Results List
-
Insurance market in turmoil after court decision
Original Source by Caroline O’Doherty CUSTOMERS are uncertain how health insurance premiums will be charged after a landmark court ruling quashed the legal basis for calculating fees. The Supreme Court ruled that risk equalisation – which ensures that health insurers do not discriminate against customers…
Author: Irish Examiner
-
VHI warns of serious consequences for older people
Original Source by MARTIN WALL, Industry Correspondent INDUSTRY REACTION:THE VHI said the Supreme Court decision to strike down the risk equalisation scheme could have serious consequences for older and chronically ill people. The VHI’s chief executive Jimmy Tolan said the company, which stood to receive…
Author: The Irish Times
-
FOMACS Launches New Web Site
FOMACS web site Launched in March 2007, The Forum on Migration and Communications (FOMACS) is a collaborative public media project, producing film, photographic, digital storytelling, radio, animation and print stories on the topic of immigration and integration in Ireland, with the aim of reaching and…
Author: FOMACS
-
Court Backs Bush on Military Detentions
Original Source By ADAM LIPTAK President Bush has the legal power to order the indefinite military detentions of civilians captured in the United States, the federal appeals court in Richmond, Va., ruled on Tuesday in a fractured 5-to-4 decision. But a second, overlapping 5-to-4 majority…
Author: The New York Times
-
US assured State that CIA flights never used Shannon
Original Source JOHN ZAROCOSTAS in Geneva THE GOVERNMENT received assurances from US president George Bush and his secretary of state Condoleezza Rice that no extraordinary rendition took place at Shannon airport, the Attorney General, Paul Gallagher has told a UN expert panel on human rights.…
Author: The Irish Times
-
Barnardos calls for more funds for vulnerable children
Original Source KITTY HOLLAND CONTINUED INVESTMENT in services for vulnerable children is essential despite the economic downturn, one of the State’s leading economists has said. Prof John Fitzgerald of the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) said early intervention in vulnerable children’s lives was vital…
Author: The Irish Times
-
Census: Many Ky. Baby Boomers aren't retiring
Decision to keep working has many benefits, experts say Original Source By Marcus Green Even as Kentucky’s Baby Boomers near traditional retirement age, they and other older workers make up one of the state’s fastest-growing parts of the work force, according to new Census data.…
Author: The Courier-Journal (Louisville, Kentucky)
-
UN human rights panel raises fears over Irish policies
Original Source JOHN ZAROCOSTAS in Geneva AN INDEPENDENT UN human rights expert panel has raised concerns over some of Ireland’s policies on the treatment of asylum-seekers and imprisonment for civil debt. On a positive note, Ireland was commended by some experts such as Christine Chanet…
Author: The Irish Times
-
Countries Make Push To Increase Eye Donors
Original Source By BINA VENKATARAMAN Eye donation recently got a new public face in Syria, where the Grand Mufti, the highest official of religious law, pledged to donate his corneas upon death to help one of the thousands of people waiting for transplants there. In…
Author: The New York Times
-
WB commits 1.2 billion USD in aid to Vietnam
The World Bank will provide Vietnam with 755.6 million SDR (equivalent to 1.2 billion USD) in aid from the International Development Assistance (IDA) source for the 2009 fiscal year. The WB Executive Director in charge of Southeast Asia, Mat Aron Deraman, announced the decision at…
Author: Vietnam News Agency
