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Ireland Housing Woe Spawns 'Occupy NAMA' Movement

Ireland had a rather gruelling year in 2011 with the Minister for Finance, Fine Gael's Michael Noonan, capping it in early December 2011 with the country's fourth austerity Budget in a row. Aiding Mr Noonan in this somewhat unpleasant if necessary task, was his Labour, Coalition partner, Brendan Howlin.
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Stepping Hill Hospital Deaths: Police Release Nurse on Bail

Victorino Chua was arrested on Thursday on suspicion of tampering with medical records at the hospital in Stockport, Cheshire, and was further arrested on suspicion of three counts of murder and 18 counts of causing grievous bodily harm.