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Independent.ie - National News RSS Feed - Dec 31, 2008
THE son of Eamon de Valera, complained about being bombarded by virgins over the condoms controversy 30 years ago, State papers reveal.
Tagged: national news
Independent.ie - Frontpage RSS Feed - Dec 31, 2008
The board game Scrabble first appeared exactly 60 years ago and it rapidly joined Monopoly at the top of the best-seller lists until both were toppled by Trivial Pursuit, which became a sensation upon its launch in …
Tagged: home and garden
Independent.ie - Business RSS Feed - Dec 31, 2008
GMAC, the US lender part-owned by General Motors, moved quickly yesterday to widen its lending and boost the country's stricken car industry after receiving a $6bn (€4.2bn) bailout from the federal government.
Tagged: stocks and markets
Independent.ie - Business RSS Feed - Dec 31, 2008
From aerobics to free running, drumming to driving, battling the gods to playing at being a deity, 2008 has been a good vintage for games. With no console launches, publishers have had to rely on creativity - and …
Tagged: technology
Independent.ie - Business RSS Feed - Dec 31, 2008
In the world of technology, it doesn't take much for speculation to become a fast-moving news story; in the past year, teams of bloggers in relay brought us news that Microsoft were about to buy Yahoo (they weren't) or …
Tagged: technology
Independent.ie - Business RSS Feed - Dec 31, 2008
IT has been a year of doom and gloom on the personal finance front with our domestic banks coming close to collapse, stock markets going into freefall and a harsh Budget, to list just some of what happened.
Tagged: property and mortgages
Independent.ie - Letters RSS Feed - Dec 31, 2008
IT is not the Gaza Strip that is the "besieged enclave" (as press reports like to describe it). It is Israel, the Middle East's only democratic state that is beset by terrorists, terrorist havens, terrorist supporters …
Tagged: letters
Independent.ie - Letters RSS Feed - Dec 31, 2008
- As a parting gesture before he leaves office, George W Bush could regain some dignity and respect if he made a public request for the journalist who threw his shoes at him to be released. This man is facing up to 15 …
Tagged: letters
Independent.ie - Business RSS Feed - Dec 31, 2008
THE Irish Stock Market was up marginally yesterday but investors will take little cheer from the slight rise after one of the worst years on record.
Tagged: stocks and markets
Independent.ie - Frontpage RSS Feed - Dec 31, 2008
IT is amazing how the Israeli blockage of Gaza prevents food and medical aid from being brought in and yet the Palestinians seem to have no trouble at all in getting all the components needed to make rockets for …
Tagged: letters