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Fri Dec 05 2014 - 17:21

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    State writes off more than €15m in incorrect social welfare payments across two years

    State writes off more than €15m in incorrect social welfare payments across two years

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    Simon Harris defends comments that migration numbers in Ireland are too high

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    Increases to scheme intended to support employment of people with disabilities lacks logic, say organisations

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    Woman refuses to leave hospital after 719 days, court hears

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