le craic » craven newsround http://www.lecraic.com craic from ireland Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:50:57 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 craven newsround stories from 29th September http://www.lecraic.com/2008/10/06/craven-newsround-stories-from-29th-september/ http://www.lecraic.com/2008/10/06/craven-newsround-stories-from-29th-september/#comments Mon, 06 Oct 2008 12:24:19 +0000 aj@lecraic http://www.lecraic.com/2008/10/06/craven-newsround-stories-from-29th-september/ The craven newsround video published earlier had 10 news stories featured and here they are….

Sex and the City fastest selling DVD of the year (UK figures) but we can guess similar over here.

Publican fined €2,500 for watering down vodka after a customer complaint.

We pay more for everything else, so why should childcare be any different?

The QE2 paid a visit to Cobh on a farewell tour around these islands before heading off to the Middle East.

Bertie gets a cool €68k golden parachute package for stepping down as Taoiseach.

The Office of Tobacco Control wants €1 added to the price of a pack of cigarettes in the budget.

The dole queue is growing at an alarming rate and there’s not much anyone can do about it.

Operation raise the Asgard II – it’s pretty much all intact.

Over the hill at 28? Women start worrying about wrinkles at an awfully early age. And the kicker is the survey is by a company promoting anti ageing creams.

Dicky Rock – taxman says he is an artist, but not for his music?

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10 stories making the news during the week but how many can you identify?

Links to the stories tomorrow (Monday).

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Comptroller and Auditor General report highlights wasteful spending.

Taxi fares up by 8.3% from 1st November

Another drinking water alert in Galway.

Duvet days no more – especially if you boast about it on Facebook.

New U.S. Visa deal signed, allowing 20,000 school leavers live and work there for a year.

Ireland doesn’t score well on the world league of corruption.

Sham marriages exposed

Ploughing championships draw biggest crowd ever.

World hunger highlighted by Cowen at the UN

RTE.ie is Ireland’s most visited media website.

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Stories making the headlines during the week – in video format. Can you identify any?

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A selection of stories making the news in Ireland last week.

How many can you identify from the video?

Links to the stories later.

]]> http://www.lecraic.com/2008/09/15/le-craics-craven-newsround-for-week-of-8th-september-2008/feed/ 0 The stories in the craven newsround – 1st to 7th September http://www.lecraic.com/2008/09/08/the-stories-in-the-craven-newsround-1st-to-7th-september/ http://www.lecraic.com/2008/09/08/the-stories-in-the-craven-newsround-1st-to-7th-september/#comments Mon, 08 Sep 2008 18:16:29 +0000 aj@lecraic http://www.lecraic.com/2008/09/08/the-stories-in-the-craven-newsround-1st-to-7th-september/ I know you’ve been racking your brains all day about the craven newsround video and what stories it featured. Well, wonder no more. Here are the stories referenced in the video. How many did you get?

Budget moved forward (panic button reference)

Alcohol licensing law loophole identified by Michael McDowell.

Chernobyl trips banned.

The waiter who tried to egg Sarkozy has charges dropped.

Irish swimmer Darragh McDonald takes a break in training for the Paralympic Games which opened on Saturday.

Organic food sales in Ireland up 82% in 2 years. Now worth €104 million.

Imitation Glock gun on sale in Dublin.

Irish blogger makes the correct assumption that Sarah Palin only stopped over in Shannon.

Ireland’s first state-run primary schools open.

 

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How many news stories from last week can you pick out?

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First in (hopefully) a weekly video of a selection of stories that made the headlines this week.

You can probably tell easily enough what some of them are, but can you get all of them? Ooh, this is like ‘Have i got news for you’ or something. Don’t phone, it’s just for fun.

Links to the relevant news stories and blog posts below.

That was the week that was as seen by le craic

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