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Irish News, Aug 5, 2008
Tax Changes Boost Car sales By 25%
The car sales industry has experienced a welcomed boost as motorists take advantage of the lower taxes for more environmentally friendly vehicles. Figures released by the Society of the Irish Motor I...
Tax Changes Boost Car sales By 25%
The car sales industry has experienced a welcomed boost as motorists take advantage of the lower taxes for more environmentally friendly vehicles. Figures released by the Society of the Irish Motor I...
Irish News, Aug 5, 2008
Man Shot By Gang In Dublin
A 20-year-old man has been shot in the Ballyfermot area of west Dublin overnight. According to Gardaí, a gang of men attacked the victim, who is from the Ballyfermot area, on the grounds behind the C...
Man Shot By Gang In Dublin
A 20-year-old man has been shot in the Ballyfermot area of west Dublin overnight. According to Gardaí, a gang of men attacked the victim, who is from the Ballyfermot area, on the grounds behind the C...
Irish News, Aug 5, 2008
Audit Says HSE Losing Millions In Bank Charges
A Government-commissioned audit is reported to have found that the Health Service Executive (HSE) is wasting more than €20m a year through bad financial management. The study is said to have found th...
Audit Says HSE Losing Millions In Bank Charges
A Government-commissioned audit is reported to have found that the Health Service Executive (HSE) is wasting more than €20m a year through bad financial management. The study is said to have found th...
Irish News, Aug 5, 2008
Young DJ Dies In Traffic Collision After Gig
A 20-year-old DJ has been killed in a two-car crash in Co Donegal, on Monday night. Joseph McFadden of Abbey Villas, Manorcunningham, was killed just two kilometres from his home on the N13 Letterken...
Young DJ Dies In Traffic Collision After Gig
A 20-year-old DJ has been killed in a two-car crash in Co Donegal, on Monday night. Joseph McFadden of Abbey Villas, Manorcunningham, was killed just two kilometres from his home on the N13 Letterken...
Irish News, Aug 5, 2008
Tentative Reception As Abiomed Brings 250 Jobs To Athlone
The Tánaiste has announced US medical devices firm Abiomed is to bring up to 250 jobs to Athlone in Co Westmeath. The medical technologies specialist is up-scaling its existent site in Athlone as it ...
Tentative Reception As Abiomed Brings 250 Jobs To Athlone
The Tánaiste has announced US medical devices firm Abiomed is to bring up to 250 jobs to Athlone in Co Westmeath. The medical technologies specialist is up-scaling its existent site in Athlone as it ...
Irish News, Aug 5, 2008
New Station To Offer Seven Million More Journeys
The days of the manic Dublin roads could begin to recede following the opening of the new Park West and Cherry Orchard Station. The station will offer 25 daily trains into the heart of Dublin allowin...
New Station To Offer Seven Million More Journeys
The days of the manic Dublin roads could begin to recede following the opening of the new Park West and Cherry Orchard Station. The station will offer 25 daily trains into the heart of Dublin allowin...
Irish News, Aug 4, 2008
Second Hit-And-Run Driver Held
Donegal Gardai have arrested a man in Glenties in connection with an alleged hit-and-run in Portnoo in the early hours of this morning. This was the second such incident within 24-hours as a woman wa...
Second Hit-And-Run Driver Held
Donegal Gardai have arrested a man in Glenties in connection with an alleged hit-and-run in Portnoo in the early hours of this morning. This was the second such incident within 24-hours as a woman wa...
Irish News, Aug 4, 2008
Concert Tickets Fake Says U2
Irish rock band U2 are warning fans concert tickets currently advertised online are not real. The band says they have no confirmed live shows scheduled so reports claiming they are performing soon ar...
Concert Tickets Fake Says U2
Irish rock band U2 are warning fans concert tickets currently advertised online are not real. The band says they have no confirmed live shows scheduled so reports claiming they are performing soon ar...
Irish News, Aug 4, 2008
Climber's Family Meet Expedition Leader
The brother and girlfriend of Limerick man, Gerard McDonnell, who has died during his desent from the K2 mountain last week - and whose remains are to be left on the peak - are already on the scene, h...
Climber's Family Meet Expedition Leader
The brother and girlfriend of Limerick man, Gerard McDonnell, who has died during his desent from the K2 mountain last week - and whose remains are to be left on the peak - are already on the scene, h...
Irish News, Aug 4, 2008
Case Dropped Against Convicted Drug Dealer
A convicted drug dealer allegedly caught with €1.7 million worth of drugs has had the case against him dropped by the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP). Kieran Boylan, 37, from Ardee, Co Louth, h...
Case Dropped Against Convicted Drug Dealer
A convicted drug dealer allegedly caught with €1.7 million worth of drugs has had the case against him dropped by the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP). Kieran Boylan, 37, from Ardee, Co Louth, h...
Irish News, Aug 4, 2008
Parents Call For Cheaper School Books
Parents of national school pupils have asked the government to look into the constant updating of school books. The National Parents Council (NPC) say it is becoming increasingly difficult to have bo...
Parents Call For Cheaper School Books
Parents of national school pupils have asked the government to look into the constant updating of school books. The National Parents Council (NPC) say it is becoming increasingly difficult to have bo...
Irish News, Aug 4, 2008
Half Of All Businesses Hit By Crime
A survey by the Small Firms Association (SFA) has found 51% of Irish businesses have been victims of crime at least once in the past year. The survey claims there has been an extremely low rate of cr...
Half Of All Businesses Hit By Crime
A survey by the Small Firms Association (SFA) has found 51% of Irish businesses have been victims of crime at least once in the past year. The survey claims there has been an extremely low rate of cr...
Irish News, Aug 4, 2008
Pipeline Protest Costs Gardaí €11 million
Gardaí have spent €11 million on overtime wages while trying to suppress protests over the controversial Shell gas pipeline. Reports on Monday revealed the €11 million bill for garda overtime paymen...
Pipeline Protest Costs Gardaí €11 million
Gardaí have spent €11 million on overtime wages while trying to suppress protests over the controversial Shell gas pipeline. Reports on Monday revealed the €11 million bill for garda overtime paymen...
Irish News, Aug 4, 2008
Body Of First Irish Man To Climb K2 To Remain
The body of the Limerick man who was the first Irishman to climb the second highest mountain in the world will not be recovered from K2. The remains of 37 year-old Gerard McDonnell lies among a group...
Body Of First Irish Man To Climb K2 To Remain
The body of the Limerick man who was the first Irishman to climb the second highest mountain in the world will not be recovered from K2. The remains of 37 year-old Gerard McDonnell lies among a group...
Irish News, Aug 4, 2008
Weekend Drug Seizures Scoop over €600K In Cannibas
Gardaí have made a series of arrests and seizures this weekend in Dublin, with a drug haul estimated at over €600,000. Two men were arrested on Sunday afternoon and detained following a planned drug ...
Weekend Drug Seizures Scoop over €600K In Cannibas
Gardaí have made a series of arrests and seizures this weekend in Dublin, with a drug haul estimated at over €600,000. Two men were arrested on Sunday afternoon and detained following a planned drug ...
Irish News, Aug 4, 2008
Woman Held Over Fatal Hit and Run
A woman in her 30s is being held by gardaí following a fatal hit and run collision in Galway. Gardai at Galway are investigating what is believed to be a fatal hit and run collision after the body o...
Woman Held Over Fatal Hit and Run
A woman in her 30s is being held by gardaí following a fatal hit and run collision in Galway. Gardai at Galway are investigating what is believed to be a fatal hit and run collision after the body o...
Irish News, Aug 1, 2008
Flash Floods Limerick And Cork
The River Arra in Newcastle West, Limerick, burst its banks on Thursday night after heavy rains, leaving over 3,000 households without electricity. The flooding has left the local ESB station submerg...
Flash Floods Limerick And Cork
The River Arra in Newcastle West, Limerick, burst its banks on Thursday night after heavy rains, leaving over 3,000 households without electricity. The flooding has left the local ESB station submerg...
Irish News, Aug 1, 2008
Schoolgirl Held Over Garda Car Ram
A 16-year-old schoolgirl is being held by Gardai for probation violation, after she was a passenger in a stolen car which twice rammed gardaí. The troubled teen girl was released on supervisory proba...
Schoolgirl Held Over Garda Car Ram
A 16-year-old schoolgirl is being held by Gardai for probation violation, after she was a passenger in a stolen car which twice rammed gardaí. The troubled teen girl was released on supervisory proba...
Irish News, Aug 1, 2008
Phone Discovered In Gilligan's Cell
The notorious convicted drug dealer, John Gilligan, has had a secreted mobile phone confiscated from his cell. Gilligan was reportedly overheard having a conversation last Tuesday while alone in his...
Phone Discovered In Gilligan's Cell
The notorious convicted drug dealer, John Gilligan, has had a secreted mobile phone confiscated from his cell. Gilligan was reportedly overheard having a conversation last Tuesday while alone in his...
Irish News, Aug 1, 2008
Data Protection "Weak" As Confidential Documents Are Lost
An audit by the Data Protection Commissioner has revealed weaknesses in Ireland's personal information protection procedures after boxes of personal documents were found near a lift. According to the...
Data Protection "Weak" As Confidential Documents Are Lost
An audit by the Data Protection Commissioner has revealed weaknesses in Ireland's personal information protection procedures after boxes of personal documents were found near a lift. According to the...
Irish News, Aug 1, 2008
Irish Shoppers Lose Out On Huge Mark Up - Fine Gael
An opposition TD has revealed shoppers are paying through the nose as they face huge markups by supermarkets. Michael Creed TD, Fine Gael's spokesman for Agriculture, Fisheries & Food said Irish shop...
Irish Shoppers Lose Out On Huge Mark Up - Fine Gael
An opposition TD has revealed shoppers are paying through the nose as they face huge markups by supermarkets. Michael Creed TD, Fine Gael's spokesman for Agriculture, Fisheries & Food said Irish shop...
Irish News, Aug 1, 2008
RSA Issues Bank Holiday Plea To Tired Drivers
The Road Safety Authority (RSA) has issued a fresh plea to drivers, on the eve of the August Bank Holiday Weekend. The campaign group has warned of the dangers of driver fatigue. Accidents caused b...
RSA Issues Bank Holiday Plea To Tired Drivers
The Road Safety Authority (RSA) has issued a fresh plea to drivers, on the eve of the August Bank Holiday Weekend. The campaign group has warned of the dangers of driver fatigue. Accidents caused b...
Irish News, Aug 1, 2008
Mallow Hit By Surprise Flood
Gardaí in Mallow are warning motorists to avoid the town after Friday afternoons deluge. The unseasonal rains have persisted throughout the week and led to sporadic flooding throughout the island. ...
Mallow Hit By Surprise Flood
Gardaí in Mallow are warning motorists to avoid the town after Friday afternoons deluge. The unseasonal rains have persisted throughout the week and led to sporadic flooding throughout the island. ...
Irish News, Aug 1, 2008
Government Moves To Counter Energy Price Rise
The Government is to introduce a counter measure to tackle the recently announced energy price hike. While the Electricity Supply Board announced on Thursday it would be introducing a 17.5% price inc...
Government Moves To Counter Energy Price Rise
The Government is to introduce a counter measure to tackle the recently announced energy price hike. While the Electricity Supply Board announced on Thursday it would be introducing a 17.5% price inc...
Irish News, Aug 1, 2008
New Code On Local School Provision Published
A new code of practice published on Friday will mean local authorities will be obliged to provide enough schools to meet demand when drawing up development plans. The document will obligate councils ...
New Code On Local School Provision Published
A new code of practice published on Friday will mean local authorities will be obliged to provide enough schools to meet demand when drawing up development plans. The document will obligate councils ...
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Ireland WeatherToday:It will be a dry day and after a quite cloudy start, it will soon brighten up with long sunny spells developing. Winds staying light. Maximum temperature 8 °C.Tonight:Dry with clear periods in the east at first, then cloudy overnight. Patchy light rain will affect western areas later. Freshening southerly winds. Minimum temperature 2 °C.
