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Irish News, Mar 9, 2010
Farmers Launch Protest At Greencore Meeting
Some 100 members of the Irish Farmers' Association (IFA) are picketing a meeting of Greencore in Dublin that is making a decision on the sale of its malting barley division. The IFA has launched the ...
Farmers Launch Protest At Greencore Meeting
Some 100 members of the Irish Farmers' Association (IFA) are picketing a meeting of Greencore in Dublin that is making a decision on the sale of its malting barley division. The IFA has launched the ...
Irish News, Mar 9, 2010
Schools, Courts And Hospital Workers Threaten Walkout
The State's schools, courts and hospitals are facing mass walkouts as the threat of major strike action escalates over public sector pay cuts. Some 300,000 workers are to take part in coordinated ind...
Schools, Courts And Hospital Workers Threaten Walkout
The State's schools, courts and hospitals are facing mass walkouts as the threat of major strike action escalates over public sector pay cuts. Some 300,000 workers are to take part in coordinated ind...
Irish News, Mar 9, 2010
AIB's Management Paid €3.6m
Bailed-out bank, AIB, has revealed in its annual report it paid its top management €3.6m last year, down from just over €5m the previous year. Despite being on the brink of collapse and risking the c...
AIB's Management Paid €3.6m
Bailed-out bank, AIB, has revealed in its annual report it paid its top management €3.6m last year, down from just over €5m the previous year. Despite being on the brink of collapse and risking the c...
Irish News, Mar 9, 2010
Cullen Resigns Over Health Concerns
The Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism handed in his resignation last night, after being plagued with chronic back pain in recent months. Mr Cullen, who is the Fianna Fail TD for Waterford, announ...
Cullen Resigns Over Health Concerns
The Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism handed in his resignation last night, after being plagued with chronic back pain in recent months. Mr Cullen, who is the Fianna Fail TD for Waterford, announ...
Irish News, Mar 9, 2010
Murdered Policeman Remembered
A year on from the death of the first PSNI officer to be murdered, the widow of Constable Stephen Carroll has said she feels the pain of her loss every day. Speaking exactly a year after his tragic d...
Murdered Policeman Remembered
A year on from the death of the first PSNI officer to be murdered, the widow of Constable Stephen Carroll has said she feels the pain of her loss every day. Speaking exactly a year after his tragic d...
Irish News, Mar 9, 2010
Bush Calls For UUP Policing Support
George W Bush has waded in on the political unrest at the North's Stormont Assembly, urging support for the devolution of policing and justice powers. The former US president called on Conservative ...
Bush Calls For UUP Policing Support
George W Bush has waded in on the political unrest at the North's Stormont Assembly, urging support for the devolution of policing and justice powers. The former US president called on Conservative ...
Irish News, Mar 9, 2010
Northern Poll Battle Looms
The battle lines have been drawn as the DUP's Ian Paisley jnr has been confirmed as the party's candidate to contest his father's North Antrim seat in the British general election. After being select...
Northern Poll Battle Looms
The battle lines have been drawn as the DUP's Ian Paisley jnr has been confirmed as the party's candidate to contest his father's North Antrim seat in the British general election. After being select...
Irish News, Mar 8, 2010
Oscar For Irish Animator
The Irish animator Richard Baneham has picked up the Best Visual Effects Award at the 82nd Annual Academy Awards. Richard together with Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum and Andrew Jones were up against...
Oscar For Irish Animator
The Irish animator Richard Baneham has picked up the Best Visual Effects Award at the 82nd Annual Academy Awards. Richard together with Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum and Andrew Jones were up against...
Irish News, Mar 8, 2010
Separate Road Collisions Fatal
Two men, one of whom was an elderly pensioner, have been killed on Ireland's roads this weekend in two separate incidents. In the latest collision, a 26-year-old male was seriously injured when the ...
Separate Road Collisions Fatal
Two men, one of whom was an elderly pensioner, have been killed on Ireland's roads this weekend in two separate incidents. In the latest collision, a 26-year-old male was seriously injured when the ...
Irish News, Mar 8, 2010
Jewel Robbers Escape After 'Spraying' Staff
Robbers have made off with a haul of jewellery after spraying employees with an 'incapacitating' substance. Gardai at Athlone are investigating the circumstances of a robbery, which occurred at a je...
Jewel Robbers Escape After 'Spraying' Staff
Robbers have made off with a haul of jewellery after spraying employees with an 'incapacitating' substance. Gardai at Athlone are investigating the circumstances of a robbery, which occurred at a je...
Irish News, Mar 8, 2010
Appeal Launched Over Missing Men
Two separate appeals have been launched following the disappearance of two men in recent weeks. Gardai at Gorey said today they wish to renew their appeal for assistance from the public in relation ...
Appeal Launched Over Missing Men
Two separate appeals have been launched following the disappearance of two men in recent weeks. Gardai at Gorey said today they wish to renew their appeal for assistance from the public in relation ...
Irish News, Mar 8, 2010
Brother Will Get Fair Trial: Adams
Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams has said he disagreed with his brother's high profile fight against extradition to face child sex abuse allegations. Liam Dominic Adams turned himself into authorities...
Brother Will Get Fair Trial: Adams
Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams has said he disagreed with his brother's high profile fight against extradition to face child sex abuse allegations. Liam Dominic Adams turned himself into authorities...
Irish News, Mar 8, 2010
Border Bomb Getaway Car Found
A vital clue in the hunt for republican bombers has now been recovered. The suspected dissident IRA's getaway car disappeared after the North's police left it for two days without examination leading...
Border Bomb Getaway Car Found
A vital clue in the hunt for republican bombers has now been recovered. The suspected dissident IRA's getaway car disappeared after the North's police left it for two days without examination leading...
Irish News, Mar 8, 2010
Greysteel Murderer To Stay In Jail
Convicted Greysteel killer Torrens Knight is to stay in jail. He has failed in his legal challenge to the decision of the North's Secretary of State Shaun Woodward to suspend his early release licenc...
Greysteel Murderer To Stay In Jail
Convicted Greysteel killer Torrens Knight is to stay in jail. He has failed in his legal challenge to the decision of the North's Secretary of State Shaun Woodward to suspend his early release licenc...
Irish News, Mar 8, 2010
John Mongan Killers Sentenced
Three men convicted of killing a prominent member of the North's travelling community have had heavy sentences handed down. Mr Justice Treacy fixed the minimum terms that the defendants must serve in...
John Mongan Killers Sentenced
Three men convicted of killing a prominent member of the North's travelling community have had heavy sentences handed down. Mr Justice Treacy fixed the minimum terms that the defendants must serve in...
Irish News, Mar 8, 2010
Legion Remembers Murdered Sappers
Members of the North's Royal British Legion, flanked by standard bearers, have laid poppy wreaths at the gates of a British army base where two soldiers lost their lives exactly a year ago. The solem...
Legion Remembers Murdered Sappers
Members of the North's Royal British Legion, flanked by standard bearers, have laid poppy wreaths at the gates of a British army base where two soldiers lost their lives exactly a year ago. The solem...
Irish News, Mar 5, 2010
Bloody Sunday Report Imminent
The North's British Secretary has said he hopes to be in a position to publish Lord Saville's report into Bloody Sunday within days of receiving it. The families had feared that the publication of th...
Bloody Sunday Report Imminent
The North's British Secretary has said he hopes to be in a position to publish Lord Saville's report into Bloody Sunday within days of receiving it. The families had feared that the publication of th...
Irish News, Mar 5, 2010
'Compassionate' Irish 'Gave For Haiti'
The Fianna Fail TD for Dublin South has spoke of the generosity of the Irish people after it emerged that €21 million had been donated from the state. Fianna Fáil TD for Dublin South Central Michael...
'Compassionate' Irish 'Gave For Haiti'
The Fianna Fail TD for Dublin South has spoke of the generosity of the Irish people after it emerged that €21 million had been donated from the state. Fianna Fáil TD for Dublin South Central Michael...
Irish News, Mar 5, 2010
HSE Responds To 'Cover-Up' Allegations
The HSE has this morning responded to allegations it has operated a 'cover-up' over the deaths of children who were under its care. Today's statement comes the day after Health Secretary Mary Harney ...
HSE Responds To 'Cover-Up' Allegations
The HSE has this morning responded to allegations it has operated a 'cover-up' over the deaths of children who were under its care. Today's statement comes the day after Health Secretary Mary Harney ...
Irish News, Mar 5, 2010
HBO Fantasy Epic For North
Fantasy filmmaking is on the way to Belfast. Northern Enterprise Minister Arlene Foster and Culture and Arts Minister, Nelson McCausland have confirmed, that the series, Game of Thrones will be filme...
HBO Fantasy Epic For North
Fantasy filmmaking is on the way to Belfast. Northern Enterprise Minister Arlene Foster and Culture and Arts Minister, Nelson McCausland have confirmed, that the series, Game of Thrones will be filme...
Irish News, Mar 5, 2010
EU Court Says Minimum Cigarette Price Unlawful
The Court of Justice of the European Union has found Ireland's legislation on minimum price fixing for cigarettes contravenes EU law. The court found that similar laws in Austria and France were also...
EU Court Says Minimum Cigarette Price Unlawful
The Court of Justice of the European Union has found Ireland's legislation on minimum price fixing for cigarettes contravenes EU law. The court found that similar laws in Austria and France were also...
Irish News, Mar 5, 2010
Dublin Scientists Decode Giant Cattle DNA
Dublin scientists have for the fist time decoded the DNA of an extinct species of giant cattle that once roamed Europe for thousands of years. The scientists from University College Dublin revealed t...
Dublin Scientists Decode Giant Cattle DNA
Dublin scientists have for the fist time decoded the DNA of an extinct species of giant cattle that once roamed Europe for thousands of years. The scientists from University College Dublin revealed t...
Irish News, Mar 5, 2010
Supreme Court Removes Fleming's Protection
The future of a Co Cork building company is under thread after the Supreme Court overruled a High Court decision to approve a survival plan for the firm. The Fleming Group has collective debts of €1b...
Supreme Court Removes Fleming's Protection
The future of a Co Cork building company is under thread after the Supreme Court overruled a High Court decision to approve a survival plan for the firm. The Fleming Group has collective debts of €1b...
Irish News, Mar 5, 2010
North's Courts Consult On 'Cash Limit'
The North's Court Service is launching a consultation into a proposal to raise the limit for bringing cases to the County Court from £15,000 to a new £50,000 ceiling. Other options are an increase ...
North's Courts Consult On 'Cash Limit'
The North's Court Service is launching a consultation into a proposal to raise the limit for bringing cases to the County Court from £15,000 to a new £50,000 ceiling. Other options are an increase ...
Irish News, Mar 4, 2010
Adams Gives Himself Up
The fugitive brother of Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams has handed himself over to the authorities in the Irish Republic. Liam Adams is wanted by police in Northern Ireland over claims he sexually abus...
Adams Gives Himself Up
The fugitive brother of Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams has handed himself over to the authorities in the Irish Republic. Liam Adams is wanted by police in Northern Ireland over claims he sexually abus...
Irish News, Mar 4, 2010
Pension Age Increase To Be Phased In
The age at which people qualify for the State Pension is be increased in 2014, according to the Taoiseach today. Brian Cowen announced the new plan in Government buildings this morning, which will ...
Pension Age Increase To Be Phased In
The age at which people qualify for the State Pension is be increased in 2014, according to the Taoiseach today. Brian Cowen announced the new plan in Government buildings this morning, which will ...
Irish News, Mar 4, 2010
Arrests Follow Over Drug Haul
Two men have been arrested in Navan in connection with a drug seizure. Gardai revealed this morning they arrested two males and seized ecstasy tablets after a stop and search in the County. Leadin...
Arrests Follow Over Drug Haul
Two men have been arrested in Navan in connection with a drug seizure. Gardai revealed this morning they arrested two males and seized ecstasy tablets after a stop and search in the County. Leadin...
Irish News, Mar 4, 2010
Cross-Border Scheme Tackles Parking Fines
All-Ireland co-operation is to be increased to tackle parking offenders across the whole island. NI Transport Minister, Conor Murphy has welcomed a new pilot agreement, which means all parking offend...
Cross-Border Scheme Tackles Parking Fines
All-Ireland co-operation is to be increased to tackle parking offenders across the whole island. NI Transport Minister, Conor Murphy has welcomed a new pilot agreement, which means all parking offend...
Irish News, Mar 4, 2010
Bloody Sunday 'Gaff' Angers Families
The North's Alliance party leader David Ford is prepared to meet with the families of those killed on Bloody Sunday to explain his views on an inquiry into the 1972 incident. A leaked briefing note,...
Bloody Sunday 'Gaff' Angers Families
The North's Alliance party leader David Ford is prepared to meet with the families of those killed on Bloody Sunday to explain his views on an inquiry into the 1972 incident. A leaked briefing note,...
Irish News, Mar 4, 2010
Irish Animator Tops Digital Awards
One of Ireland's most prolific and well respected providers of animated content, have collected two prizes at the annual Digital Media Awards for the short film Hasan Everywhere. Kavaleer Production...
Irish Animator Tops Digital Awards
One of Ireland's most prolific and well respected providers of animated content, have collected two prizes at the annual Digital Media Awards for the short film Hasan Everywhere. Kavaleer Production...
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Ireland WeatherToday:Storm Bert will move east through the Northern Isles today. Though weakening it will still bring strong to gale winds to many in Northern Ireland and showers to all, these frequent, occasionally heavy across northern districts. Maximum temperature 10 °C.Tonight:Strong west to northwest winds easing overnight. Showers, most frequent during the evening and in north but dwindling overnight to leave most dry and bright come dawn. Minimum temperature 1 °C.
