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Irish News, May 18, 2012
Cardinal Brady Snubbed By Dioceses Priests
The majority of the priests in the diocese of embattled Cardinal Sean Brady have snubbed a meeting organised as a show of support for the leader of the Catholic Church in Ireland. Just 20 of 150 prie...
Cardinal Brady Snubbed By Dioceses Priests
The majority of the priests in the diocese of embattled Cardinal Sean Brady have snubbed a meeting organised as a show of support for the leader of the Catholic Church in Ireland. Just 20 of 150 prie...
Irish News, May 18, 2012
New IBM Centre Will Create 300 New Jobs In Ireland
Computer and technology giant IBM have announced plans to open a new international services centre, with the creation of several hundred new jobs to coincide. The multinational, which already employs...
New IBM Centre Will Create 300 New Jobs In Ireland
Computer and technology giant IBM have announced plans to open a new international services centre, with the creation of several hundred new jobs to coincide. The multinational, which already employs...
Irish News, May 18, 2012
Other New In Brief
Two Killed In Mayo Road Crash The man and woman were killed when their motorbike was in collision with a car on the Killala to Ballycastle road close to Lacken at around 12.20pm. The driver o...
Other New In Brief
Two Killed In Mayo Road Crash The man and woman were killed when their motorbike was in collision with a car on the Killala to Ballycastle road close to Lacken at around 12.20pm. The driver o...
Irish News, May 17, 2012
Three Years For Ex-Garda Who Robbed 82-Year-Old Woman
A former garda officer has been sentenced to three years for the theft of thousands of euros from colleagues and an elderly woman. A court heard how 30-year-old David Foran responded to a burglary at...
Three Years For Ex-Garda Who Robbed 82-Year-Old Woman
A former garda officer has been sentenced to three years for the theft of thousands of euros from colleagues and an elderly woman. A court heard how 30-year-old David Foran responded to a burglary at...
Irish News, May 17, 2012
Irish Players To Wear Black Armbands For Match With Italy
The Football Association of Ireland (FAI) today confirmed that its players will commemorate the 18th anniversary of the 1994 atrocity in Loughinisland, Co Down by wearing black arm bands when they fac...
Irish Players To Wear Black Armbands For Match With Italy
The Football Association of Ireland (FAI) today confirmed that its players will commemorate the 18th anniversary of the 1994 atrocity in Loughinisland, Co Down by wearing black arm bands when they fac...
Irish News, May 17, 2012
'Prime Time Investigates' Journalist Insisted She Could "Stand Over" Allegations
Newly published legal documents reveal that 'Prime Time Investigates' reporter Aoife Kavanagh insisted she could stand over the allegations made in the 'Mission To Prey' programme. The documents reve...
'Prime Time Investigates' Journalist Insisted She Could "Stand Over" Allegations
Newly published legal documents reveal that 'Prime Time Investigates' reporter Aoife Kavanagh insisted she could stand over the allegations made in the 'Mission To Prey' programme. The documents reve...
Irish News, May 17, 2012
Minister Says Irish Still Back Foreign Aid Despite "Every Single Penny" Being Borrowed
Minister for Trade and Development Joe Costello has said that “every single penny” Ireland spends on overseas aid has to be borrowed, and interest has to be paid on it. Nonetheless, Irish people are ...
Minister Says Irish Still Back Foreign Aid Despite "Every Single Penny" Being Borrowed
Minister for Trade and Development Joe Costello has said that “every single penny” Ireland spends on overseas aid has to be borrowed, and interest has to be paid on it. Nonetheless, Irish people are ...
Irish News, May 17, 2012
Call For FG And Labour To Ensure Patient Safety Is Not Compromised
Fianna Fáil has today said that the recommendations of the Tallaght Hospital Report have implications for hospitals across the country, and has called on Fine Gael and Labour to ensure that all necess...
Call For FG And Labour To Ensure Patient Safety Is Not Compromised
Fianna Fáil has today said that the recommendations of the Tallaght Hospital Report have implications for hospitals across the country, and has called on Fine Gael and Labour to ensure that all necess...
Irish News, May 17, 2012
Minister Pledges To End Alcohol Sponsorship Of Sports
The Minister of State for Health, Róisín Shortall, has pledged to end alcohol sponsorship of sports events. “I am committed to phasing that out over a reasonable period of time,” she said in the Dáil...
Minister Pledges To End Alcohol Sponsorship Of Sports
The Minister of State for Health, Róisín Shortall, has pledged to end alcohol sponsorship of sports events. “I am committed to phasing that out over a reasonable period of time,” she said in the Dáil...
Irish News, May 17, 2012
HSE To Recruit 57 Social Workers To Fill Current Vacancies
Frances Fitzgerald TD., Minister for Children and Youth Affairs has today confirmed that the HSE is recruiting 57 social workers to fill recent vacancies across all care groups, including those as a r...
HSE To Recruit 57 Social Workers To Fill Current Vacancies
Frances Fitzgerald TD., Minister for Children and Youth Affairs has today confirmed that the HSE is recruiting 57 social workers to fill recent vacancies across all care groups, including those as a r...
Irish News, May 17, 2012
Hannigan Introduces Private Members Bill
Meath TD Dominic Hannigan is introducing a bill to speed up the process of council's taking over estates abandoned by bankrupt builders. The Labour Deputy is introducing a Private Members Bill in the...
Hannigan Introduces Private Members Bill
Meath TD Dominic Hannigan is introducing a bill to speed up the process of council's taking over estates abandoned by bankrupt builders. The Labour Deputy is introducing a Private Members Bill in the...
Irish News, May 16, 2012
Convicted Rapist Admits Further Offences
A 42-year-old man, who previously admitted trying to abduct a girl with the intention of sexually assaulting her, yesterday admitted attempting to falsely imprison another young woman. Dermot Murphy ...
Convicted Rapist Admits Further Offences
A 42-year-old man, who previously admitted trying to abduct a girl with the intention of sexually assaulting her, yesterday admitted attempting to falsely imprison another young woman. Dermot Murphy ...
Irish News, May 16, 2012
Former Council Offical Jailed For Abusing Children For 27 Years
A former Clare County Council official, 61-year-old Seán Leamy, has been jailed for six years for sexually abusing five boys over 27 years. At Ennis Circuit Court yesterday, Judge Carroll Moran said ...
Former Council Offical Jailed For Abusing Children For 27 Years
A former Clare County Council official, 61-year-old Seán Leamy, has been jailed for six years for sexually abusing five boys over 27 years. At Ennis Circuit Court yesterday, Judge Carroll Moran said ...
Irish News, May 16, 2012
Co Monaghan Shopkeepers Now Accepting Punts
Shopkeepers in the border town of Clones, Co Monaghan are offering to trade in the near obsolete punt to try and turn the clock back on the recession and euro currency crisis. Even though the old not...
Co Monaghan Shopkeepers Now Accepting Punts
Shopkeepers in the border town of Clones, Co Monaghan are offering to trade in the near obsolete punt to try and turn the clock back on the recession and euro currency crisis. Even though the old not...
Irish News, May 16, 2012
Call Made For Independent Review Of RTÉ Programming
Fianna Fáil TD Éamon Ó Cuív has called for an independent review into the preparation, editing and balance of current affairs programmes on RTÉ television and radio. Mr Ó Cuív was speaking at the Joi...
Call Made For Independent Review Of RTÉ Programming
Fianna Fáil TD Éamon Ó Cuív has called for an independent review into the preparation, editing and balance of current affairs programmes on RTÉ television and radio. Mr Ó Cuív was speaking at the Joi...
Irish News, May 16, 2012
400 New Jobs To Be Created By The Rehab Group
The Rehab Group, which provides support services and job opportunity for disabled people, has announced that it plans to recruit 750 new staff over the next three years. Over 400 of these positions w...
400 New Jobs To Be Created By The Rehab Group
The Rehab Group, which provides support services and job opportunity for disabled people, has announced that it plans to recruit 750 new staff over the next three years. Over 400 of these positions w...
Irish News, May 16, 2012
Row Escalates Over Additional Green Light On Taxis
A row has broken out over an additional small green light that has been added to a number of taxis around Dublin city, which have been interrupted as being a racist gesture. Minister for Transport Le...
Row Escalates Over Additional Green Light On Taxis
A row has broken out over an additional small green light that has been added to a number of taxis around Dublin city, which have been interrupted as being a racist gesture. Minister for Transport Le...
Irish News, May 16, 2012
Man Injured In Ballyfermot Pub Shooting
A 32-year-old man is being treated in hospital following a shooting incident outside the Ruby Finnegans pub in Ballyfermot. The man was sitting in his car when an unknown male approached and fired a ...
Man Injured In Ballyfermot Pub Shooting
A 32-year-old man is being treated in hospital following a shooting incident outside the Ruby Finnegans pub in Ballyfermot. The man was sitting in his car when an unknown male approached and fired a ...
Irish News, May 16, 2012
ASA Ban Paddy Power Transgender TV Ad
The UKs Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has upheld complaints over an advert for Irish bookmaker Paddy Power featuring transgender people. The ad broadcast during February ahead of Ladies' Day ...
ASA Ban Paddy Power Transgender TV Ad
The UKs Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has upheld complaints over an advert for Irish bookmaker Paddy Power featuring transgender people. The ad broadcast during February ahead of Ladies' Day ...
Irish News, May 16, 2012
Ireland's Last 'Occupy' Camp Removed
Gardai and council chiefs have dismantled Ireland’s last standing Occupy protest camp. Officials removed Occupy Galway activists from Eyre Square at about 4.30am on Wednesday morning. Six men were i...
Ireland's Last 'Occupy' Camp Removed
Gardai and council chiefs have dismantled Ireland’s last standing Occupy protest camp. Officials removed Occupy Galway activists from Eyre Square at about 4.30am on Wednesday morning. Six men were i...
Irish News, May 15, 2012
Four And A Half Years For Bank Manager Who Stole Over €3m
A Bank of Ireland manager who stole over €3 million from his employers in a sort of “Ponzi scheme” has been jailed for four and a half years at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court. 57-year-old William Free...
Four And A Half Years For Bank Manager Who Stole Over €3m
A Bank of Ireland manager who stole over €3 million from his employers in a sort of “Ponzi scheme” has been jailed for four and a half years at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court. 57-year-old William Free...
Irish News, May 15, 2012
Teens Plead Guilty To Unprovoked Attack
Three youths who pleaded guilty to an unprovoked gang attack on a 17-year-old boy at the Central Bank Plaza in Dublin city-centre last year are due to be sentenced. The three youths, a 17 year-old an...
Teens Plead Guilty To Unprovoked Attack
Three youths who pleaded guilty to an unprovoked gang attack on a 17-year-old boy at the Central Bank Plaza in Dublin city-centre last year are due to be sentenced. The three youths, a 17 year-old an...
Irish News, May 15, 2012
Philip Doyle Guilty Of Baby's Manslaughter
Philip Doyle has been found guilty of the manslaughter of his ex-fiancée's baby son seven years ago. 34-year-old Doyle, of Tinakilly, Aughrim, Co Wicklow had pleaded not guilty to the murder of three...
Philip Doyle Guilty Of Baby's Manslaughter
Philip Doyle has been found guilty of the manslaughter of his ex-fiancée's baby son seven years ago. 34-year-old Doyle, of Tinakilly, Aughrim, Co Wicklow had pleaded not guilty to the murder of three...
Irish News, May 15, 2012
Two-Year Sentence For Woman Convicted Of Cigarette Trading
A woman, described as a small trader at Limerick's Milk Market, has received a two-year jail sentence for the sale of illegal cigarettes. Carol Collopy of Danesford, Corbally in Limerick pleaded guil...
Two-Year Sentence For Woman Convicted Of Cigarette Trading
A woman, described as a small trader at Limerick's Milk Market, has received a two-year jail sentence for the sale of illegal cigarettes. Carol Collopy of Danesford, Corbally in Limerick pleaded guil...
Irish News, May 15, 2012
Four Arrested Over Cash-In-Transit Robbery
Three men and a woman have been arrested in connection with the robbery of a cash-in-transit van in Dublin in February. The four, all aged in their 20s, were detained this morning and will be questio...
Four Arrested Over Cash-In-Transit Robbery
Three men and a woman have been arrested in connection with the robbery of a cash-in-transit van in Dublin in February. The four, all aged in their 20s, were detained this morning and will be questio...
Irish News, May 15, 2012
EU Audit Finds Security Issues At Dublin Airport
A recent EU aviation security audit found two deficiencies within Dublin airport. One issue has already been dealt with but today the Dublin Airport Authority said it w ill take two months to bring ...
EU Audit Finds Security Issues At Dublin Airport
A recent EU aviation security audit found two deficiencies within Dublin airport. One issue has already been dealt with but today the Dublin Airport Authority said it w ill take two months to bring ...
Irish News, May 15, 2012
New Refuse Collection By-Laws Proposed
New by-laws regarding night time refuse collections within Dublin city have been proposed. The proposals include collections outside the core shopping area being completed by 10pm instead of midnight...
New Refuse Collection By-Laws Proposed
New by-laws regarding night time refuse collections within Dublin city have been proposed. The proposals include collections outside the core shopping area being completed by 10pm instead of midnight...
Irish News, May 15, 2012
Court Hears Of Detainee's Humiliating Treatment By Gardai
A judge has heard that a detainee at Longford Garda station was told to remove his trousers and underpants and had his privates “inspected” by gardaí. Mr Justice Matthew Deery heard it was one of a l...
Court Hears Of Detainee's Humiliating Treatment By Gardai
A judge has heard that a detainee at Longford Garda station was told to remove his trousers and underpants and had his privates “inspected” by gardaí. Mr Justice Matthew Deery heard it was one of a l...
Irish News, May 15, 2012
Dallat Welcomes Upgrade Of A5 Road Network
SDLP East Derry MLA John Dallat has called for a renewed commitment to establish a regular rail service between Derry and Dublin during Assembly Questions to the Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinnes...
Dallat Welcomes Upgrade Of A5 Road Network
SDLP East Derry MLA John Dallat has called for a renewed commitment to establish a regular rail service between Derry and Dublin during Assembly Questions to the Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinnes...
Irish News, May 14, 2012
Proposed €500m Centralised DIT Campus Given Go-Ahead
The €500m development of a centralised DIT campus in Grangegorman has been approved by An Bord Pleanála. But the board ruled that three proposed buildings of between 12 and 15 storeys high would have...
Proposed €500m Centralised DIT Campus Given Go-Ahead
The €500m development of a centralised DIT campus in Grangegorman has been approved by An Bord Pleanála. But the board ruled that three proposed buildings of between 12 and 15 storeys high would have...
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Ireland WeatherToday:Dry this morning with any mist and fog patches clearing. This afternoon will be cloudy with rain, occasionally heavy, spreading across all areas. Windy with afternoon with fresh to strong southerly winds, gales along the east coast later. Maximum temperature 10 °C.Tonight:Cloud and rain soon clearing away from the west this evening. Then the rest of the night will be mainly dry with just the odd shower. Winds easing down. Minimum temperature 7 °C.
