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Irish News, Oct 10, 2012
10,000 Reports Of Violence Against Patients In 2011
Almost 10,000 incidents of violence, harassment, aggression or abuse against patients were reported in 2011, new data published yesterday showed. And a bill of €81 million was paid out under the clin...
10,000 Reports Of Violence Against Patients In 2011
Almost 10,000 incidents of violence, harassment, aggression or abuse against patients were reported in 2011, new data published yesterday showed. And a bill of €81 million was paid out under the clin...
Irish News, Oct 10, 2012
Major Dublin Hospital Takes €12m Overdraft
Tallaght Hospital has had to get a bank overdraft of €12m in order to continue treating patients for the rest of the year. The major Dublin hospital is getting the money from Allied Irish Banks to ca...
Major Dublin Hospital Takes €12m Overdraft
Tallaght Hospital has had to get a bank overdraft of €12m in order to continue treating patients for the rest of the year. The major Dublin hospital is getting the money from Allied Irish Banks to ca...
Irish News, Oct 10, 2012
Parents Warned As Gardaí Investigate Approaches To Children
As gardai in two counties investigate claims that strangers have approached children, parents are being warned to be vigilant. A number of primary schools in Co Louth have sent text messages to paren...
Parents Warned As Gardaí Investigate Approaches To Children
As gardai in two counties investigate claims that strangers have approached children, parents are being warned to be vigilant. A number of primary schools in Co Louth have sent text messages to paren...
Irish News, Oct 10, 2012
16-Year-Old Injured In Drive-By Shooting
A 16-year-old boy is seriously ill in hospital after he was wounded in the back and arm in a drive-by shooting. Gardai said the teenager was hit by a shotgun blast as he stood outside a house at Lism...
16-Year-Old Injured In Drive-By Shooting
A 16-year-old boy is seriously ill in hospital after he was wounded in the back and arm in a drive-by shooting. Gardai said the teenager was hit by a shotgun blast as he stood outside a house at Lism...
Irish News, Oct 9, 2012
Minister Opens New Centre For Synergy Flavours
The Minister for Trade and Development, Joe Costello TD, today officially opened a new manufacturing and technology centre for Carbery Group's taste and flavour division Synergy Flavours in Brazil, du...
Minister Opens New Centre For Synergy Flavours
The Minister for Trade and Development, Joe Costello TD, today officially opened a new manufacturing and technology centre for Carbery Group's taste and flavour division Synergy Flavours in Brazil, du...
Irish News, Oct 9, 2012
900 Jobs To Be Created By Kerry Group
Up to 900 jobs could be created at a new Kerry Group plant in Naas, Co Kildare. Up to 800 jobs will be in place within three years, while a further 100 positions are projected to be created when the ...
900 Jobs To Be Created By Kerry Group
Up to 900 jobs could be created at a new Kerry Group plant in Naas, Co Kildare. Up to 800 jobs will be in place within three years, while a further 100 positions are projected to be created when the ...
Irish News, Oct 9, 2012
Farmers Come In Thousands To Protest Funding Cuts
Some 10,000 farmers have gathered in Dublin to demonstrate over their concerns about future EU and Government funding for the agricultural sector. Kildare St and Merrion Square South have been closed...
Farmers Come In Thousands To Protest Funding Cuts
Some 10,000 farmers have gathered in Dublin to demonstrate over their concerns about future EU and Government funding for the agricultural sector. Kildare St and Merrion Square South have been closed...
Irish News, Oct 9, 2012
Penalty Points To Be Increased
The number of penalty points given for not wearing a seatbelt and driving while using a mobile phone will be increased, Minister for Transport Leo Varadkar has confirmed. Speaking on his way into Gov...
Penalty Points To Be Increased
The number of penalty points given for not wearing a seatbelt and driving while using a mobile phone will be increased, Minister for Transport Leo Varadkar has confirmed. Speaking on his way into Gov...
Irish News, Oct 9, 2012
18 Month Sentence For Former Priest
A former priest who indecently assaulted five schoolboys 30 years ago has been given an 18-month sentence. The 76-year-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons, pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Cri...
18 Month Sentence For Former Priest
A former priest who indecently assaulted five schoolboys 30 years ago has been given an 18-month sentence. The 76-year-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons, pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Cri...
Irish News, Oct 9, 2012
12 Years For Father Who Raped 13-Year-Old Daughter
A 37-year-old Co Waterford man has been jailed for 12 years for sexually abusing his 13-year-old daughter. Mr Justice Paul Carney said the aggravating factors in the case included the breach of trust...
12 Years For Father Who Raped 13-Year-Old Daughter
A 37-year-old Co Waterford man has been jailed for 12 years for sexually abusing his 13-year-old daughter. Mr Justice Paul Carney said the aggravating factors in the case included the breach of trust...
Irish News, Oct 9, 2012
€3.1m Cigarettes Seized At Dublin Port
Customs officers at Dublin Port discovered eight million smuggled cigarettes, stored in boxes labelled “garlic and cheese tear and share”. The find was made by officers using a mobile scanner during ...
€3.1m Cigarettes Seized At Dublin Port
Customs officers at Dublin Port discovered eight million smuggled cigarettes, stored in boxes labelled “garlic and cheese tear and share”. The find was made by officers using a mobile scanner during ...
Irish News, Oct 9, 2012
McAleese Expresses Support For Gay Marriage
Former President of Ireland Mary McAleese has said she supports gay marriage. “I have no problem with it at all,” she said. Speaking in an interview recently recorded with Gay Byrne for his Meaning o...
McAleese Expresses Support For Gay Marriage
Former President of Ireland Mary McAleese has said she supports gay marriage. “I have no problem with it at all,” she said. Speaking in an interview recently recorded with Gay Byrne for his Meaning o...
Irish News, Oct 9, 2012
€12,000 Damages For Man Pushed Off Bus
A man left semi-paralysed after suffering a stroke has been awarded €12,000 compensation after he was pushed off a bus by the driver. 62-year-old Sean McGuinness, a former civil servant, said he hit...
€12,000 Damages For Man Pushed Off Bus
A man left semi-paralysed after suffering a stroke has been awarded €12,000 compensation after he was pushed off a bus by the driver. 62-year-old Sean McGuinness, a former civil servant, said he hit...
Irish News, Oct 8, 2012
HSE Launches Flu Campaign
The Health Service Executive (HSE) has launched its annual flu vaccination campaign. Over 65s, at-risk groups and pregnant women are being urged to get vaccinated against influenza before the beginni...
HSE Launches Flu Campaign
The Health Service Executive (HSE) has launched its annual flu vaccination campaign. Over 65s, at-risk groups and pregnant women are being urged to get vaccinated against influenza before the beginni...
Irish News, Oct 8, 2012
Fishermen's Families Offer To Fund DNA Testing
The families of Irish fishermen lost at sea have agreed to help pay for DNA tests on bones which were found of the southeast coast. The announcement comes amid uncertainty over whether the Irish gove...
Fishermen's Families Offer To Fund DNA Testing
The families of Irish fishermen lost at sea have agreed to help pay for DNA tests on bones which were found of the southeast coast. The announcement comes amid uncertainty over whether the Irish gove...
Irish News, Oct 8, 2012
Anglo Irish Executives In Court
Former Anglo Irish senior executives are appearing in Dublin District Court charged with unlawfully assisting investors. The three men are former chairman and chief executive Seán FitzPatrick, former...
Anglo Irish Executives In Court
Former Anglo Irish senior executives are appearing in Dublin District Court charged with unlawfully assisting investors. The three men are former chairman and chief executive Seán FitzPatrick, former...
Irish News, Oct 8, 2012
PPI Banks Named
The Central Bank has announced the names of six banks under investigation for wrongly selling insurance products to customers. Independent reviews have been ordered at each of the banks to investigat...
PPI Banks Named
The Central Bank has announced the names of six banks under investigation for wrongly selling insurance products to customers. Independent reviews have been ordered at each of the banks to investigat...
Irish News, Oct 8, 2012
Interpol Joins Search For Irish Rapist
UK police organisation Interpol has become involved in the search for a convicted rapist who has alluded authorities in Ireland. Edward Connors has so far managed to evade police in the Republic of I...
Interpol Joins Search For Irish Rapist
UK police organisation Interpol has become involved in the search for a convicted rapist who has alluded authorities in Ireland. Edward Connors has so far managed to evade police in the Republic of I...
Irish News, Oct 5, 2012
Central Bank Calls For Public Sector Reforms
A report from the Central Bank has warned that more should be done to drive down labour costs and reinforce competitiveness. "One important way to do this would be to press ahead with public sector r...
Central Bank Calls For Public Sector Reforms
A report from the Central Bank has warned that more should be done to drive down labour costs and reinforce competitiveness. "One important way to do this would be to press ahead with public sector r...
Irish News, Oct 5, 2012
President: Ireland Has A Lot To Learn
Michael D Higgins has said Ireland has a lot to learn from Latin America. The President is currently on a three-country tour of South America with his wife Sabina, in order to boost relations between...
President: Ireland Has A Lot To Learn
Michael D Higgins has said Ireland has a lot to learn from Latin America. The President is currently on a three-country tour of South America with his wife Sabina, in order to boost relations between...
Irish News, Oct 5, 2012
Taosieach Makes Time Magazine Cover
Enda Kenny features on the cover of the latest Time magazine, making him the first Irish leader to do so since Sean Lamass. The Taosieach appears on the front of the US publication with the famous 'T...
Taosieach Makes Time Magazine Cover
Enda Kenny features on the cover of the latest Time magazine, making him the first Irish leader to do so since Sean Lamass. The Taosieach appears on the front of the US publication with the famous 'T...
Irish News, Oct 5, 2012
Private Funeral Held For Jill Meagher
A private funeral service has been held in Melbourne, Australia for the murdered Irishwoman Jill Meagher. The service took place in the city’s Faulkner Memorial Park and was attended by her husband a...
Private Funeral Held For Jill Meagher
A private funeral service has been held in Melbourne, Australia for the murdered Irishwoman Jill Meagher. The service took place in the city’s Faulkner Memorial Park and was attended by her husband a...
Irish News, Oct 5, 2012
Labour Appeals For 'Party Unity'
Chairman of the Labour Party Colm Keaveney has called for unity within his party following the resignation of junior minister Roisin Shortall. The news comes as a result of an internal email which wa...
Labour Appeals For 'Party Unity'
Chairman of the Labour Party Colm Keaveney has called for unity within his party following the resignation of junior minister Roisin Shortall. The news comes as a result of an internal email which wa...
Irish News, Oct 4, 2012
Junior Cert Overhaul Announced
A major overhaul of the Junior Certificate has been announced. Minister for Education Ruairi Quinn made the announcement today. He revealed that the programme will be phased out gradually over three ...
Junior Cert Overhaul Announced
A major overhaul of the Junior Certificate has been announced. Minister for Education Ruairi Quinn made the announcement today. He revealed that the programme will be phased out gradually over three ...
Irish News, Oct 4, 2012
Quinn Hard-Drive Smashed, Court Told
The Supreme Court has been told that a computer hard drive which contained crucial information pertaining to the recent charges against the Quinn Group was deliberately smashed. The hard drive was pa...
Quinn Hard-Drive Smashed, Court Told
The Supreme Court has been told that a computer hard drive which contained crucial information pertaining to the recent charges against the Quinn Group was deliberately smashed. The hard drive was pa...
Irish News, Oct 4, 2012
New Taxi Branding Launched
New branding signage is to be phased into Ireland’s taxi fleet early next year. The branding has been developed by the National Transport Authority and will see signage affixed to the driver and pass...
New Taxi Branding Launched
New branding signage is to be phased into Ireland’s taxi fleet early next year. The branding has been developed by the National Transport Authority and will see signage affixed to the driver and pass...
Irish News, Oct 4, 2012
Bank Customers Told To Check Records
Irish bank customers have been urged to check their credit records, following revelations that financial institutions other than AIB may have misreported credit histories. The Data Protection Commiss...
Bank Customers Told To Check Records
Irish bank customers have been urged to check their credit records, following revelations that financial institutions other than AIB may have misreported credit histories. The Data Protection Commiss...
Irish News, Oct 4, 2012
New All-Ireland Primate Elected
Bishop Richard Clarke has been elected as the new Primate of All-Ireland. The Church of Ireland Bishop of Meath and Kildare has been selected to take over from archbishop Alan Harper, who has retired...
New All-Ireland Primate Elected
Bishop Richard Clarke has been elected as the new Primate of All-Ireland. The Church of Ireland Bishop of Meath and Kildare has been selected to take over from archbishop Alan Harper, who has retired...
Irish News, Oct 3, 2012
Quinn Jnr Told 'Don't Complain'
The judge hearing Sean Quinn Jr’s appeal has said he has no right to complain about being in prison. Mr Justice Donal O'Donnell said: "He committed a contempt of court. If he does not purge that cont...
Quinn Jnr Told 'Don't Complain'
The judge hearing Sean Quinn Jr’s appeal has said he has no right to complain about being in prison. Mr Justice Donal O'Donnell said: "He committed a contempt of court. If he does not purge that cont...
Irish News, Oct 3, 2012
Cabinet Flies To Brussels Ahead Of Presidency
Ireland’s Cabinet flies out to Brussels today in preparation for the country's presidency of the EU. The nation’s presidency will begin on 1 January, 2013. It is thought that Taoiseach Enda Kenny wi...
Cabinet Flies To Brussels Ahead Of Presidency
Ireland’s Cabinet flies out to Brussels today in preparation for the country's presidency of the EU. The nation’s presidency will begin on 1 January, 2013. It is thought that Taoiseach Enda Kenny wi...
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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.
