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NAMA SEEKING TO QUESTION DUNNE'S SON - The National Asset Management Agency is seeking to question the son of developer Sen Dunne under oath in its attempts to find out more about the Co Carlow man's finances, reports The Irish Times.

DUBLIN, Ireland, August 1, 2014/African Press Organization / - The Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Mr Charlie Flanagan, TD, made the following statement on the situation of Irish citizens in Libya.

If U.S. goverment officials really want to promote American business and give the economy a boost, forget the crony-tastic Export-Import Bank ; they should just stop making services based here look like convenient extensions of snoopy government agencies.

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A 40 year old climber from Cork has died in Italy, in a tragic week that has seen a total of four Irish nationals lose their lives while climbing.

Homesecure, which is based in Newbridge, Co Kildare and provides security systems, will also create an additional 40 jobs over the next three years.

TRIBUTES have been paid to one of the horse industry's most iconic figures, Alan Lillingston, who passed away at the weekend aged 79. He enjoyed a remarkable career that embraced success in the saddle, as a leading breeder and in the field of the sport's administration.

U.S. law enforcement can force Microsoft to turn over emails it stores in Ireland, a judge ruled in a case that technology companies have rallied around as they pursue billions of dollars in data storage business abroad.

Sexually Abused Mother Marie Kane Says Her Family Has Found Hope Again By Staff Reporter VATICAN CITY, July 31, 2014 - Pope Francis has sent a thank you note to a 14-year-old girl in Ireland.

Hovione announced that its API plant in Cork, Ireland has successfully passed a pre-approval inspection by the US Food and Drug Administration .

US law can apply anywhere in the world, so long as a technology company has control over foreign data, a court rules.

Niall Farrell of the Galway Alliance Against War is to be arrested on Friday, 1st of August on his return from abroad and sent to Limerick Prison for his involvement in a peace protest with Margaretta D'Arcy last September on the runway at Shannon airport.

Kilkenny rockers Kerbdog have announced the only Irish gig of their upcoming ten-date Autumn tour and frontman Cormac Battle has joked that the venue "will be pretty much unusable after we've finished with it".

Statin therapy may help to improve wound healing in patients following cardiac surgery and reduce overall recovery time, especially in patients who are prone to healing complications, according to a review article in the August 2014 issue of The Annals of Thoracic Surgery .

Irish President Michael D Higgins and the Duke of Kent on Thursday will officially unveil the first Cross of Sacrifice ever erected in the Irish Republic to commemorate those who died in the two world wars.

Residents living in the shadow of the massive Indaver waste-to-energy plant near Duleek fought a bitter 10-year battle against the construction of the incinerator, voicing fears that it would have a devastating impact on the local area and its people.

Plane crash survivor Fred Caruso, of Eagle, and the newly mounted Flying Tiger 923 commemorative plaque at Galley Head lighthouse near Cork, Ireland.

Irish animal protection groups are renewing their call for a total ban on live hare coursing following the latest series of shocking reports on coursing events compiled by State appointed wildlife rangers.

An investigation is under way after the body of a man who was reported missing in Drogheda, Co Louth was found in Co Meath.