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# In the rough

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Trump wanted to fire staff who weren't "pretty enough", say former employees

Staff at the Trump National Golf Club in California said that Trump repeatedly asked one employee if she was still “happily married”.

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Sep 29th 2016, 9:21 PM

Why Ireland is a bit like Padraig Harrington when it comes to being competitive

In the run-up to Budget 2015, Dr Daragh McGreal looks at why Ireland has lost its competitive edge.

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Aug 31st 2014, 8:45 AM

BBC pundit apologises following Northern Ireland gaffe

Mark James’s insensitive quip about the latest violence in the North forced the Beeb and him into an apology.

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Jul 16th 2011, 12:48 PM