Menu
Irish News for September 2008 : Page 5
Irish News, Sep 10, 2008
Ban On Shop Sizes To Be Lifted
A government body has called for the government to lift the size restrictions presently in force on grocery shops. Irish grocery retailers presently face restrictions banning them from opening "hyper...
Ban On Shop Sizes To Be Lifted
A government body has called for the government to lift the size restrictions presently in force on grocery shops. Irish grocery retailers presently face restrictions banning them from opening "hyper...
Irish News, Sep 10, 2008
Minister Steps In To Save Confiscated Drink
A Fianne Fail minister is pushing for new proposals to spare the alcohol confiscated by gardaí under the new Intoxicating Liquor Act. The Minister believes the apprehended alcohol should be put to po...
Minister Steps In To Save Confiscated Drink
A Fianne Fail minister is pushing for new proposals to spare the alcohol confiscated by gardaí under the new Intoxicating Liquor Act. The Minister believes the apprehended alcohol should be put to po...
Irish News, Sep 10, 2008
Patient Information Stolen From HSE Worker
The Health Service Executive (HSE) has confirmed that confidential patient information has been stolen from one of its employees. A spokesman from the health service has admitted a laptop, a blackbe...
Patient Information Stolen From HSE Worker
The Health Service Executive (HSE) has confirmed that confidential patient information has been stolen from one of its employees. A spokesman from the health service has admitted a laptop, a blackbe...
Irish News, Sep 10, 2008
Mental Hospital Move To Prison Rejected
Plans to relocate the Central Mental Hospital to a new prison have been rejected by the opposition, who have been backed by the mental health commission. The motion to co-locate the Central Mental Ho...
Mental Hospital Move To Prison Rejected
Plans to relocate the Central Mental Hospital to a new prison have been rejected by the opposition, who have been backed by the mental health commission. The motion to co-locate the Central Mental Ho...
Irish News, Sep 9, 2008
Mais Dais, As Another Tour Operator Takes A Dive
The prevailing high fuel costs have claimed another airline tour operator, leaving passengers panicking over how they will get home. Dublin-based Futura Gael, a charter flight operator to the Mediter...
Mais Dais, As Another Tour Operator Takes A Dive
The prevailing high fuel costs have claimed another airline tour operator, leaving passengers panicking over how they will get home. Dublin-based Futura Gael, a charter flight operator to the Mediter...
Irish News, Sep 9, 2008
Treacherous Irish Roads Claim Two Lives
A middle-aged man and elderly female have been killed following traffic collisions on Monday morning. Gardai are investigating the first incident in Terenure Road East, Dublin, which occurred at aro...
Treacherous Irish Roads Claim Two Lives
A middle-aged man and elderly female have been killed following traffic collisions on Monday morning. Gardai are investigating the first incident in Terenure Road East, Dublin, which occurred at aro...
Irish News, Sep 9, 2008
Hopes Low As Pay Deal Talks Resume
Talks over the national pay deal resume at Government buildings in Dublin on Tuesday following their breakdown last month. However, it is believed unions and employers are at polar opposites over rea...
Hopes Low As Pay Deal Talks Resume
Talks over the national pay deal resume at Government buildings in Dublin on Tuesday following their breakdown last month. However, it is believed unions and employers are at polar opposites over rea...
Irish News, Sep 9, 2008
Church Anger Over Smaller Role In Schools
Ireland's Catholic leaders have vented their outrage over a government decision to "sideline" them from the planning of new secondary schools. The church heads have reportedly sent a confidential doc...
Church Anger Over Smaller Role In Schools
Ireland's Catholic leaders have vented their outrage over a government decision to "sideline" them from the planning of new secondary schools. The church heads have reportedly sent a confidential doc...
Irish News, Sep 9, 2008
Age Activists Fuel Campaigners For Allowance Rise
A lobby group for the elderly has unveiled a billboard campaign calling for increases in the fuel allowance. Age Action, said up to 2,000 older people in Ireland could die this winter as they cannot ...
Age Activists Fuel Campaigners For Allowance Rise
A lobby group for the elderly has unveiled a billboard campaign calling for increases in the fuel allowance. Age Action, said up to 2,000 older people in Ireland could die this winter as they cannot ...
Irish News, Sep 9, 2008
Warnings On Alcohol To Ward Off Pregnant Mothers
An Irish MEP has urged the government to put warnings on alcoholic drinks to discourage pregnant mothers from drinking. Ireland East MEP Mairead McGuinness is taking part in a special seminar on the...
Warnings On Alcohol To Ward Off Pregnant Mothers
An Irish MEP has urged the government to put warnings on alcoholic drinks to discourage pregnant mothers from drinking. Ireland East MEP Mairead McGuinness is taking part in a special seminar on the...
Irish News, Sep 8, 2008
'Do Not Underestimate Dissident Threat', Warns Police Commissioner
Ireland’s top police officer has warned of the "significant" threat posed by dissident republican groups, who are aiming to destabilise power-sharing institutions in the North. Garda Commissioner F...
'Do Not Underestimate Dissident Threat', Warns Police Commissioner
Ireland’s top police officer has warned of the "significant" threat posed by dissident republican groups, who are aiming to destabilise power-sharing institutions in the North. Garda Commissioner F...
Irish News, Sep 8, 2008
Five Held After Galway Explosive Seizure
Police in Galway are holding five people in connection with a "significant" seizure of explosives, made yesterday. A reported 17.5kgs of commercial explosives were discovered by officers from the Ga...
Five Held After Galway Explosive Seizure
Police in Galway are holding five people in connection with a "significant" seizure of explosives, made yesterday. A reported 17.5kgs of commercial explosives were discovered by officers from the Ga...
Irish News, Sep 8, 2008
Three In Custody Following Cork Drugs Find
Killarney district court has remanded three men in custody, following a heroin seizure in Cork. The drugs haul is said to be worth an estimated €13,000. The discovery was made on the outskirts of t...
Three In Custody Following Cork Drugs Find
Killarney district court has remanded three men in custody, following a heroin seizure in Cork. The drugs haul is said to be worth an estimated €13,000. The discovery was made on the outskirts of t...
Irish News, Sep 8, 2008
Handwriting Samples Ordered From Hoax Bomb Flight Passengers
A bomb hoax at Dublin Airport prompted police to request handwriting samples from 223 passengers and nine members of the flight crew on an Aer Lingus plane, it has been revealed. A major security op...
Handwriting Samples Ordered From Hoax Bomb Flight Passengers
A bomb hoax at Dublin Airport prompted police to request handwriting samples from 223 passengers and nine members of the flight crew on an Aer Lingus plane, it has been revealed. A major security op...
Irish News, Sep 8, 2008
Irish Man Elected To UN Human Rights Body
A Galway professor has been reappointed to a UN Human Rights body, following elections in New York. Michael O'Flaherty will now undertake a second term on the committee, focused on assessing members...
Irish Man Elected To UN Human Rights Body
A Galway professor has been reappointed to a UN Human Rights body, following elections in New York. Michael O'Flaherty will now undertake a second term on the committee, focused on assessing members...
Irish News, Sep 8, 2008
Irish Minister Addresses Scotland's Rural Development Council
Closer working relations with Ireland were on the top of the agenda when Richard Lochhead welcomed his Irish counterpart to the second meeting of the Scottish Rural Development Council (RDC) today. M...
Irish Minister Addresses Scotland's Rural Development Council
Closer working relations with Ireland were on the top of the agenda when Richard Lochhead welcomed his Irish counterpart to the second meeting of the Scottish Rural Development Council (RDC) today. M...
Irish News, Sep 8, 2008
Irish Classrooms Most Crowded In Europe, Say Teachers
Irish children learn in some of the most heavily populated classrooms in Europe, according to a leading teachers group. The teachers have suggested Irish classrooms are the second most crowded in th...
Irish Classrooms Most Crowded In Europe, Say Teachers
Irish children learn in some of the most heavily populated classrooms in Europe, according to a leading teachers group. The teachers have suggested Irish classrooms are the second most crowded in th...
Irish News, Sep 8, 2008
New Obesity Site Serves-Up Advice On Weight Loss
A fully interactive weight loss website has been launched, to help tackle Ireland's obesity problem. In 2005, the World Health Organisation suggested 18% of Irish people were obese. Now advice on ...
New Obesity Site Serves-Up Advice On Weight Loss
A fully interactive weight loss website has been launched, to help tackle Ireland's obesity problem. In 2005, the World Health Organisation suggested 18% of Irish people were obese. Now advice on ...
Irish News, Sep 5, 2008
Three Questioned In Latest Drug Find
Three men are being questioned after gardai seized heroin worth approximately €100,000 euro in Cork yesterday. Officers discovered the 0.5kg of heroin at a house in Brooklodge, Glanmuire, at around 1...
Three Questioned In Latest Drug Find
Three men are being questioned after gardai seized heroin worth approximately €100,000 euro in Cork yesterday. Officers discovered the 0.5kg of heroin at a house in Brooklodge, Glanmuire, at around 1...
Irish News, Sep 5, 2008
Donegal Accident Claims Another Road Victim
Another fatal accident has blighted the roads in Ireland with a man dying in an early morning crash in Co Donegal. This is the latest such fatality and happened in the border village of Muff at about...
Donegal Accident Claims Another Road Victim
Another fatal accident has blighted the roads in Ireland with a man dying in an early morning crash in Co Donegal. This is the latest such fatality and happened in the border village of Muff at about...
Irish News, Sep 5, 2008
Drivers Issued With Wet Weather Warnings
Weather warnings have been issued to drivers in the south and east of Ireland, following heavy rain in parts of Dublin, Wicklow and Cork. The wet conditions have results in flooding and increased sur...
Drivers Issued With Wet Weather Warnings
Weather warnings have been issued to drivers in the south and east of Ireland, following heavy rain in parts of Dublin, Wicklow and Cork. The wet conditions have results in flooding and increased sur...
Irish News, Sep 5, 2008
Irish Soldier Killed In Afghan Bomb Named
There has been another fatal explosion in Afghanistan, bringing the total death toll of British troops to 117. The soldier - whose parents are from the Irish Republic - was from 1st Battalion, the Ro...
Irish Soldier Killed In Afghan Bomb Named
There has been another fatal explosion in Afghanistan, bringing the total death toll of British troops to 117. The soldier - whose parents are from the Irish Republic - was from 1st Battalion, the Ro...
Irish News, Sep 5, 2008
Petrol Retailers Charged With Excessive Pricing
A consumer group has challenged petrol retailers for failing to reduce their prices despite falling global fuel costs. The boss of the Consumer Association of Ireland demanded an explanation on Thurs...
Petrol Retailers Charged With Excessive Pricing
A consumer group has challenged petrol retailers for failing to reduce their prices despite falling global fuel costs. The boss of the Consumer Association of Ireland demanded an explanation on Thurs...
Irish News, Sep 5, 2008
Tallaght Triplet To Return Home For Recovery
The parents of little Jake Howe are expected to fly the four-year-old home this weekend for further brain scans in Dublin. The Tallaght triplet fell into a coma on holiday in Ibiza almost a fortnigh...
Tallaght Triplet To Return Home For Recovery
The parents of little Jake Howe are expected to fly the four-year-old home this weekend for further brain scans in Dublin. The Tallaght triplet fell into a coma on holiday in Ibiza almost a fortnigh...
Irish News, Sep 5, 2008
Appointment Of Unemployment Facilitators Criticised
The soaring unemployment rate has prompted the Government to announce 50 new 'facilitators' to help the unemployed get back to work, but a Fine Gael spokesman has claimed the numbers "don't add up". ...
Appointment Of Unemployment Facilitators Criticised
The soaring unemployment rate has prompted the Government to announce 50 new 'facilitators' to help the unemployed get back to work, but a Fine Gael spokesman has claimed the numbers "don't add up". ...
Irish News, Sep 5, 2008
Government Plan To Kickstart The Housing Market
The Tánaiste has said the Government will be using the up-coming emergency Budget to jolt the housing market back into gear. Minister Mary Coughlan said on Thursday that Minister Lenihan has met with...
Government Plan To Kickstart The Housing Market
The Tánaiste has said the Government will be using the up-coming emergency Budget to jolt the housing market back into gear. Minister Mary Coughlan said on Thursday that Minister Lenihan has met with...
Irish News, Sep 4, 2008
Emergency Budget As Finances Crumble
The Minister for Finance has announced an emergency budget as Ireland’s economic problems threaten to thwart the EU for a second time this year. The announcement, after it emerged Ireland was likely ...
Emergency Budget As Finances Crumble
The Minister for Finance has announced an emergency budget as Ireland’s economic problems threaten to thwart the EU for a second time this year. The announcement, after it emerged Ireland was likely ...
Irish News, Sep 4, 2008
Cowen To Meet With Mother Of Teen Missing In Spain
The mother of missing 16-year-old Amy Fitzpatrick (pictured) who disappeared in Spain is to meet with Taoiseach Brain Cowen today. The teenage girl, originally from Clarehall in north Dublin, disappe...
Cowen To Meet With Mother Of Teen Missing In Spain
The mother of missing 16-year-old Amy Fitzpatrick (pictured) who disappeared in Spain is to meet with Taoiseach Brain Cowen today. The teenage girl, originally from Clarehall in north Dublin, disappe...
Irish News, Sep 4, 2008
Two More Arrested In Guns And Drugs Bust
Gardaí have made further inroads into gang-related organised international crime with two more men arrested as part of a cross-Europe operation targeting organised crime. Already, the PSNI have seize...
Two More Arrested In Guns And Drugs Bust
Gardaí have made further inroads into gang-related organised international crime with two more men arrested as part of a cross-Europe operation targeting organised crime. Already, the PSNI have seize...
Irish News, Sep 4, 2008
Shoppers Fly North For The Winter
As the Euro value heads skywards, Irish shoppers are migrating north to cash in on the widening price gap. A survey by the National Consumer Council (NCC) has shown the disparity between the Republic...
Shoppers Fly North For The Winter
As the Euro value heads skywards, Irish shoppers are migrating north to cash in on the widening price gap. A survey by the National Consumer Council (NCC) has shown the disparity between the Republic...
-
Ireland WeatherToday:Scattered showers of rain, sleet and, over hills, snow in the morning with sunny spells, the best of these in the south. The showers dying out this afternoon with increasing amounts of sunshine. Occasionally fresh westerly or northwesterly winds easing. Maximum temperature 6 °C.Tonight:Clear start with a fairly widespread frost developing. Increasing cloud brings occasionally heavy rain overnight, preceded, especially over western hills, briefly by snow. Occasional southeasterly gales, severe near coasts, developing. Minimum temperature -2 °C.
