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Today's top 5: FIFA corruption scandal explodes; video brings referendum emotions flooding back

FIFA corruption scandal is 'World Cup of fraud' Seven FIFA officials arrested in Switzerland Seve...
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22.55 27 May 2015


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Today's top 5: FIFA co...

Today's top 5: FIFA corruption scandal explodes; video brings referendum emotions flooding back

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22.55 27 May 2015


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FIFA corruption scandal is 'World Cup of fraud'

Seven FIFA officials arrested in Switzerland

Seven FIFA officials have been arrested in Switzerland over allegations they were part of a racket involving bribes adding up to more than $150m.

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Swiss authorities detained the officials - two FIFA vice presidents and five other current or former senior FIFA officials - in an early-morning operation in Zurich on suspicion of receiving and paying bribes.

The arrests were carried out in order to extradite the officials to the United States, the Swiss government said.

WATCH: If you thought you were all cried out after the Marriage Referendum, have a watch of this...

So many things in our eyes...

Just when you thought you didn't have any emotion left after last weekend, GAZE International LGBT Film Festival in Dublin have put together this beautiful video of events as they unfolded on May 23rd.

From the build-up in the RDS to the moment the final result was called out and the mayhem that ensued, this has it all.

There are over 20,000 people waiting for Speech and Language Therapy at the moment...

Kieran Cuddihy examines the numbers waiting on assessment

According to the 2005 Disability Act, all assessments on children suspected of requiring any type of special care are to be carried out within three months by the HSE.

Unfortunately, that is not happening. This morning, we can reveal the extent to which that target is being missed when it comes to speech and language therapy.

We obtained the most up-to-date waiting list figures from the HSE in relations to speech and language therapy; there are about 20,000 people waiting.

Fancy a space on Dublin's Grafton Street? Get your €16m ready

The property has been let in its entirety to LifeStyle Sports

It is one of the best known streets in Dublin, and now one of the units on Grafton Street is up for sale.

Property firm Savills are bringing 57/58 Grafton Street to the market by private treaty with guiding a price of €16m.

The property is let in its entirety to LifeStyle Sports on a 20-year lease from November 2014 - but there are break options in years 10 and 15, paying a rent of €675,000 per year.

State’s largest residential landlord forecasts 10 per cent rental growth in 2015

The chief executive of the fund expressed frustration at inflexible planning laws

The chief executive of IRES Reit - a 457m property investment fund - says he expects expects rents to rise by up to 10 per cent this year; 3 per cent next year and to stabilise after that.

David Ehrlich also said yesterday that it was frustrating to hear about shortage of homes in a situation where the planning system was relatively inflexible about the heights and density of new apartment schemes.


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