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Irish News, Sep 19, 2012
Councils Urged To Do 'Everything They Can' To Secure Household Charge
Taoiseach Enda Kenny has called on all councils to do everything they can to increase the rate of payment of the household charge. Mr Kenny defended the decision of Clare County Council to ask colleg...
Councils Urged To Do 'Everything They Can' To Secure Household Charge
Taoiseach Enda Kenny has called on all councils to do everything they can to increase the rate of payment of the household charge. Mr Kenny defended the decision of Clare County Council to ask colleg...
Irish News, Sep 19, 2012
Mayo Council Want Permanent Croagh Patrick Helipad For Injured
The busiest six-week period on record has been reported by Mayo Mountain Rescue, with the majority of call-outs relating to people who have fallen while climbing Croagh Patrick. Ten of the 14 call-ou...
Mayo Council Want Permanent Croagh Patrick Helipad For Injured
The busiest six-week period on record has been reported by Mayo Mountain Rescue, with the majority of call-outs relating to people who have fallen while climbing Croagh Patrick. Ten of the 14 call-ou...
Irish News, Sep 19, 2012
New 'Anti-Superbug' Unit Opens At Ennis General
Ireland’s first 100 per cent “Sari-compliant” medical facility has been open following he completion of a new €15m wing of Ennis General Hospital. Sari, a new standard, stands for strategy for the co...
New 'Anti-Superbug' Unit Opens At Ennis General
Ireland’s first 100 per cent “Sari-compliant” medical facility has been open following he completion of a new €15m wing of Ennis General Hospital. Sari, a new standard, stands for strategy for the co...
Irish News, Sep 19, 2012
Double Murderer Malcolm Macarthur Released After 30 Years
Double-murderer Malcolm Macarthur has been released from prison after serving just over 30 years of a life sentence. Now aged 66, Macarthur was given a life sentence for the murder in 1982 of nurse, ...
Double Murderer Malcolm Macarthur Released After 30 Years
Double-murderer Malcolm Macarthur has been released from prison after serving just over 30 years of a life sentence. Now aged 66, Macarthur was given a life sentence for the murder in 1982 of nurse, ...
Irish News, Sep 19, 2012
South Tipperary Council U-Turn On Withholding Grants
South Tipperary County council has reversed its decision on withholding grant payments from students whose parents have not paid the household charge. The council said, “following receipt of further ...
South Tipperary Council U-Turn On Withholding Grants
South Tipperary County council has reversed its decision on withholding grant payments from students whose parents have not paid the household charge. The council said, “following receipt of further ...
Irish News, Sep 19, 2012
400 New Jobs For Limerick With US Firm Expansion
Some 400 new jobs will be created in Limerick when a leading US financial services company more than doubles its workforce as part of a major expansion of its Irish operation. Northern Trust, a fund ...
400 New Jobs For Limerick With US Firm Expansion
Some 400 new jobs will be created in Limerick when a leading US financial services company more than doubles its workforce as part of a major expansion of its Irish operation. Northern Trust, a fund ...
Irish News, Sep 18, 2012
105 Seasonal Bord na Móna Staff Laid Off
105 of Bord na Móna’s seasonal employees are to lose their jobs as a result of this year's poor peat harvest. A further 90 staff are to be put onto short-time working, while there will also be redepl...
105 Seasonal Bord na Móna Staff Laid Off
105 of Bord na Móna’s seasonal employees are to lose their jobs as a result of this year's poor peat harvest. A further 90 staff are to be put onto short-time working, while there will also be redepl...
Irish News, Sep 18, 2012
Clare County Council Blocking Student Grants Over Household Charge
Clare County Council has refused to approve third-level student grants unless their parents have paid the €100 household charge, in a move supported by education minister Ruairi Quinn this morning. M...
Clare County Council Blocking Student Grants Over Household Charge
Clare County Council has refused to approve third-level student grants unless their parents have paid the €100 household charge, in a move supported by education minister Ruairi Quinn this morning. M...
Irish News, Sep 18, 2012
Bord Gáis Announce 5% Price Increase
Domestic electricity bills could increase by more than €50 a year as Bord Gáis announce a 5% price hike. The price increase, which will come into effect from 15 October, will see customers paying ove...
Bord Gáis Announce 5% Price Increase
Domestic electricity bills could increase by more than €50 a year as Bord Gáis announce a 5% price hike. The price increase, which will come into effect from 15 October, will see customers paying ove...
Irish News, Sep 18, 2012
Clerys Department Store Saved By US Takeover
Some 350 jobs at iconic department store Clerys, on O’Connell Street in Dublin, have been saved after a take over deal was agreed with a US company on Monday. However, its sister shop, Guineys on Dub...
Clerys Department Store Saved By US Takeover
Some 350 jobs at iconic department store Clerys, on O’Connell Street in Dublin, have been saved after a take over deal was agreed with a US company on Monday. However, its sister shop, Guineys on Dub...
Irish News, Sep 18, 2012
25-Year-Old Shot On Doorstep
A 25-year-old man has been injured in a shooting in the early hours of Tuesday morning, when he answered a call to his front door. The man was hit in his knee and stomach in the attack at his home on...
25-Year-Old Shot On Doorstep
A 25-year-old man has been injured in a shooting in the early hours of Tuesday morning, when he answered a call to his front door. The man was hit in his knee and stomach in the attack at his home on...
Irish News, Sep 18, 2012
FAS Staff Could Face Sack Over Pornographic Emails
Staff at state agency FAS could be facing the sack over the distribution of thousands of pornographic images. It is understood that thousands of images were sent and received by workers at FAS, inclu...
FAS Staff Could Face Sack Over Pornographic Emails
Staff at state agency FAS could be facing the sack over the distribution of thousands of pornographic images. It is understood that thousands of images were sent and received by workers at FAS, inclu...
Irish News, Sep 18, 2012
Teacher Awarded €75,000 Damages Over Harassment Claims
A female secondary school teacher, dismissed for complaining about alleged sexual harassment by male pupils, has been awarded €75,000 in damages. The Equality Tribunal awarded damages to the English ...
Teacher Awarded €75,000 Damages Over Harassment Claims
A female secondary school teacher, dismissed for complaining about alleged sexual harassment by male pupils, has been awarded €75,000 in damages. The Equality Tribunal awarded damages to the English ...
Irish News, Sep 17, 2012
Gardaí Waiting To Speak To Mother About 11-Year-Old's Death
Gardai are waiting to interview a mother after her 11-year-old daughter was found dead at her home in suspicious circumstances. It is believed the interview is crucial to discovering how the little g...
Gardaí Waiting To Speak To Mother About 11-Year-Old's Death
Gardai are waiting to interview a mother after her 11-year-old daughter was found dead at her home in suspicious circumstances. It is believed the interview is crucial to discovering how the little g...
Irish News, Sep 17, 2012
Off Duty Gardaí Left With Serious Head Injuries After Weekend Attack
An off-duty garda has suffered a serious head injury after he was assaulted by a group of teenagers in Limerick at the weekend. The Co Galway based garda was walking home from a night out in the town...
Off Duty Gardaí Left With Serious Head Injuries After Weekend Attack
An off-duty garda has suffered a serious head injury after he was assaulted by a group of teenagers in Limerick at the weekend. The Co Galway based garda was walking home from a night out in the town...
Irish News, Sep 17, 2012
HSE And Consultants Reach Agreement
Following intensive overnight talks, health service management and hospital consultants have reached an agreement on new work practices and flexibilities. The Government believes the new measures cou...
HSE And Consultants Reach Agreement
Following intensive overnight talks, health service management and hospital consultants have reached an agreement on new work practices and flexibilities. The Government believes the new measures cou...
Irish News, Sep 17, 2012
Not A Single Seanad Vote Cast By Martin McAleese
Senator Martin McAleese, husband of former President Mary McAleese, has not cast a single vote in the Seanad. Taoiseach Enda Kenny appointed McAleese to the Seanad by last May in recognition of his o...
Not A Single Seanad Vote Cast By Martin McAleese
Senator Martin McAleese, husband of former President Mary McAleese, has not cast a single vote in the Seanad. Taoiseach Enda Kenny appointed McAleese to the Seanad by last May in recognition of his o...
Irish News, Sep 17, 2012
Bishop Kirby Apologises For Paedophilia Remarks
A Co Galway-based Catholic Bishop, who moved two priests who abused children to different parishes in the 1990s, has apologised for remarks he made trivialising their crimes. In a weekend message to ...
Bishop Kirby Apologises For Paedophilia Remarks
A Co Galway-based Catholic Bishop, who moved two priests who abused children to different parishes in the 1990s, has apologised for remarks he made trivialising their crimes. In a weekend message to ...
Irish News, Sep 17, 2012
Gardaí Seize Cannabis Worth Up €900,000
Cannabis worth over €900,000 has been seized by the Gardai in raids in Wexford and Galway over the weekend. Nine people were arrested during the weekend raids in Enniscorthy, Tuam and Oughterard. Of...
Gardaí Seize Cannabis Worth Up €900,000
Cannabis worth over €900,000 has been seized by the Gardai in raids in Wexford and Galway over the weekend. Nine people were arrested during the weekend raids in Enniscorthy, Tuam and Oughterard. Of...
Irish News, Sep 17, 2012
Alan Ryan's Brother Charged With IRA Membership
Vincent Ryan, brother of murdered dissident republican Alan Ryan, has been charged with membership of the IRA before a sitting of the Special Criminal Court. The charges come following a major garda ...
Alan Ryan's Brother Charged With IRA Membership
Vincent Ryan, brother of murdered dissident republican Alan Ryan, has been charged with membership of the IRA before a sitting of the Special Criminal Court. The charges come following a major garda ...
Irish News, Sep 14, 2012
HSE Talks Resume As Resolution Still Not Found
No resolution had been reached by the end of talks between health service managers and consultants at the Labour Relations Commission (LRC) last night. It is understood the negotiations, which centre...
HSE Talks Resume As Resolution Still Not Found
No resolution had been reached by the end of talks between health service managers and consultants at the Labour Relations Commission (LRC) last night. It is understood the negotiations, which centre...
Irish News, Sep 14, 2012
New Petition System Sees Public Directly Address Oireachtas
The introduction of a new petitions system will see members of the public able to put their concerns about matters of public policy directly to an Oireachtas committee. The initiative offers citizens...
New Petition System Sees Public Directly Address Oireachtas
The introduction of a new petitions system will see members of the public able to put their concerns about matters of public policy directly to an Oireachtas committee. The initiative offers citizens...
Irish News, Sep 14, 2012
'Diamond Bazooka' Rings Topple Insolvency Amendment
An amendment to the new personal insolvency legislation, which sought to allow debtors to keep "one item of jewellery of ceremonial significance", has been withdrawn as there was no stipulation of an ...
'Diamond Bazooka' Rings Topple Insolvency Amendment
An amendment to the new personal insolvency legislation, which sought to allow debtors to keep "one item of jewellery of ceremonial significance", has been withdrawn as there was no stipulation of an ...
Irish News, Sep 14, 2012
Noonan Begins Meetings With Eurozone Finance Ministers
Minister for Finance Michael Noonan has met with eurozone finance ministers at an informal meeting in Cyprus to present Ireland’s case for a reduction in its banking debt. Jean Claude Juncker, presid...
Noonan Begins Meetings With Eurozone Finance Ministers
Minister for Finance Michael Noonan has met with eurozone finance ministers at an informal meeting in Cyprus to present Ireland’s case for a reduction in its banking debt. Jean Claude Juncker, presid...
Irish News, Sep 14, 2012
Three Die In Roscommon House Fire
Three men have died in a house fire in Roscommon town. Emergency services were called to a house in the St Ciaran's Park area at about 7.30am on Friday morning. Investigating gardaí then discovered ...
Three Die In Roscommon House Fire
Three men have died in a house fire in Roscommon town. Emergency services were called to a house in the St Ciaran's Park area at about 7.30am on Friday morning. Investigating gardaí then discovered ...
Irish News, Sep 14, 2012
Traffic Garda Found Guilty For Not Having Tax or NCT
A senior member of the Garda Traffic Corps in Limerick city has been ordered to pay €3,500 to charity after being found guilty of having no tax or NCT on his car. Garda Michael O’Shaughnessy however ...
Traffic Garda Found Guilty For Not Having Tax or NCT
A senior member of the Garda Traffic Corps in Limerick city has been ordered to pay €3,500 to charity after being found guilty of having no tax or NCT on his car. Garda Michael O’Shaughnessy however ...
Irish News, Sep 14, 2012
Publicans Boycott Galway Drinkers Ambulance Service
Plans for a new ambulance in Galway servicing late night drinkers are in doubt after local publicans decided to boycott it. Members of the Galway City Vintners Association have hit out at the plans, ...
Publicans Boycott Galway Drinkers Ambulance Service
Plans for a new ambulance in Galway servicing late night drinkers are in doubt after local publicans decided to boycott it. Members of the Galway City Vintners Association have hit out at the plans, ...
Irish News, Sep 14, 2012
Live Grenade Thrown Into Front Room Of House
Gardaí have said they are concerned about a criminal gang having access to live grenades following an attack on a house in north Dublin shortly after midnight yesterday. A viable grenade was thrown t...
Live Grenade Thrown Into Front Room Of House
Gardaí have said they are concerned about a criminal gang having access to live grenades following an attack on a house in north Dublin shortly after midnight yesterday. A viable grenade was thrown t...
Irish News, Sep 14, 2012
SumUp Set To Open Development Centre In Dublin
Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Richard Bruton TD has announced that SumUp, a company dedicated to helping small businesses overcome issues with accepting credit and debit card payments,...
SumUp Set To Open Development Centre In Dublin
Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Richard Bruton TD has announced that SumUp, a company dedicated to helping small businesses overcome issues with accepting credit and debit card payments,...
Irish News, Sep 13, 2012
Shatter Halts Closure Of Asylum Centre Until Review
The closure of Galway’s largest asylum-seeker accommodation centre has been deferred until Minister for Justice Alan Shatter reviews the reason for the decision to close. None of the almost 270 asyl...
Shatter Halts Closure Of Asylum Centre Until Review
The closure of Galway’s largest asylum-seeker accommodation centre has been deferred until Minister for Justice Alan Shatter reviews the reason for the decision to close. None of the almost 270 asyl...
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Ireland WeatherToday:Scattered sleet and snow showers will turn increasingly heavy and more frequent in the afternoon across the north. Largely dry with sunny spells in the south, but showers spreading here towards the end of the day. Maximum temperature 4 °C.Tonight:Frequent, often heavy showers of rain, sleet and snow will affect most parts this evening and overnight, but are likely to be most frequent across the northeast. Minimum temperature -1 °C.
