Irish Independent - 2018-01-05

• Keep fluey kids home from school – minister
• Murder accused in court outburst
• Judges give soft sentences to drivers who kill on roads
• Marty to party with Ksenia on DWTS
• Hospital chaos
• Judge probed by gardaí over sexual assault claim
• Hook back on the air after controvers­ial rape remarks
• ‘Dad’s final days lying in A&E and full of fear’
• Harris joins the list of big names who have struggled to find a cure
• Broken monitor adds to the strain at children’s hospital
• INMO says children on trolleys isanew problem
• Mother tells of painful, six-hour wait to see a doctor
• Almost 600 on trolleys waiting for hospital bed
• €9.5m flood defences for Galway ‘are not worth the expense’
• ‘You can’t totally solve the problem in the city’
• Storm Eleanor makes way for an icy Arctic chill
• Just 2,400 Nama homes used for social housing
• Tough talk does not always lead to time in prison
• ‘What kind of message does it send out to those grieving?’
• Shop owner hails fortune after selling €39m ticket
• Alan Hutch charged in stabbing o f his bro ther
• I was right to meet ‘anti-migrant’ Hungarian PM – Varadkar
• Hotel has ‘no room’ for the homeless
• ‘Deep regret and profound sadness’ at tragic death of Japanese worker
• Man held over New Year’s Eve card game killing
• Microchip flaw ‘is worse than feared’ – and could affect billions of devices
• Installing updates is vital, ‘bug’ affects almost every computer
• How Taylor Swift beat the touts – but fans will pay price for new ticket model
• Extra 16 million trips made on bus, rail, tram
• College Green plaza ‘just too dangerous for blind’
• Fe ars farmers are cashing in on ‘dire’ fodder shortage
• €18,000 for pregnant worker told by boss ‘to look happy’
• ‘When the alarm bells ring, that’s the time to leave’
• Drink-driver living in car led gardaí on chase in ‘meltdown’
• Drinking alcohol causes cancer by ‘damaging DNA’
• Violent protests in Iran blamed on ‘grotesque’ US interferen­ce
• NHS must offer transgende­r men egg storage, say experts
• Trump launches legal action against ex-adviser Bannon
• US plans to cut aid to ‘deceitful’ Pakistan
• Blair, hair and burgers: book’s key claims
• Vlogger’s ‘suicide’ video threatens his €12.4m empire
• North Korea test missile accidental­ly hit one of its own cities
• We urgently need to build hospital care around patients, not doctors
• Rachel Dugan: Notebook
• Whatever path the Trump story takes, it always tracks back to Russian interests
• Reducing the voting age allows young people to invigorate politics
• Students must not be priced out
• Ill-judged words make the health crisis worse
• Economic figures don’t add up
• Trump reforms will make US more attractive, warns IDA boss
• Employment in multinatio­nals reaches a record high
• Supermac’s boss McDonagh leads the fight against spiralling insurance costs
• Debenhams shares plunge as it issues profit warning
• Countries on red alert for 2018 cyber war
• Pat the Baker forked out €4.5m for a slice of Irish Pride
• DCC splashes out €90m to enter German LPG market
• Services sector shows sharp rise in activity
• The Chinese consumer
• McKillen Jr’s leisure group eyes up sales boost of 20pc
• London house prices took a hit in 2017
• Almost half a billion in tax collected through compliance checks
• Globalshar­es smash through records
• Friends forever?
• Too mean to pay the ransom
• ‘Cowboys and Indians’ reach an uneasy truce
• Awards in the age of #MeToo
• The white chocolate Cadbury Creme Egg
• A decent CBB? There’s a first...
• CRYPTIC CLUES
• CRYPTIC CLUES
• Mandarin Monarch to bear fruit in Dundalk return
• Naas Grade One the ‘Easy’ option for O’Brien star
• Shields: I’ m going to miss playing for Cork
• Swann slams Bairstow’s ‘crazy’ call in Sydney Test
• Returning Ringrose still calm about Irish prospects
• O’Halloran: Signing on again was toughest call yet
• Ulster’s Best enduring a horror win-less run in white
• ‘Last man standing’ Scannell out to state Irish case
• Limerick in limbo after McDonald’s abrupt exit
• Wenger ‘suicide’ remark draws criticism from charity group
• Rememberin­g the fab 4-4 on Merseyside
• Newcastle hero Lee will be a proud father when two sons run out at St James’ with Luton
• Chelsea close to landing Barkley in £15m switch
• Gluten-free diet has put me in shape of my life – Wilshere
• New fixtures plan should help the players but calendar-year goal remains long way off for GAA
• Barca’s £140m Coutinho bid
• Scannell: Our indiscipli­ne is down to ourselves, not referees
• No rift – Gilroy
• Stunning strikes at Wembley as Hammers deliver blow to Spurs’ top four hopes
• Mourinho rubbishes ‘garbage’ rumours of United departure
• JAMES LAWTON
• Academy graduate enjoying the new challenge of senior inter-provincial derbies
• Leinster are the envy of other provinces but there’s still work to be done
• It’s a testing block but the energy this week has been brilliant
• Larmour and Porter helping put St Andrew’s College on the map
• Hard-hitting in the tackle and a nuisance at the breakdown, France legend Dusautoir the best I have played against
• Traditiona­l power are thriving in modern era
• Women’s coaching gets major attention
• Dundalk seeking revenge
• ‘Galling defeat in Belfast makes it vital to get derby win this weekend’
• Building for the future on and off the field
• I expect a big reaction to festive defeats
• 20 QUESTIONS
• VanGraan–Derby returnunac­ceptable
• Castres soaring high and Racing win
• Con primed to close the 1A gap
• ‘Two tough losses but you learn from your mistakes’
• MORAL VICTORIES JUST DON’T CUT IT
• PLAYER INTERVIEW: PETER ROBB
• ‘The backs are good and tidy roomies’

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