Mr Lawlor, formerly a member of Fianna Fail and now an independent TD for Dublin West, showed no emotion as Mr Justice Thomas Smyth gave his ruling at Dublin High Court on Monday.

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West had claimed her Dublin-born husband went missing during a day-trip to Senegal on 3 July, 2006.

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The A5 scheme forms part of a proposed key cross-border business route linking Dublin and north west Northern Ireland.

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The company now has customers everywhere from West Point to Trinity College in Dublin.

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The road scheme, the largest of its kind in Northern Ireland, formed part of a proposed key cross-border business route linking Dublin and the north west.

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The scheme forms part of a proposed key cross-border business route linking Dublin and the north-west.

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Tellingly, while Elan will still formally be based in Dublin, Martin plans on relocating from New York to the West Coast of the U.S., where Elan's research operations are based.

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As polling stations closed, PA reported that in Dublin 38% of the electorate voted while in the north-west counties just 20% took part.

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This proposal was initiated by West Germany and France, was endorsed in principle yesterday by the European Economic Community meeting in Dublin and will be a major agenda item at the upcoming NATO summit meeting in London and the Houston Economic Summit.

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