Irish News for September 2007 : Page 4

Irish News, Sep 13, 2007
Fresh Appeal For Missing Sligo Girl
Gardaí have launched a new appeal for information about missing Sligo teenager Melissa Mahon on the first anniversary of her disappearance. Melissa, 15, was last seen on September 13, 2006. She is d...
Irish News, Sep 13, 2007
Irish Film Selected For Foreign Language Oscar
An Irish language film about the plight of Irish migrant workers in England has been selected for submission for the Best Foreign Language Film category at next year's Academy Awards. The €2.2 millio...
Irish News, Sep 12, 2007
Stabbing In Limerick
A man has been stabbed in Limerick. The 21-year-old was found, suffering from a stab wound to the stomach, in Clarina Park in Ballincurra Weston, just after 1am on Wednesday morning. Gardaí said tha...
Irish News, Sep 12, 2007
Second Death Following Co. Leitrim Crash
A second man has died following a road collision in Co. Leitrim on Tuesday. The 18-year-old man was the driver of one of three cars involved in the collision on the N4 at Mountcampbell, Carrick-on-Sh...
Irish News, Sep 12, 2007
Greengrocer Critically Ill Following Stabbing
Police have launched an investigation after a 65-year-old greengrocer was stabbed in the head with a screwdriver in west Belfast. The incident took place just before midnight on Tuesday night in Norf...
Irish News, Sep 12, 2007
Four Arrested Over 'Air Rage' Incidents In Ireland
Four people were arrested after three international flights had to land at Shannon Airport on Tuesday. In the first incident, a Ukrainian man and his wife, aged 43 and 39, travelling on a Martinair f...
Irish News, Sep 12, 2007
Judge Considers McCann Case
A Portuguese judge is studying a 1,000-page dossier on the Madeleine McCann case and reviewing the evidence against her parents, Gerry and Kate McCann. The judge will have ten days to consider the co...
Irish News, Sep 12, 2007
Case Of Surrey Foot-And-Mouth Confirmed
A case of foot-and-mouth has been found at a site in Egham, 10 miles from the scene of the last outbreak in Surrey. A pre-emptive slaughter of cattle at Milton Park Farm in Stroude Road in Egham is a...
Irish News, Sep 12, 2007
Police Officer Injured In Derry Disturbance
A PSNI officer suffered facial injuries during disturbances in Derry city on Tuesday night. The officer was struck in the face with a missile in the Westland Street area around 9:45pm and was taken t...
Irish News, Sep 12, 2007
Aughrim Chosen As Ireland's Tidiest Town
Aughrim, Co.Wicklow has been awarded the title of Ireland’s Tidiest Town 2007. Aughrim came close last year when they won the Tidiest Small Town category and were just one point behind the overall win...
Irish News, Sep 11, 2007
Ballymun Shooting - One Man Injured
A 37-year-old man is being treated in hospital after being shot in the chest in Ballymun in north Dublin on Monday night. The man was shot with a handgun in Carton Terrace around 9:30pm on Monday. H...
Irish News, Sep 11, 2007
Fatal Crash In Co. Louth
A man has died in a road crash in Co. Louth. The incident happened on the northbound lane of the M1, just north of the Boyne Bridge, around 11:45am on Tuesday. The man, who was in his sixties, was d...
Irish News, Sep 11, 2007
Man Killed In Co Leitrim Crash
A man has been killed in a road collision in Co. Leitrim. The crash, which involved two cars, happened on the N4 at Carrick-on-Shannon around 8:10am on Tuesday morning. It is understood that the man...
Irish News, Sep 11, 2007
Gardaí Investigate Limerick Shooting
An investigation has been launched after a house in Limerick city was shot at. A single shot was fired through a downstairs window of a house in Sarsfield Gardens in the Moyross area of the city, aro...
Irish News, Sep 10, 2007
Forensic Tests Carried Out On Castleknock Device
Forensic tests are to be carried out today on a suspect device that was found on Summerton Road in Castleknock, west Dublin, last night. The homemade bomb was discovered behind a wall in a lunch box ...
Irish News, Sep 10, 2007
Age Increase Is One Of The Biggest Causes Of Breast Cancer
Many Irish women fail to recognise that increasing in age is one of the biggest factors for developing breast cancer, according to a report by the Irish Cancer Society. The research was announced at ...
Irish News, Sep 10, 2007
Regeneration Work In Limerick Begins
Two new State-backed agencies are beginning regeneration work today to improve two of Limerick city's most socially and economically deprived suburbs. The agencies, established by the Department of E...
Irish News, Sep 7, 2007
Two Die In Road Accidents
A 21-year-old man has died following a road collision in Co Wexford this morning. He was a passenger in a van that crashed at Ballydoyle, Ballycogley, Kilmore Quay at around 9.40am. A statement rele...
Irish News, Sep 7, 2007
Kate McCann To Be Formal Suspect
Kate McCann has returned to a Portuguese police station, where she is expected to be declared a formal suspect in the disappearance of her daughter. A large crowd gathered and shouted at Mrs McCann, ...
Irish News, Sep 7, 2007
Genzyme Ireland Announces Expansion
Genzyme Corp, one of the world’s largest biotechnology companies, is to invest up to a potential of €20 million, with the support of IDA Ireland, to create additional product and process development f...
Irish News, Sep 6, 2007
Man Killed In Road Traffic Collision
A man has been killed and two others have been seriously injured in a crash on the N8, Cork to Dublin, road at around 7.05am this morning. A van collided with a truck at Clonad, near to the M7/M8 Tog...
Irish News, Sep 6, 2007
Siteserv Purchases Sierra For €46 million
Construction services firm Siteserv has acquired utilities service provider Sierra Communications Ltd for €46 million (£31 million). Siteserv has agreed to pay €46 million on completion of the acquis...
Irish News, Sep 6, 2007
45,000 Expected For Guinness Jazz Festival
Another bumper Guinness Jazz Festival is in prospect for the October Bank Holiday weekend in Cork with over 45,000 music fans expected to pump €25 million into the local economy. Now in its 30th year...
Irish News, Sep 5, 2007
Tyrone Schoolboy Dies During Gaelic Game
An 11-year-old boy has died after he collapsed during a GAA training session in County Tyrone yesterday evening. Patrick Breen, from Dregish, was taking part in a training game in Drumquin on Tuesday...
Irish News, Sep 5, 2007
Student Dies At School In Westmeath
A 16-year-old boy has collapsed and died during class at Moate Community School in County Westmeath. The school has expressed its shock and sadness at the sudden death of fifth year student, Tony Par...
Irish News, Sep 5, 2007
56-Year-Old Woman Dies In County Donegal Car Accident
A 56-year-old woman has died in a traffic accident in County Donegal. The woman was driving one of two cars that were involved in the collision at Drumgun, Pettigo at 1.30pm on Tuesday afternoon. A ...
Irish News, Sep 5, 2007
Suspicious Device Found In Dublin
An army technical team is examining a suspicious device that was found attached to a car in Dublin this morning. The device was discovered outside a house in Grange Abbey Grove in Baldoyle at 8.00am....
Irish News, Sep 5, 2007
Appeal For Witnesses For Dublin Shooting
Gardai investigating a shooting at a flat in Ballybough, Dublin, on Tuesday morning have appealed for witnesses to come forward. The shots were fired at the property just after 2am on Tuesday. No-one...
Irish News, Sep 5, 2007
Aer Lingus Talks Adjourned
Talks between Aer Lingus and pilots representatives, aimed at resolving a dispute over pay and conditions for Belfast-based staff, have been adjourned until Friday. The talks were the first time that...
Irish News, Sep 5, 2007
Criminal Assets Bureau To Auction Fraudster's House
The Criminal Assets Bureau (CAB) is to auction a house in Kenmare, County Kerry today. The house was owned by Matthew Wallace Schachter who was found guilty of defrauding thousands of people in the U...