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State workers are whiners - private sector workers in Ireland stomach the brunt of pay and pension cuts (IrishCentral)

Thu, 07 Mar 2013 05:47:17 PST

Liam Doran speaks to the media at Croke Park last Thursday Viewing the sequester controversy in the US from this side of the Atlantic last week was a reminder of how much we have in common with you guys over there READ MORE

Thugs in Roscommon ransack pensioner’s home hours after fatal car crash (IrishCentral)

Fri, 15 Feb 2013 04:41:47 PST

By: IrishCentral Staff Writers

Locals in the Co. Roscommon village of Kiltoom were horrified this week when thieves ransacked the home of an elderly woman who died tragically in a car accident just hours earlier.

Records of soldiers pensioned from the British army by Royal Hospital Kilmainham go online (IrishCentral)

Sat, 08 Dec 2012 07:28:44 PST

By: ANTOINETTE KELLY

The records of soldiers pensioned from the British army by the Royal Hospital Kilmainham in Dublin have been released online, and they include over two hundred years worth of the records of Irish men.

Japanese pensioner spent 14 years copying Book of Kells (IrishCentral)

Sun, 18 Nov 2012 06:05:11 PST

By: PATRICK COUNIHAN

A Japanese pensioner has finally finished a copy of part of the Book of Kells – after 14 years.

Ryanair tell Donegal pensioner oxygen mask is second piece of luggage (IrishCentral)

Fri, 28 Sep 2012 04:37:39 PDT

By: HILDA HIGGINS

In the latest disastrous PR move, budget airline Ryanair tried to force an elderly woman to check in her oxygen mask during the return leg of her journey to Ireland.

Scandal over public service pensions continues as IMF calls time on state workers (IrishCentral)

Wed, 12 Sep 2012 05:47:13 PDT

Taoiseach Enda Kenny and Tanaiste Eamon Gilmore Over the past two weeks this column has been dealing with the scandal of state pay and pensions in Ireland I thought I was a voice crying in the wilderness for a while, but this weekend the issuebecame the top story here and the IMF waded into the argumentIt's easy to summarize the problem READ MORE

Mel Gibson’s ex-wife Robyn received a huge chunk of his pension in their divorce (IrishCentral)

Fri, 07 Sep 2012 06:32:13 PDT

Mel GibsonWhile it was previously revealed that Mel gave Robyn half of his estimated $850 million fortune when they divorced in 2011 after 31 years of marriage, court documents obtained by gossip website TMZ have revealed new details of her shareAlong with Mel’s Screen Actors Guild pension benefits, Robyn also received a large amount of his Directors Guild of America pension benefits and half of the benefits he accumulated through their production company Icon during their union It may take the actor some time to earn back the money he paid out to his ex, as he has claimed Hollywood is not yet ready to forgive him for a number of controversial incidents that have occurred in the last few yearsMel was caught in an expletive and racist tirade against his child's mother, Oksana Grigorieva, in audio tapes released to the public READ MORE

Ireland’s state pensions and pay safe as private sector funds go down the toilet (IrishCentral)

Thu, 06 Sep 2012 05:47:05 PDT

Brendan Howlin (Mark Stedman / Photocall Ireland)Last week in this column we were looking at the outrageous situation that is now emerging in Ireland over pensionsTo put it simply, anyone who works for the state here has a guaranteed pension Anyone who works for a private company has a pension that is going down the toilet unless they are very luckyAnd right on cue, within a day of me writing the column, yet another major Irish company announced that its pension fund was in deep trouble READ MORE

Pensions time bomb in Ireland - financial torture for the Irish people as worst budget to date arrives (IrishCentral)

Fri, 31 Aug 2012 04:46:54 PDT

Members of the Irish police force can retire in their fifties with a full state pensionFor the past two weeks, the papers here have been full of dire predictions about what's going to be in the budget in December We know that a raft of tax hikes and state spending cuts are coming down the line because we have to get our deficit down by another three billion or so in 2013 It's all part of the EU/IMF plan under which we got the bailout money and which requires us to balance the nation's books -- or at least get the deficit down to three percent -- by 2015 READ MORE

Pensioner faces huge legal bill after losing lawsuit against golf club (IrishCentral)

Sun, 29 Jul 2012 07:11:49 PDT

By: DARA KELLY

An Irish pensioner is facing a huge legal bill after losing a €10m lawsuit in which he accused his former golf club of branding him a cheat.

Irish politician wants Viagra supplies cutbacks for pensioners (IrishCentral)

Tue, 17 Jul 2012 03:50:12 PDT

By: PATRICK COUNIHAN

An Irish politician wants golden oldies to curtail their nookie – after he called on the government to cut back on Viagra for old age pensioners.

Anglo Irish Bank evicts Dublin pensioners from their Killiney mansion- VIDEO (IrishCentral)

Thu, 19 Apr 2012 05:07:17 PDT

By: PATRICK COUNIHAN

A Dublin property speculator with several rented apartments in his portfolio is ‘homeless’ – after he was evicted from his palatial $3million mansion by the former Anglo Irish Bank.

Enda Kenny: Government will consider pulling corrupt politicians massive pensions (IrishCentral)

Tue, 27 Mar 2012 05:00:45 PDT

By: CATHY HAYES

Taoiseach (Prime Minister) Enda Kenny has said the Irish Government will consider denying pensions to politicians found to be corrupt.

IMF urges Ireland to cut pensioners' benefits in new cutbacks (IrishCentral)

Sun, 04 Mar 2012 06:46:40 PST

By: DARA KELLY

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has told the Irish government to scrap some free benefits for the country's 480,000 pensioners to save money.

Irish pensioners fury over new taxes (IrishCentral)

Wed, 11 Jan 2012 08:32:44 PST

By: PADDY CLANCY

Savage cuts to a host of previously “untouchable” state services are now being actively considered by the government as a result of Ireland’s dire financial position.

Dead pensioners paid by the Irish state in $25million sting (IrishCentral)

Thu, 29 Dec 2011 05:39:19 PST

By: CATHAL DERVAN

The Irish government has paid out more than $25million in pensions over the last two years – to dead people.

Former President McAleese draws first payment on lucrative $220,000 pension (IrishCentral)

Sat, 26 Nov 2011 06:11:18 PST

By: CATHAL DERVAN

Former President Mary McAleese is laughing all the way to the bank with an annual pension worth more than $220,000 a year – and based on her salary before two pay cuts.

Irish politicians five-star pensions - huge disparity has to stop (IrishCentral)

Wed, 16 Nov 2011 05:45:18 PST

Michael D Higgins and his wife before in inauguration as presidentPresident Michael D Higgins at his inauguration on Friday, with former presidents Mary Robinson and Mary McAleese in the backgroundLike me, half the country here stopped what they were doing last Friday to turn on the TV and watch the inauguration of our new presidentThe first thought that struck me looking at the high and mighty assembled for the ceremony in the splendor of Dublin Castle was that they all had one thing in common READ MORE

Cowen leads dollar charge with Ministerial pension worth $7million dollars (IrishCentral)

Thu, 10 Nov 2011 04:53:32 PST

By: CATHAL DERVAN

Ministers in the government that crashed the Irish economy will reap in pension payments worth almost $15million a year between them for the rest of their lives – with former Prime Ministers Brian Cowen and Bertie Ahern top of the pile.

Gary Keogh says hello! (IrishCentral)

Wed, 23 Dec 2009 11:26:35 PST

Posted by Kelly Fincham at 5/13/2009 10:14 AM EDTYou'd have to be a certain age of an Irish soccer fan to get the headline but Gary Keogh certainly said HELLO to Allied Irish Bank chairman Dermot GleesonKeogh, 66, pelted Gleeson with eggs at the shareholders' meeting in Dublin today thereby becoming an instant folk hero for the beleagured IrishWho among us wouldn't want to pelt eggs at the bankers if given half the chance?Maybe it's time to bring back the stocks - the wooden stocks that is Sit yourselves down lads till we take a leaf out of Gary Keogh's book and throw some eggs at you READ MORE