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The 9 at 9 Nine things to know by 9am: Britain offers compensation to Bloody Sunday families, Ireland’s €29m doctors’ bill for sick notes, and how the rest of the world is preparing for Arthur’s Day…

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Sep 22nd 2011, 8:31 AM

# medical certs

Sick notes from doctors costing government €29million a year

Labour’s Kevin Humphreys has called for medical cert payments to be stopped after the €550,000-a-week bill emerged.

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Sep 22nd 2011, 7:37 AM