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The Prison Service made 166 requests for armed escorts last year

… and the gardaí turned most of them down. And no one seems to know why.

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Mar 31st 2015, 4:32 PM

Richard Bruton wants thousands more startups and he might hand out tax breaks to get them*

*But only if Michael Noonan says he can.

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Oct 9th 2014, 2:00 PM