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# Money Money Money

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Apple is hogging almost all of the profits made by smartphones
92% of global profits to be exact.
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Jul 13th 2015, 4:29 PM
IRFU remain tight-lipped on reported €50m Vodafone deal
The IRFU won’t comment on record-breaking sponsorship deal.
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Jul 13th 2015, 12:26 PM
Is MMA really 'bigger than boxing' as one former UFC champion claims?
We take a look at the numbers.
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Jul 10th 2015, 6:00 PM
The first time Greece defaulted was more than 2,000 years ago
Here’s 11 things you might not have known about their economy.
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Jun 26th 2015, 6:12 AM
Wait, the Carolina Panthers have paid Cam Newton how much?
The quarterback signed a big-money contract extension with the Carolina Panthers on Tuesday.
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Jun 3rd 2015, 7:55 AM
One dad-to-be is an awful lot happier today... €500k happier
He was part of a €2 million Lotto syndicate.
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May 8th 2015, 5:02 PM
The Irish minimum wage? It could be worse, you could live in Mexico...
Ireland’s low pay standard finishes quite high up the OECD rankings.
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May 8th 2015, 6:04 AM
Man wins nearly $1 million after entering poker tournament by mistake
How’s that for luck?
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May 5th 2015, 11:10 AM
P Diddy and Mark Wahlberg have made a $250,000 bet on Mayweather v Pacquiao
Small fry for the lads, to be fair.
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Apr 27th 2015, 6:29 PM
Facebook Messenger's new money-transfer idea faces a number of problems
It has a long way to go before it becomes the norm.
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Mar 18th 2015, 7:00 PM
This is why Snapchat fully deserves a €16 billion valuation
While jokes about it may still fly around, Snapchat has become so much more than just a picture messaging app.
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Feb 19th 2015, 7:45 PM
Twitter's biggest problem? The way that people think about it
Oh, and the fact that it needs to make money.
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Feb 6th 2015, 1:53 PM
Here's the stupid amount of money Manchester United would have to pay to re-sign Ronaldo
They won’t find it down the back of the couch.
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Feb 3rd 2015, 6:21 PM
Manchester United climb to second on football's rich list despite missing out on the Champions League
Real Madrid continue to rule European football, however.
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Jan 22nd 2015, 8:30 AM
'Cheaper petrol would mean higher taxes' - Department of Finance
It’s one or the other, apparently.
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Jan 9th 2015, 6:45 AM
Opinion: Are you SURE you'd like to be a millionaire?
Whether through hard graft or pure chance, the life of the super-rich isn’t all rosy.
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Nov 17th 2014, 8:00 AM
Gareth Bale's agent has said that Manchester United outbid Real Madrid for the player
The 25-year-old moved to Santiago Bernabeu from Tottenham in a world-record £86 million deal in the summer of 2013 but could have commanded even more to go to Old Trafford.
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Nov 16th 2014, 11:57 AM
Even average Premier League players earn more in a week than we do in a year
And there are a lot of average Premier League footballers.
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Nov 14th 2014, 3:01 PM
Bargain of the year spotted in Dunnes, Dundalk
THE GOOD TIMES ARE BACK!
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Nov 7th 2014, 7:20 PM
Here's how much Christmas will cost you this year*
*According to one survey, at least.
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Nov 5th 2014, 3:00 PM
Joan Burton says family of four will pay less than €200 water charges (but that's only her view)
The government has moved to insist there have been “no final decisions” in relation to water charges after Burton gave specifics in the Dáil this afternoon.
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Nov 4th 2014, 10:59 PM
Opinion: Does money really buy happiness?
A recent trip down the Revenue office got me thinking…
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Oct 20th 2014, 8:00 AM
€80 million ... That's how much could be raised by hiring 100 extra tax staff
A fully trained auditor can bring in €800,000, according to Finance Minister Michael Noonan.
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Oct 18th 2014, 7:45 AM
Adding it up: Budget 2015 in numbers
1, 2, 3, 4, €500.
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Oct 14th 2014, 5:36 PM
Facebook Messenger could soon allow you to send money to your friends
A hidden payments service was found in the current version of Facebook’s messaging app, allowing users to transfer cash via debit card.
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Oct 6th 2014, 10:41 AM
This guy wants you to fund the 'money gun' - a gun that shoots money
It’s what we’ve all been waiting for.
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Sep 29th 2014, 5:15 PM
'A gun to our head': Dublin City Council votes to cut LPT rate by 15%
To keep TV fans interested, there was even a reference to The Wire during what proved to be a lively debate.
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Sep 22nd 2014, 8:24 PM
Two raids and four arrests as gardaí investigate money laundering in Cork
The two men and two women are being questioned in different stations around the city.
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Sep 18th 2014, 12:23 PM
McIlroy, Horschel neck and neck in the race for FedEx Cup $10 million
WATCH: 25-foot eagle helps McIlroy into a share of the lead in the penultimate round of the FedEx Cup playoffs.
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Sep 13th 2014, 11:30 PM
Here's what Apple reportedly spent on the new U2 album
Hint: It’s a LOT.
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Sep 13th 2014, 2:00 PM
This is the smile of a man whose company will float at $24.3 billion
Chinese marketplace Alibaba will debut on Wall Street in two weeks time.
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Sep 5th 2014, 10:24 PM
Falcao and Di Maria herald United's age of excess
Manchester United can’t have imagined replacing Alex Ferguson would cost so much.
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Sep 2nd 2014, 12:14 PM
Check your wallet. There was one winner of the €4m lotto jackpot
The winning ticket was sold in an An Post shop on King Street in Bury Street, Ballina in County Mayo.
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Aug 24th 2014, 11:19 AM
Money makes people mean - here's how Monopoly proves it
This experiment put people in a rigged game and asked how they felt the game went.
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Aug 24th 2014, 11:00 AM
Opinion: I'm already worried about how I'll pay for my children to go back to school
Our children’s education must not depend on their parents’ ability to pay.
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Aug 14th 2014, 8:00 AM
We're saving more - but say the government isn't encouraging us
The proportion of people saving regularly increased to 41% from 35% last month, says the Savings Index.
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Aug 13th 2014, 9:57 AM
Why aren't all musicians getting paid for playing at Irish festivals this summer?
Musicians are joining together to begin a discussion on payment and ‘two-tier’ treatment at festivals. Here’s what they told us.
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Jun 28th 2014, 8:30 PM
How many new millionaires were created last year?
There’s a total of 13.7 million households with $1 million or more in the back pocket around the world at the moment.
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Jun 11th 2014, 4:08 PM
USI says 'internship culture' to blame for low graduate wages
Union president Joe O’Connor said that schemes such as JobBridge had led to “a very, very employer friendly market”.
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Jun 9th 2014, 4:36 PM
Everything you need to know about what it will cost you to go to hospital
Going private, going public or have a medical card? How much is it going to set you back?
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May 18th 2014, 8:30 PM
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