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RUPERT MURDOCH HAS spoken out on the phone hacking scandal dogging his media empire, telling a US newspaper: We’ve handled it extremely well in every way.
In an interview with the Wall Street Journal – which he owns – Murdoch defended New Corporation’s response to the stream of revelations which have already forced the closure of one of his flagship brands, the News of the World newspaper. There have been persistent rumours he could be on the brink of selling off his other UK newspapers entirely, which he denied yesterday.
Mr Murdoch said the firm had dealt with the situation “extremely well in every way possible”, admitting only “minor mistakes”. He insisted that News Corporation still has “a reputation of great good works in this country.” However he admitted he was “just getting annoyed” by the continuous negative headlines, adding: “I’ll get over it. I’m tired.”
Meanwhile, it’s been confirmed that the FBI is to investigate allegations that News Corp reporters attempted to hack the phones of 9/11 victims. US Attorney General Eric Holder told reporters in Australia this morning that the probe was “progressing”, Reuters reports. “There have been members of Congress in the United States who have asked us to investigate those same allegations and we are progressing in that regard using the appropriate federal law enforcement agencies,” he said.
The allegations over the phones of 9/11 victims first surfaced in the Daily Mirror, which reported that a US private investigator and former New York cop was asked to access phone records of those who died in the attacks. He was said to have turned the job down.
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So why does Knock still charge passengers €12?
Airports are allowed charge a levy of their own, usually in order to fund expansion or renovation.
Holy water in the toilets?
A Development Fee of €10 is charged to all departing passengers from Ireland West Airport Knock aged 12 years and over. This is a service charge which the Airport charges for the use of its facilities and as a contribution toward infrastructure developments amount other services, usually It is included in the “Taxes and Charges” http://www.irelandwestairport.com/airportguide/airportdevelopmentfee.aspx
Perhaps they should be prohibited from charging a levy of their own. A level playing field in light of this ruling would benefit everyone.
In fairness, €12 is a bargain to get out of knock.
I’d pay €100 to get out of the kip
To fund the once-off Aer Lingus direct flight of Pilgrims from New York this summer? That flight can’t be cheap for anybody concerned!
For the holyness , sure dont u no the water in knock
Cured fr.jack himself
Good god…i hope its not becAuse off the holy water
It’s really not like our government to have 1 Fook up after another…
It was actually FF who messed up and FG changed to a flat rate before scrapping it.
Not to mention the European Commission’s lazy ruling.
And how much did the FG government spend on fees before losing this case.
I mean, it’s not as though FG are doing anything different from FF, is it?
If Michael O’Leary got into politics, this would be a different country. He would sort out the lot of them up there trying to bleed the country dry
Yes and maybe we would be working for his low pay way of life too.
On the contrary, it’s people who think that running a country is like running a business that have damaged this country the most in recent years.
So I assume aer lingus and Ryanair will refund me the tax I paid to them that they never passed on.. I also assume I will have to go through the small claims court to get the money back as I have travel 39 + times … ching ching
Ryanair comparable *family friendly*flights cost double that of June 2013 prices when the tax was included to flights . ryanair are ripping off ppl and now have saved 12 million from tax payers . Michael o Leary propaganda using his family to make money family friendly my a** . MoL only believes in profit. He should donate that money to #jakeslegacy and make a difference
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