Man jailed over cancer insurance fraud

"A consultant surgeon has been sentenced to four years in prison for defrauding two insurance companies through a bogus breast cancer claim. Emad Massoud, 52, from Ratoath in Co Meath, used a cancerous tissue sample from his mother-in-law to claim that his wife had...

TARA: Heaney hits out over 'tar on Tara'

In his first broadcast for 2008, on 1 March Irish Poet Laureate Seamus Heaney said the plan to build a freeway through the Hill of Tara is a "ruthless desecration".Heaney often refers to his "country of the...

Irish house prices fall by 3.3% since start of year

"House prices fell again in August bringing the rate of decline to 3.3 per cent since the start of the year, according to the latest edition of permanent tsb / ESRI House price index. The index shows house prices nationally fell 0.3 per cent in August following on from a 0.4...

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