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With feathered friends Nibbles and Skittles in the frame, Alice Cross of pet superstore Maxi Zoo in Douglas Shopping Centre receives her new iPad from Mark Patterson of Elavon Merchant Services, as Tom Purcell of Bank of Ireland looks on.
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Sport

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Cork City welcomed back a club legend this week as they continue with their pre-season preparations ahead of a return to the Premier League.
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Set List

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The White Horse, Ballincollig plays host to its third annual Winter Music Festival from 26-29 January, with its biggest and best line up to date, including gigs from some of Ireland’s most popular musicians including Paul Brady and Cathy Davey.
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  • Vita Cortex workers issue open letter

    Category: News
    Posted on 26/01/2012 by Christine Allen
    PV110112VITA6_1.JPG The former workers of Vita Cortex have issued an open letter this afternoon to the people of Ireland, politicians and employers. It reads:"Today marks the 42nd day of our sit-in. When we began this protest we really didn’t believe that we would still be here in late January. We honestly believed that Jack Ronan would see the light and pay us a just redundancy given the 847 years of service that we have given to Vita Cortex.
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  • Protesters storm former Anglo office

    Category: News
    Posted on 26/01/2012 by Brian Hayes Curtin
    protest1_2.JPG Yesterday morning a group of protesters entered the offices of the former Anglo Irish bank on Anglesea Street to show opposition to the €1.25 billion that was paid to unsecured bondholders.The group forced their way into the bank, chanting “power to the people” while an uilleann paper played ‘The Boys of Kilmichael’.
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  • Lord Mayor apologises to assault victim

    Category: News
    Posted on 26/01/2012 by Brian Hayes Curtin
    The Lord Mayor of Cork, Terry Shannon, has apologised to the Spanish man who was brutally attacked with a golf club and a number of other weapons in Cork city on Monday night.  Valencia native Jordi Roca was with friends when he was attacked by a gang of around ten people near the car park on White Street at 10pm on Monday night.
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Tom Doorley: Odd combinations

Category: Food
It's always good to find that we have something in common with another person, especially if it's something unusual - and provided it's something nice rather than say, being a serial killer or laughing out loud at Mrs Brown's Boys.
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Pyjama party pooper

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Cork fashionistas will have to take a style check if they want entry into a Cork cinema, as pyjamas have been strictly forbidden.
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Minister dismisses Taoiseach’s red hair remark

Category: News
Cork’s Equality Minister has said she would shave her head if she thought it would further the cause of women in politics, following Taoiseach Enda Kenny’s “flaming red hair” remark at the 'How to Elect More Women' conference in Dublin Castle on Friday.
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Sherlock in hot water online

Category: News
Minister of State Seán Sherlock has defended a controversial statutory instrument to restrict content shared online by stating that Government had “no intention of introducing legislation that would restrict the freedom of Irish internet users”.
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