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Obama's Welcome for 'Cousin' Robbie [Eire Region]

FOOTBALL fans sing terrace chants to the tune of Go West but for Robbie Keane, his career is moving in the opposite direction. He's heading east to Poland next month for Euro 2012, while yesterday he flew from Montreal to Washington DC to meet President Barack Obama. Keane and his LA Galaxy teammates, including David Beckham and Landon Donovan, were showing off their MLS Cup trophy to the President at a reception in the White House East Wing.

Pitch in for Euro 2020 Bid, Enda [Eire Region]

WE'RE already on our way to Euro 2012 but could the Euro 2020 tournament be on our way to us? Soccer chiefs confirmed last night that a joint bid with Scotland and Wales to host the jamboree is being put in place. And 'put him under pressure' is the Opposition's tactic to get Enda Kenny to include the European Championships on his EU funding wish list.

Tubs Hints at Radio One Return After 2fm Woes [Eire Region]

RYAN Tubridy has signalled a move back to RTE Radio One could be on the cards. Since taking over Gerry Ryan's slot on 2fm, Tubridy has struggled to hold onto listeners - and he has lost another 4,000 at the last count.

Tv3 Pulls the Plug On Celebrity Apprentice [Eire Region]

TV3 has abandoned plans for a celebrity version of The Apprentice and axed the show entirely. It emerged in February that the station was cancelling the regular show but that it wanted to make a celebrity version.

Saoirse Finds Love - On the Big Screen at Least! [Eire Region]

SAOIRSE Ronan has been nominated for an Oscar and played an assassin, a city's saviour and a wartime orphan but she'd never done a love scene - until now. And the Co. Carlow actress - who turned 18 last month - is typically unfussed about her twin roles in new movie The Host, in which she has not one but two love interests.

Hockey Boy Is Granted Right to Play On the Girls' Team [Eire Region]

A TEENAGE hockey player who learned his skills in Ireland will now be allowed to play with the girls in his school team in the U.S. - for at least one more year. Athletic officials yesterday overturned a ban on 14-year-old Keeling Pilaro playing for his otherwise allfemale school team.

Supporting Life Off Line ; Comment [Eire Region]

SO many studies and reports are produced nowadays that it is difficult to know which ones to take seriously. Yet the survey into the use of social networking among children deserves our attention because it has all the signs of being a serious scientific investigation. Facebook and similar online forums offer a broadly positive experience - the social networks perform an invaluable role in fostering contact between people in all four corners of the globe.

It's Time Fathers Had the Chance to Stand Up ; Comment [Eire Region]

ALMOST a century has passed since the nation's founding fathers guaranteed all our children would be cherished equally. Decades later, we learned the painful lesson of how that pledge was repeatedly betrayed. Yet it is not just victims of abuse and substandard care in State- run institutions who have been failed. Though the injustice may seem trivial by comparison, other victims include children forced to grow up with their birth certificate left blank where their father's name should be.

I Urge You to Vote Yes ; for the Sake of the Elderly, the Jobless and the Vulnerable... [Eire Region]

AS Minister for Social Protection, my work is focused on those that badly need help from Government for their daily lives. The unemployed. The disabled.The elderly. The number of people turning to the Department for help exploded after the economic tsunami hit Europe and Ireland in particular back in 2008. Naturally this has led to a huge increase in the central cost of providing financial assistance.The money has to come from somewhere. Those who've lost their jobs really want to go back to ...

Get Over It, Sean ; Comment [Eire Region]

Jail Sean Quinn, Anglo Urges High Court [Eire Region]

ANGLO Irish Bank yesterday asked a High Court judge to send Sean Quinn to jail on the basis of 'prime evidence' that he broke the law. Paul Gallagher SC claimed that the bank has evidence matching a criminal standard of proof to justify putting the bankrupt tycoon behind bars in the coming weeks.

Generation Facebook ; Shock Figures Expose Extent of Addiction to Social Sites [Eire Region]

CHILDREN are spending up to seven hours a day on social networking sites like Facebook - and significant numbers are reporting signs of addiction. Trinity College experts warned that children as young as 11 were exposing themselves to paedophiles by sharing personal information with strangers - and a shocking 98 per cent were online without adult supervision.

Love Affair with Online Networking [Eire Region]

IT'S not just teenagers who are hooked on social networking sites. For about 1.75million people are now members of Facebook in Ireland.

Guitars Worth Eur 60,000 Stolen ; Country and Western Star Played at Store [Eire Region]

IT WAS recently graced by the presence of one of the biggest names in country music. Now just weeks after the high point of Brad Paisley's visit to a Dublin music store, the owner has been devastated by the theft of EUR 60,000 worth of guitars.

Great Famine Victims 'Turned to Cannibalism to Stay Alive' [Eire Region]

SOME victims of the Great Famine resorted to cannibalism in a desperate bid to survive, a New York conference on world hunger was told yesterday. Professor Cormac O Grada of UCD told attendees at the city's Fordham University that in one particularly disturbing case, a starving mother ate part of her dead son.

Varadkar Joins Taxi Row Saying Use of Green Light Is Racist [Eire Region]

LEO VARADKAR yesterday triggered a row with taxi drivers after stating it was 'inherently racist' for them to advertise their Irishness with stickers or by putting green lights on their roofs. The Transport Minister was commenting after reports that some drivers in the capital were using the lights to attract customers who want to avoid foreign drivers.

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