Irish News for October 2007

Irish News, Oct 31, 2007
Cork Warehouse Robbers Sought
Gardaí are investigating a robbery at a Cork warehouse in the early hours of Wednesday morning. It is understood that three people entered the warehouse at Little Island between 3am and 5am and stole...
Irish News, Oct 31, 2007
Moneypoint Dispute Settled
The 200 Polish members of the TEEU working on the Moneypoint power station refit in Co. Clare today voted unanimously to accept the settlement terms of their dispute with ZRE. The Polish subcontracto...
Irish News, Oct 31, 2007
Gardaí Bravery Praised As Career Criminal Sent Down
A career robber, who had conducted his own defence and then dramatically changed his plea to guilty, was sentenced to life imprisonment by Judge Patrick McCartan today. Frank Ward, (54) of Knockmore ...
Irish News, Oct 31, 2007
Fault Halts DART
Commuters are facing severe disruption as DART services in south Dublin ground to a halt this morning due to a technical fault in Dun Laoghaire. No trains are operating between Blackrock and Bray, bu...
Irish News, Oct 31, 2007
Kilkenny Store Damaged In Fire
Fire crews are still at the scene of a fire which broke out at a pet food store beside an animal foods plant in Co Kilkenny in the early hours of Wednesday morning. Fire crews were called to Connolly...
Irish News, Oct 31, 2007
Beach Angling May Be All Washed Up
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council has issued detailed proposals making it the first local authority in Ireland seeking to ban beach angling. As a result, fishermen who use Killiney's beach are a...
Irish News, Oct 31, 2007
Missing Dublin Schoolboy Case Revisited
Twenty-one years on, a fresh campaign has been launched for information about missing Dublin schoolboy Philip Cairns. Philip, who was 13 at the time he vanished, was last seen on the Ballyroan Road i...
Irish News, Oct 31, 2007
Light Bulb Row Sparks Suspensions
Around 20 electricians have been suspended by the Health Service Executive (HSE) in a dispute over who changes light bulbs. The electricians from Cork University Hospital, St Finbarr's Hospital, Kerr...
Irish News, Oct 31, 2007
Cross-Border School Attendance Row Gathers Pace
The N I Assembly Education Minister is under increasing pressure over schools allocating places to children from another jurisdiction. The Assembly has heard that there were 455 pupils attending schoo...
Irish News, Oct 30, 2007
Woman Killed in Sligo Crash
A female pedestrian has been killed in a road crash in Co Sligo. The incident happened at Corballa, near the village of Enniscrone, around 5pm on Wednesday. The 48-year-old died after being struck b...
Irish News, Oct 30, 2007
Weapons Seizure Pair Due In Cork Court
There was tight security today at Cork Circuit Criminal Court in advance of the appearance of two men charged in connection with an extensive arms haul in the town last April. Glen Geasley, 26, from ...
Irish News, Oct 30, 2007
Wait And See If IRA Killed Quinn Says Ahern
The brutal murder of Cullyhanna man Paul Quinn in the Irish Republic wasn’t on the agenda at today’s North-South summit meeting. However, the matter was being raised prior to the high level meeting t...
Irish News, Oct 30, 2007
Pedestrians Die In Overnight Crashes
Two pedestrians have been killed in overnight road accidents. In the first incident, a man died after being struck by a car on the N72 between Lismore and Tallow in Co Waterford. The man, believed to...
Irish News, Oct 30, 2007
Cowen Popular As Budget Decisions Loom
Finance Minister Brian Cowen is being kept busy by various groups – each lobbying for a break in the forthcoming 2008 Budget. One of the latest to knock his door in advance of the December 5th Budget...
Irish News, Oct 30, 2007
Traffic Chaos On M50
There are major delays today on one of the country’s main arterial routes - and it’s ironically likely to have been caused by a traffic light ‘experiment’. Motorists are facing major delays on the s...
Irish News, Oct 30, 2007
Teen Sent For Trial
A knifepoint mugging, when a student was stabbed and had his mobile phone stolen, has resulted in a teenager being sent forward for trial to the Dublin Circuit Criminal Court. The accused boy, aged 1...
Irish News, Oct 30, 2007
Man Injured In Kerry Stabbing
A man has been injured in a stabbing in Co Kerry. It is understood that the 35-year-old was stabbed during an incident in An Daingean. He was taken to Kerry General Hospital for treatment, but his i...
Irish News, Oct 29, 2007
Court Appearance Follows Dublin Drugs And Firearms Find
A 28-year-old man has appeared before Dublin District Court charged in connection with a large seizure of drugs and firearms at the weekend. Keith Ennis, from Oak Way in Clondalkin, was charged with ...
Irish News, Oct 29, 2007
Body Recovered From Sligo Blaze Caravan
A body has reportedly been found on a farm in Co Sligo. The body is believed to have been found in a burnt-out caravan on a farm near Coolaney, late on Sunday night. It is believed that the body if t...
Irish News, Oct 29, 2007
Dublin Hunt For Missing Brazilian
A Brazilian woman who went missing from a Dublin guesthouse last week is being sought by gardaí. Maria Luciana Costa Aguiar, 23, was last seen near the North Circular Road guesthouse where she was st...
Irish News, Oct 29, 2007
Tongues Wag As McAleese Lands In New Zealand
President Mary McAleese has today received a ceremonial welcome in Wellington, New Zealand as she embarked on a six-day visit to the country. She was greeted with a full ancient Maori ritual – tongue...
Irish News, Oct 29, 2007
Two More Killed In Overnight Road Crashes
There have been another two fatalities in overnight car crashes. A 22-year-old man died after the car he was a passenger in overturned and struck an embankment in Forenaughts Little in Naas, Co Kilda...
Irish News, Oct 29, 2007
Deadly Road Toll In Weekend Crashes
One person was killed and seven people injured in two separate road crashes on Sunday. One incident happened near Tulla village in Co Clare around 3am on Sunday. A 29-year-old man was killed when the...
Irish News, Oct 29, 2007
Passport Details To Be Recorded Before GB Travel
The British Ambassador to the Irish Republic has moved to clarify the UK's changing policy on the Common Travel Area between the British Isles. David Reddaway said: “There is no question of ending th...
Irish News, Oct 29, 2007
Competition Hots Up As easyJet Strikes First
Expansion by easyJet at Belfast International Airport is coming just weeks before Aer Lingus opens its controversal Belfast hub. The move will pitch both airlines against Jet2 on the Barcelona route...
Irish News, Oct 26, 2007
Sligo Protests Loss Of Cancer Care Facility
The proposed withdrawal of cancer care treatment facilities from Sligo General Hospital has been branded "a disgrace". A local councillor has slammed the plans to withdraw cancer treatment and has ur...
Irish News, Oct 26, 2007
Aer Lingus Increases Fuel Surcharge
Aer Lingus has announced plans to increase its long haul fuel surcharge as a result of the rising cost of oil. The fuel surcharge on flights to/from Ireland to New York, Boston and Washington will ri...
Irish News, Oct 26, 2007
State Pay Rises Slammed
Government Ministers’ pay raises shouldn’t be awarded to them at all, on the basis of their current performance. The Irish Opposition has made the call by way of criticism on the recent announcement ...
Irish News, Oct 26, 2007
Fall In Job Creation Will Hit Building Hardest
The levels of immigration to the Irish Republic is set to drop dramatically in the coming year as the creation of new jobs falters. The state training agency, FÁS is forecasting that there will be 50...
Irish News, Oct 26, 2007
Fake Medicines Risking Lives
There have been so many incidences of fake medicines being sold in the Irish Republic that the Garda has been called in to deal with several cases concerning these poor quality pharmaceuticals. And t...