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Its no wonder the X Factor twins are so popular: they embody the Celtic Tiger era but do none of the harm, writes FINTAN OTOOLE
OFTEN, THE most poignant and potent moment of a culture is its dying gasp. Before the end, as a world implodes, there is a last great gathering of its energies. A shaman has a vision in the forest and arrives back with a millennial vision of salvation in which the ancient spirits are revived. A writer emerges to chronicle a way of life with a steely clarity forged from the urgent knowledge that it must be recorded before it dies.
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GALWAY City Council has incurred a loss of almost ¬2 million in the last six years through its clamping contracts.
The unpopular clamping method of punishing illegally parked motorists was abolished by the City Council in March but not before it had mismanaged the operation, according to one city councillor.
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