Irish Independent: Freeze set to return on Friday – Fiona Ellis and Paddy Clancy. http://tinyurl.com/28bozee Metro: 48% of people surveyed in Metro Herald’s Urban Life survey will give to charity this Christmas. 36% say that they will be spending less this...

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MetroHerald: Amazon most recent victim of the Anonymous ‘hacktivists’. The average Irish person will spend €550 each on Christmas this year on gifts and food a new survey by eBay has found. Parents will spend more than average. More than half of...

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Irish Times Main Paper Citigroup will create over 200 jobs in an expansion of its Dublin and Waterford operations. - Barry O’Halloran http://tinyurl.com/3xtoekh Wikileaks supporters have been linked to a ‘denial of service’ attack on the MasterCard website in response to...

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Praise for those who are looking out for their neighbours during the cold snap. Irish students drop in rankings for literacy and maths, a recent OECD survey has found – Sean Flynn. Read More

Irish Independent:

Stephen Fry's cameo role in Ros na Run Regular use of mobile phones in pregnancy could increase the chance of youngsters suffering behavioural problems, new research out yesterday suggests – Jane Kirby. Nearly 60,000 may emigrate next...

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The Irish Independent Charity volunteers working to help recession-hit families are so traumatised by the enormity of problems facing some households that they have had to be provided with special counseling – Ralph Riegel. Read More

Irish Times The Grand Canal Theatre has reported substantial profits since opening in March this year – Gordon Deegan. http://tinyurl.com/32rqlem Laura Slattery on the rising price of cotton and the implications for the clothing retail trade. Read More

Irish Independent Main Paper: Booze, lingerie and iPads are top of shoplifters' Christmas lists, writes Jason O’Brien. http://tinyurl.com/2wouk52 Falling dole numbers ‘a sign that the best and the brightest are fleeing’, writes Aideen Sheehan. Read More

The Irish Times Main Paper: The international fallout from the release of hundreds of thousands of US diplomatic cables by whistleblower organisation, Wikileaks, continued yesterday, as Washington scrambled to limit the damage caused by the...

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Irish Examiner: Feature on Kanturk. Co. Cork and its small businesses. 22 new businesses have opened in the town in the past year despite the tough economic times. They credit the diversity of small businesses as the key element in...

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