Sunday Independent (Ireland) - 2016-12-11

• Irish Water’s €5m consultant­s bill after charges end
• Me, a TD? It would be a privilege
• THALIA: I DIDN’T WANT TO LEAVE THE HOUSE
• Stack fury at Ferris Nazi slur on father
• Dispatch from the only foreign reporter in Yemen
• Modern morality tale of life-saving drugs
• Eoghan Harris
• Ruth Dudley Edwards
• Brendan O’Connor
• Eilis O’Hanlon
• Fine Gael doesn’t need a ‘flashy’ new leader, says Reilly
• Ronan’s former mistress to marry
• Garda trebles pay with €63k in overtime
• New offer improves retirement income for INM pensioners
• Reforms to tackle rental insecurity
• Beagles bred as lab guinea pigs take first faltering steps to freedom ‘The dogs have never experience­d sun, rain, wind or snow’
• A twinkling Christmas oasis hidden in the capital
• Dole cheat single mum ‘ran gym in back garden’
• Migrant workers allege low pay and poverty on Irish trawlers
• Video link to help victims of domestic violence
• ‘She was a little bird with a broken wing. My job was to protect her’
• Old farming images reap escape from modern life
• Rememberin­g the rising of John Kilgallon
• ‘Quota’ needed to protect Irish music industry
• A poet’s turbulent life well lived
• Charity hit by €300k row over funds
• Brand Beckham gives us pop star Cruz (11)
• Whatever drives the writer, it ain’t the money
• COUNTRY MATTERS
• Glen’s a pug who can work a crowd
• Critic AA Gill was fearless to very last
• Majella’s fury at ‘€300 per hour’ psychiatri­sts’ fee
• Finding the light amid the darkest childhood memories
• Saying ‘I love you’ can be the hardest — and easiest — thing to do
• A tragedy with more questions than answers
• NO CHEER AT REAL SANTA’S WORKSHOP
• Wary Dems target mid-term fightback
• At least 13 dead in suicide bomb attacks at game
• Relative calm in eurozone comes at a cost and will not last forever
• The mental health stigma has faded, but quacks are thriving
• The political speech of the year was made by a banker, not a politician
• Government pats itself on the back but is it deserved?
• ‘Soft’ Brexit would be best outcome
• QUOTES OF THE WEEK
• Lessons in life, love and literature: Bohemian Dublin taught me well
• Politician­s need to think big — and housing is biggest issue of all
• Spectacula­r opera singer Celine is worthy of note
• We need to turn off the tap on water wastage
• Derek McMahon
• Rising to crossover challenge
• Drowsy driving as bad as drinking; now causing 1-in-5 of accidents
• Great escapes by animals saving their own bacon
• CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
• John Glenn
• Peter Vaughan
• Michael ‘Jim’ Delligatti
• SUNDAY INDEPENDEN­T QUIZWORD No287
• Fate of Christians in the Syria conflict
• Inspiratio­nal value of ‘transcende­rs’
• THIS WEEK’S BIRTHDAYS
• Time for ethical debate on genetics
• Get spending on cystic fibrosis
• The brave abuse survivors
• Trump was right to take Taiwan’s call
• Murder, he said, with not a bother on him
• Drugs giant must stop putting super-profits before humanity
• Top proxy firm guides against McGann vote for Aryzta job
• Optimism among Irish retailers plummets to a three-year low
• British investors prepare SME-focused fund with ISIF
• Pick of the bunch
• Dearbhail McDonald
• JOHN McGEE
• RICHARD CURRAN
• LOUISE McBRIDE
• Foley hoping Dublin will ‘get behind’ Clerys plan
• Teeling Whiskey celebrates expansion by hiring staff in Dublin and America
• Dublin Airport and RTE link up in bid to entertain air travellers
• ISME claims bank sought directors’ resignatio­n letter as loan collatoral
• Procuremen­t office lagging behind on savings targets
• Motivation­al business ‘rock stars’ are smash-hits of Pendulum 2017
• German exports struggle to recover amid global economic uncertaint­ies
• There’s much more to Ireland than tax breaks — pharma boss Grainne McAleese
• Gold Circle veterans see no silver lining with Aer Lingus move
• Scully hurls Littlewood­s on to radar in bid to make retailer a household name
• The year drawing to a close will be remembered for the wrong reasons
• Will INM pension decision spell more closures for schemes?
• Quinn still determined to help British Vogue stay in fashion
• Data and diversity help put global consulting giant’s clients at ‘heart of digital economy’
• New EU data law could hurt marketers but help publishers
• Tracker-scandal bankers should be named, shamed and fined
• THE 60-SECOND GUIDE TO...
• ‘Being an actor has taught me how to save money’
• If you buy a house in Spain don’t forget that you’ll need to make a new will
• Heritage woven into modern life
• Firms can discover gift-wrapped opportunit­ies by looking east
• Respect is earned — don’t feel a sense of entitlemen­t just because you’ve got a great job title
• All aboard: runaway success of Santa train brings Christmas cheer
• Crossfit to be the centre of a new sneaker war
• The sting of Irish colleges’ mediocrity
• Ex-TV3 director Ennis is an Avid fan of technology
• Heineken out to outfox opposition in cider battle
• Langford ensures €180k FBD project is complete
• Surviving trauma, and a fallen plane
• H2 oh! Rosanna and Wes’s secrets leaked
• Praise for Tom McGurk as presenters prepare to feast
• Soaraway Saunders takes Manhattan...
• Why has music become more depressing?
• Fifty shades of grey, but at least it’s in focus
• Could c be doomed with a capital D?
• The fatted calf could be losing its flavour
• Marrying the guy who milks it for laughs
• It couldn’t happen again... could it?
• Ruth is real Person of the Year
• Kan 2016 get any worse? Yes, Kimye aren’t splitting
• Anger over sister-in-law is making me dread my daughter’s wedding
• What can I do about my parents’ toxic marriage?
• When school years are NOT the best years of your life
• Life, love and death in the Mariners’ Parish
• From Lagos to Limerick, and back
• Feast your eyes on the best festive book guide
• Jumping Jack waves his Magic wand
• WHAT LIES BENEATH
• Movie ideas if you need a galaxy far, far away from it all
• A monster of a tearjerker
• Office Christmas Party
• The Birth of a Nation
• United States of Love
• Beware the well-named crow collective
• Wild and wonderful
• Have a good trip? You B-Etihad
• Hip hop nostalgia and a young Mr Obama
• Today FM delivers a savage blow to Anton
• CATCH -UP TV—IN CASE YOU MISSED IT...
• Tiger Woods, a fallen nation turns its lonely eyes to you
• PODCASTS LISTEN BACK AT YOUR LEISURE
• TV HIGHLIGHTS
• FILM HIGHLIGHTS
• I’M IN The MOOD FOr...
• SATELLITE
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• A Year In Style
• Goodbye To All That
• WAKING HOURS
• WHEN HIPSTERS SETTLE DOWN
• SUSAN JANE’S ALT CHRISTMAS
• THE SOCIAL DRINKER
• LOVES OF MY LIFE
• THE JOY OF BEING FROZEN
• HIGHLIGHTS OF THE YEAR
• FEBRUARY
• Amuse bouche...
• CRISPY POTATO SKINS WITH CORONATION CHICKEN
• GOAT’S CHEESE, BLACK PUDDING AND BLACKBERRY TART
• MINCE PIE BROWNIES
• MINI BEEF PASTIES
• LAPSANG SOUCHONG CHRISTMAS CAKE
• SWEET ONION JAM
• SALMON RILLETTES
• ANCHOVY AND SESAME SEED STRAWS
• Christmas time, mincemeat and wine
• Three to try... Live and let dine
• SEPTEMBER
• It wasn’t going smoothly, so I had to lose him. I can’t be emotionall­y distraught from a guy. I’ve got sh*t to do

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