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Anti-Abortion Group Hires Agency That Pushed Brexit IRELAND EDITION Printed in Ireland wednesday january 17 2018 | thetimes.ie | no 72434 Introductory offer ¤1 Meet the young My top 10 fashion labels doctors debunking myths about women Anna Murphy on what she wants now Pages 42-43 Pages 40-41 O’Riordan was ‘full of life’ in voicemail hours before she died Jennifer O’Brien spoke enthusiastically about a record- vocals. She sounded full of life, was suffered from chronic back pain in Andy Rourke, formerly the bass player ing session she had planned on Monday joking and excited to see me and my recent years. for the Smiths. Dolores O’Riordan sounded excited with the band Bad Wolves. Her body wife this week. The news of her passing She had been in a relationship with O’Riordan’s body is expected to be and “full of life” the night before her was found by workers at the Hilton on is devastating.” the New-York based musician and repatriated to Ireland in the coming body was found in a hotel room in Park Lane at 9.05am that day. The Metropolitan Police said that producer Olé Koretsky for more than a days, and her funeral will take place in London, a close friend has said. “Dolores left me a voice message just O’Riordan’s death was not suspicious year and had spent New Year’s Eve with Limerick. A book of condolence was The lead singer of the Cranberries after midnight stating how much she and that a report would be given to the him in the city before returning to Lim- opened in her home city, where people was in good spirits in a voicemail she loved Bad Wolves’ version of Zombie,” coroner’s office for further investi- erick to see her family this month. The queued at the council’s headquarters. left on Sunday night, Dan Waite, a Waite said. “She was looking forward to gation. The singer, 46, had bipolar couple were both members of D.A.R.K, Stars mourn, page 3 music producer, said yesterday. She seeing me in the studio and recording disorder diagnosed in 2016 and had O’Riordan’s latest band, alongside Obituary, page 46 SASKO LAZAROV/PHOTOCALL IRELAND Varadkar will urge Trump not to create trade barriers Jennifer Bray Leo Varadkar will tell Donald Trump that there should be “no walls or barri- ers” between America and Ireland and remind the US president that trade and investment “go both ways”. Mr Varadkar is due to meet Mr Trump in the Oval Office during the taoiseach’s annual St Patrick’s Day trip. Speaking to The Times, he said that the bond between the two countries was “in our blood” and that he planned to speak to Mr Trump about migration. When asked what his main message to the president would be, Mr Varadkar said he would tell Mr Trump that the friendship between Ireland and Amer- ica was “deep and meaningful”. “It’s economic, it’s historic, it’s cultur- al and it’s in our blood,” he said. “I’ll be making the point that trade and invest- They’re big fans Young Dubliners welcome the Chinese year of the dog, which starts next month. Celebrations are being held across the capital until March 4 ment, migration and tourism travel in both directions and that we should not put up any walls or barriers between us. “I believe in freedom. I’ll be telling him, in particular, about the 80,000 Americans employed by Irish compa- nies in the US and the 40,000 Ameri- Anti-abortion group hires cans living happily in Ireland.” The visit will be the first time the two leaders have met. Enda Kenny, the former taoiseach, was praised interna- tionally last year after he used a speech during his visit to talk about migration. Mr Kenny spoke in Washington agency that pushed Brexit about the contribution of the Irish community in the US; The New York Times later called it a “lecture” for Mr London-based consultancy to run digital operation Trump on immigration. Mr Varadkar will be keenly watched Ellen Coyne Senior Ireland Reporter minster, said last night that it had been company owned by Robert Mercer, a Kanto will “out-organise, out-plan, out- by colleagues to see if he can strike a Patrick Maguire, Aaron Rogan contracted by anti-abortion campaign- reclusive right-wing billionaire who leaflet, out-Twitter, out-work and out- balance between communicating Irish ers in Ireland, but said the group had bankrolled the Trump campaign and vote all of its opponents”. The company concerns and maintaining the strong An Irish anti-abortion campaign group asked not to be identified to The Times. several “alt-right” operations including says on its website that it is “skilled in relationship with the US. Sources have has hired a political consultancy linked Mr Borwick, 30, was technology chief Breitbart News. empowering activists both online and said that he and Mr Trump are also to controversial aspects of the Brexit for the official Vote Leave campaign in Steve Bannon, President Trump’s on the doorsteps”. likely to discuss Irish and American Leave campaign to support its drive in the EU referendum of 2016. Prominent former chief strategist, was previously Kanto will run the Irish anti-abortion corporate tax arrangements, a source this year’s referendum on the Eighth Brexiteers have cited the campaign’s vice-president of Cambridge Analytica, group’s campaign website and help with of contention in the EU and the US. Amendment. use of data and online activity as being which is being investigated in the canvassing. It is not known if the agen- On a trade mission to the west coast Kanto, which was founded by decisive in securing victory. Some of its United States in connection with cy’s other services, such as a specialist of America last year, Mr Varadkar Thomas Borwick, has been taken on to tactics in a separate Brexit campaign alleged Russian interference in the team that counters “fake news” online, repeatedly emphasised to business help to run a digital campaign to keep were heavily criticised. presidential election. The company will be used. leaders that while tax rates could the constitutional ban on abortion. Mr Borwick has also worked with denies any involvement. Three Irish campaigners linked to change in the US, Ireland’s corporate The agency, which is based in West- Cambridge Analytica, a data-mining Mr Borwick’s Twitter biography says Continued on page 2, col 3 Continued on page 2, col 5 2 1R M Wednesday January 17 2018 | the times Ireland news TODAY’S EDITION Most tracker victims have now Widower settles Crowd ‘hostile’ Apology over damages case after shooting baby allegations been identified, says Donohoe Alan Thawley, whose A crowd at the The gardaí have wife died during a Regency Hotel after a apologised to a routine procedure at fatal shooting was woman who was Peter O’Dwyer may change but I am anticipating that Donohoe said. He had “no doubt”, he the National Maternity “extremely hostile” wrongly accused of Senior Ireland Business Reporter that change is around an increment, as said, that the Central Bank would ap- Hospital, has been paid and offered no being the mother of a opposed to the very substantial change propriately sanction any bankers who damages after settling information to a garda, baby found stabbed to The number of customers caught up in that we saw last year.” were found to have failed in their role. a case in the High the Special Criminal death on a beach in the tracker mortgage scandal is likely to Ulster Bank has admitted that it over Mr Donohoe said that the state Court. Page 4 Court was told. Page 5 Kerry in 1984. Page 7 rise but will not surge again as it did last charged or denied tracker mortgages to would advertise through the public year, the finance minister has said. 3,500 customers. It is believed that appointments service for directors to Paschal Donohoe said it was possible number could almost double when the sit on the boards of banks. There are at COMMENT that Irish banks would uncover further bank updates its estimate. present no state-appointed directors at cases in which customers had been de- The numbers of affected customers any of the Irish banks. A pre-emptive nuclear attack on North nied a tracker mortgage or overcharged at the big lenders — AIB, Bank of The state will no longer appoint by their lender. Almost 35,000 custom- Ireland, Permanent TSB and KBC — public interest directors as it did after Korea would destroy the US as a global leader ers are known to have been affected. are likely to increase only marginally. the financial crash, but will instead JASON O’MAHONY, PAGE 20 Ireland’s largest lenders admitted at Mr Donohoe said he would provide choose “normal” directors, Mr Dono- the end of last year, in response to in- the Central Bank with any enforcement hoe said. There had been an “inherent tense public and political pressure and powers necessary to deal with rogue tension” between the public interest Children found GKN trustees Stoke talk ‘may a firmer approach adopted by the Cen- banks in the wake of the scandal, pro- directors’ responsibility to the com- tral Bank, that they had mishandled vided that it could demonstrate a need. pany and the “wider expectations” of chained to beds toughen stance damage O’Neill’ thousands more customers. The regulator told him that it was their role in serving the interest of the Twelve children of a The trustees overseeing Martin O’Neill’s The Central Bank said that lenders satisfied with its powers, he said, but state, he said.
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