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Irish News, Aug 13, 2013
Call For The Dáil To Address The Organ Transplant Issue
Sinn Féin Health spokesperson Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin TD has said that the party's TDs are supporting the call for a recall of the Dáil to address the organ transplant issue. He said: "Given the inadequ...
Call For The Dáil To Address The Organ Transplant Issue
Sinn Féin Health spokesperson Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin TD has said that the party's TDs are supporting the call for a recall of the Dáil to address the organ transplant issue. He said: "Given the inadequ...
Irish News, Aug 13, 2013
Man Jailed For Life For Shane Geoghegan Murder
John Dundon has been found guilty of the murder Shane Geoghegan from Limerick. Dundon, 31, has been sentenced to life imprisonment for ordering the killing that led to Mr Geoghegan being shot five ti...
Man Jailed For Life For Shane Geoghegan Murder
John Dundon has been found guilty of the murder Shane Geoghegan from Limerick. Dundon, 31, has been sentenced to life imprisonment for ordering the killing that led to Mr Geoghegan being shot five ti...
Irish News, Aug 13, 2013
Parents Contribute On Average €421p/m For Third Level Education
Eight in 10 parents support their child with college related costs, contributing €421 per month on average per child, according to a survey by the Irish League of Credit Unions (ICLU). It found that ...
Parents Contribute On Average €421p/m For Third Level Education
Eight in 10 parents support their child with college related costs, contributing €421 per month on average per child, according to a survey by the Irish League of Credit Unions (ICLU). It found that ...
Irish News, Aug 12, 2013
Children Rescued By Sligo Coastguard
A group of children, aged between nine and 12, have been rescued by the Sligo Coastguard after their boats were caught in a swell this afternoon. The children, who were on a sailing course in Sligo B...
Children Rescued By Sligo Coastguard
A group of children, aged between nine and 12, have been rescued by the Sligo Coastguard after their boats were caught in a swell this afternoon. The children, who were on a sailing course in Sligo B...
Irish News, Aug 12, 2013
Leaked HSE Report 'Frightening' - Kelleher
Fianna Fáil Spokesperson on Health, Billy Kelleher TD, said the leaked internal report on high risk to patient safety across the health service is yet another damning indictment of Minister James Reil...
Leaked HSE Report 'Frightening' - Kelleher
Fianna Fáil Spokesperson on Health, Billy Kelleher TD, said the leaked internal report on high risk to patient safety across the health service is yet another damning indictment of Minister James Reil...
Irish News, Aug 12, 2013
Five Arrested Following Foiled Robbery
Gardai have arrested five men in relation to a foiled robbery at the house of a businessman in Cork. Three men were arrested this morning (12 August) and two other males, believed to be in their 30s ...
Five Arrested Following Foiled Robbery
Gardai have arrested five men in relation to a foiled robbery at the house of a businessman in Cork. Three men were arrested this morning (12 August) and two other males, believed to be in their 30s ...
Irish News, Aug 12, 2013
Sewerage Schemes Get The Go-Ahead
Pat the Cope Gallagher has welcomed the approval given by Minister Phil Hogan, Department of Environment, to allow both the Dungloe and Glenties sewerage schemes to commence. The total cost of both s...
Sewerage Schemes Get The Go-Ahead
Pat the Cope Gallagher has welcomed the approval given by Minister Phil Hogan, Department of Environment, to allow both the Dungloe and Glenties sewerage schemes to commence. The total cost of both s...
Irish News, Aug 12, 2013
Call For Govt To Introduce An Economic Recovery Bond
Fine Gael Kildare North TD, Bernard Durkan, has suggested that the Government should introduce an economic recovery bond to help provide funding for the local authority housing sector. Deputy Durkan...
Call For Govt To Introduce An Economic Recovery Bond
Fine Gael Kildare North TD, Bernard Durkan, has suggested that the Government should introduce an economic recovery bond to help provide funding for the local authority housing sector. Deputy Durkan...
Irish News, Aug 12, 2013
Services Back To Normal Following Minor Collision
Luas Red Line services are back to normal following a collision between a car and a tram this morning in Dublin City Centre. The crash occurred at around 10am between the Smithfield and Four Court st...
Services Back To Normal Following Minor Collision
Luas Red Line services are back to normal following a collision between a car and a tram this morning in Dublin City Centre. The crash occurred at around 10am between the Smithfield and Four Court st...
Irish News, Aug 12, 2013
Call For Govt To Protect Customers If Gas Price Hike Is Approved
Age Action has warned that if the Commission for Energy Regulation (CER) grants the 7.22% price hike being sought by Bord Gais for its domestic customers it will cause further hardship for many older ...
Call For Govt To Protect Customers If Gas Price Hike Is Approved
Age Action has warned that if the Commission for Energy Regulation (CER) grants the 7.22% price hike being sought by Bord Gais for its domestic customers it will cause further hardship for many older ...
Irish News, Aug 9, 2013
Three-Year-Old Boy Critical After Traffic Accident
A young child was airlifted from west Cork to Our Lady's Hospital in Crumlin, Dublin, after being critically injured in a traffic accident at around 7pm on Thursday. According to gardaí the three-yea...
Three-Year-Old Boy Critical After Traffic Accident
A young child was airlifted from west Cork to Our Lady's Hospital in Crumlin, Dublin, after being critically injured in a traffic accident at around 7pm on Thursday. According to gardaí the three-yea...
Irish News, Aug 9, 2013
Irish Woman Found Dead At Home In Singapore
An Irish woman has been found dead in her home in Singapore, the Irish Independent has reported. It is understood that Orla Daly, from Clontarf, Duiblin and aged in her 20s, was found by a friend in ...
Irish Woman Found Dead At Home In Singapore
An Irish woman has been found dead in her home in Singapore, the Irish Independent has reported. It is understood that Orla Daly, from Clontarf, Duiblin and aged in her 20s, was found by a friend in ...
Irish News, Aug 9, 2013
Mother And Daughter Hurt In Zoo Attack
A mother and her two-year-old daughter have been attacked by a tapir at Dublin Zoo. The attacked happened during a supervised, close-quarters visit, that the mother and daughter had been allowed to t...
Mother And Daughter Hurt In Zoo Attack
A mother and her two-year-old daughter have been attacked by a tapir at Dublin Zoo. The attacked happened during a supervised, close-quarters visit, that the mother and daughter had been allowed to t...
Irish News, Aug 9, 2013
Details of Revised Dublin Bus Deal Revealed
Details of the revised cost saving plan for Dublin Bus, written up at 5am on Thursday following 15 hour talks, have been revealed. Under the revised agreement, staff would agree to a cut of overtime ...
Details of Revised Dublin Bus Deal Revealed
Details of the revised cost saving plan for Dublin Bus, written up at 5am on Thursday following 15 hour talks, have been revealed. Under the revised agreement, staff would agree to a cut of overtime ...
Irish News, Aug 9, 2013
Body Found In Burnt Out Car 'Not Suspicious'
The body of a woman has been found in a burnt out car in Co Kildare. Gardaí have said that the body was discovered at around 11:30 today in a vehicle on a car park in Eadestown. However, garda added...
Body Found In Burnt Out Car 'Not Suspicious'
The body of a woman has been found in a burnt out car in Co Kildare. Gardaí have said that the body was discovered at around 11:30 today in a vehicle on a car park in Eadestown. However, garda added...
Irish News, Aug 9, 2013
HMRC Begin Collecting Property Tax 'At Source'
The Revenue Commissioners has revealed that a "significant number" of homeowners have refused to register for the new property, prompting instructions for direct deduction being sent to the employers ...
HMRC Begin Collecting Property Tax 'At Source'
The Revenue Commissioners has revealed that a "significant number" of homeowners have refused to register for the new property, prompting instructions for direct deduction being sent to the employers ...
Irish News, Aug 9, 2013
Care Home To Create 110 Jobs
A new Dublin nursing and retirement home is to create one hundred and ten new jobs. The 92-bed Ferndene Nursing and Retirement Home in Blackrock is due to open in the next few weeks and jobs will be ...
Care Home To Create 110 Jobs
A new Dublin nursing and retirement home is to create one hundred and ten new jobs. The 92-bed Ferndene Nursing and Retirement Home in Blackrock is due to open in the next few weeks and jobs will be ...
Irish News, Aug 9, 2013
Clarence Hotel To Fight DCC Over Planning Refusal
A proposed €150 million improvement plan of the Clarence Hotel was been refused planning permission by Dublin City Council (DCC). It is understood that the Clarence Partnership had applied to extend ...
Clarence Hotel To Fight DCC Over Planning Refusal
A proposed €150 million improvement plan of the Clarence Hotel was been refused planning permission by Dublin City Council (DCC). It is understood that the Clarence Partnership had applied to extend ...
Irish News, Aug 9, 2013
Property Developer Charged With Wasting Garda Time Bailed
A property developer who claimed to have been kidnapped and was subsequently charged with wasting garda time, has been bailed to appear again next month. 68-year-old Kevin McGeever, with an address a...
Property Developer Charged With Wasting Garda Time Bailed
A property developer who claimed to have been kidnapped and was subsequently charged with wasting garda time, has been bailed to appear again next month. 68-year-old Kevin McGeever, with an address a...
Irish News, Aug 8, 2013
Unions To Ballot Members Over Revised Dublin Bus Plan
Dublin Bus drivers and staff are to be balloted over a new Labour Court document created following talks between unions and management. SIPTU and the National Bus and Rail Union suspended their indus...
Unions To Ballot Members Over Revised Dublin Bus Plan
Dublin Bus drivers and staff are to be balloted over a new Labour Court document created following talks between unions and management. SIPTU and the National Bus and Rail Union suspended their indus...
Irish News, Aug 8, 2013
Unions To Discuss M&S Redundancy Terms
Soon-to-be redundant M&S employees are to meet with union officials to discuss redundancy terms. On Wednesday, M&S announced that it is to close four of its stores in Ireland, with the loss of 180 jo...
Unions To Discuss M&S Redundancy Terms
Soon-to-be redundant M&S employees are to meet with union officials to discuss redundancy terms. On Wednesday, M&S announced that it is to close four of its stores in Ireland, with the loss of 180 jo...
Irish News, Aug 8, 2013
Irishman Wanted In US Remanded Until Next Week
The High Court has again remanded in custody a 28-year-old Irishman wanted in the US in connection with the online distribution of child abuse images and videos. Eric Eoin Marques is described by US ...
Irishman Wanted In US Remanded Until Next Week
The High Court has again remanded in custody a 28-year-old Irishman wanted in the US in connection with the online distribution of child abuse images and videos. Eric Eoin Marques is described by US ...
Irish News, Aug 8, 2013
Men Airlifted From Scene Of Accident To Sligo Hospital
Two men were seriously injured in a car crash in Co Roscommon at around 19:30 on Wednesday. The single-vehicle crash happened near Mountallen, Arigna, Co Roscommon. According to garda the car crash...
Men Airlifted From Scene Of Accident To Sligo Hospital
Two men were seriously injured in a car crash in Co Roscommon at around 19:30 on Wednesday. The single-vehicle crash happened near Mountallen, Arigna, Co Roscommon. According to garda the car crash...
Irish News, Aug 8, 2013
Over 600% Increase In Hoax Calls Made To Ambulance Service
Hoax calls to the ambulance service has increased 660% in the last six years, according to HSE figures. In 2012, some 4,329 hoax or bogus calls were made to the ambulance service, compared to 655 fal...
Over 600% Increase In Hoax Calls Made To Ambulance Service
Hoax calls to the ambulance service has increased 660% in the last six years, according to HSE figures. In 2012, some 4,329 hoax or bogus calls were made to the ambulance service, compared to 655 fal...
Irish News, Aug 8, 2013
45 New Software Jobs For Sligo
Some 45 new jobs are to be created in Sligo by online discount retailer Overstock.com, the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation has announced. The Salt Lake City, Utah-based online discount r...
45 New Software Jobs For Sligo
Some 45 new jobs are to be created in Sligo by online discount retailer Overstock.com, the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation has announced. The Salt Lake City, Utah-based online discount r...
Irish News, Aug 8, 2013
IMO Ballot Doctors Over Working Hours
Some 2,000 non-consultant hospital doctors are to be balloted over action aiming to tackle long working hours. The Irish Medical Organisation (IMO) wants the Health Service Executive to fully impleme...
IMO Ballot Doctors Over Working Hours
Some 2,000 non-consultant hospital doctors are to be balloted over action aiming to tackle long working hours. The Irish Medical Organisation (IMO) wants the Health Service Executive to fully impleme...
Irish News, Aug 8, 2013
Water Meter Roll-Out Begins In Co Kildare
Co Kildare has become the first place to have the new water meters installed, as the roll-out commenced this morning. It is expected that the first bills generated by the new meters will be issued on...
Water Meter Roll-Out Begins In Co Kildare
Co Kildare has become the first place to have the new water meters installed, as the roll-out commenced this morning. It is expected that the first bills generated by the new meters will be issued on...
Irish News, Aug 8, 2013
Smuggled Cigarettes Uncovered At Dublin Airport
An estimated €30,000 worth of cigarettes and tobacco have seized at Dublin Airport. On Tuesday, more than 20,400 cigarettes and some 57.50kg of tobacco was found in the luggage of a 40-year-old Danis...
Smuggled Cigarettes Uncovered At Dublin Airport
An estimated €30,000 worth of cigarettes and tobacco have seized at Dublin Airport. On Tuesday, more than 20,400 cigarettes and some 57.50kg of tobacco was found in the luggage of a 40-year-old Danis...
Irish News, Aug 7, 2013
Irish Citizens Advised To Leave Yemen 'Immediately'
Irish citizens in Yemen have been advised to "leave immediately". It follows both the UK and the US pulling all consulate staff from the country and telling all other citizens to leave due to potenti...
Irish Citizens Advised To Leave Yemen 'Immediately'
Irish citizens in Yemen have been advised to "leave immediately". It follows both the UK and the US pulling all consulate staff from the country and telling all other citizens to leave due to potenti...
Irish News, Aug 7, 2013
Green Light Given To New Dublin 'Quiet Areas'
A number of parks in Dublin are to be declared "quiet areas", where the level of noise must be kept below defined levels both day and night. Minister for the Environment Phil Hogan gave Dublin City C...
Green Light Given To New Dublin 'Quiet Areas'
A number of parks in Dublin are to be declared "quiet areas", where the level of noise must be kept below defined levels both day and night. Minister for the Environment Phil Hogan gave Dublin City C...
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Ireland WeatherThis Evening and 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.
