Irish News for October 2013 : Page 6

Irish News, Oct 4, 2013
Lottery Licence Sale To Fund Children's Hospital
Almost half of the money from the sale of the National Lottery licence will be used to fund the construction of the National Children's Hospital, Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform has said. ...
Irish News, Oct 4, 2013
Arrest Made After Burglars Threaten To Shot Woman And Baby
A 40-year-old man has been arrested in connection with a burglary in Balbriggan, during which a woman was threaten with a firearm while holding her baby. According to gardaí four masked men smashed t...
Irish News, Oct 4, 2013
Preferred Bidder Selected For National Lottery Licence
A preferred bidder has been selected in the sale of the next National Lottery licence. Premier Lotteries Ireland made a bid of €405 million for the 20 year licence, which will begin next October. Th...
Irish News, Oct 4, 2013
Students Vote For Smoke Free UCD
Students at University College Dublin have voted in favour of making the campus smoke free. The vote will not immediately result in a ban on smoking, but now allows for the UCD Students' Union to sup...
Irish News, Oct 3, 2013
Thousands Left Unable To Vote In Polling Card 'Blunder'
Dublin City officials have sent polling cards to some 5,000 dead people. The mistake has been roundly criticised with reports of a Labour TD describing it as a "major cock-up". It is understood that...
Irish News, Oct 3, 2013
Viable IED Discovered In Co Longford
A viable improvised explosive device has been found near a private residence in Longford. Gardaí called in a Defence Forces' Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Team after they discovered the suspect d...
Irish News, Oct 3, 2013
Three Arrested And Heroin Seized In Co Dublin
Heroin with an estimated street value of €650,000 has been seized and three men arrested by gardaí in Co Dublin. Gardaí have said that following an intelligence-led operation three men, aged in their...
Irish News, Oct 3, 2013
Storms Bring Down Power Lines Across The Midlands
Storm warnings have been issued for most of the country after hundreds of households were left without power in east Galway, south Roscommon and west Offaly . Severe storms uprooted trees and brought...
Irish News, Oct 3, 2013
Cash-In-Transit Van Robbery Foiled By Passing Garda Patrol
Gardaí have foiled an attempted cash-in-transit van robbery in Clondalkin, west Dublin. According to garda at around 11:20am two men approached a guard from the van as he made a delivery at the Bawno...
Irish News, Oct 3, 2013
Minister Reilly Unveils Plan To Make Ireland 'Tobacco Free'
Minister for Health James Reilly has revealed his plan to make Ireland tobacco-free by 2025. Some 60 recommendations that aim to eliminate smoking have been published in a report by the Tobacco Polic...
Irish News, Oct 3, 2013
Woman Killed And Man Seriously Injured In Co Wexford Road Crash
A woman has died in a two-car collision on the R741 between Gorey and Wexford. Gardaí have said that woman, aged in her 20s, died in the crash at around 10am on Thursday morning at Raheenaskeagh, nor...
Irish News, Oct 3, 2013
Examiner Appointed to Shoe Company Carl Scarpa
Eighty jobs are at risk following the announcement that Irish shoe retailer Carl Scarpa has entered examinership. Accounting firm Kavanagh Fennell was yesterday appointed as examiner for the Irish sh...
Irish News, Oct 3, 2013
Dublin Based IT Firm Creates 75 New Jobs
Some 75 new jobs are to be created at the Dublin based headquarters of technology firm, the IT Alliance Group. The announcement was made at the official opening of the Irish company's new 20,000 squa...
Irish News, Oct 2, 2013
Central Bank Urge Govt To Not Risk 'Hard Won' Gains
The government have been urged to not cut back on fiscal consolidation in the upcoming Budget. The Central Bank made the call in its Quarterly Bulletin, saying that several years of hard won gains sh...
Irish News, Oct 2, 2013
Gardaí Issue Warning Over Stolen Radioactive Materials
Gardaí have issued a warning to the public after the theft of radioactive materials in a weekend robbery in Swords. Seven lightning preventers in a red metal box were taken during a robbery, but gard...
Irish News, Oct 2, 2013
HSE Question Legitimacy Of Thousands Of GP Fee Claims
The Health Service Executive has questioned the legitimacy of thousands of claims made by GPs over out-of-hours care and special services for medical card patients. According to a report by RTÉ, the ...
Irish News, Oct 2, 2013
Child Abuse Images Accused Garda Named
The garda officer accused of possession of more than 650 images of child sexual abuse has been named as 53-year-old Joe O'Connor. It is alleged that at his home home in west Dublin between July 30 an...
Irish News, Oct 2, 2013
Hauliers Get Free Passage On Motorway System
Motorway toll fees are to be waived from next month for hauliers in an effort to divert heavy good vehicles off the B-roads and onto the motorway network. The move was suggested recently amid concern...
Irish News, Oct 2, 2013
Articulated Lorry Racers Jailed
Three lorry drivers have been jailed over an incident in which the three men race their articulated lorries along a main road. It is understood that the men held the race on the main route from Trale...
Irish News, Oct 2, 2013
SIPTU Ballot Aer Lingus Workers Over Strike Action
Workers at Aer Lingus are to be balloted again over possible strike action in an ongoing dispute over pensions. Trade uion SIPTU has accused the airline of "deliberately frustrating the resolution of...
Irish News, Oct 2, 2013
ASTI Teachers Begin Industrial Action
From today some 16,000 secondary school teachers will no long participate in after school meeting or take on any unpaid administrative work, as they begin industrial action in protest at the proposed ...
Irish News, Oct 2, 2013
Fr Doran Resigns From Mater Hospital Board
Following confirmation that the Mater Hospital in Dublin would abide by the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill, Fr Kevin Doran has resigned from the hospital's Board of Governors and the Board o...
Irish News, Oct 1, 2013
Man Charged With Rape Of Two Girls In Athlone
A 30-year-old man has appeared in court charged with the rape of two young girls in Athlone, Co Westmeath last Saturday afternoon. According to gardaí, two young girls, understood to be aged six and ...
Irish News, Oct 1, 2013
Reporting Restriction Lifted In Garda Child Sex Abuse Images Case
Reporting restrictions placed on the identity of a garda officer accused of possessing more than 650 images and videos of child sexual abuse have been lifted. The officer, aged in his 50s and station...
Irish News, Oct 1, 2013
Topaz To Create 100 New Jobs
Service station operator Topaz are to create 100 new jobs with the construction of two new motorway service stations. An investment of €8m is funding the building of two new services at Junction 3 on...
Irish News, Oct 1, 2013
Man Arrested In Connection With Drogheda Beach Body
Gardaí in Drogheda have arrested a man in connection with the death of Audrius Butkus, whose body was found on Mornington beach in Co Meath three weeks ago. According to gardaí, they arrested a man a...
Irish News, Oct 1, 2013
Searches Continue For Missing Mayorstone Teenager
Gardaí from Mayorstone are appealing for information about a 15-year-old girl, who has been missing since last Saturday. Chloe Kinsella was last seen at around 8.15pm when she left her home at Kenyon...
Irish News, Oct 1, 2013
Committee Recommend 'Opt-Out' Organ Donation System
The government should introduce an 'opt-out' system for organ donation, the Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children has recommended. The recommendation would mean citizens consent for organ donat...
Irish News, Oct 1, 2013
Speeding Clampdown Initiative To Use Plainclothes Garda
As part of a new initiative to tackle dangerous driving in Dublin, plainclothes garda officers will be used to identify speeding motorists and drivers jumping red lights. Under the October/November C...