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Ireland’s first tourism boom was… in 1907
“Determined efforts to win for the Emerald Isle some share of the sightseers’ coin have met with decided success.”
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Dec 26th 2013, 8:15 AM
Average household receives €327 per week in social welfare payments
87 per cent of households now receive some kind of payment from the government in the form of child benefit, State pension or another social welfare payment.
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Dec 11th 2013, 6:40 AM
Column: Dragging heels on climate change hurts the poor
The changing patterns of climate and other factors have caused chaos in the developing world, writes Concern’s CEO Tom Arnold. This week’s Earth Summit is a chance to prioritise solutions.
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Jun 18th 2012, 8:30 PM
Column: Applying the lessons of beating Big Tobacco to beating Big Food
An ‘obesity tax’ on its own is a regressive move – much more nuanced strategies are required to get people thinking about what they put in their bodies, says food writer Frank Armstrong.
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Dec 3rd 2011, 8:00 PM