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One third of calls to Childline not answered
Nearly five million children contacted Childline over the last 25 years but a third of them did not have their calls answered. They are marking their anniversary by launching a new major redevelopment plan which will see them offering more help online. However, they are looking for 25 companies to donate EUR25,000 to help get the plan off the ground. Director of Services at the ISPCC Caroline ...
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High Court hears that payment of promissory note could have huge repercussions
The High Court has heard a challenge by TD Joan Collins that a EUR25m promissory note payment which is due next month could have huge repercussions.That is because the case aims to test the validity of the recent IBRC Act.Joan Collins of People Before Profit wants to stop the government paying out EUR25m on a promissory note for EBS on June 17.To that end she wants her legal challenge to the ...
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Man charged with assault of Cork homeless man found in refuse chute
A 26-year-old man has been remanded in custody after he was charged with assaulting a homeless man whose body was found dumped in a refuse chute in Cork earlier this month.David O'Loughlin- with an address at 10 City Gate Apartments, North Main Street in Cork was charged with assault causing harm to long term Simon Community resident, Liam Manley at City Gate Apartments on May 12th.Mr ...
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Five men arrested in connection with the alleged sexual assault of child at nursery
In the UK, five men have been arrested over an allegation of sexually assaulting a child at a day nursery in Worcestershire.The child told their family about an incident which is reported to have happened last week.It is said to have taken place at a branch of the Bright Eyes Nurseries - which are in Bromsgrove, Redditch and Droitwich.They have been searched - along with three other ...
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ICONS Unite Combines Music Film and Rights Awareness
Jennifer Zheng, author and Chinese slave labour camp survivor, speaking at an ICONS Unite human rights music event in Manhattan on May 19. (Mathias ...
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Car bombers strike twice in Niger
Africa kidnapped five French citizens working for the mining company. Residents in the two towns said that both attacks occurred at around 5:30 am, indicating a level of co-ordination among the attackers.Alhousseiny Moussa, a resident of Agadez, was already awake and just steps away from his local mosque for the first prayer of the day, when he heard the boom coming from the city's military ...
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JLS headliners at Hyde Park show
Barclaycard Presents British Summer Time Hyde Park, performing at a family-friendly day of acts on Sunday July 7.The event also features performances of The Gruffalo and Horrible Histories stage shows.Performers lined up for other days during the festival ...
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The Picture House launches With a new digital projector the Cramphorn Theatre in Chelmsford is offering screenings of classic films as well as...
The Picture House launches ; With a new digital projector the Cramphorn Theatre in Chelmsford is offering screenings of classic films as well as ballet and opera TO celebrate the installation of the brand new state-of-the-art digital film projection equipment at Chelmsford's Cramphorn Theatre, a fresh new identity has been launched to mark the exciting change to the cinema. The Chelmsford ...
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Groovin again with the Rascals Steven Van Zandt gets 60s group to reunite for Broadway-styleshow.
Back in the days before he was Little Steven Van Zandt and was justlittle Steven Van Zandt, the future bandanna-wearing tele- mobsterchampion of all things rock and roll went to see his very firstconcert -- The Rascals. It's fair to say that it blew his mind. "Their idea of blue-eyed soul was way more localized than (that of)the British invasion, even though they were all white kids ...
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Shazam overhauls iPad app as music market heats up
Shazam's existing song-identification app is already popular, with 300 million global users. The update released on Thursday revamps the app's old features, and includes a slate of new ones focused on location data, popular tracks, social media options and faster tagging. Some of those features are available on a new iPhone app as well, but Android users will have to ...
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Power Lawyers Top Entertainment Attorneys Mingle at THR Breakfast
Lawyers representing such A-listers as Angelina Jolie, Charlie Sheen and J.J. Abrams were honored Wednesday morning at an event held at Spago in Beverly Hills in conjunction with THR's seventh annual ...
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Cannes Norwegian Oil Thriller Pioneer Sells Wide
Cannes: Lars Von Trier's 'Nymphomaniac' Releases First Cast Photo With Shirtless Shia LaBeouf TrustNordisk racked up a pack of international deals for the title, which screened as a work in progress at the Marche, signing agreements with Arrow Films in the U.K., Lumiere in Benelux, Focus & Company for South Korea and Japan's Nettai Museum. Magnolia, whose U.S. release ...
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Tribune Co. Launches Digital Ventures Unit
as president of Tribune Digital Ventures, a newly formed unit that will develop digital products and businesses. Seth, who has worked at such companies as Yahoo, AOL, Google and the latter's online video arm YouTube, will report to Tribune ...
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David Miliband EU is the right deal for Britain and Ireland
David Miliband has said a British departure from the EU would be bad for Ireland.The former British foreign secretary said the Anglo-Irish alliance within the EU is strong and both countries are frequently on the same side when it comes to policy issues.Speaking in Dublin this morning Mr Miliband said Britain is better in the EU than out."The Anglo-Irish alliance is pretty special; we came ...
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Cameron Terror attack a betrayal of Islam
The brutal terrorist murder of a "brave soldier" on the streets of London will bring the UK together and "make us stronger", David Cameron declared.Speaking outside Downing Street after chairing a meeting of the Government's emergency Cobra committee, the British Prime Minister said the attack "sickens us all" and was a "betrayal of Islam"."The ...
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Bank of Ireland to become Munsters main sponsor
Bank of Ireland has confirmed that it will become main sponsor of Munster Rugby from July 2013. The sponsorship includes exclusive branding of all playing and training kit for the Munster senior and "A" teams.The agreement, which is set to run for five seasons, continues a long relationship with the bank dating back 15 years to 1998, firstly as main sponsor and more recently as ...
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Dutch players chief condemns clubs dumping stars
The head of one of Holland's leading players' unions says the growing trend of players being relegated to the reserves amid stalled contract negotiations is a "sickening state of affairs".Louis Everard, director of Vereniging van Contractspelers (VVCS), made the comments after PSV Eindhoven duo Ola Toivonen and Erik Pieters were told they would find themselves in the ...
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Twilight leads 2013 Teen Choice Award nominations
The 'Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2' leads the nominations for this year's Teen Choice Awards.The final instalment of the vampire film franchise starring Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart has received a whopping seven nominations at the ceremony - which takes place in August - while the likes of Taylor Swift and Justin Bieber are also in contention for iconic surfboard ...
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Committee questions spending on very lavish McGuinness office
The Public Accounts Committee has heard that an office kitted out for the former Junior Minister John McGuinness was more akin to one on Wall Street than Kildare Street.The spending watchdog committee is hearing from the OPW as to why EUR250,000 was spent on the office for the then Junior Minister.Deputy McGuinness is now the Chairman of the Committee, and has vacated the chair temporarily to ...
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Lagarde faces court in fraud probe
International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde is facing questions at a special Paris court today over a controversial financial deal that she oversaw as French finance minister.The 2008 arbitrage deal handed about EUR400m to magnate Bernard Tapie to settle a dispute with state-owned bank Credit Lyonnais over the botched sale of Adidas in the 1990s.Mr Tapie was close to then-French ...
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Survey confirms low levels of health insurance for those with mortgage difficulties
The vast majority of households who are having difficulty repaying their mortgage either don't have, or have substantially lower levels of, private health insurance cover.According to the Central Bank's latest household expenditure survey, people with mortgage repayment problems spend an average of 18% less than those who are not.When health insurance spending is included in monthly ...
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French singer Georges Moustaki dies at 79
French singer and composer Georges Moustaki, whose romantic ballads including the 1958 ...
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ChamberLab brings classical music to variety of audiences
May 23--Local musician Chris Black played the role of a musical mad scientist when he created his ChamberLab concert series in 2012. The goal was to take the chamber music model and turn it on its ear, by dropping it in venues where classical music was not the norm, such as local rock clubs and eateries. The change of scenery would "allow people the ability to enjoy music that they ...
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Police to question two men after Woolwich killing
Anti-terror police in England were today preparing to question the two men shot and injured after the Woolwich soldier killing as details about their backgrounds began to emerge.Sources said both men, who are being treated in hospital, are believed to be British citizens with Nigerian connections who converted to a radical form of Islam. But they are not thought to have links to terror groups ...
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Police search property in connection with Woolwich killing
Anti-terror police investigating the "barbaric" murder of a soldier in London have searched a property 150 miles away in Lincolnshire.While the two self-confessed killers were under armed guard in different London hospitals, detectives swooped on an address in Saxilby.There were also reports of addresses in the London area being searched by police.Scotland Yard refused to comment, but ...
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