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Asides Ciaran Carty Eternal values BECAUSE it's difficult to put an exact figure on the value of the arts to the economy, it tends to be grossly understated. This conveniently suits the popular misconception that the arts are peripheral and elitist. A government treating the art

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The Sunday Tribat invites applications for a number of positions as sales representatives. Sales Representatives would be based in Dublin and in varioo pentres around the country. Responsibilities would include marketing the newspaper to newsagents, ensuring efficient distributi

PERU A qualified mechanic with experience in the management and supervision of staff and workshops is required to set up a network of mechanical services for a council of forest Indians in northern Peru. The mechanic will also provide training on the repair of, predominantly, ou

• 5 Rocklands, Harbour Road, Dalkey, Co Dublin. Sold for £200.000: Kilgarton, Upper Glenageary Road, Co Dublin. Withdrawn and now quoting £120,000: 24 Maxwell Road, Rathmines, Dublin 6. Sold for £84,000: 116 Stiles Road, Clontarf, Dublin 3. Sold for £68,500: 2 Bellevue Road, Gle

is intended to provide almost 30,000 sq ft of retail space and a further 7,500 sq ft of leisure space with the whole venture identified as being of a bilingual nature with all employees envisaged as fluent Irish speakers and with business to be conducted in both Irish and Englis

Neighbours, everybody needs good neighbours... NEXT door to CJ Haughey's Kinsealy home, this 200-yearold house has come on the market with an asking price in the region of £130,000. On just over an acre of land, the auctioneers stress that it lies in "good horsey country", yet i