Saturday, November 7, 2009 Previous editions

THE Government dropped plans to increase taxes on the rich and powerful because of their "huge influence", the country's most senior union leader has claimed.
ELDERLY and disabled patients will no longer be provided with essential aids such as toilet frames, bed pans, commodes and drip stands in what has been described as a "new low" in crippling health cutbacks.
NEW drink-driving limits will be delayed for at least 18 months it was revealed last night as opposition parties accused Transport Minister Noel Dempsey of presiding over a "fiasco".
AFTER mistaken reports in the aftermath of the shooting at Fort Hood in Texas that the gunmen responsible for the killings was shot dead, it has emerged that suspect Nadil Malik Hasan is alive and being treated at the base hospital.
MIDEAST peace prospects have been plunged into unknown territory as no prospective leaders emerged publicly yesterday in the aftermath of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's announcement that he doesn't want another term.

IT'S official: Tadhg Kennelly last night brought almost two months of speculation to an end by confirming that he will return to Australia to resume his AFL career.

LONG-haul passenger numbers at Aer Lingus continued to plunge last month, while British Airways was preparing to cut thousands of jobs.

THERE has been talk about cutting the size of the Dáil and abolishing the Seanad, but nobody seems to have suggested abolishing the Presidency, which is the single most expensive office. How much could be save by abolishing it?
I sit here at my laptop almost completely Ngog, sorry agog.
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