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April 13, 2011

Irish News for 04/13/11 (posted 11:40pm EDT)

www.newsletter.co.uk
Today marks the 150th anniversary of the outbreak of the American Civil War, when the Confederate troops launched an attack on the Union military installation at Fort Sumter, North Carolina. The News Letter, which had been one of the first newspapers in the British Isles to report the birth of the U
 
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www.independent.ie
Turf cutters barred from taking peat from raised bogs are to get maximum compensation of €15,000.
 
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www.irishcentral.com
Dalai Lama advises how Ireland can get out of financial crisis
 
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businessetc.thejournal.ie
Latest IMF report on global financial stability warns that the financial system remains vulnerable.
 
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www.irishtimes.com
Gardaí have arrested a second man in connection with the 2006 murder of former senior republican and self-confessed British agent Denis Donaldson.
 
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www.rte.ie
A group has said the visit by Queen Elizabeth should include confirmation that British files relating to the Dublin and Monaghan bombings will be made available.
 
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irishecho.com
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www.irishtimes.com
Irish taxpayers should not complain about having to bailout the country's crisis-hit banks and, in future, regulation should be steered at a European level, according to ECB executive board member Lorenzo Bini Smaghi.
 
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www.breakingnews.ie
Taoiseach Enda Kenny has today hinted the Government may be willing to allow debt forgiveness for some struggling homeowners.
 
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I have a personal reason for asking if everyone could please put this as their status (if you are on FaceBook) for 1 hour. Think of the ones you know & love who has /had cancer. My wish is that in 2011 a cure will be found. Will you post it for 1 hour? Do it for all. There are too many to mention who have fought & who are fighting. I hope to see this in all the status's of my friends!
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His Holiness the Dalai Lama is greeted with a traditional Tibetan welcome on his... arrival at his hotel in Dublin, Ireland, on April 12th, 2011. His Holiness is on a two day visit to the Republic of Ireland and will participate in events in Dublin, Kildare and the University of Limerick. Photo/Tenzin Taklha/OHHDL.See More
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