Irish News for October 2007 : Page 3

Irish News, Oct 19, 2007
Van Sought In Slurry Tank Murder Case
Gardaí investigating the murder of an English New Age traveller whose body was found in a slurry tank on a Cork farm last week have appealed for help in tracing a van. The van being sought is a red-c...
Irish News, Oct 19, 2007
Policing Board Supports 'Hot Pursuit' Proposal
The Northern Ireland Policing Board has thrown its weight behind enhanced cross-border cooperation in a bid to fight organised crime. Commenting on DUP proposals which, if approved, could allow PSNI ...
Irish News, Oct 19, 2007
Two 'Serious' In Clare Crash
Two people have been badly hurt in a three-car collision in Co Clare. The crash, which has injured five people in total, happened shortly after 8am on Friday on the main Ennis to Kilrush Road near Kn...
Irish News, Oct 19, 2007
Ryanair Hits Out As Aer Lingus Takes Flight
With Aer Lingus proceeding with its plan to close the Shannon-Heathrow route and open a new Belfast hub instead, its biggest rival (and ironically, its biggest shareholder), Ryanair is now set to prov...
Irish News, Oct 18, 2007
Cork River Death Probed
The body of a woman has been recovered from the River Lee in Cork city. The body of the 53-year-old woman was found in the river around 4am on Thursday morning and has now been taken to Cork Universi...
Irish News, Oct 18, 2007
Boyle Set For Green Party Chair
Irish Senator Dan Boyle is expected to be elected Green Party chairman when nominations for the key position close on Friday. Four other candidates are in the running for the post which was vacated w...
Irish News, Oct 18, 2007
Irish Soldiers' Killer Granted Transfer
The families of Irish army soldiers murdered while on duty in the Lebanon have expressed concerns over the killer’s transfer to a Northern Ireland prison. Belfast man, Michael McAleavey, who has serv...
Irish News, Oct 18, 2007
Mahon Tribunal Told Bruton "Remembers" Conversation
The continuing Mahon Tribunal has heard former Taoiseach John Bruton say that he “now remembers” a conversation with party colleague Frank Dunlop telling him of a request for money from a Fine Gael co...
Irish News, Oct 18, 2007
Woman Freed In Slurry Tank Killing Probe
A 44-year-old woman being held in connection with the murder of New Age traveller Gary Bull in Cork has been released without charge. The woman, who was arrested on the outskirts of Cork city on Tues...
Irish News, Oct 18, 2007
Minister Not Informed Of Aer Lingus' Belfast Move
Minister for Transport Noel Dempsey is seeking a report after it emerged that he was not informed of Aer Lingus' decision to end its Shannon to Heathrow service until six weeks after his department we...
Irish News, Oct 17, 2007
Controlled Explosion In Dublin
A controlled explosion has reportedly been carried out on a suspected stolen car in Dublin. Army bomb disposal experts were called after what was believed to be an explosive device was spotted on the...
Irish News, Oct 17, 2007
Questioning Continues In Slurry Tank Murder Probe
Gardaí continue to question a 44-year-old woman in connection with the murder of New Age traveller Gary Bull in Cork. The woman, who was arrested on the outskirts of Cork city on Tuesday afternoon, h...
Irish News, Oct 17, 2007
Irish 'Craic' Is World-Beating
Ireland has topped a poll of the friendliest travel destinations, compiled by the Lonely Planet travel guide. The country's dark sense of humour, craic and welcoming nature helped to place it above t...
Irish News, Oct 17, 2007
Clonmel Murder Accused In Court
A local man has appeared in court charged with the murder of a 20-year-old woman in Clonmel, Co Tipperary on Tuesday. Joanne Mangan died after she was stabbed in an attack at her home in Ballynamudda...
Irish News, Oct 17, 2007
Tax Disc Anomaly Criticised In Court
The state’s inability to prosecute the owner of commercial vehicles that are not taxed has been criticised in court. At Wednesday’s sitting of Donegal District Court, Judge Desmond Zaidan hit out ov...
Irish News, Oct 17, 2007
Booker Winner Celebrated
Tributes have flooded in for Dublin author, Anne Enright who has just won the 2007 Man Booker prize. By coincidence, one of the now international literary star’s first appointments will be with local...
Irish News, Oct 17, 2007
Man Freed After Fatal Cork Hit-And-Run
A man in his fifties who was arrested in connection with a fatal hit-and-run incident in Co Cork on Tuesday has been released without charge. Josephine McCarthy, 85, from Main Street in Castlemartyr,...
Irish News, Oct 16, 2007
Shock Clonmel Stab Death: Man Held
A woman has died and a man injured in a double stabbing in rural Co Tipperary. Gardaí from Cahir were called to a cottage at Ballynamuddagh near Grange in Clonmel at around 12.30am on Tuesday morning...
Irish News, Oct 16, 2007
Woman Arrested Over Cork Murder
A woman in her forties has been arrested in connection with the murder of New Age traveller Gary Bull in Cork. She had been taken to Bandon Garda Station. The body of Mr Bull, who is originally from...
Irish News, Oct 16, 2007
Child Dies In Freak Golf Club Accident
A six-year-old girl has died after being accidentally struck on the head with a golf club while playing with a group of children in Nenagh, Co Tipperary. The incident happened while the girl was play...
Irish News, Oct 16, 2007
Woman Dies After Cork Hit-And-Run
An 85-year-old woman who was seriously injured in a hit-and-run incident in Co Cork has died in hospital. The woman was struck by a car on the N25 in Castlemartyr village, just after 7am on Tuesday. ...
Irish News, Oct 16, 2007
Blaze Destroys Wine Merchant's Warehouse
A fire has left a wine merchant's warehouse in Mullingar badly damaged. The blaze at the Wines Direct warehouse on Green Road in Mullingar, Co Westmeath broke out on Monday evening. No-one was injur...
Irish News, Oct 16, 2007
Meath Incinerator Expansion Approved
Expansion plans for the incinerator at Duleek in Co Meath have been given the go-ahead by An Bord Pleanála. Indaver Ireland had applied to increase the Carranstown plant by one-third of its current c...
Irish News, Oct 16, 2007
Irish Company Takes Lead In Mobile Technology
A little known company based in Clonmel, Co. Tipperary, VisionID has been operating out of its Carrigeen Business Park offices for nearly eight years. The company tend to work behind the scenes with ...
Irish News, Oct 15, 2007
Two Arrested In Cork Slurry Tank Death Probe
Detectives investigating the death of a man whose body was found in a slurry tank on a farm in Cork have arrested two men. The body of the man, named in reports as Gary Bull, was found on the farm in...
Irish News, Oct 15, 2007
Road Crash Claims Victim
An 81-year-old man has died following a road crash in Ennis in Co Clare this morning. The man died after his car collided with another vehicle on the Sandfield Road around 8:15am. (KMcA) ...
Irish News, Oct 15, 2007
Passenger Held In Cork Airport Drugs Seizure
Heroin with an estimated street value of €30,000 has been intercepted at Cork Airport. It was reported that the discovery was made when a man, said to be an Iranian in his 30s, become ill while on a ...
Irish News, Oct 15, 2007
Limerick Stabbing Victim Hospitalised
A stabbing in Limerick last weekend has left a man in hospital. The man, believed to be in his thirties, reportedly suffered one stab wound when he was attacked in an apartment in Catherine Place aro...
Irish News, Oct 15, 2007
Offaly Bus Crash Injures Four
A bus driver and three of his passengers have been injured in a crash in Co Offaly. The accident happened at Frederick St just outside the town of Clara around 9am on Monday. Midland Regional Hospit...
Irish News, Oct 15, 2007
Garda Stab Accused In Court
Two men are due to appear in court today in connection with the stabbing of a garda in Athlone. The pair, aged 17 and 20 years, are expected to be brought before a special sitting of Athlone District...