Irish News for December 2009 : Page 2

Irish News, Dec 14, 2009
Theologian Wants Five Bishops To Quit
A leading theologian has called for the resignation of all five still-practising bishops accused of failures to protect victims of sexual abuse. Dr Vincent Twomey, Professor of Moral Theology at NUI ...
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Irish News, Dec 14, 2009
Baby's Murder Leaves 'Heartbreak'
The horrific murder of a toddler in Co Fermanagh is still being investigated while her family have been left "heartbroken and numb with pain". The North's Serious Crime Unit has been granted an extra...
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Irish News, Dec 14, 2009
Autism Care Gets North-South Boost
Northern Ireland's top politicians met the Irish premier in Co Londonderry today for the latest round of talks. Brian Cowen said the Dáil government would now be backing a specialist facility, the Mi...
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Irish News, Dec 14, 2009
Rural Welcome On Self Defence Proposals
A leading representative group for rural Ireland has welcomed new proposals giving more powers to individuals in their use of self defence. Irish Rural Link (IRL), a network campaigning for sustaina...
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Irish News, Dec 11, 2009
Irish Priest Murdered In Kenya
The Department of Foreign Affairs has revealed that an Irish priest was murdered in Kenya last night. Fr Jeremiah Roche, 68, from Athea in west Limerick, was a member of the Kiltegan Fathers working ...
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Irish News, Dec 11, 2009
Body Recovered From Dublin Canal
The body of a missing man, who had disappeared after a party, has been recovered from a canal in Dublin. Damian O'Brien, 37, who had been living in Phibsborough, Dublin, disappeared on November 27 af...
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Irish News, Dec 11, 2009
Ireland 'Could Leave Euro In 2010'
A leading UK bank has claimed Ireland could be the first country to leave the European Union due to its financial difficulties. The Standard Bank Plc said Ireland was among countries in an "intolera...
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Irish News, Dec 11, 2009
Pope Shares 'Shame' Felt By Irish
After a meeting with Ireland's most influential clergy today, Pope Benedict has said he shared the "shame" felt by the Irish people over the findings of the Murphy Report into clerical abuse. The sta...
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Irish News, Dec 11, 2009
McGimpsey And Bishops Discuss Abuse
After the recently uncovered cases of child abuse within the Catholic Church in Dublin by the Murphy Report, a dialogue between bishops and Northern politicians continues to face the issue overall and...
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Irish News, Dec 11, 2009
Baby Taken From Scene After Assault
Two men are in custody following an overnight incident at a house in Pearse Terrace, Westport, and County Mayo. Gardai were called to the house shortly after 2.30am last night and after "incidents o...
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Irish News, Dec 11, 2009
Learn From Lammy Tragedy: McGimpsey
The tragic death of an entire family at the hands of their sex offendor 'dad' in the North has prompted a call for a full inquiry and a revision of the way social services deals with such 'at risk' fa...
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Irish News, Dec 11, 2009
North's ATM Gang Strikes Again
Yet another automated teller machine (ATM) has been ripped from a in the North by thieves using a digger. Both Ulster Unionist MLA Danny Kinahan and the Alliance South Antrim MLA David Ford have cond...
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Irish News, Dec 11, 2009
Woman Found Dead In Athlone
Gardaí in Athlone are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a young woman near the village of Ballykeeran last night. It is understood the body of the woman, who is said to be in h...
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Irish News, Dec 11, 2009
Three Held After 'Aggravated' Burglary On Elderly Couple
Three men are being held in Longford after what Gardai have described as an "aggravated" burglary. Gardai arrested the three men after the incident, which occurred at a house in Clondra, County Longf...
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Irish News, Dec 10, 2009
Budget Defended In Dáil Debate
The Dáil will today debate cuts in social welfare rates when it discusses legislation to enable measures outlined in yesterday's full Irish Budget. It saw public servants and social welfare recipient...
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Irish News, Dec 10, 2009
Woman Cleared Of Husband's Murder
A Co Laois woman has been cleared of her husband's murder, but found not guilty of his manslaughter by reason of diminished responsibility. Anne Burke, a 56-year-old mother-of-four from Ballybrittas,...
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Irish News, Dec 10, 2009
Sperm Donor 'Wins Access To Baby'
The Dublin Supreme Court has ruled that a gay man who donated his sperm to a lesbian couple - enabling them to have a baby boy - is entitled to have access to the child. The ruling overturned the Hig...
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Irish News, Dec 10, 2009
More Arrests Over Fatal Limerick Shooting
Eight people are now being questioned by Gardaí over the fatal shooting of a man in Co Limerick on Tuesday night. The victim - named in reports as Danny Fitzgerald, 24 - was shot a number of times on...
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Irish News, Dec 10, 2009
Ex-Christian Brother Jailed For Sex Assaults
A former Christian Brother has been jailed for two years for indecently assaulting 19 young boys at a school in Limerick, forty years ago. Sean Drummond, 61, a married father-of-five from Broadford D...
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Irish News, Dec 10, 2009
Three Charged Over Card Thefts
Three Romanian nationals have been arrested in an investigation into a series of card thefts. A 45-year-old man and a 38-year-old woman - believed to be husband and wife - were arrested at Dublin air...
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Irish News, Dec 10, 2009
Serious Accident At Cork Roundabout
There has been a serious collision at the Dunkettle Roundabout in Cork, Gardaí have confirmed. The crash happened around 5am this morning on the slip road on the main Midleton to Cork Road. Traffic ...
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Irish News, Dec 10, 2009
Probe Launched Into Ennis Blaze
Gardaí are investigating a fire at a house in Ennis, Co Clare. Fire crews were called to a house on St Anne's Terrace on Clonroad shortly after midnight, following reports of a car fire. However, wh...
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Irish News, Dec 9, 2009
Budget Cuts Loom Later
It is widely anticipated that the most severe Budget in the State's history will be announced later today. Billed as a recession-beater it will make immediate savings of €4bn (£3.6bn; $6bn) to stabil...
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Irish News, Dec 9, 2009
Arrests Follow Limerick Death
Gardaí are questioning five people following the fatal shooting of a man in Co Limerick on Tuesday night, The 25-year-old was shot dead on the main Tipperary Road outside Limerick city around 9.30pm....
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Irish News, Dec 9, 2009
Bishops Meet To Discuss Murphy Report
Ireland's Catholic bishops are meeting for the first time since the publication of the Murphy report into the Church's handling of clerical child abuse in the Dublin Archdiocese. The scheduled two-da...
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Irish News, Dec 9, 2009
Legal Challenge Targets Irish Abortion Law
Three Irish women are beginning a landmark legal challenge against Ireland's abortion laws at the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg today. The case, which could lead to a liberalisation of...
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Irish News, Dec 9, 2009
EC Farm Penalties Increased
Farmers who fail to comply with European Commission directives are to face harsher punishments. The Stormont Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Michelle Gildernew announced today that the...
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Irish News, Dec 9, 2009
Toll Prices Dropped At Port Tunnel
Toll prices at Dublin Port Tunnel are to drop to a minimum of €3 from January 1. The National Roads Authority (NRA) has announced that it is scrapping the current three-tier pricing system and replac...
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Irish News, Dec 9, 2009
SF Backs Ritchie Justice Nomination
Sinn Féin has backed the SDLP's potential nomination of Margaret Ritchie for the job as the Stormont Justice Minister. The SDLP leadership is expected to formally put Ms Ritchie forward for the post...
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Irish News, Dec 9, 2009
Gaelic Commitment Welcomed
The SDLP's party spokesperson on the Irish language, Dominic Bradley, has welcomed the commitment to Irish language legislation across Northern Ireland contained in the Irish Republic's 20 Year Strate...
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