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Irish News, May 18, 2015
Bill Published To Establish New Policing Authority
A Bill has been published to establish the new independent Policing Authority in Ireland. Frances Fitzgerald TD, Minister for Justice and Equality, has published the Garda Síochána (Policing Authorit...
Bill Published To Establish New Policing Authority
A Bill has been published to establish the new independent Policing Authority in Ireland. Frances Fitzgerald TD, Minister for Justice and Equality, has published the Garda Síochána (Policing Authorit...
Irish News, May 18, 2015
Man Killed In Dublin Road Crash
Gardaí have launched an investigation following a fatal road crash in Dublin on 16 May. The collision, which occurred on the main Dublin to Longford Road N4, occurred at approximately 11.10pm. It is ...
Man Killed In Dublin Road Crash
Gardaí have launched an investigation following a fatal road crash in Dublin on 16 May. The collision, which occurred on the main Dublin to Longford Road N4, occurred at approximately 11.10pm. It is ...
Irish News, May 18, 2015
SF To Attend Events During Prince Charles Visit
Sinn Féin representatives are to attend events in Ireland during the visit of Prince Charles and Camilla, the leader of the party has confirmed. Gerry Adams said it will be an opportunity to promote ...
SF To Attend Events During Prince Charles Visit
Sinn Féin representatives are to attend events in Ireland during the visit of Prince Charles and Camilla, the leader of the party has confirmed. Gerry Adams said it will be an opportunity to promote ...
Irish News, May 15, 2015
Tricel To Create 100 New Jobs
Killarney-based manufacturing and engineering group Tricel has announced it is to create 100 new jobs. 40 of the posts are to be situated at the firm's headquarters in Killarney. The 40 new jobs in...
Tricel To Create 100 New Jobs
Killarney-based manufacturing and engineering group Tricel has announced it is to create 100 new jobs. 40 of the posts are to be situated at the firm's headquarters in Killarney. The 40 new jobs in...
Irish News, May 15, 2015
Gardai To Issue Fresh Appeal For Mother Of Baby Maria
Gardai are expected to issue a fresh appeal for the mother of a newborn baby found abandoned at the side of a road in Rathcoole on the outskirts of Dublin. Child and family agency, Tusla, has been un...
Gardai To Issue Fresh Appeal For Mother Of Baby Maria
Gardai are expected to issue a fresh appeal for the mother of a newborn baby found abandoned at the side of a road in Rathcoole on the outskirts of Dublin. Child and family agency, Tusla, has been un...
Irish News, May 15, 2015
Garda Youth Diversion Services To Be Expanded
€2.8 million has been allocated to expand Garda Youth Diversion Services in communities in Ireland. The money, from the Dormant Accounts Disbursement Scheme, will be used to support An Garda Síochána...
Garda Youth Diversion Services To Be Expanded
€2.8 million has been allocated to expand Garda Youth Diversion Services in communities in Ireland. The money, from the Dormant Accounts Disbursement Scheme, will be used to support An Garda Síochána...
Irish News, May 15, 2015
Civil Partnership Is A Second Class Version Of Marriage - SF
Civil partnership is a second-class version of marriage, Sinn Féin spokesperson on Equality, Pádraig Mac Lochlainn TD has said. Mr Mac Lochlainn was highlighting the disparity between same sex and op...
Civil Partnership Is A Second Class Version Of Marriage - SF
Civil partnership is a second-class version of marriage, Sinn Féin spokesperson on Equality, Pádraig Mac Lochlainn TD has said. Mr Mac Lochlainn was highlighting the disparity between same sex and op...
Irish News, May 15, 2015
€10m Initiative Launches To Support Start-Up Businesses
A new €10 million initiative to support more start-up businesses in Ireland has been launched by the Government. As part of the Government's Regional Action Plan for Jobs, the 31 Local Enterprise Off...
€10m Initiative Launches To Support Start-Up Businesses
A new €10 million initiative to support more start-up businesses in Ireland has been launched by the Government. As part of the Government's Regional Action Plan for Jobs, the 31 Local Enterprise Off...
Irish News, May 15, 2015
Gardaí Appeal For Missing Dublin Teen
Gardaí are appealing for information in tracing 18-year-old Stephen Sweetman from Dublin. He was last seen in Clonard, Balbriggan, at around 4pm on Wednesday. He is described as being 6'2" tall, of ...
Gardaí Appeal For Missing Dublin Teen
Gardaí are appealing for information in tracing 18-year-old Stephen Sweetman from Dublin. He was last seen in Clonard, Balbriggan, at around 4pm on Wednesday. He is described as being 6'2" tall, of ...
Irish News, May 15, 2015
Investigation Launched After Teen Shot In Limerick
Gardaí have launched an investigation after a teenager was shot in Limerick on Thursday morning. The 17-year-old was shot in the thigh on the Upper Carey's Road at around 10.40am, according to gardaí...
Investigation Launched After Teen Shot In Limerick
Gardaí have launched an investigation after a teenager was shot in Limerick on Thursday morning. The 17-year-old was shot in the thigh on the Upper Carey's Road at around 10.40am, according to gardaí...
Irish News, May 14, 2015
Planned Bus Strike Called Off
A planned strike at Dublin Bus and Bus Éireann has been called off. Members from SIPTU and the National Bus and Rail Union (NBRU) were expected to strike tomorrow, Friday, and Saturday 16 May and als...
Planned Bus Strike Called Off
A planned strike at Dublin Bus and Bus Éireann has been called off. Members from SIPTU and the National Bus and Rail Union (NBRU) were expected to strike tomorrow, Friday, and Saturday 16 May and als...
Irish News, May 14, 2015
Pensioner Killed In Dublin Road Collision
A pensioner has been killed in a two-vehicle road crash in Malahide, Dublin, on Wednesday. The incident occurred on the Dublin Road at around 2pm. The man, in his 80s, died when the car he was drivi...
Pensioner Killed In Dublin Road Collision
A pensioner has been killed in a two-vehicle road crash in Malahide, Dublin, on Wednesday. The incident occurred on the Dublin Road at around 2pm. The man, in his 80s, died when the car he was drivi...
Irish News, May 14, 2015
Four Arrested Over Dissident Republican Activity
Four men have been arrested over dissident republican activity. Members of An Garda Siochana from the Special Detective Unit carried out 20 searches in Counties Louth, Dublin and Wexford on Wednesday...
Four Arrested Over Dissident Republican Activity
Four men have been arrested over dissident republican activity. Members of An Garda Siochana from the Special Detective Unit carried out 20 searches in Counties Louth, Dublin and Wexford on Wednesday...
Irish News, May 14, 2015
Slack To Create 100 New Jobs In Dublin
A privately held software firm has announced it is to create 100 new jobs in Dublin over the next two years. Slack recently opened a new European Headquarters in Dublin. The roles will be in customer...
Slack To Create 100 New Jobs In Dublin
A privately held software firm has announced it is to create 100 new jobs in Dublin over the next two years. Slack recently opened a new European Headquarters in Dublin. The roles will be in customer...
Irish News, May 14, 2015
FG Hits Out At Plans To Increase Tax On High Income Earners
Plans to increase tax on high income earners has been slammed by Fine Gael. MEP from Dublin, Brian Hayes, said it does not make economic sense given Ireland's 'fair' and 'progressive' system of taxat...
FG Hits Out At Plans To Increase Tax On High Income Earners
Plans to increase tax on high income earners has been slammed by Fine Gael. MEP from Dublin, Brian Hayes, said it does not make economic sense given Ireland's 'fair' and 'progressive' system of taxat...
Irish News, May 14, 2015
SIRO To Invest €450m In 100% Fibre-To-The-Building Broadband Network
200 construction jobs are expected to be created after SIRO, the new brand of ESB and Vodafone Ireland's fibre broadband joint venture company, announced it is investing €450m in building Ireland's fi...
SIRO To Invest €450m In 100% Fibre-To-The-Building Broadband Network
200 construction jobs are expected to be created after SIRO, the new brand of ESB and Vodafone Ireland's fibre broadband joint venture company, announced it is investing €450m in building Ireland's fi...
Irish News, May 14, 2015
RSA Launches Public Consultation For Emergency Packs In All Vehicles
A public consultation has launched to seek views on the requirement of a breakdown safety back to be carried in all vehicles. The consultation, launched by the Road Safety Authority (RSA), believes t...
RSA Launches Public Consultation For Emergency Packs In All Vehicles
A public consultation has launched to seek views on the requirement of a breakdown safety back to be carried in all vehicles. The consultation, launched by the Road Safety Authority (RSA), believes t...
Irish News, May 13, 2015
Sinn Féin Warns Taoiseach 'Ignoring HIQA Report Risks Further Tragedy'
Sinn Féin has called on the Taoiseach Enda Kenny to explain why the HSE, the Department of Health and the Minister for Health have failed to act on HIQA recommendations. Party leader, Gerry Adams, ra...
Sinn Féin Warns Taoiseach 'Ignoring HIQA Report Risks Further Tragedy'
Sinn Féin has called on the Taoiseach Enda Kenny to explain why the HSE, the Department of Health and the Minister for Health have failed to act on HIQA recommendations. Party leader, Gerry Adams, ra...
Irish News, May 13, 2015
Garda Investigates 'Potential Suspicious Approach' On Two-Year-Old
A mother has warned parents to "mind [their] babies" after two people made a "suspicious approach" to her 2-year-old daughter at a service station on Tuesday morning. It is understood that the woman ...
Garda Investigates 'Potential Suspicious Approach' On Two-Year-Old
A mother has warned parents to "mind [their] babies" after two people made a "suspicious approach" to her 2-year-old daughter at a service station on Tuesday morning. It is understood that the woman ...
Irish News, May 13, 2015
Tusla Cuts Funding To Catholic Church Marriage Preparation Course
Tusla, the statutory child and family agency, will no longer fund a marriage preparation course run by the Catholic Church. Speaking on RTÉ's Morning Ireland, Tusla Chief Executive Gordon Jeyes said ...
Tusla Cuts Funding To Catholic Church Marriage Preparation Course
Tusla, the statutory child and family agency, will no longer fund a marriage preparation course run by the Catholic Church. Speaking on RTÉ's Morning Ireland, Tusla Chief Executive Gordon Jeyes said ...
Irish News, May 13, 2015
Over 40,000 Cars Recalled In Ireland Amid Faulty Airbag Fears
More than 40,000 cars are being recalled in Ireland over concerns about potentially faulty airbags. Toyota has announced a recall of 27,000 cars in Ireland, built between 2004 and 2007, while Nissan ...
Over 40,000 Cars Recalled In Ireland Amid Faulty Airbag Fears
More than 40,000 cars are being recalled in Ireland over concerns about potentially faulty airbags. Toyota has announced a recall of 27,000 cars in Ireland, built between 2004 and 2007, while Nissan ...
Irish News, May 13, 2015
Men Arrested And Drugs Seized In Inner City Raids
Two men have been arrested and drugs seized during a planned search of a property in Dublin's inner city on Tuesday morning. Gardaí said that the search was part of an ongoing operation targeting the...
Men Arrested And Drugs Seized In Inner City Raids
Two men have been arrested and drugs seized during a planned search of a property in Dublin's inner city on Tuesday morning. Gardaí said that the search was part of an ongoing operation targeting the...
Irish News, May 13, 2015
Garda Appeal For Witnesses To Fatal Road Accident
Gardaí have appealed for witnesses to a fatal road accident in Blessington, Co Wicklow on Tuesday. A 20-year-old was killed when his motorcycle crashed at about 20:30 yesterday at The Dememse. There...
Garda Appeal For Witnesses To Fatal Road Accident
Gardaí have appealed for witnesses to a fatal road accident in Blessington, Co Wicklow on Tuesday. A 20-year-old was killed when his motorcycle crashed at about 20:30 yesterday at The Dememse. There...
Irish News, May 13, 2015
Fine Gael 'Disappointed' By NRA Toll Plan
Fine Gael has said that it is "disappointed" by the National Roads Authority calling for additional tolls on the M50. Dublin West Senator, Catherine Noone, said she was disappointed that "the tired i...
Fine Gael 'Disappointed' By NRA Toll Plan
Fine Gael has said that it is "disappointed" by the National Roads Authority calling for additional tolls on the M50. Dublin West Senator, Catherine Noone, said she was disappointed that "the tired i...
Irish News, May 13, 2015
Labour Calls For Grant-Aided Scheme For Water Pipe Replacement
A grant-aided scheme should be established to fund the removal of harmful piping from the public water supply, Labour has said. Deputy Sean Kenny made the call in the Dáil, during a Topical Issue De...
Labour Calls For Grant-Aided Scheme For Water Pipe Replacement
A grant-aided scheme should be established to fund the removal of harmful piping from the public water supply, Labour has said. Deputy Sean Kenny made the call in the Dáil, during a Topical Issue De...
Irish News, May 13, 2015
Protesters 'Physically Restrained' After Blockading Tánaiste's Car
A number of anti-water protesters had to be physically restrained by garda officers after blockading Tánaiste Joan Burton's ministerial car. The Tánaiste was leaving a meeting on the Marriage Equalit...
Protesters 'Physically Restrained' After Blockading Tánaiste's Car
A number of anti-water protesters had to be physically restrained by garda officers after blockading Tánaiste Joan Burton's ministerial car. The Tánaiste was leaving a meeting on the Marriage Equalit...
Irish News, May 12, 2015
Sinn Féin Accuse Govt Of Being 'Dishonest On Economic Choices'
Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams has accused the government of being "dishonest on economic choices". "Following the calamity of the economic crash under the last Fianna Fáil-led Government, a Fine Gael/...
Sinn Féin Accuse Govt Of Being 'Dishonest On Economic Choices'
Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams has accused the government of being "dishonest on economic choices". "Following the calamity of the economic crash under the last Fianna Fáil-led Government, a Fine Gael/...
Irish News, May 12, 2015
Fianna Fáil 'Dismayed' At Central Bank Position
Fianna Fáil has said that it is "dismayed" at reports that the Central Bank is "siding with the banks and not 300,000 mortgage holders paying variable mortgage rates which are double the euro zone ave...
Fianna Fáil 'Dismayed' At Central Bank Position
Fianna Fáil has said that it is "dismayed" at reports that the Central Bank is "siding with the banks and not 300,000 mortgage holders paying variable mortgage rates which are double the euro zone ave...
Irish News, May 12, 2015
NRA Call For Introduction Of Additional Tolls On M50
The National Roads Authority (NRA) has called for the introduction of more tolls on the M50 in an effort to address gridlock on the countries busiest road. The NRA said that "effective measures" were...
NRA Call For Introduction Of Additional Tolls On M50
The National Roads Authority (NRA) has called for the introduction of more tolls on the M50 in an effort to address gridlock on the countries busiest road. The NRA said that "effective measures" were...
Irish News, May 12, 2015
Call For Support To Protect Cinemas In Dublin
Councillors are being urged to support proposals to protect two old cinemas in Dublin. Dublin City Cllrs are to vote if the cinemas in Cabra and Whitehall can be included on the Record of Protected S...
Call For Support To Protect Cinemas In Dublin
Councillors are being urged to support proposals to protect two old cinemas in Dublin. Dublin City Cllrs are to vote if the cinemas in Cabra and Whitehall can be included on the Record of Protected S...
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Ireland WeatherToday:Very windy with persistent and occasionally heavy rain at first, becoming drier with the wind easing towards midday. Mainly dry with bright spells increasing during the afternoon. Milder than of late. Maximum temperature 14 °C.Tonight:Cloudy with clear spells, mainly dry evening becoming windy with rain at times from late evening. Turning drier with clear spells towards morning. Milder than of late. Minimum temperature 2 °C.
