Europe Intelligence Wire articles from April 2006, page 3

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Sharp drop in young people applying to UK colleges.
April 29, 2006... (From Irish Independent) THE number of students from the Republic applying for places in UK universities has dropped sharply this year. Overall applications from the Republic are down 13.2pc from 6,586 last year to 5,716 this year,...

Dear, oh dear . . . Arsenal fans face 2,300 dilemma.
April 29, 2006... (From Irish Independent) ON the field, Arsenal players have been able to bat away taunts of "Champions League? You're having a laugh" as sung by rival fans, but now that the club has reached the final its own supporters are wondering if...

Concern over safety of missing 17-year-old.
April 29, 2006... (From Irish Independent) A MAJOR Garda search is on for a missing 17-year-old Limerick youth as concerns for his well-being mount. Richard 'Happy' Kelly, who is known to the authorities, has been designated a Category A missing...

Students shunning business.
April 29, 2006... (From Irish Independent) THE Celtic Tiger economy may still be booming but Leaving Certificate students don't want to know about the real world of business, writes John Walshe. In fact, the numbers taking the Business subject in the...

Ex-garda pushed photo into face of publican.
April 29, 2006... (From Irish Independent) A RETIRED garda sergeant yesterday admitted pushing a post-mortem photograph into the face of a publican. In a dramatic u-turn, Martin Moylan told the Morris Tribunal that graphic autopsy images had been...

Holiday drivers to face garda clamp on drinking.
April 29, 2006... (From Irish Independent) GARDAI last night vowed to lay siege to certain towns over the bank holiday weekend, putting checkpoints on every road to stop drink drivers. A countrywide clampdown is in force over the coming days with...

Mass exodus for holiday weekend.
April 29, 2006... (From Irish Independent) THE traditional bank holiday exodus got under way early yesterday, with thousands of people taking to the roads, rail and air. As the busy summer travel season gets under way, more than 310,000 passengers are...

A sunny welcome for summertime.
April 29, 2006... (From Irish Independent) SUMMER officially starts this weekend but don't pack away the winter woolies just yet, writes Grainne Cunningham. The sun may be shining but, sadly, Met Eireann could not promise us an early heatwave over the...

Flood of complaints over 'washed out' graveyard.
April 29, 2006... (From Irish Independent) THE saying "going to a watery grave" usually refers to a burial at sea. But in Newport, Co Tipperary it refers to the local graveyard. Local residents and Fine Gael councillor, Tom Berkery, have...

Young buck of the Dail becomes a father figure . . .
April 29, 2006... (From Irish Independent) IF knowing how to grab the limelight is a good quality for a politician, little Liam Naughten is sure to follow the family footsteps into the Dail. And he's only a day old. Fine Gael's Denis Naughten, himself...

Taxi drivers urged to help in murder case.
April 29, 2006... (From Irish Independent) GARDAI have renewed their appeal to taxi drivers to come forward and help them find the man who gunned down a small time criminal. Ger Goulding was shot in the head and chest on Monday night after being lured...

Three go free after gangland slaying quiz.
April 29, 2006... (From Irish Independent) THREE men arrested in connection with the gangland slaying of two men in south Dublin last year were released without charge last night. A file has been prepared for the DPP. The three were arrested on...

Bertie and Enda get a headstart on the stump.
April 29, 2006... (From Irish Independent) THE big political guns took aim at Donegal yesterday. Both Taoiseach Bertie Ahern and Fine Gael leader Enda Kenny were there, no doubt to mark the effective beginning of a general election campaign now Jim...

Ahern will have to say 'sorry' over Arms Trial to lure Blaney.
April 29, 2006... (From Irish Independent) NIALL Blaney is a chip off the block. He drives a hard bargain and if Fianna Fail has real designs on attracting him over from the Independent benches, he has set the bar high. It may have happened...

SUVs driving force behind boom in new car sales.
April 29, 2006... (From Irish Independent) HIGH petrol prices and environmental concerns are not putting us off - the Irish love affair with SUVs and flash cars is growing by the day. Purchases of petrol-guzzling vehicles have doubled in the past two...

Male pill has no lasting ill-effects, study reveals.
April 29, 2006... (From Irish Independent) IRISH women don't trust their man to take a contraceptive pill, despite its effectiveness. Previously there had been fears about the long lasting ill-effects of a male pill. But a new study has found...

Pizzerias unhappy with their slice of the action.
April 29, 2006... (From Irish Independent) THE Godfathers of Irish pizza are embroiled in a feud over how big a slice of the action franchisees can expect to get,writes Aideen Sheehan. A number of former and would-be franchisees of the popular...

'Strained' bishop on sick leave following trauma.
April 29, 2006... (From Irish Independent) Abuse victim's suicide 'utterly devastating' BISHOP Donal Murray has taken temporary sick leave from his duties as Bishop of Limerick as a result of acute strain since the suicide last month of clerical sex...

Simon's 'girl on film' makes her shining debut on the race course.
April 29, 2006... (From Irish Independent) AS a first-time race-goer, supermodel Yasmin Le Bon didn't have a 'view to making a killing' at Punchestown yesterday, but she certainly knocked them dead in the fashion stakes. The model, who shone in a...

Banned MS drug cleared for restricted comeback.
April 29, 2006... (From Irish Independent) CONTROVERSIAL multiple sclerosis treatment drug Tysabri is to be made available to patients on a restricted basis, after the European Medicines Agency gave it the green light yesterday. The drug was withdrawn...

Man pays out 1,000 after trying to bite woman garda.
April 29, 2006... (From Irish Independent) A MAN who tried to bite a female garda may be ordered to carry out work in the community in lieu of a prison sentence. David Ward (30), of Vesey Mews, Monkstown, Co Dublin, pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit...

O2 tries to block senior executive's Meteor move.
April 29, 2006... (From Irish Independent) MOBILE phone company O2 Communications yesterday went to court to stop one of its senior executives taking up a job offer with rival Meteor. Alison Thompson has been employed at O2 Communications Ireland Ltd...

Mary-Ann's killers jailed for life.
April 29, 2006... (From Irish Independent) Justice has been done, says murdered girl's family after verdict THE family of murdered teenager Mary-Ann Leneghan stated "justice has been done" as her killers were jailed for life. Six men were each...

State land was 'not sold as private favour' to Roadstone.
April 29, 2006... (From Irish Independent) A RETIRED senior civil servant yesterday rejected suggestions of political interference in the controversial sale of state land during the period when Charles Haughey was Taoiseach. Sean Fitzgerald,...

Teen gets eight years for pub manslaughter.
April 29, 2006... (From Irish Independent) A TEENAGER who killed a man by stabbing and slashing him 14 times in the head, neck, stomach and chest has been jailed for eight years. David O'Leary (19) was found not guilty of the murder, but guilty of the...

Prostate cancer care levels concern.
April 29, 2006... (From Irish Independent) ONE in 14 Irish men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer disease during their lives. The Irish Cancer Society yesterday warned it was seriously concerned about the quality of care available here. And...

Ansbacher ruling is reserved by court.
April 29, 2006... (From Irish Independent) THE High Court has reserved judgment on a bid by multi-millionaire property developer John Byrne to overturn part of the Ansbacher inspectors' report into illegal off-shore accounts. Lawyers for Mr Byrne...

Standing on her own two feet . . . Little Mermaid blows out birthday candles.
April 29, 2006... (From Irish Independent) SMILING, blowing kisses and taking small assisted steps, Peru's "miracle baby" celebrated her second birthday, nearly a year after doctors successfully performed risky surgery to separate her fused legs. ...

Classrooms no longer doing the business.
April 29, 2006... (From Irish Independent) BRIGHT Leaving Cert students are deserting business as a subject in droves, particularly at higher level. If the trend continues it could have worrying implications for the preparation of the business leaders...

Why our immigrant workforce might follow the sun.
April 29, 2006... (From Irish Independent) IRELAND could soon run out of enough immigrants to keep powering economic growth as most of 'old' Europe finally opens up to Eastern Europe. Although official forecasts estimate Ireland needs 50,000...

Double blow for FG and Labour.
April 29, 2006... (From Irish Independent) THE 'Alternative Government' of Fine Gael and Labour was dealt a double blow in Galway West yesterday as Fine Gael began the search for a replacement for a retiring TD and a Labour councillor threatened to run as...

Loss of McDaid may be too great for FF to bear.
April 29, 2006... (From Irish Independent) TRADITION dies hard in Donegal, where the Blaney clan has occupied an almost constant role at the heart of politics for the best part of 80 years. It has had a fraught relationship with Fianna Fail for more...

TD sought: only likeable workaholics need apply.
April 29, 2006... (From Irish Independent) THIS is a profile of an ideal political candidate: An attractive woman in her mid-to-late-20s, but not so beautiful as to provoke jealousy in women or intimidate men. She will be an achiever with brains...

Clinics find fertile ground with high IVF success rate.
April 29, 2006... (From Irish Independent) SUCCESS rates in Irish fertility clinics have more than doubled. The number of full-term pregnancies resulting from in vitro fertilisation (IVF) was once a mere 25pc. But new figures - seen by the Irish...

Women queens on the road . . . but meek in the garage.
April 29, 2006... (From Irish Independent) WOMEN drivers believe they have a distinct advantage on the road. In a new survey they admit they often resort to fluttering their eyelashes to get out of sticky situations. But they feel at a...

English poultry worker infected with H7 avian flu.
April 29, 2006... (From Irish Independent) A POULTRY worker has contracted the H7 strain of bird flu in the form of conjunctivitis, Britain's Health Protection Agency confirmed last night. The man is thought to have contracted the infection via close...

Accused wanted to die after husband's affair.
April 29, 2006... (From Irish Independent) A WOMAN accused of trying to kill her husband's lover yesterday told a jury that she felt betrayed, empty and "like it was the end of the world". Alethea Foster (61) told Cambridge Crown Court that she armed...

Leader-in-waiting too ill for opening of Nepal's parliament.
April 29, 2006... (From Irish Independent) NEPAL'S parliament opened yesterday for the first time in four years, but the country's 84-year-old prime minister-designate was too ill to attend. The House began with two minutes of silence for the victims...

Rapper jets out after airport rumpus probe.
April 29, 2006... (From Irish Independent) BAD boy rap star Snoop Dogg finally set off for South Africa last night after being detained and questioned by police over a disturbance at Heathrow airport. The US star, pictured above, was released on bail...

Hispanics to shut down US in mass work boycott plan.
April 29, 2006... (From Irish Independent) ON a summer morning two years ago California awoke to find that its 14 million Hispanic residents had disappeared. Within hours rubbish was piling up in the streets. There was nowhere to buy a meal, or...

McDowell fails to match flying start.
April 29, 2006... (From Irish Independent) GRAEME McDOWELL failed to kick on from his stunning start at the Zurich Classic as a second round of one-over 73 dropped him down the field in New Orleans. McDowell led going into the second round after he...

Smyth's day ends on a sour note.
April 29, 2006... (From Irish Independent) A DOUBLE-BOGEY on the ninth, his last hole of the day, put a dampener on Des Smyth's opening round as he carded a two-under-par 70 at the FedEx Kinko's Classic in Austin, Texas yesterday. Smyth had earlier...

Pictures without sound key to canny Kidney's winning script.
April 29, 2006... (From Irish Independent) DRAWING on his fine command of language, Declan Kidney said nothing. The Munster coach is rugby's master of silence and the assembled media, representatives of the great rugby support out there, have found...

Why blue may not always be colour for O'Driscoll.
April 29, 2006... (From Irish Independent) GIVEN what transpired last weekend it's down to earth with a bang for players and supporters alike as the final run-in to the Celtic and AIB All Ireland Leagues takes centre stage. For the professional elite...

Fogarty on the double as Munster power home.
April 29, 2006... (From Irish Independent) Munster 41 Borders 25 Alan Lorimer BATTLING Munster kept alive their hopes of a Celtic League/European Cup double with a comfortable win over Border Reivers at Netherdale last night. ...

Top pairs battle for final place.
April 29, 2006... (From Irish Independent) HANDBALL: Preparations for the World Handball Championships, which take place in Edmonton, Canada in August, continue this weekend with the semi-finals and final of the World Men's Open Doubles Trials and the...

Kuerten can scale new heights in bid for glory.
April 29, 2006... (From Irish Independent) IRELAND'S Jessica Kuerten has the show jumping World Cup title well within her grasp following another stunning performance with Castle Forbes Libertina at the series final in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia yesterday....

Big prize on offer in Kinsale.
April 29, 2006... (From Irish Independent) A CHANCE to race against the world's best in Crosshaven in September is the winner's prize in the match-racing nationals for 12 top sailors and their crews this weekend. The ISA series is being staged in...

Day Flight takes off with 'Notable' scalp.
April 29, 2006... (From Irish Independent) DAY FLIGHT set himself up for what trainer John Gosden hopes will be a productive campaign in top middle-distance races when getting the better of Notable Guest in the Betfred Gordon Richard Stakes at Sandown...

Scolari says NO to England.
April 29, 2006... (From Irish Independent) LUIZ FELIPE SCOLARI has withdrawn from the race to be England coach after complaining about the media intrusion into his life. The current Portugal coach was in Germany to look at the facilities for his team...

CHELSEA RATINGS Petr Cech (8).
April 29, 2006... (From Irish Independent) A key figure in Chelsea's success over the last two seasons, probably the best keeper in the Premiership and responsible for many of the blank sheets that underpin his team's relentlessness. Paulo Ferreira...

We must keep our cool: Benitez.
April 29, 2006... (From Irish Independent) RAFAEL BENITEZ has warned his Liverpool players to keep their heads at all times. The Anfield boss is disappointed that Luis Garcia is ruled out for the remainder of the season, including the showpiece FA Cup...

MAN UTD RATINGS Edwin van der Sar (8).
April 29, 2006... (From Irish Independent) Has added so much to United this season - security, stability, organisation, experience and some marvellous shot-stopping and safety under crosses. An excellent Ferguson buy. Gary Neville (8) Will be...

Sky hold remote control in TV rights' duel.
April 29, 2006... (From Irish Independent) BSKYB'S domination of Premier League television rights will continue after the Premier League announced the satellite broadcaster will screen at least half of the 138 live matches from 2007 to 2010. Sky have...

Chaos as FA forced to swallow bitter pill in 'Big Phil' u-turn.
April 29, 2006... (From Irish Independent) LUIZ Felipe Scolari threw the English FA into chaos yesterday when he announced his withdrawal from the race to be the new England manager just as the FA were preparing to appoint him. In an astonishing...

Skipper Lennon unfazed at helping rivals Rangers.
April 29, 2006... (From Irish Independent) CELTIC captain Neil Lennon smiled at the prospect of becoming a hero to Rangers fans when the champions travel to play Hearts in the SPL tomorrow. In the race for the second Champions League spot, the...

Collins on the double for Vikings.
April 29, 2006... (From Irish Independent) Bray Wds 0 Dublin City 2 TWO second-half goals by striker Robbie Collins earned Dublin City a precious three points as bottom of the table Bray failed in their bid to record a first win in seven games....

Derry storm back to stay in second spot.
April 29, 2006... (From Irish Independent) Waterford U 1 Derry City 2 DERRY CITY remained in second place in the Eircom League after they hit two wonder goals to come from behind and take all three points from Waterford at the RSC last night. ...

Bradley key to opening up Town.
April 29, 2006... (From Irish Independent) Drogheda U 1 Longford T 0 Eoin Dunne STEPHEN BRADLEY marked his call up to the Ireland under-21 squad with an inspiring performance and setting up Declan O'Brien to grab another 1-0 win as...

Superb Molloy strike stuns champions.
April 29, 2006... (From Irish Independent) St Pat's Ath 2 Cork City 0 SUPER St Patrick's Athletic catapulted into third place last night as Trevor Molloy's fine second half strike sealed victory. The absence of the injured George O'Callaghan...

Farrelly relief at late rally.
April 29, 2006... (From Irish Independent) Bohemians 2 UCD 1 LAST WEEK against Dublin City struggling Bohemians started strongly and finished poorly. It was the opposite story at Dalymount last night - but the same result. A pair of...

Rose brace not enough.
April 29, 2006... (From Irish Independent) Limerick 2 Dundalk 3 LIMERICK lost their unbeaten home record as Dundalk made it four wins in a row in a thriller last night. Dundalk hit the front after 15 minutes through Simon Kelly's header but...

Honohan's Croker worry.
April 29, 2006... (From Irish Independent) AT last week's GAA Congress there was heavy criticism of the association's decision to allow the FAI and IRFU to use Croke Park in 2007. One of the most strident objections came from Cork delegate Bob...

Punt and groan in land of the layers.
April 29, 2006... (From Irish Independent) MY mentor, the erudite Phil Healy, told me this one. It was back in the days when there were more dinner times than dinners. A farm labourer from outside our town presented himself before the recruitment...

McKenna's Limerick men can go close but the Kilkenny craftsmen look to have all the answers.
April 29, 2006... (From Irish Independent) BACK in the mid-90s, I was asked to select the best hurling team I had come across in the previous 15 years. I excluded Galway players on the basis that it's impossible to be objective about your own players and...

Double bill icing on Beckett birthday cake.
April 29, 2006... (From Irish Independent) TWO plays lasting 15 minutes each? One featuring three ghoulish heads poking out of three muddy urns, the other an incapacitated man standing on a plinth being exploited by a tyrannical director and his...

Boycott 'Da Vinci Code' film, urges top Vatican official.
April 29, 2006... (From Irish Independent) THE Vatican stepped up its offensive against 'The Da Vinci Code' when a top official close to Pope Benedict blasted the book as full of anti-Christian lies and urged Catholics to boycott the film. The latest...

Tories are on the ball.
April 29, 2006... (From The Daily Star) Byline: PAUL MALLEY A TORY activist was threatened with arrest for wearing a jacket with the slogan: "Bollocks to Blair." Julia Gobert was handing out local election leaflets when British Transport Police...

CLARKE LET OUT 5 TO RE-OFFEND.
April 29, 2006... (From The Daily Star) Byline: GARY NICKS FIVE foreigners released from jail went on to commit more crime, Home Secretary Charles Clarke admitted yesterday. The offences included grievous bodily harm and drug dealing or...

Not everyone can be Bond.
April 29, 2006... (From The Daily Star) Byline: DOMINIK DIAMOND I WAS excited when first about Kevin ner being involved d sex act in a ments later I was o hear that John had admitted to affair. Then I was gutted that hings were stories. I...

PRYCE MAGIC SAVES SAINTS.
April 29, 2006... (From The Daily Star) Byline: MARTIN RICHARDS LEON PRYCE came to Saints' rescue as they moved five points clear at the top of Super League. But the pressure of preserving their 100 per cent record is beginning to tell. ...

Bring back Woody now.
April 29, 2006... (From The Daily Star) Byline: IAIN STEWART FORMER England star Kyran Bracken last night urged rugby chiefs to get Sir Clive Woodward back in the fold. England's World Cup-winning boss is being strongly tipped for a return as the...

Dixon warning.
April 29, 2006... (From The Daily Star) ARSENAL legend Lee Dixon believes Champions League glory should keep Thierry Henry at Arsenal. Dixon agreed victory over Barcelona in Paris is vital to the Highbury skipper staying by saying: "Yes - as money is...

Moyes salute for Mac.
April 29, 2006... (From The Daily Star) Byline: CHRIS HARPER DAVID MOYES saluted Middlesbrough's amazing march to the UEFA Cup final but vowed to bring them back to earth this afternoon. The Everton boss said yesterday: "It's a fantastic...

2 FOREIGN CONS LET OUT TO RAPE.
April 29, 2006... (From The Daily Star) Byline: GARY NICKS HOME Secretary Charles Clarke's future was in doubt last night after it was revealed two foreign prisoners were accused of rape AFTER being wrongly released. One case is still being...

JAIL WARNING FOR RELIANCE.
April 29, 2006... (From The Daily Star) Byline: LUCY CHRISTIE A PRISON escort firm responsible for a series of blunders was today warned that its workers could be jailed if they continue to fail the court system. Reliance bosses were forced to...

Denise Fun Outen.
April 29, 2006... (From The Daily Star) Byline: NADINE LINGE SIZZLING bikini babe Denise Van Outen looks real hot stuff as she strips to show ratings-hungry TV bosses what they are missing. The 31-year-old blonde has bounced back after failing to...

CHERIE THRILL AT POPE CHAT.
April 29, 2006... (From The Daily Star) Byline: HELEN FREEMAN CHERIE Blair had a surprise ten-minute private audience with Pope Benedict XVI, during a Vatican conference on children yesterday. UK Ambassador to the Holy See Francis Campbell, 36,...

New Fife swan death.
April 29, 2006... (From The Daily Star) AN investigation was launched in Scotland yesterday after a dead swan was found on the outskirts of Pittenweem, Fife. The discovery was outside the 3km exclusion zone imposed after the uncovering of the deadly...

Terrifying spectre of flu plague.
April 29, 2006... (From The Daily Star) Byline: IAIN BURCHELL and NADINE LINGE THE threat of a killer bird flu pandemic that could wipe out millions has been hanging over the world for more than two years. Experts have warned of the devastating...

The aches and strains.
April 29, 2006... (From The Daily Star) BIRDS can catch flu just like humans and there are 15 types of bird flu. The most contagious are H5, which has nine different types, and H7. Health experts are most worried about the lethal H5N1 strain,...

BRIT'S EYE BUG WAS KILLER H7.
April 29, 2006... (From The Daily Star) Byline: PAUL MALLEY and JERRY LAWTON A POULTRY worker was last night seriously ill after becoming the first Brit to catch killer bird flu. The Norfolk man in his 30s is understood to have caught the bug...

Macca admits to affair.
April 29, 2006... (From The Daily Star) Byline: JAMES WICKHAM ENGLAND favourite Steve McClaren has confessed to having an affair with a secretary. The Middlesbrough boss, favourite to take over from Sven Goran Eriksson, issued a statement last...

Nicky's bid is off key.
April 29, 2006... (From The Daily Star) Byline: RUAIRI O'KANE BROADCASTER Nicky Campbell has failed in a cheeky bid to become new Hearts manager because his singing is so bad. The Radio Five Live and Watchdog presenter wrote a tongue-in-cheek...