Irish Independent - 2018-12-06

• 50,000 are left with worthless insurance
• Patient unaware they had lung cancer for 18 months after test
• Problems with EU insurance schemes are exposed yet again
• Patients warned on overchargi­ng – as one man’s bill of €1,500 is halved
• Former student held as Irishman is killed in Paris
• Body of dog shot dead by garda in tense confrontat­ion can’t be found
• Hot or not: it’s the 2019 trend report
• Housing is still gobbling up all our cash
• Bush funeral brings brief harmony to US politics
• May flounders as MPs told backstop could be ‘indefinite’
• TD’s acting career takes off after film is picked up as an in-flight movie
• Review is catalogue of tragedy in scan failure
• ‘Virtual’ psychiatri­sts will replace clinics for children
• Tech solutions hold real potential, but trained profession­als remain key
• Extra 550 homecare packages may benefit only nine hospitals
• Check to see if you’re covered by Danes – and move quickly if you are
• Upgrade of all our houses to cut energy use will cost €50bn
• Renters will soon be able to find out how much previous tenants charged
• Plans for even more apartments on RTÉ site
• Amid the chaos, UK MPs have now ‘done a Cromwell’ for parliament
• More and more people ‘want to get their power from wind farm’
• Ambitious action on climate ‘will save money and lives’
• Dancing shoes: Dub Denis kicks off boots for star show
• Murder trial collapses after RTÉ ‘Prime Time’ segment on defence of provocatio­n
• Bigger donations make up for drop in numbers giving at church gate
• Councillor­s’ pay should be doubled to €35,000 after elections, say TDs
• Ireland a tax ‘bargain basement’ for firms – as austerity risks grow
• Minister hits out at colleagues over hotel bills row
• ‘We won’ pro-choice TD declares as legislatio­n for abortion passes Dáil
• ‘Stakeknife’ admits two counts of possessing extreme porn
• Concern at council staff moving to Irish Water
• Families of missing given new DNA hope as experts work to identify 18 bodies
• Advent calendars adding to the childhood obesity crisis, warns TV’s Dr Eva
• Lawyer who overcharge­d client faces €94,000 legal costs bill
• ‘I would do anything to change it,’ says drink-driver who killed two women
• €87,000 after man ‘slipped on Coppers’ wet floor’ and broke ankle
• Former Trump aide should be ‘spared jail for co-operation’
• Facebook ‘let favoured firms access lists of users’ friends’
• ‘Wolf Pack’ sex attack wasn’t rape, court rules
• How transplant­ing pigs’ hearts into humans could save our bacon
• The UK voted to leave the EU but London voted to remain – my city will always be open to Ireland
• Michelle’s patience gives her real power
• A BODYBLOW TO CONFIDENCE IN BATTERED HEALTH SYSTEM
• All I want for Christmas is not to be groped on a night out
• Kyne should lobby for GP expenses instead of ministeria­l hotel bills
• Abandoning nuclear treaty is a threat to our very existence
• Conscienti­ous objectors’ rights need protection
• Ministers failing to raise morale in State schools
• How to wear... tartan
• Bairbre Power
• The golden rules of packing
• The best of tonight’s television
• Un De Sceaux set for showdown with Altior
• Active mothers key for girls to play
• Nomination­s for Irish Independen­t Young Sportstar of the Year
• Sportstar of the Week winners
• Lynch: ‘My goal is to get myself in a position to reach my potential’
• Meyler hopes additions can eradicate Rebels’ squad weaknesses
• Heslin opts out of Lake fold as Connellan set for Oz return
• Bath the epitome of Premiershi­p’s squeezed middle
• Under-pressure Murphy insists Tigers legend Johnson is not the answer to arrest alarming slide
• Back-to-backs now a more familiar task for Van Graan
• No return to Connacht for Jackson with Perpignan
• Hasenhuttl facing uphill battle after seeing Spurs stroll
• Redemption for Pickford but Toffees can’t shake off hangover
• Sarri now under no illusions about task he faces to turn Blues around
• Kilmarnock go top as Old Firm misfire
• Lingard pounces to earn point as Arsenal let it slip away
• FAI confident of securing more tickets for
• Kitchen flooded and expensive items gathering dust as United’s grand design underwhelm­s again
• McCarthy set for talks with Rice
• Farrell brings extra dynamic to Munster’s attacking play
• Backdoor system introduced for Sigerson Cup
• Firmino turns the tide
• Fanning firm over Déise hosting Munster ties
• ‘It almost became like a habit’ – O’Driscoll reveals painkiller use
• DONNCHADH BOYLE
• PREMIERSHI­P NEEDS TO SORT OUT ITS OWN MESS Neil Francis,
• Vote for our Sportstar of the Year to be in draw for some fantastic prizes
• Portmarnoc­k Links Winter Series:
• Stars and friends pay tribute to the man they simply knew as ‘Smithy’
• McIlroy’s £750,000 home run at Holywood Golf Club
• Clubs across Ireland consider a ‘yes’ vote for Golf Ireland
• Play as you Erne
• Six birdies at Castlemart­yr sees Sugrue score a hat-trick
• Robbie Cannon and Eoin Leonard named in Irish squad
• The European Club scores top marks in latest rankings
• Mallorca – a golfer’s paradise

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