Mourners at the removal of the remains of Dr TK Whitaker today were told he was “a true public servant, a man of integrity, a family man and a Christian.” The remains of TK Whitaker are brought by relatives to the Church of the Sacred Heart in Donnybrook.
Month: January 2017
Corby crisp manufacturer fined after worker’s fingers severed
A Corby company which makes crisps and snacks has been fined after an agency worker lost the tops of three fingers. Northampton Crown Court heard yesterday how an agency worker working at Tayto was clearing a blockage of material from a machine on the production line.
A chance judicial encounter in remote Papua New Guinea
PAPUA New Guinea’s remote Hela province, in the north-central part of the country’s southern highlands, is home to the indigenous Huli tribal clan of hunter-gatherers. It’s also the only place in the world where you will find the King of Saxony bird of paradise, and a plethora of other winged wonders.
‘Walk to Equality’ is a confidence boost for PNG women writers
As the woman behind this remarkable project, please can you tell us a little about yourself, your journey with writing, the challenges you face and your current profession. Rashmii – My name is Rashmii Bell and I am from Sio in the Tewaii-Siassi local level government area in Morobe Province.
Nigeria should consider asylum for The Gambia’s Jammeh: MPs
Nigeria should consider giving asylum to The Gambia’s President Yahya Jammeh as a way of ending the political crisis in his country, lawmakers said on Thursday. A motion passed in the lower chamber House of Representatives gave members’ backing to regional efforts to resolve the dispute, sparked by Jammeh’s refusal to accept election results.
Luge World Cup from Sigulda, Latvia
Canada’s luge team will be in action in Sigulda, Latvia, as the second half of the season continues on Saturday Click on the video player above at 1:40 a.m. ET to watch live action from the FIL World Cup luge doubles event. The second run is scheduled to begin at 2:50 a.m. ET.
Prince William opens up about losing his mother almost 20 years ago
Prince William is notoriously reserved about his mother, Princess Diana, who died in a car crash in 1997 when he was just 15. But during a visit to a charity in Stratford, London, he opened up about grieving to a 9-year-old who lost her father to pancreatic cancer six years ago. “Do you know what happened to me?” William told Aoife.
Turkey expects change in US policy over Syrian Kurds: Defense Minister
Turkey hopes the new U.S. administration will change its policy of cooperation with the People’s Protection Units in Syria, Turkish Defense Minister Fikri Is k said on Jan. 12. He reiterated that he believed the Syrian Kurdish Democratic Union Party was a “terrorist organization.” “We will continue to say that cooperation with them is not legitimate.
‘That referendum will take place,’ vows President Erdogan
The government-supported constitutional amendments will be presented to the public “despite opposition efforts to delay the process,” President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has vowed, claiming that the main opposition Republican People’s Party “guards the status quo” by protesting against the draft during parliamentary debates. “Blocking or prolonging the work of parliament does nothing.
Cars drive through snow on the A26 in Ballymena, Co Antrim
Flights have been cancelled at some of the country’s biggest airports as snow and blizzard conditions sweep parts of Britain. At Heathrow Airport, 80 flights were cancelled as a forecast of snow and windy weather is expected to impact on services while four flights were cancelled at Gatwick Airport.
No difference between armed terrorist and terrorist with forex: Erdogan
There is no difference between an armed terrorist and a terrorist holding dollars, euros and interest, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Jan. 12, describing the goal of the latter to take over the country. “Everyone already sees and knows the attacks that Turkey has been subjected to also have an economic aspect.
Plans approved to transformed empty sessions house into 42 room hotel
The Toft Road site was bought and earmarked for conversion into the ‘Court House Hotel’ by Flat Cap Hotels in 2016, and will now be transformed to provide 42 hotel rooms and a restaurant and bar. A full planning application, submitted in August 2016, has been hotly contested by Knutsford Town Council, which did not agree with the extension materials or design.
Increasing investment flow gave rise to forex crunch: PM
The Ethiopian Prime Minister, Hailemariam Desalegn, said that the country’s forex crunch is driven from the increasing investment flow, which has created huge mismatch between the demand and supply for foreign currency. This remark came in the PM’s address made today to the 12th regular session of the House of people Representatives .
Graham Taylor celebrates as Watford win promotion in 1999
Taylor was born on September 15, 1944 in Worksop in Nottinghamshire to his mother Dorothy, a postwoman, and father Thomas, a sports reporter for the Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph and from whom he first learned his love of the game. Taylor joined the youth ranks at Scunthorpe but transferred to Grimsby in 1962, the club where he reverted from an inside-forward to full-back and went on to play 189 league matches.
Global stocks lower after Trump offers scant policy details
A man walks past an electronic stock board showing Japan’s Nikkei stock index at a securities firm in Tokyo, Thursday, Jan. 12, 2017. Asian shares were mixed Thursday following President-elect Donald Trump’s press conference.
Norwegian mass murderer says isolation made him more radical
Anders Behring Breivik arrives for his appeal case in Borgarting Court of Appeal at Telemark prison in Skien, Norway, Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017. Norwegian mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik walked quietly into a courtroom at a high security prison Tuesday, making a neo-Nazi salute, as judges began reviewing a government appeal against a ruling that his solitary confinement was inhumane and violated human rights.
Sinulog queens showcase best costumes in runway showdown
CEBU. Sinulog 2017 Festival Queen winners pose for a photo during the runway showdown on Thursday, January 12, at the SM City Cebu. First runner-up Marla Pino Alforque of Carcar City, Best in Runway Ivy Tanquezon Tapic from the Municipality of Asturias, and second runner-up Luzenne Sanches Jones of Barangay San Nicolas Proper.
Small plane carrying gold cargo crashes in Zimbabwe
HARARE, Zimbabwe – Authorities in Zimbabwe say a small aircraft carrying gold reportedly worth almost $1 million has crashed. But the two people on board, and the treasure, were rescued.
Prince William speaks of ‘anger’ when his mother Diana died
Britain’s Prince William speaks with Aoife, 9, during his visit to a Child Bereavement UK Centre in Stratford in east London, Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017. Prince William has been the royal patron of the Child Bereavement UK organisation since 2009.
Nigerian legislators debate offering asylum to Gambia leader
LAGOS, Nigeria – Nigerian legislators are debating whether to offer asylum to Gambia’s longtime leader, who is refusing to cede power after losing elections. Rep. Yisa Orker-Yev told The Associated Press a motion to offer a safe haven to President Yahya Jammeh will be debated later Thursday.
British lawyer briefly detained in Zambia’s copper region
LUSAKA, Zambia – A British law firm says one of its lawyers was arrested and held for hours in Zambia after meeting residents who filed complaints about alleged pollution from a copper mine. The Leigh Day firm said Thursday that lawyer Oliver Holland was in the southern African nation to meet communities who say the mine in Chingola is damaging farmland and water sources.
3 lions decapitated in South Africa, likely for medicine
South African police say poachers have decapitated and chopped the paws off three male lions, apparently for use in traditional medicine. Police spokesman Moatshe Ngoepe said Thursday that the lions were fed poisoned meat at a game lodge in Limpopo province before they were mutilated.
U.S. military confirms that November firefight with Taliban killed 33 civilians in Afghanistan
Afghan villagers gather on Nov. 4 around several victims’ bodies who were killed during clashes between Taliban and Afghan security forces in the Taliban-controlled, Buz-e Kandahari village in Kunduz province, Afghanistan. In a statement released Thursday, the U.S. military in Afghanistan said the results of its investigation into the November firefight shows that American troops had fired on Afghan homes, killing 33 civilians.
FMQs: Sturgeon accused of ‘celebrating’ English NHS crisis
The First Minister clashed with opposition leaders over the performance of the health service at Holyrood today after it emerged that the creation of major trauma centres have been delayed in Scotland, along with concerns over care standards at the flagship Queen Elizabeth hospital in Glasgow. Tory leader Ruth Davidson demanded answers about the extent of help from outside the country which had been sought to deal with problems in Scotland’s NHS.
Schools ‘facing A 21m cuts’, say teaching unions
Schools could be forced to cut jobs and increase class sizes because of cuts to their budgets, it is feared. Academies and schools in the Wakefield District could see an overall reduction in funding of 21m between now and 2020, according to an analysis by teaching unions.
Dimitri Payet situation leaves boss Slaven Bilic feeling ‘let down and angry’
Payet told Bilic over the phone earlier this week that he would not play against Crystal Palace on Saturday in an attempt to force through a move from east London. The 29-year-old, who cost West Ham A 10.7million from Marseille in 2015, was one of the stars of the Premier League last season and then shone at Euro 2016 for France.
Fine for hockey champion Ruzicka over corruption upheld
The financial penalty of 400,000 crowns for a Czech hockey coach, a former national team star Vladimir Ruzicka, who kept half a million crowns that were to be sent to the Slavia Praha club is valid, the Prague Municipal Court ruled on Wednesday, turning down Ruzicka’s appeal. Ruzicka can still file a recourse with the Supreme Court.
Zeman: Man with suspected links to terrorists stays in CR
A man coming from North Africa and suspected of cooperation with terrorist Islam organisations is staying in Czech Republic, President Milos Zeman said on Czech Radio on Wednesday. He made the statement during a discussion about the new Centre against terrorism and hybrid threats, whose establishment by the Interior Ministry he criticises.
Prague university creates emergency e-mail for students abroad
Prague’s Charles University has created an emergency e-mail for students at exchange stays abroad and its foreign students and it demands that students register in the DROZD database, UK spokesman Vaclav Hajek told CTK on Wednesday. This was one of the reasons why UK, the oldest university in Central and North Europe founded in 1348, has prepared a plan of emergency communication in extreme situations.
MfD: Relations of Zeman, Sobotka, Babis to influence elections
President Milos Zeman, Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka and Finance Minister Andrej Babis are the central figures of Czech politics and their oddly interconnected relations will influence the forthcoming elections, Miroslav Korecky wrote in daily Mlada fronta Dnes on Wednesday. As a result of the early general election held in late 2013, the election cycle changed and the presidential election will be organised only a few months after the general election , Korecky writes.
Only 4% of Czech attempts to give up smoking succeed
The number of Czechs trying to give up smoking is one million a year but only 4 percent of them succeed, Eva Kralikova, from the Centre for tobacco addicts at the 1st Medical Faculty in Prague, has told Wednesday’s issue of daily Pravo. Most of those who try to quit smoking do so without consulting experts.
Polluted air causes early death of up to 8,000 Czechs a year
Polluted air in the Czech Republic cuts short the lives of 6,000 to 8,000 people a year, the Environment Ministry has written in its annual report based on the State Health Institute’s data, daily Pravo reported on Wednesday. True, air pollution does not burden the whole country evenly and the extent and frequency mainly of dust particles differ at various places.
Why bank unions are opposed to incentive plan
Image: A file photograph of bank employees protesting the government’s proposal to merge the State Bank of India’s associate banks with SBI, and against the government’s proposed move to privatise IDBI Bank. Photograph: Shailesh Andrade/Reuters.
CD signs CZK 609m repair contract with Pars Nova
Czech Railways has signed a contract for repair work with Pars Nova, of A koda Transportation group. The contract covers periodical repairs of electric trains and locomotives.
Reconnecting with Wynyard
WYNYARD FAVOURITES: Adrian Dixon, Shannon Bakes, Darcy Leno, Barry Davis, Rhys London and Matthew Kinch are ready for Saturday. Picture: Supplied A desire to connect the past, present and future of the Wynyard Cricket Club is the motivation behind the club’s past players, administrators, supporters and sponsors day on Saturday.
Summary: IT firms are investing into development and products
ABRA Software will offer the new version of ERP ABRA Gen and the Business Intelligence module fully integrated into ERP ABRA Gen in 2017. EDITEL CZ acquired tens of new corporate clients in 2016 and plans to exceed the limit of 100 new clients in 2017 and 2018.
Penguin take charge
Penguin have shot to the top of the Bowls North West Thursday Pennant ladder after a dramatic first round after the Christmas break. Penguin have shot to the top of the Bowls North West Thursday Pennant ladder after a dramatic first round after the Christmas break.
CzechInvest: Gov’t promised investment incentives totalling CZK 12.5bn
The government has promised investment incentives to 72 investment projects in 2016, based on applications for investment incentives. The spokesperson for governmental business and investment support agency CzechInvest, Petra Menclova, has told CIANEWS that the projects are worth CZK 60bn and investors will be able to draw retrospectively subsidies totalling up to CZK 12.5bn.
The future lies in diamonds
The Securities and Exchange Board of India last week gave in-principle approval to the exchange to resume operations with the launch of derivatives trading and the first contract approved was of diamond. This is also Sebi’s first approval of trading in commodity derivatives after taking over the regulation of commodities trading .
Airstrikes kill 22 IS militants in northern Syria
Turkish warplanes killed 22 Islamic State terrorists in airstrikes on IS targets in Al-Bab, in northern Syria, in the last 24 hours, the Turkish General Staff said on Thursday. Targets in the air raids included 160 positions belonging to terrorists, including defense positions, shelters and command facilities, the military said in a statement.