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Another migrant shot in northern Ireland A guest worker has been shot in an assault on Eastern European immigrants in Northern Ireland, the second attack on Lithuanian guest workers in as many months.

The 28-year-old male was blasted in the chest by a shotgun on Lineside Coalisland late night on May 24. He is reported to be in critical but stable condition in the intensive care unit of Craigavon Area Hospital. Police d

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Lynn wife: We met in Bulgaria at weekend THE wife of rogue solicitor Michael Lynn revealed yesterday that she spent last weekend with him in Bulgaria before he left for Portugal.

Brid Murphy disclosed how she left the eastern European country on Monday, and her husband left the next day.

The on-the-run lawyer, who is missing with fraudulent mortgage debts of €80m and is being investigated

Other news

Ireland gives migrants the vote Ireland is to allow hundreds of thousands of migrants to vote in national elections and force hopeful residents to learn English in a bid to avoid the "worst mistakes" of British multiculturalism, it emerged today.

The Republic, which now has 540,000 foreigners living among its 4.5million population, wants to unite the country and escape the "ethnic ghettoes"

Workers

Children's hospital to cut 100 jobs and services THE impact of cuts in the health service escalated yesterday after it emerged the country’s main children’s hospital will have to axe more than 100 staff and reduce services.

Our Lady’s Hospital For Sick Children in Crumlin, which is the national centre for children in need of cancer treatment and cardiac surgery, confirmed yesterday it will have to cut t

Life & Health

Grief of rugby hero O'Driscoll at tragic death of best friend IRELAND captain Brian O’Driscoll last night pulled out of a match against the Barbarians in England after the sudden death of one of his closest friends.

The 29-year-old had been due to lead out his country at Kingsholm in Gloucester but rushed back to Dublin last night after the body of Barry Twomey was discovered in the Enniskerry area of north Co Wicklow.
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Time out

Day to spare in: Listowel, Co Kerry Whether you’re a writer’s groupie, a budding novelist, or just love small town festivals for the craic and ceol, get yourself to Listowel, where the annual Writers’ Week (www.writers-week.ie or 068 21074) kicks off this Wednesday, May 28.

This year’s festival will be opened by Nobel Laureate, Professor Seamus Heaney, and will include a host of rea

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Martha Wainwright lives up to her musical legacy You married your bass player Brad Albetta recently. How do you find working with your husband?

So far it’s been good. I’ve no complaints.

n In The Middle of the Night addresses your mother’s fight with cancer. Was it a difficult song to write?

The song is about the fear of death, which sort of came knocking at our doo