaugbaukfkf/rss2/ALCOHOL may cut the risk of heart disease by almost a third in men, research suggested yesterday.sportIrishExaminer.comFri, 20 Nov 2009 12:00:00 GMThttp://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/kfaugbaukfey/rss2/AFGHANISTAN will control its own security within five years and prosecute corrupt officials, President Hamid Karzai pledged yesterday in an inauguration speech made under intense pressure to shed the cronyism and graft that marked his government’s first term. sportIrishExaminer.comFri, 20 Nov 2009 12:00:00 GMThttp://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/kfaugbaukfoj/rss2/THE haggling over Europe’s top jobs ended quietly and quickly last night before the European Union’s 27 leaders even got to the main course of their dinner meeting.sportIrishExaminer.comFri, 20 Nov 2009 12:00:00 GMThttp://www.irishexaminer.com/business/kfauojsnidsn/rss2/GLOBAL ingredients flavours and consumer foods group Kerry says it is confident of increasing earnings for the full year to the levels previously indicated of between 160c and 165c a share.businessIrishExaminer.comFri, 20 Nov 2009 12:00:00 GMThttp://www.irishexaminer.com/business/kfauojsnsnkf/rss2/INSURANCE group FBD has said that it has maintained a solid trading performance during the second half of the year – including showing a profit, to date – despite challenging market conditions.businessIrishExaminer.comFri, 20 Nov 2009 12:00:00 GMThttp://www.irishexaminer.com/business/kfauojsnsnmh/rss2/RYANAIR will be applying within weeks to the High Court for a judicial review of what it calls the Department of Transport’s order to the aviation regulator to increase passenger prices at Dublin Airport by 40% next year.businessIrishExaminer.comFri, 20 Nov 2009 12:00:00 GMThttp://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/kfaugbaucwoj/rss2/IN the VIP lounge at Dublin airport last night, as he awaited his flight home to Milan, the emotion of the preceding 24 hours finally got to Giovanni Trapattoni.irelandIrishExaminer.comFri, 20 Nov 2009 12:00:00 GMThttp://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/kfaugbaucwgb/rss2/IRISH hopes of a re-staging of the controversial second leg of their World Cup play-off game against France were dashed last night when it became clear that the French Football Federation (FFF) see no basis for such a game to take place.irelandIrishExaminer.comFri, 20 Nov 2009 12:00:00 GMThttp://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/kfaugbaucwql/rss2/THE man in the hat had it right. Cornered by one of Sky’s breathless reporters underneath the Eiffel Tower (of course), the unsuspecting Irlandais – his green fedora cocked at an inappropriately jaunty angle – was asked what diabolic punishments should be meted out to Thierry Henry in the wake of the ‘Hand of Frog’.irelandIrishExaminer.comFri, 20 Nov 2009 12:00:00 GMThttp://www.irishexaminer.com/world/kfauojsngbau/rss2/TAOISEACH Brian Cowen was last night accused of caving in to AIB by allowing an insider to head the bank and put in place a “worrying” overlap of roles.worldIrishExaminer.comThu, 19 Nov 2009 12:00:00 GMThttp://www.irishexaminer.com/world/kfauojsngbkf/rss2/A FORMER ticket-checker for Iarnród Éireann has brought a High Court claim for damages, for post-traumatic stress disorder, after witnessing suicide attempts where people threw themselves in front of trains.worldIrishExaminer.comThu, 19 Nov 2009 12:00:00 GMThttp://www.irishexaminer.com/world/kfauojsngbcw/rss2/MORE than 230 drug users have hanged themselves or drowned over an eight-year period, according to research.worldIrishExaminer.comThu, 19 Nov 2009 12:00:00 GMThttp://www.irishexaminer.com/world/kfauojsngbmh/rss2/RUBY AYOUB’s schoolmates released balloons in memory of the little girl who should have been celebrating her sixth birthday yesterday.worldIrishExaminer.comThu, 19 Nov 2009 12:00:00 GMThttp://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/kfauojididmh/rss2/THE political leaders of the 27 EU countries will choose a president and foreign minister behind closed doors at a summit in Brussels tonight.sportIrishExaminer.comThu, 19 Nov 2009 12:00:00 GMThttp://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/kfauojsnausn/rss2/THE battle against global warming could be helped if the world slowed population growth by making free condoms and family planning advice more widely available, the UN Population Fund said yesterday.sportIrishExaminer.comThu, 19 Nov 2009 12:00:00 GMThttp://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/kfauojsnkfau/rss2/US PRESIDENT Barack Obama said yesterday that he met briefly with a half brother who lives in China and who recently wrote a semi-autobiographical novel about the abusive Kenyan father they share.sportIrishExaminer.comThu, 19 Nov 2009 12:00:00 GMT