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Irish News, Nov 27, 2007
Government Pays For 'Somme' Visitors To Collins Trail
The Irish Republic's government is part-funding a four-day visit by a Northern Ireland-based group that commemorates fallen soldiers from Ireland in WWI to Cork's commemorative trail to Irish republic...
Government Pays For 'Somme' Visitors To Collins Trail
The Irish Republic's government is part-funding a four-day visit by a Northern Ireland-based group that commemorates fallen soldiers from Ireland in WWI to Cork's commemorative trail to Irish republic...
Irish News, Nov 26, 2007
Body Recovered In Wexford Pier Tragedy
The body of a man has now been recovered from a car which went off the pier at Cahore in North Wexford this morning. Garda divers were continuing to search the area on Monday afternoon for a second p...
Body Recovered In Wexford Pier Tragedy
The body of a man has now been recovered from a car which went off the pier at Cahore in North Wexford this morning. Garda divers were continuing to search the area on Monday afternoon for a second p...
Irish News, Nov 26, 2007
Guilty Verdict In Kilkenny Postmaster Murder
A man has been found guilty of murdering a postmaster in Kilkenny during a robbery last year. Chinese national Shu Shen, 25, from the Old Rectory in New Ross, Co Wexford, had pleaded guilty to the ma...
Guilty Verdict In Kilkenny Postmaster Murder
A man has been found guilty of murdering a postmaster in Kilkenny during a robbery last year. Chinese national Shu Shen, 25, from the Old Rectory in New Ross, Co Wexford, had pleaded guilty to the ma...
Irish News, Nov 26, 2007
Investigation Launched Into Galway Burglary
Gardaí have launched an investigation into an aggravated burglary in Co Galway on Sunday night. Two men, wearing balaclavas, entered a house in Ballard East in Barna around 9pm and demanded money fro...
Investigation Launched Into Galway Burglary
Gardaí have launched an investigation into an aggravated burglary in Co Galway on Sunday night. Two men, wearing balaclavas, entered a house in Ballard East in Barna around 9pm and demanded money fro...
Irish News, Nov 26, 2007
Seven Arrested Over Ward Murder
Seven people are understood to have been arrested in connection with the murder of Sligo man Tom Ward in August. Mr Ward, 23, was attacked with an axe as he sat in a van outside his parents home in J...
Seven Arrested Over Ward Murder
Seven people are understood to have been arrested in connection with the murder of Sligo man Tom Ward in August. Mr Ward, 23, was attacked with an axe as he sat in a van outside his parents home in J...
Irish News, Nov 26, 2007
Post-Mortems Due On River Bodies
Post-mortems are due to be carried out on the bodies of two brothers whose bodies were found in the River Shannon in Athlone over the weekend. The body of one man was found on Saturday morning near A...
Post-Mortems Due On River Bodies
Post-mortems are due to be carried out on the bodies of two brothers whose bodies were found in the River Shannon in Athlone over the weekend. The body of one man was found on Saturday morning near A...
Irish News, Nov 26, 2007
Man Freed Over Waterford Stabbing
A man arrested in connection with the fatal stabbing of a man in Waterford at the weekend has been released without charge. Joseph Cummins, 21, from The Willows, Cairnwood in Tramore, was found suffe...
Man Freed Over Waterford Stabbing
A man arrested in connection with the fatal stabbing of a man in Waterford at the weekend has been released without charge. Joseph Cummins, 21, from The Willows, Cairnwood in Tramore, was found suffe...
Irish News, Nov 26, 2007
Three Arrested Over Dublin Shooting
Three men have been arrested following a shooting in Dublin on Sunday. The shooting happened in the Finglas area of the city in the early hours of the morning. It is believed to have been sparked by ...
Three Arrested Over Dublin Shooting
Three men have been arrested following a shooting in Dublin on Sunday. The shooting happened in the Finglas area of the city in the early hours of the morning. It is believed to have been sparked by ...
Irish News, Nov 23, 2007
Seven Years For 'Best Friend' Killing
A foreign national, who pretended that his best friend had committed suicide, when he had in fact fatally stabbed him, has been sentenced. Brazilian Jose Claudio Domingos, 44, of Old Limerick Road, C...
Seven Years For 'Best Friend' Killing
A foreign national, who pretended that his best friend had committed suicide, when he had in fact fatally stabbed him, has been sentenced. Brazilian Jose Claudio Domingos, 44, of Old Limerick Road, C...
Irish News, Nov 23, 2007
AK-47 Gunman Held In Dublin
Gardaí officers are continuing to question a man in Dublin today after he was found to be carrying an AK-47 assault rifle. They are now holding the 22-year-old following the seizure of the dangerous ...
AK-47 Gunman Held In Dublin
Gardaí officers are continuing to question a man in Dublin today after he was found to be carrying an AK-47 assault rifle. They are now holding the 22-year-old following the seizure of the dangerous ...
Irish News, Nov 23, 2007
Road Death Toll Rises Again
There's a mounting toll of Irish road deaths with another fatality taking place this morning. A man in his 40s has been killed in the latest crash, this time on the Cashel bypass in Co Tipperary. Th...
Road Death Toll Rises Again
There's a mounting toll of Irish road deaths with another fatality taking place this morning. A man in his 40s has been killed in the latest crash, this time on the Cashel bypass in Co Tipperary. Th...
Irish News, Nov 23, 2007
Three Held In Dublin Drugs Seizure
Police drug unit officers have been busy in Dublin, locating and seizing a huge haul of illegal drugs, said to be worth around €1.4 million. Gardai from Dundrum, assisted by the specialist Blackrock ...
Three Held In Dublin Drugs Seizure
Police drug unit officers have been busy in Dublin, locating and seizing a huge haul of illegal drugs, said to be worth around €1.4 million. Gardai from Dundrum, assisted by the specialist Blackrock ...
Irish News, Nov 23, 2007
Immigrant-Friendly Policies Sought
A group that is representing a variety of organisations working on behalf of immigrants into Ireland is calling on the Government to make its immigration policies more family-friendly. The CADIC Coal...
Immigrant-Friendly Policies Sought
A group that is representing a variety of organisations working on behalf of immigrants into Ireland is calling on the Government to make its immigration policies more family-friendly. The CADIC Coal...
Irish News, Nov 23, 2007
Bench Warrant Issued For Youth
Police are now looking for a youngster who failed to turn up in a Dublin court this week. A warrant has been issued by the Dublin Children’s Court for the arrest of the 14-year-old boy. The truantin...
Bench Warrant Issued For Youth
Police are now looking for a youngster who failed to turn up in a Dublin court this week. A warrant has been issued by the Dublin Children’s Court for the arrest of the 14-year-old boy. The truantin...
Irish News, Nov 22, 2007
Unionists Boycott Dublin Oireachtas
Some Northern Ireland politicans have been involved for the first time in the Oireachtas in Dublin. Nationalist MPs from Northern Ireland today participated in a new Dublin committee set up to help i...
Unionists Boycott Dublin Oireachtas
Some Northern Ireland politicans have been involved for the first time in the Oireachtas in Dublin. Nationalist MPs from Northern Ireland today participated in a new Dublin committee set up to help i...
Irish News, Nov 22, 2007
Brutal Limerick Killing Under Investigation
A murder investigation looks likely to be starting later this afternoon following the discovery of man's body in a park in Limerick. Gardai officers are investigating the violent death of the teenage...
Brutal Limerick Killing Under Investigation
A murder investigation looks likely to be starting later this afternoon following the discovery of man's body in a park in Limerick. Gardai officers are investigating the violent death of the teenage...
Irish News, Nov 22, 2007
Dramatic Sea Rescue Saves Fishermen
There was a dramatic sea rescue in the early hours of Thursday morning. Four crew-members from an Irish registered fishing boat were plucked to safety by the Howth RNLI lifeboat north of Dublin Bay. ...
Dramatic Sea Rescue Saves Fishermen
There was a dramatic sea rescue in the early hours of Thursday morning. Four crew-members from an Irish registered fishing boat were plucked to safety by the Howth RNLI lifeboat north of Dublin Bay. ...
Irish News, Nov 22, 2007
New Commissioner Was Top Anti-Gang Detective
The newly installed Irish police chief is a former senior detective who was in charge of the crackdown on gangland bosses after the murder of journalist Veronica Guerin. Ex-Deputy Commissioner Fachtn...
New Commissioner Was Top Anti-Gang Detective
The newly installed Irish police chief is a former senior detective who was in charge of the crackdown on gangland bosses after the murder of journalist Veronica Guerin. Ex-Deputy Commissioner Fachtn...
Irish News, Nov 22, 2007
Cancer Misdiagnosis Row Rumbles On
The Minister for Health Mary Harney and HSE Chief Executive Brendan Drumm are expected to face tough questions when they appear before the Oireachtas Health Committee in Leinster House today. This la...
Cancer Misdiagnosis Row Rumbles On
The Minister for Health Mary Harney and HSE Chief Executive Brendan Drumm are expected to face tough questions when they appear before the Oireachtas Health Committee in Leinster House today. This la...
Irish News, Nov 22, 2007
Construction Sector Hardest Hit In Stock Market Fall
It's not a 'panic' (yet) but shares in the Irish stock market continued to fall in the first hours of trading this morning – and by more than on the other markets – with the already hard-pressed const...
Construction Sector Hardest Hit In Stock Market Fall
It's not a 'panic' (yet) but shares in the Irish stock market continued to fall in the first hours of trading this morning – and by more than on the other markets – with the already hard-pressed const...
Irish News, Nov 22, 2007
Screwdriver Robber Sentenced Suspended
A youth who made off with €530 when he took part in a raid of a petrol station armed with a screwdriver, has been given a six month sentence by Judge Ann Ryan at the Dublin Children’s Court - although...
Screwdriver Robber Sentenced Suspended
A youth who made off with €530 when he took part in a raid of a petrol station armed with a screwdriver, has been given a six month sentence by Judge Ann Ryan at the Dublin Children’s Court - although...
Irish News, Nov 21, 2007
Thai Drowing Victim Was Dublin Nurse
The name of the young Irish woman who drowned on a Thai island on Tuesday has been released. She was Linda Crossan, a 28-year-old Dublin-based nurse. She was the only girl in a family of five childre...
Thai Drowing Victim Was Dublin Nurse
The name of the young Irish woman who drowned on a Thai island on Tuesday has been released. She was Linda Crossan, a 28-year-old Dublin-based nurse. She was the only girl in a family of five childre...
Irish News, Nov 21, 2007
Power-Cut Christmas Looms
Unions involved with a dispute with the ESB have said they cannot guarantee that there will not be power cuts over Christmas after workers backed strike action. Staff at the company last night voted ...
Power-Cut Christmas Looms
Unions involved with a dispute with the ESB have said they cannot guarantee that there will not be power cuts over Christmas after workers backed strike action. Staff at the company last night voted ...
Irish News, Nov 21, 2007
Runaway-Ram Driver Jailed
A get-away tactic involving deliberately driving into a patrol car in a bid to stop pursuing Gardai has resulted in the car driver being jailed for three years. Twenty-year-old Karl O'Rourke, of Kipp...
Runaway-Ram Driver Jailed
A get-away tactic involving deliberately driving into a patrol car in a bid to stop pursuing Gardai has resulted in the car driver being jailed for three years. Twenty-year-old Karl O'Rourke, of Kipp...
Irish News, Nov 21, 2007
Gangland-Style Murder: Man Held
Dublin police are continuing to question a man as part of their investigation into last month's double murder in the Walkinstown area of the city. The man was arrested along with a woman, but the wom...
Gangland-Style Murder: Man Held
Dublin police are continuing to question a man as part of their investigation into last month's double murder in the Walkinstown area of the city. The man was arrested along with a woman, but the wom...
Irish News, Nov 21, 2007
Colombia Veteran Calls Off Book Interviews
A high profile republican who has joined the ever-lengthening list of those connected with the IRA to write a book on their experiences has – it seems – been gagged. One of the so-called Colombia Thr...
Colombia Veteran Calls Off Book Interviews
A high profile republican who has joined the ever-lengthening list of those connected with the IRA to write a book on their experiences has – it seems – been gagged. One of the so-called Colombia Thr...
Irish News, Nov 21, 2007
Africian Mission For Army
Irish soldiers are going to to be serving in Africa soon. The first group of soldiers taking part in a UN peacekeeping mission in Chad are being deployed next month following Cabinet approval for th...
Africian Mission For Army
Irish soldiers are going to to be serving in Africa soon. The first group of soldiers taking part in a UN peacekeeping mission in Chad are being deployed next month following Cabinet approval for th...
Irish News, Nov 20, 2007
One Injured In Donegal Shooting
A man is in a stable condition in hospital after being wounded in a shooting incident in Co Donegal. The incident happened in the Milford area. The man, believed to be in his twenties, was taken to L...
One Injured In Donegal Shooting
A man is in a stable condition in hospital after being wounded in a shooting incident in Co Donegal. The incident happened in the Milford area. The man, believed to be in his twenties, was taken to L...
Irish News, Nov 20, 2007
Journalist Wins Damages As Does Ulster Rugby Fan
An Ulster rugby fan assaulted by a player has won damages from a newspaper while a Dublin journalist was found to have also been defamed - by the police. Journalists are usually the party most likely...
Journalist Wins Damages As Does Ulster Rugby Fan
An Ulster rugby fan assaulted by a player has won damages from a newspaper while a Dublin journalist was found to have also been defamed - by the police. Journalists are usually the party most likely...
Irish News, Nov 20, 2007
One Dead in Limerick Road Collision
A man was killed in a road crash in Co. Limerick on Monday evening. The incident, which involved two cars, happened at Beary's Cross on the N24. Three people were reported to have been taken to the...
One Dead in Limerick Road Collision
A man was killed in a road crash in Co. Limerick on Monday evening. The incident, which involved two cars, happened at Beary's Cross on the N24. Three people were reported to have been taken to the...
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Ireland WeatherThis Evening and Tonight:It will stay dry this evening and overnight with long sunny then clear periods. There may be a few mist patches around dawn. Mild with light winds. Minimum temperature 9 °C.
