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Irish News, Jan 26, 2010
Hillsborough Crisis Talks Resume
The British PM, Gordon Brown and Brian Cowen held "frank" and "hard going" talks with the North's political leaders last night in a bid to save the fragile power-sharing government. However, talks a...
Hillsborough Crisis Talks Resume
The British PM, Gordon Brown and Brian Cowen held "frank" and "hard going" talks with the North's political leaders last night in a bid to save the fragile power-sharing government. However, talks a...
Irish News, Jan 25, 2010
Carlow Couple Face Abduction Charge
An Irish couple have been charged with abducting an eight-month-old boy who was found in a cathedral in Carlow, police in the UK said today. The baby was discovered safe and well on Friday afternoon ...
Carlow Couple Face Abduction Charge
An Irish couple have been charged with abducting an eight-month-old boy who was found in a cathedral in Carlow, police in the UK said today. The baby was discovered safe and well on Friday afternoon ...
Irish News, Jan 25, 2010
Bank Robbers Threaten Staff
Two men robbed the Ulster Bank in Dublin's Dame Street this morning, escaping with an undisclosed sum of money. Gardaí in Pearse Street are investigating the robbery, which occurred shortly after 10a...
Bank Robbers Threaten Staff
Two men robbed the Ulster Bank in Dublin's Dame Street this morning, escaping with an undisclosed sum of money. Gardaí in Pearse Street are investigating the robbery, which occurred shortly after 10a...
Irish News, Jan 25, 2010
Missing Man Sought
The police at Santry Garda Station are trying to trace a missing man, 50-year-old Alan Harris who was last seen at his home in Lorcan Avenue, Santry, last Thursday the 21st of January. Alan is descri...
Missing Man Sought
The police at Santry Garda Station are trying to trace a missing man, 50-year-old Alan Harris who was last seen at his home in Lorcan Avenue, Santry, last Thursday the 21st of January. Alan is descri...
Irish News, Jan 25, 2010
Water Supply To Get Cash Boost
Some €300m is to be spent fixing the country's 'under-pressure' water supplies, the Government said today. Environment Minister John Gormley said the record repair bill will see burst pipes and old m...
Water Supply To Get Cash Boost
Some €300m is to be spent fixing the country's 'under-pressure' water supplies, the Government said today. Environment Minister John Gormley said the record repair bill will see burst pipes and old m...
Irish News, Jan 25, 2010
'Defining' Stormont Justice Talks
Peter Robinson and Martin McGuinness will hold "defining talks" in the North later, as the political impasse over devolved justice powers threatens to collapse the local institutions. Senior DUP and...
'Defining' Stormont Justice Talks
Peter Robinson and Martin McGuinness will hold "defining talks" in the North later, as the political impasse over devolved justice powers threatens to collapse the local institutions. Senior DUP and...
Irish News, Jan 25, 2010
UN Appointment Welcomed By Minister
The election of an Irishwoman to the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination has been hailed by the Minister for Foreign Affairs. Anastasia Crickley was elected in New Yo...
UN Appointment Welcomed By Minister
The election of an Irishwoman to the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination has been hailed by the Minister for Foreign Affairs. Anastasia Crickley was elected in New Yo...
Irish News, Jan 22, 2010
Shock As Body Found In Dublin
Gardaí at Fitzgibbon Street are investigating the circumstances surrounding the discovery of a man's body in Dublin this morning. The shock find was made around 10.30am this morning on Healy Street i...
Shock As Body Found In Dublin
Gardaí at Fitzgibbon Street are investigating the circumstances surrounding the discovery of a man's body in Dublin this morning. The shock find was made around 10.30am this morning on Healy Street i...
Irish News, Jan 22, 2010
Endgame For SF/DUP Justice Talks
Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams said today that the "game was up, but not over" on talks about devolving policing and justice powers to Stormont. He said that crisis talks between the DUP and Sinn F...
Endgame For SF/DUP Justice Talks
Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams said today that the "game was up, but not over" on talks about devolving policing and justice powers to Stormont. He said that crisis talks between the DUP and Sinn F...
Irish News, Jan 22, 2010
Poll Boosts Fianna Fáil Hopes
An authoritative Irish Times survey has today shown a small rise in support for the Government as a whole - and in Brian Cowen's personal satisfaction levels too. Fianna Fáil have recovered some grou...
Poll Boosts Fianna Fáil Hopes
An authoritative Irish Times survey has today shown a small rise in support for the Government as a whole - and in Brian Cowen's personal satisfaction levels too. Fianna Fáil have recovered some grou...
Irish News, Jan 22, 2010
Conan O'Brien Paid £20m Severance
Irish-American Talk Show Host Conan O'Brien, 46, has announced that after seven months, he will be stepping down from The Tonight Show's centre stage. The shock exit will see him pocket a comfortable ...
Conan O'Brien Paid £20m Severance
Irish-American Talk Show Host Conan O'Brien, 46, has announced that after seven months, he will be stepping down from The Tonight Show's centre stage. The shock exit will see him pocket a comfortable ...
Irish News, Jan 22, 2010
North's Police Probe Iris Affair
A top PSNI detective is to head an investigation into the way that former DUP MP Iris Robinson arranged the transfer of money between two property developers and her former lover. Just days after it ...
North's Police Probe Iris Affair
A top PSNI detective is to head an investigation into the way that former DUP MP Iris Robinson arranged the transfer of money between two property developers and her former lover. Just days after it ...
Irish News, Jan 22, 2010
McGuinness's Tory Talks Underway
The Shadow Secretary for the North, Owen Paterson will meet with Sinn Féin's Martin McGuinness later. The pair are expected to hold talks in Belfast at Stormont, following the revelation senior unio...
McGuinness's Tory Talks Underway
The Shadow Secretary for the North, Owen Paterson will meet with Sinn Féin's Martin McGuinness later. The pair are expected to hold talks in Belfast at Stormont, following the revelation senior unio...
Irish News, Jan 22, 2010
Finneran For Social Housing Event
Irish Housing Minister Michael Finneran is due to speak at an event to celebrate the Government's new social housing leasing initiative scheme. The scheme, which is supported by the Department of the...
Finneran For Social Housing Event
Irish Housing Minister Michael Finneran is due to speak at an event to celebrate the Government's new social housing leasing initiative scheme. The scheme, which is supported by the Department of the...
Irish News, Jan 21, 2010
Cork Murder Probed
The police in Togher in Cork have launched an investigation into the shooting dead of a man in his 40s last night. The man was taken to Cork University Hospital where he was subsequently pronounced d...
Cork Murder Probed
The police in Togher in Cork have launched an investigation into the shooting dead of a man in his 40s last night. The man was taken to Cork University Hospital where he was subsequently pronounced d...
Irish News, Jan 21, 2010
Roads Claim Latest Victim
A young woman - aged just 19 - has been killed in road collision in Co Tipperary. The victim was the sole occupant of a car when it collided with another vehicle on the Cahir to Clonmel Road at Rathm...
Roads Claim Latest Victim
A young woman - aged just 19 - has been killed in road collision in Co Tipperary. The victim was the sole occupant of a car when it collided with another vehicle on the Cahir to Clonmel Road at Rathm...
Irish News, Jan 21, 2010
Taps Run Dry In Co Clare
Water has been shut off in Tulla and Broadford in Co Clare today and will stay off until 4pm and again tonight from 8pm to 8am. Problems in the Shannon area will also mean that water will be turned o...
Taps Run Dry In Co Clare
Water has been shut off in Tulla and Broadford in Co Clare today and will stay off until 4pm and again tonight from 8pm to 8am. Problems in the Shannon area will also mean that water will be turned o...
Irish News, Jan 21, 2010
Controllers' Dispute Still 'Up In The Air'
There's as yet little sign that an industrial dispute involving air traffic controllers - which disrupted the travel plans of 20,000 people yesterday - is about to be grounded. In fact, union leaders...
Controllers' Dispute Still 'Up In The Air'
There's as yet little sign that an industrial dispute involving air traffic controllers - which disrupted the travel plans of 20,000 people yesterday - is about to be grounded. In fact, union leaders...
Irish News, Jan 21, 2010
McGuinness Updates Party Board
Martin McGuinness will update senior Sinn Féin officials on the North's policing and justice negotiations later. Mr McGuinness and his party are still locked in talks with the DUP, aimed at overcomin...
McGuinness Updates Party Board
Martin McGuinness will update senior Sinn Féin officials on the North's policing and justice negotiations later. Mr McGuinness and his party are still locked in talks with the DUP, aimed at overcomin...
Irish News, Jan 21, 2010
Kiddie Porn Suspect Held
An Irishman of pension age is alleged to have been discovered with a huge collection of "sickening" child porn when arrested in Amsterdam. The 68-year-old had arrived on a flight from Bangkok on Sund...
Kiddie Porn Suspect Held
An Irishman of pension age is alleged to have been discovered with a huge collection of "sickening" child porn when arrested in Amsterdam. The 68-year-old had arrived on a flight from Bangkok on Sund...
Irish News, Jan 21, 2010
Adams Says 'Give PSNI Information"
The President of Sinn Féin, Gerry Adams has appealed for people in west Belfast to contact the police with any information after an armed gang shot a man in the leg as they stole legally held weapons ...
Adams Says 'Give PSNI Information"
The President of Sinn Féin, Gerry Adams has appealed for people in west Belfast to contact the police with any information after an armed gang shot a man in the leg as they stole legally held weapons ...
Irish News, Jan 20, 2010
'Let Down' Irish Bishops Called To See Pope
Pope Benedict XVI has summoned Ireland's Catholic Bishops to discuss the church's cover-ups of clerical sexual abuse. A story in The Irish Catholic newsletter this morning said the Bishops were to at...
'Let Down' Irish Bishops Called To See Pope
Pope Benedict XVI has summoned Ireland's Catholic Bishops to discuss the church's cover-ups of clerical sexual abuse. A story in The Irish Catholic newsletter this morning said the Bishops were to at...
Irish News, Jan 20, 2010
Ireland Mourns Haiti Loss
It has been confirmed that the Irish citizen who died alongside tens of thousands of local people in the Haiti earthquake was married to a Co Down woman. Andrew Grene, who was working for the United ...
Ireland Mourns Haiti Loss
It has been confirmed that the Irish citizen who died alongside tens of thousands of local people in the Haiti earthquake was married to a Co Down woman. Andrew Grene, who was working for the United ...
Irish News, Jan 20, 2010
Bank Inquiry "A Scam"
Minister for finance Brian Lenihan's outline plans for an inquiry into the banking crisis has been named a "scam" by the opposition. In a detailed statement released yesterday, the Government finall...
Bank Inquiry "A Scam"
Minister for finance Brian Lenihan's outline plans for an inquiry into the banking crisis has been named a "scam" by the opposition. In a detailed statement released yesterday, the Government finall...
Irish News, Jan 20, 2010
Over 150 Flights Cancelled Over Strike
Some tens of thousands of air travellers will be unable to fly today because of a major strike by air traffic controllers, leading to the closure of the State's three main airports. The industrial a...
Over 150 Flights Cancelled Over Strike
Some tens of thousands of air travellers will be unable to fly today because of a major strike by air traffic controllers, leading to the closure of the State's three main airports. The industrial a...
Irish News, Jan 20, 2010
Properties Seized From Criminals
The High Court has appointed the Criminal Assets Bureau (CAB) as receiver over two properties belonging to a Dundalk man after they were found to have been acquired through the proceeds of crime. Mr ...
Properties Seized From Criminals
The High Court has appointed the Criminal Assets Bureau (CAB) as receiver over two properties belonging to a Dundalk man after they were found to have been acquired through the proceeds of crime. Mr ...
Irish News, Jan 20, 2010
Mater Hospital Staff Stage Protest
Staff at the Mater Private hospital in Dublin are to stage a protest today over pay cuts. Members of Siptu and the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) are expected to conduct their strike ...
Mater Hospital Staff Stage Protest
Staff at the Mater Private hospital in Dublin are to stage a protest today over pay cuts. Members of Siptu and the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) are expected to conduct their strike ...
Irish News, Jan 20, 2010
Unionists' Secret Tory Talks Revealed
Senior members of the North's two main unionist parties, the DUP and UUP have held private talks - facilitated by the Conservative Party - in London at the weekend. It has been revealed that troubled...
Unionists' Secret Tory Talks Revealed
Senior members of the North's two main unionist parties, the DUP and UUP have held private talks - facilitated by the Conservative Party - in London at the weekend. It has been revealed that troubled...
Irish News, Jan 20, 2010
Aid Convoy Reaches Haiti
A 16-truck convoy carrying relief supplies from Ireland is due to arrive in Haiti today. The aid flight, paid for by the Irish Government, arrived in Santo Domingo in the neighbouring Dominican Repu...
Aid Convoy Reaches Haiti
A 16-truck convoy carrying relief supplies from Ireland is due to arrive in Haiti today. The aid flight, paid for by the Irish Government, arrived in Santo Domingo in the neighbouring Dominican Repu...
Irish News, Jan 19, 2010
Body Of New Born Found In Mayo
The body of a new born baby has been discovered in a house in County Mayo. Gardai have launched an investigation in the harrowing discovery of the body of what is believed to be a full term baby boy ...
Body Of New Born Found In Mayo
The body of a new born baby has been discovered in a house in County Mayo. Gardai have launched an investigation in the harrowing discovery of the body of what is believed to be a full term baby boy ...
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Ireland WeatherToday:After a cold start it will be dry for most of the day with sunny spells. Rain will spread east through this evening. Lighter westerly winds. Maximum temperature 7 °C.Tonight:It will be cloudy with outbreaks of rain, becoming heavier for a time, dying out later tonight. A cold night with light winds. Minimum temperature 2 °C.
