<rss version="2.0"><channel><title>IrishExaminer.com</title><link>http://www.irishexaminer.com/</link><description>Ireland's premier news website providing news and sports reports.</description><ttl>10</ttl><image><title>IrishExaminer.com</title><url>http://www.irishexaminer.com/rss/images/irish_examiner_rss.gif</url><link>http://www.irishexaminer.com</link></image><item><title>Setback in hopes for public sector pay freeze</title><link>http://www.examiner.ie/story/Ireland/qlkfojidid/rss2/</link><description>GOVERNMENT hopes of securing a public sector pay freeze suffered a setback last night after the country’s largest trade union SIPTU warned it would not accept its members being made “scapegoats” for the country’s financial troubles.</description><category>Ireland</category><author>IrishExaminer.com</author><pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>FG: Pay jobless migrants to leave</title><link>http://www.examiner.ie/story/Ireland/qlkfojidsn/rss2/</link><description>IRELAND’S 40,000 jobless migrants should be paid to return to their countries of origin, Fine Gael has urged.</description><category>Ireland</category><author>IrishExaminer.com</author><pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Garda chief calls firearms seizure a ‘great day’</title><link>http://www.examiner.ie/story/Ireland/qlkfojojoj/rss2/</link><description>GARDA commissioner Fachtna Murphy yesterday described as a “great day” the seizure of more than 150 firearms in the Netherlands as part of an international investigation into an Irish organised crime group.</description><category>Ireland</category><author>IrishExaminer.com</author><pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Budget must tackle slump in housing, warn experts</title><link>http://www.examiner.ie/story/Ireland/qlkfojgbey/rss2/</link><description>LAST Tuesday’s exchequer returns  showed an economy in deep trouble due to the collapse in the housing market.</description><category>Ireland</category><author>IrishExaminer.com</author><pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Palin’s star power not enough, says Rove</title><link>http://www.examiner.ie/story/World/qlkfojsngb/rss2/</link><description>JOHN McCain cannot rely on the star power of his new running mate if he is to win the race to the White House, according to President George W Bush’s controversial former spin doctor.</description><category>World</category><author>IrishExaminer.com</author><pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Ice in fuel lines to blame for BA jet losing power</title><link>http://www.examiner.ie/story/World/qlkfojsnmh/rss2/</link><description>ICE in fuel lines probably caused a British Airways jet to lose power and make a jarring emergency landing in London in January, investigators said.</description><category>World</category><author>IrishExaminer.com</author><pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Cheney shows US support for Georgia</title><link>http://www.examiner.ie/story/World/qlkfojsncw/rss2/</link><description>DEMONSTRATING Washington’s support for war-ravaged Georgia, US Vice President Dick Cheney condemned Russia for what he called an “illegitimate, unilateral attempt” to redraw the US ally’s borders by force.</description><category>World</category><author>IrishExaminer.com</author><pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>US  braces itself as Ike powers behind  Hanna</title><link>http://www.examiner.ie/story/World/qlkfojsnql/rss2/</link><description>RESIDENTS moved boats and booked inland hotel rooms while National Guard troops prepared to deploy along the southeastern coast as Tropical Storm Hanna ploughed through the Atlantic yesterday, with Category 4 Hurricane Ike trailing a few days behind.</description><category>World</category><author>IrishExaminer.com</author><pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Strong interest in Marathon</title><link>http://www.examiner.ie/story/Business/qlkfojcwql/rss2/</link><description>STRONG interest has been expressed in Marathon’s Irish operations and the group is understood to have signed “several confidentiality clauses” with third parties keen to buy the business.</description><category>Business</category><author>IrishExaminer.com</author><pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Aer Arann takes over Cork-Glasgow route</title><link>http://www.examiner.ie/story/Business/qlkfojcwgb/rss2/</link><description>AER ARANN is taking over the Cork to Glasgow route axed by Ryanair last week.</description><category>Business</category><author>IrishExaminer.com</author><pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>SME bosses would prefer to see their dentist than banker</title><link>http://www.examiner.ie/story/Business/qlkfojqley/rss2/</link><description>A TRIP to the dentist is preferable to a meeting with the bank manager for many of Northern Ireland’s small business bosses, a survey revealed.</description><category>Business</category><author>IrishExaminer.com</author><pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Three not the magic number for Cody</title><link>http://www.examiner.ie/story/Sport/qlkfojqloj/rss2/</link><description>FOR all the talk in the media and the conjecture among supporters, Brian Cody isn’t stimulated by the prospect of Kilkenny completing the treble in Sunday’s GAA All-Ireland hurling championship final against Waterford.</description><category>Sport</category><author>IrishExaminer.com</author><pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>