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Hawkins St., Dublin 2
The gas must be still there, affecting the Minister for Health.
A Centre of Excellence
The phrase is a stroke of dubious, comparative advertising genius and essentially, only a business consultant’s faddish phrase. After all, in what field do we establish a “Centre of Mediocrity��?? Or a “Centre of the Shoddy��??
Money, Money, Money
It is a principle of Irish (and UK) law that the purpose of the award of compensation by the courts is to, insofar as money can, place the injured party in the same position as if he/she had not been injured.
The Return of Whaling
I think I was too quick to venture an opinion on the Seroxat scandal.
Whales cannot be swallowed
The medical profession has long known that it is cheaper to kill than to maim.
THE OFFICE PREMISES ACT 1958
THE OFFICE PREMISES ACT 1958
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