First Active offer 100% mortgages in Ireland

Thursday, July 14, 2005 First Active has become the first financial institution to offer 100% mortgages in the Republic of Ireland. The bank previously offered 100% financing to professionals in finance and medicine, but is now to offer this product to anyone who can afford to meet the repayments. The development is a huge boost …

Sunflower oil saves at-risk newborns from infection

Saturday, March 5, 2005Simply massaging low birth weight babies with sunflower seed oil can protect them from potentially fatal infections. Infections and complications from preterm birth cause more than half of all neonatal deaths, and very low birth weight babies are particularly vulnerable. Preterm babies have immature skin that lacks a protective film called vernix …

England fans watch match in cinema

Wednesday, June 21, 2006 London – A few hundred England fans weren’t watching the 2006 FIFA World Cup match against Sweden last night in a pub or at home, but instead had ventured out to their local cinema to see the game on the big screen. A number of Odeon cinemas nationwide have been using …

Google launches Google Spreadsheets

Tuesday, June 6, 2006 Google has launched an online spreadsheet site, in a private beta. The site will allow spreadsheets to be shared between up to 10 users, which is aimed to be useful to teams and small businesses. “Many people already organise information into spreadsheets. Where they are struggling is to share it” said …

Chelsea strike late to force FA Cup replay

Sunday, March 11, 2007 Chelsea FC 3 3 Tottenham Hotspur Match Stats Attendance 41517 Goalscorers for Chelsea FC Lampard (22′, 71′), Kalou (86′) Goalscorers for Tottenham Hotspur Berbatov (5′), Essien (28′(og)), Ghaly (36′) Bookings (Chelsea FC) Diarra, Carvalho, Cole (Yellow (3)) Bookings (Tottenham Hotspur) Ghaly, Zokora, Lee, Stalteri, Cerny (Yellow (5)) Premiership title hopefuls Chelsea …

Australian treasurer attacks opposition leader’s tax question error

Wednesday, September 19, 2007 File:AUS$20 John Flynn.jpg The ability of Australian opposition leader, Kevin Rudd to run the country’s economy has been questioned by the Government after he made an error responding to a question on Australia’s current tax system today. Speaking in Queanbeyan, New South Wales earlier today, Mr Rudd was asked if he …

Osama bin Laden killed in U.S. operation in Pakistan, White House says

Monday, May 2, 2011 U.S. officials last night said Osama bin Laden, the al-Qaeda leader and orchestrator of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks and embassy bombings in 1998, had been killed by U.S. special forces in Abbottabad, Pakistan near the capital Islamabad. White House officials say that four others were killed in the forty-minute …