Irish News for March 2014 : Page 3

Irish News, Mar 20, 2014
Capita Assest Services Preferred NAMA Bidder
Capita Asset Services (Ireland) has been chosen as the preferred bidder to provide primary and special services on the National Asset Management Agency's (NAMA) portfolio of commercial property loans....
Irish News, Mar 20, 2014
ESRI Publish Report On Rent Trends
New figures on rental prices show that in Dublin rents rose by 2.1% in the last three months of 2013, with apartments rising by 3.1% in the same period. The ESRI report was produced on behalf of the ...
Irish News, Mar 20, 2014
OECD Report 'Wake-Up Call' For Government
The findings of the latest OECD report highlighting the affect of childcare costs on families has been described as a "wake-up call" for the government. Fianna Fáil Spokesperson on Children Robert Tr...
Irish News, Mar 20, 2014
Man Critical After Dublin City Centre Attack
A 42-year-old man is said to be in a critical condition after suffering serious head injuries is a suspected assault in Dublin city centre on Wednesday night. According to garda the victim was found ...
Irish News, Mar 20, 2014
SIPTU Launch Campaign For Irish Water Meter Workers
SIPTU has launched a campaign to ensure that hundreds of workers employed on the Irish Water Meter Installation programme receive the pay and conditions to which they are entitled. The union say that...
Irish News, Mar 20, 2014
Ikea Recall Children's Bed Canopies
Three million canopies, for children's beds sold by Ikea, have been recalled due to a strangulation risk. A spokesperson for the retailer said that they have received reports of children getting enta...
Irish News, Mar 19, 2014
Consistency Needed In Bank Handling Of Mortgage Arrears
Greater consistency is needed in how different banks handle mortgage arrears, Fianna Fáil has said. The party's finance spokesperson Michael McGrath made the call following news that AIB had agreed 1...
Irish News, Mar 19, 2014
Women "Unfairly Targeted" In Pension Changes
The Social Protection Minister has been called on to explain why women are being "unfairly targeted" by changes to the State's contributory pension scheme. Fianna Fáil claim that cuts to weekly payme...
Irish News, Mar 19, 2014
Government Is Failing Young People - Sinn Féin
Sinn Féin's Dublin EU candidate Lynn Boylan has said the findings of the OECD's 2014 'Society at a Glance' report is proof that both Labour and Fine Gael are failing young people. Deputy Boylan said ...
Irish News, Mar 19, 2014
Local Property Tax Funds Being Misused
Funds collected through the Local Property Tax are being misused, Sinn Féin spokesperson on Local Government, Brian Stanley, has claimed. Deputy Stanley says that the latest figures regarding disburs...
Irish News, Mar 19, 2014
SIPTU Ordered To Pay Legal Costs
SIPTU has been ordered to pay the legal costs for a High Court case won by the Dublin Airport Authority and Ryanair last week. The airline and the DAA took the union to court seeking an injunction ag...
Irish News, Mar 19, 2014
Investigation Launches After St Patrick's Day Attack Video
An investigation has been launched after a video appeared online of a man being attacked in Dublin on St Patrick's Day. The video, which gardaí have urged people and the media not to share, shows a m...
Irish News, Mar 19, 2014
Police Investigate After Child Gets Locked In Ambulance
An investigation has been launched after a child was allegedly locked inside a broken down ambulance on its way to hospital. It is understood that the ambulance was making its way to Temple Street Ch...
Irish News, Mar 19, 2014
Sinn Féin Welcome EU Move To Scrap Roaming Charges
An Eu committee has voted in favour of scrapping all mobile phone roaming charges within the European Union, in a move welcomed by Sinn Féin MEP candidate for the Midlands Northwest constituency, Matt...
Irish News, Mar 19, 2014
Two Arrested In Cabra Death Investigation
Gardaí investigating the death of a 21-year-old man found outside a pub in the early hours of Tuesday morning have arrested two men. Jason Saunders, of Fassaugh Avenue, was found outside the Cabra Ho...
Irish News, Mar 18, 2014
Investigation Launched After Fatally Injured Man Found Outside Pub
A 21-year-old man has died in hospital after being found with serious injuries outside a pub in Dublin shortly after 7am on Tuesday morning. Gardai say that the man was found outside the Cabra House ...
Irish News, Mar 18, 2014
Woman Arrested Over Fatal Apartment Fire In Co Cork
A woman, aged in her 20s, has been arrested in connection with a fire that killed two men in Mallow Co Cork last week. A man and woman were rescued by gardaí from the apartment fire at Granary Court ...
Irish News, Mar 18, 2014
Customs Seize 120,000 Illegal Cigarettes
Cigarettes with an estimated retail value of €57,000 have been seized by customs officers at Cork Airport. Some 120,000 Marlboro cigarettes were discovered in 12 suitcases that had arrived on a fligh...
Irish News, Mar 18, 2014
Irish Rail Reintroduce Children's Tickets At Machines
Irish Rail have announced the reintroduction of children's tickets to its vending machines, some two years after they were removed to stop adults using them to avoid full rail fares. The option to bu...
Irish News, Mar 18, 2014
European Affairs Ministers Welcomes Crimea Referendum Condemnation
Minister for European Affairs, Paschal Donohoe has welcomed the EU's Foreign Affairs Council's condemnation of an illegal referendum that saw Crimea joining the Russian Federation. Speaking from Brus...
Irish News, Mar 18, 2014
Garda Appeal For Witnesses To Fatal Road Crash
Gardaí in Co Tipperary have reported the death of a 28-year-old man in a single-vehicle road crash in the early hours of Tuesday morning. According to garda, the crash happened at Rathronan in Clonme...
Irish News, Mar 18, 2014
Dedicated Garda Unit Needed To Tackle Gun Crime
A dedicated garda unit is needed to tackle a "dramatic" spike in gun crime, Fianna Fáil Spokesperson on Justice Niall Collins has said. Deputy Collins made the call as gardaí investigate three separa...
Irish News, Mar 18, 2014
Minister Shatter On 'Promote Ireland' Trip To Mexico
The Minister for Justice, Equality and Defence has begun his first St. Patrick’s Day Promote Ireland Programme visit to Mexico, following earlier trips by President Michael D Higgins and Lord Mayor of...
Irish News, Mar 18, 2014
Body Of Missing Teenager Recovered From River Shannon
The body of missing 19-year-old student Mark Casey has been recovered from the River Shannon at the Canal Bank area in Limerick. Members of the Limerick Search and Rescue team found the body of Mr Ca...
Irish News, Mar 14, 2014
Largo Foods To Shut Down
The news that Largo Foods is to shut down its operation in Gaoth Dobhair comes as a devastating blow to the local economy, according to Senator Brian Ó Domhnaill. Staff were told at a meeting this af...
Irish News, Mar 14, 2014
Two Men Injured In Dublin Shooting
A father and son were shot in Dublin on Thursday night. They were both attacked at a housing estate in Ballyfermot. Emergency services were alerted after locals heard gunshots at approximately 10.20...
Irish News, Mar 14, 2014
New Services Boost Irish Terminal Air Traffic
New airline services at Dublin and Shannon are set to boost Irish terminal air traffic. In particular, Dublin traffic will be boosted by a number of additional routes to Canada. In April, Aer Lingus...
Irish News, Mar 14, 2014
Teenager Dies In Crash In Co Donegal
A teenage boy has died after being hit by a car in Buncrana, Donegal. A vehicle struck the 13-year-old boy and his father on the main Buncrana to Carndonagh road at around 10.30pm on Thursday night. ...
Irish News, Mar 14, 2014
Girl Attacked By Dog In Limerick
A six-year-old girl has been attacked by a dog in Limerick. The victim was playing near her home in Lynwood Park on Thursday evening when the attack happened. The child has injuries to her face and ...
Irish News, Mar 14, 2014
Large Number Of Galway Students Affected By Online Bullying - Survey
In the results of a survey conducted with 577 young people in Galway, Labour TD, Derek Nolan, and Labour MEP candidate for Midlands North-West, Senator Lorraine Higgins, have revealed that over two th...