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Irish News, Aug 23, 2013
Man's Body Discovered In Dublin
A man's body has been discovered in Dublin at around 9am this morning. The body, which was found by staff unloading a rubbish truck, was located at a waste recycling facility on the Greenhills Road i...
Man's Body Discovered In Dublin
A man's body has been discovered in Dublin at around 9am this morning. The body, which was found by staff unloading a rubbish truck, was located at a waste recycling facility on the Greenhills Road i...
Irish News, Aug 23, 2013
Kildare Village Expansion Gets The Green Light
Fine Gael TD for Kildare South, Martin Heydon, has welcomed the decision of An Bord Pleanála to grant permission for the proposed phase two development at Kildare Village retail outlet on the outskirt...
Kildare Village Expansion Gets The Green Light
Fine Gael TD for Kildare South, Martin Heydon, has welcomed the decision of An Bord Pleanála to grant permission for the proposed phase two development at Kildare Village retail outlet on the outskirt...
Irish News, Aug 23, 2013
Man Killed In Offaly Crash
A man in his 50s has been killed in a crash in Offaly this morning. The crash occurred on the Bracknagh to Monasterevin Road when an articulated truck he was driving left the road after 8am. The man...
Man Killed In Offaly Crash
A man in his 50s has been killed in a crash in Offaly this morning. The crash occurred on the Bracknagh to Monasterevin Road when an articulated truck he was driving left the road after 8am. The man...
Irish News, Aug 23, 2013
Socioeconomic Inequalities Identified In Uptake Of Cervical Cancer Screening
A working paper published by NUI Galway economists points to important differences in uptake of cervical cancer screening. The study compared uptake of cervical cancer screening in Ireland, Northern...
Socioeconomic Inequalities Identified In Uptake Of Cervical Cancer Screening
A working paper published by NUI Galway economists points to important differences in uptake of cervical cancer screening. The study compared uptake of cervical cancer screening in Ireland, Northern...
Irish News, Aug 22, 2013
Minister Congratulates Malala Yousafzai
Minister Costello has congratulated Malala Yousafzai after she received the Tipperary International Peace Award. The Minister for Trade and Development addressed the Tipperary International Peace Aw...
Minister Congratulates Malala Yousafzai
Minister Costello has congratulated Malala Yousafzai after she received the Tipperary International Peace Award. The Minister for Trade and Development addressed the Tipperary International Peace Aw...
Irish News, Aug 22, 2013
Heinz Could Cut 250 Jobs
It has been reported that up to 250 jobs in the UK and Ireland could be cut by food giant Heinz. According to RTE, the company is planning to restructure the business which could affect jobs at its ...
Heinz Could Cut 250 Jobs
It has been reported that up to 250 jobs in the UK and Ireland could be cut by food giant Heinz. According to RTE, the company is planning to restructure the business which could affect jobs at its ...
Irish News, Aug 22, 2013
MEPs Call For Dublin Bridge Name
Dublin MEP, Emer Costello, has repeated her call for the new Dublin city bridge to be named after trade union activist, Rosie Hackett. Ms Costello said: "As the potential names for our new bridge ar...
MEPs Call For Dublin Bridge Name
Dublin MEP, Emer Costello, has repeated her call for the new Dublin city bridge to be named after trade union activist, Rosie Hackett. Ms Costello said: "As the potential names for our new bridge ar...
Irish News, Aug 22, 2013
Leinster House To Open For Culture Night
Leinster House is to open its doors to 1,650 members of the public as part of the nationwide Culture Night Festival. The gates of Leinster House will be opened for an evening of culture and entertain...
Leinster House To Open For Culture Night
Leinster House is to open its doors to 1,650 members of the public as part of the nationwide Culture Night Festival. The gates of Leinster House will be opened for an evening of culture and entertain...
Irish News, Aug 22, 2013
Swimmer Forced To Abandon Challenge
Steve Redmond has been forced to abandon an attempt to become the first person to swim from Ireland to Wales. According to RTE, the 48-year-old was forced to pull out of the swim in the early hours ...
Swimmer Forced To Abandon Challenge
Steve Redmond has been forced to abandon an attempt to become the first person to swim from Ireland to Wales. According to RTE, the 48-year-old was forced to pull out of the swim in the early hours ...
Irish News, Aug 22, 2013
Daniel Day-Lewis Welcomes Wicklow Hospice Progress
Irish actor Daniel Day Lewis has welcomed news that the Wicklow Hospice Foundation can proceed with a new 12-bed facility at its Magheramore site. The Foundation has almost reached its fundraising ta...
Daniel Day-Lewis Welcomes Wicklow Hospice Progress
Irish actor Daniel Day Lewis has welcomed news that the Wicklow Hospice Foundation can proceed with a new 12-bed facility at its Magheramore site. The Foundation has almost reached its fundraising ta...
Irish News, Aug 22, 2013
Bike Sharing Scheme Announced For Limerick
Public bicycle sharing is to be introduced in Limerick city centre by autumn next year. The Public Bicycle Share Scheme will see 23 docking stations housing 400 individual bicycle docks across the ci...
Bike Sharing Scheme Announced For Limerick
Public bicycle sharing is to be introduced in Limerick city centre by autumn next year. The Public Bicycle Share Scheme will see 23 docking stations housing 400 individual bicycle docks across the ci...
Irish News, Aug 22, 2013
€150k Grant For Raidió Rí-Rá
The Minister of State at the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Dinny McGinley TD, has said has approved an exceptional grant for Raidió Rí-Rá to enable them to continue until the end of ...
€150k Grant For Raidió Rí-Rá
The Minister of State at the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Dinny McGinley TD, has said has approved an exceptional grant for Raidió Rí-Rá to enable them to continue until the end of ...
Irish News, Aug 21, 2013
Garda Work With PSNI Over Slane Sex Act Images
A cross-border investigation has been launched into the images of a 17-year-old girl performing a sex act on a man during the weekends concert at Slane Castle. Gardaí have confirmed that they are now...
Garda Work With PSNI Over Slane Sex Act Images
A cross-border investigation has been launched into the images of a 17-year-old girl performing a sex act on a man during the weekends concert at Slane Castle. Gardaí have confirmed that they are now...
Irish News, Aug 21, 2013
Irishman Assaulted In Boston Attack
A 33-year-old Irishman has been left fighting for his life in a Boston hospital after a serious assualt. Gary Halpin, a freelance designer originally from Carrigaloe in Cobh, Co Cork, is reported to ...
Irishman Assaulted In Boston Attack
A 33-year-old Irishman has been left fighting for his life in a Boston hospital after a serious assualt. Gary Halpin, a freelance designer originally from Carrigaloe in Cobh, Co Cork, is reported to ...
Irish News, Aug 21, 2013
Figures Show Extent Of Malicious Calls Made To Fire Service
Some 4,640 false calls were made to Cork City fire services from 2007 to 2011, figures obtained by Fine Gael TD John O’Mahony have revealed. Fine Gael Cork South Central Deputy, Jerry Buttimer, said:...
Figures Show Extent Of Malicious Calls Made To Fire Service
Some 4,640 false calls were made to Cork City fire services from 2007 to 2011, figures obtained by Fine Gael TD John O’Mahony have revealed. Fine Gael Cork South Central Deputy, Jerry Buttimer, said:...
Irish News, Aug 21, 2013
Drogheda To Get New Mental Health Facility
A new purpose built 45 bed adult mental health facility is to be developed on the site of Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital Healthcare Campus in Drogheda, the HSE have announced. News in the new Acute Adm...
Drogheda To Get New Mental Health Facility
A new purpose built 45 bed adult mental health facility is to be developed on the site of Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital Healthcare Campus in Drogheda, the HSE have announced. News in the new Acute Adm...
Irish News, Aug 21, 2013
Green Party Call For Second Dublin Bus Station
The Green Party has called for a second bus station to be established in Dublin. The party have also called for Busaras to be opened to all buses alongside the newly proposed second unified station. ...
Green Party Call For Second Dublin Bus Station
The Green Party has called for a second bus station to be established in Dublin. The party have also called for Busaras to be opened to all buses alongside the newly proposed second unified station. ...
Irish News, Aug 21, 2013
Gardaí Appeal For Information Over Taxi Driver Assault
Gardaí in Dublin have appealed for information over the serious assault of taxi driver and the theft of his cab the city in the early hours of Wednesday morning. Three men have been arrested in conne...
Gardaí Appeal For Information Over Taxi Driver Assault
Gardaí in Dublin have appealed for information over the serious assault of taxi driver and the theft of his cab the city in the early hours of Wednesday morning. Three men have been arrested in conne...
Irish News, Aug 21, 2013
UK Ad Criticising The FSAI Banned
An advert issued in Britain by supermarket Iceland, which criticises the Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI), has been banned by the UK's Advertising Standards Authority (ASA). The ad, which ran...
UK Ad Criticising The FSAI Banned
An advert issued in Britain by supermarket Iceland, which criticises the Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI), has been banned by the UK's Advertising Standards Authority (ASA). The ad, which ran...
Irish News, Aug 21, 2013
IPSO Warning Over New ATM Scam
A warning has been issued to users of ATM cash machines about a new scam in which cardholders are being distracted to allow thieves to steal their money. The Irish Payment Services Organisation (IPSO...
IPSO Warning Over New ATM Scam
A warning has been issued to users of ATM cash machines about a new scam in which cardholders are being distracted to allow thieves to steal their money. The Irish Payment Services Organisation (IPSO...
Irish News, Aug 21, 2013
Fire At Waterford Storage Facility 'Under Control'
Firefighters in Waterford have brought a blaze at a storage facility at Belview Port under control. The fire was reported at Southeast Port Services just before 10am this morning, with five units fro...
Fire At Waterford Storage Facility 'Under Control'
Firefighters in Waterford have brought a blaze at a storage facility at Belview Port under control. The fire was reported at Southeast Port Services just before 10am this morning, with five units fro...
Irish News, Aug 20, 2013
Alan Ryan Commemoration March Planned
Republicans are allegedly planning to mark the one year anniversary of the murdered Real IRA chief Alan Ryan. It is understood that a "huge" commemoration is being planned by dissident leaders from t...
Alan Ryan Commemoration March Planned
Republicans are allegedly planning to mark the one year anniversary of the murdered Real IRA chief Alan Ryan. It is understood that a "huge" commemoration is being planned by dissident leaders from t...
Irish News, Aug 20, 2013
Dublin Property Prices Rise But Prices Fall Nationally
There has been an 8% rise in property prices in Dublin in the last 12 months, according to the Central Statistics Office (CSO). The figures show that in July, residential property prices increased by...
Dublin Property Prices Rise But Prices Fall Nationally
There has been an 8% rise in property prices in Dublin in the last 12 months, according to the Central Statistics Office (CSO). The figures show that in July, residential property prices increased by...
Irish News, Aug 20, 2013
17-Year-Old Treated In Hospital After Slane Photographs
A 17-year-old girl photographed performing a sex act on two different males during an Eminem concert at Slane Castle at the weekend, is being treated in hospital as garda investigate the circumstances...
17-Year-Old Treated In Hospital After Slane Photographs
A 17-year-old girl photographed performing a sex act on two different males during an Eminem concert at Slane Castle at the weekend, is being treated in hospital as garda investigate the circumstances...
Irish News, Aug 20, 2013
Tipperary Peace Prize For Pakistani Schoolgirl Shot By Taliban
The Tipperary Peace Prize, awarded annually to recognise courage and determination, is to be presented to Malala Yousafzai, a student shot in the head by the Taliban in Pakistan. 16-year-old Malala w...
Tipperary Peace Prize For Pakistani Schoolgirl Shot By Taliban
The Tipperary Peace Prize, awarded annually to recognise courage and determination, is to be presented to Malala Yousafzai, a student shot in the head by the Taliban in Pakistan. 16-year-old Malala w...
Irish News, Aug 20, 2013
Sinn Fein Raise Concerns Over Jail Terms For TV Licence Non-Payment
An increase in the number of people jailed for non-payment of the TV licence has been described as "extremely worrying" by Dublin South West Sinn Féin TD Seán Crowe. Responding to a report that shows...
Sinn Fein Raise Concerns Over Jail Terms For TV Licence Non-Payment
An increase in the number of people jailed for non-payment of the TV licence has been described as "extremely worrying" by Dublin South West Sinn Féin TD Seán Crowe. Responding to a report that shows...
Irish News, Aug 20, 2013
Cargo Ship Runs Aground Off Dublin Coast
A cargo ship, en route from Ringaskiddy to Dublin, has run around 11km off the coast of Dublin this morning. The MV Cielo di San Francisco hit a sandbank between the Kish Bank and Bray at about 9.30a...
Cargo Ship Runs Aground Off Dublin Coast
A cargo ship, en route from Ringaskiddy to Dublin, has run around 11km off the coast of Dublin this morning. The MV Cielo di San Francisco hit a sandbank between the Kish Bank and Bray at about 9.30a...
Irish News, Aug 20, 2013
Interim Emergency Department To Accept Walk-Ins
The temporary emergency department, opened at Letterkenny General Hospital after flooding caused damage to the main department, is due to start accepting walk-in patients. The hospital's main emergen...
Interim Emergency Department To Accept Walk-Ins
The temporary emergency department, opened at Letterkenny General Hospital after flooding caused damage to the main department, is due to start accepting walk-in patients. The hospital's main emergen...
Irish News, Aug 20, 2013
€70,000 Compensation Awarded To Secretary
A medical secretary with a debilitating bowel disorder has been awarded €70,000 in compensation, after a tribunal found that HSE West failed to provide her with a suitable office. It is understood th...
€70,000 Compensation Awarded To Secretary
A medical secretary with a debilitating bowel disorder has been awarded €70,000 in compensation, after a tribunal found that HSE West failed to provide her with a suitable office. It is understood th...
Irish News, Aug 20, 2013
Seanad Recalled To Discuss Organ Donation Law
A European Union regulation on organ donation, signed into Irish law last August without debate, is to be discussed by the Seanad. The Seanad has been recalled from summer recess to discuss the law a...
Seanad Recalled To Discuss Organ Donation Law
A European Union regulation on organ donation, signed into Irish law last August without debate, is to be discussed by the Seanad. The Seanad has been recalled from summer recess to discuss the law a...
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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.
