Irish News for October 2008

Irish News, Oct 31, 2008
Budget Gloom Lifts With Further U-Turn
There has been a further apparent U-turn by the Government over its flagging Budget for 2009. Around an hour after Taoiseach Brian Cowen said tough spending cuts "could not be avoided", the news was ...
Irish News, Oct 31, 2008
Night Drivers Told To Watch Out For 'Trick-Or-Treaters'
Drivers across Ireland have been reminded to drive carefully this evening, as thousands of children up and down the country don dark Hallowe'en costumes, and set out trick-or-treating. Safety bosses...
Irish News, Oct 31, 2008
Patient's Death Provokes Review Call
Poor communications between general practitioners and hospitals may have contributed to the death of a patient. As a result, there has been a call for a review of communications between GPs and speci...
Irish News, Oct 31, 2008
Birth Rate Up In First 3 Months Of 2008
There was almost a 10% jump in the number of babies born in Ireland during the first three months of this year, compared to 2007. Figures released by the Central Statistics Office report 19,000 birt...
Irish News, Oct 31, 2008
Gaol Follows Family Feud
Arson, a macabre hangman's noose and a bizarre threat of rape all resulted from a domestic row over a will. A Dublin court heard this week that it also led a farmer to threaten another man's life, ca...
Irish News, Oct 31, 2008
Mental Lock-Up Challenge Successful
The Dublin Government faced yet more woes last night as a woman with a history of mental illness won her High Court challenge against her involuntary detention. She has been held in a psychiatric hos...
Irish News, Oct 30, 2008
Government Win Dáil Vote
The Government has this afternoon won a crucial vote - defeating Labour's motion condemning education cuts - and even increased its majority. The resounding vote of confidence in the otherwise beleag...
Irish News, Oct 30, 2008
Union Threatens Action As Aer Lingus Job Cuts Loom
Aer Lingus moved a step closer to widespread industrial action today as the union, SIPTU warned of strikes at Aer Lingus in the coming weeks. The news came after talks with the union on the company's...
Irish News, Oct 30, 2008
HSE Plan Nine Regional Authorities
A new structure of up to nine regional health authorities is to be created by the Health Service Executive (HSE) as part of a strategy to streamline the way it operates. Managers of smaller, general ...
Irish News, Oct 30, 2008
No Medical Coverage For Quarter Of Irish Adults
More than 25% of Irish adults do not have a medical card, or private health insurance, the latest figures from the Central Statistics Office have revealed. According to the CSO, only 44% of those who...
Irish News, Oct 30, 2008
Tragic Boy's Bike Brakes Faulty
The death of a 10-year-old cyclist who died after being involved in an accident with a Dublin Bus last year has been back in focus this week. The Inquest into the death of Padraig McGillivray, from O...
Irish News, Oct 30, 2008
Broadband Delay Controversy
There's to be a delay in the provision of universal broadband access across Ireland. It has been revealed that plans for the broadband scheme have taken "slightly longer than we would have liked", ac...
Irish News, Oct 30, 2008
BoI Predicts Further Economic Contraction
The Irish economy is set to contract further next year, adding to current financial woes, according to the Bank of Ireland. The bank’s latest quarterly projection has suggested national income will ...
Irish News, Oct 29, 2008
Education Vote May Depend On Green's Support
There's no let-up to the post Budget pressure on the Government, and while Tánaiste Mary Coughlan said yesterday there will be no changes to the Budget proposals on education, an important headmasters...
Irish News, Oct 29, 2008
Gardaí Warning Over Stolen Drugs
Gardaí have released a public warning following a break-in at a pharmacy in Westmeath. Officers are warning that during the burglary, which took place on Monday evening, a large number of various dr...
Irish News, Oct 29, 2008
Tweleve Year Sentence For Alcoholic Sex Attacker
A homeless alcoholic who held a woman prisoner overnight while sexually abusing her and who also attacked another woman has been given a long gaol sentence. Dublin's Central Criminal Court heard that...
Irish News, Oct 29, 2008
Dublin Running Dry
The Irish capital is 'running dry' and will require a new source of fresh water within seven years to accommodate its fast-growing population. It has now emerged that the vast River Shannon may be on...
Irish News, Oct 29, 2008
Waiting Time For Child Psychiatry Revealed
Children and young people are bearing the brunt of deficiencies in the health service with news emerging that over 3,000 children are currently on waiting lists for psychiatric assessments. Official ...
Irish News, Oct 29, 2008
Belfast Parade Row Deepens As Drogheda Honours Veterans
While wreaths bearing the Royal Crest will this weekend be laid alongside those in Irish Tricolour colours in an annual cross-border commemoration for WWI British soldiers in Drogheda, (pictured) disa...
Irish News, Oct 29, 2008
Exclusive German Furniture Comes To Ireland
A Dublin-based commercial interiors company has signed a deal to distribute products by the pioneering German environmental furniture company, Wilkhahn, in Ireland. Designflow Spielmann's agreed the ...
Irish News, Oct 28, 2008
Explosion Alert At Shot Derry Man's Home
It has been revealed that a partially exploded bomb has today been made safe by Irish army ordnance technicians. The experts are still at the border home of the Londonderry man who was shot and injur...
Irish News, Oct 28, 2008
Education Cuts Underestimated Say Teachers
A leading Irish teachers organization has said the recent Budget cuts announced by the Education Minister underestimated the number of teachers facing 'the chop' next year. Despite the Education Min...
Irish News, Oct 28, 2008
Aer Lingus Expansion Takes Off
Former national flag-carrier Aer Lingus has upped the ante in the highly competitive airline industry by announcing that it will operate nine new routes from Ireland next summer. Less than a week aft...
Irish News, Oct 28, 2008
Limerick Redevelopment Plan Presented
Limerick is about to attempt to 'buck the trend' by ignoring the economic downturn and investing in its future. Details of a radical plan to regenerate what have become some of the most disadvantaged...
Irish News, Oct 28, 2008
UCC Considers Researching Embryonic Stem Cells
The governing body of University College Cork is to consider allowing the use of embryonic stem cells for research. The UCC would be the first university in the country to carry out the controversial...
Irish News, Oct 28, 2008
Plane Crash Victims Remembered
A family that was all but wiped-out in a tragic weekend plane crash has been recalled. Hundreds of mourners gathered at a memorial service held for the three family members and a teenage friend who d...
Irish News, Oct 28, 2008
Irish Anti-War Movement Condemns US Syrian Attack
The Irish Anti-War Movement has condemned the US attack in Syria in which eight people were killed. The US operation in the middle-eastern state has led to international outrage, with Syria's foreign...
Irish News, Oct 28, 2008
Tax Hit On 'Budget Airline' At Shannon May Boost NI
The Irish Government's controversial airport tax has led budget airline, Ryanair, to cut its passenger numbers through Shannon Airport from two million to a mere 750,000 - and to rekindle interest in ...
Irish News, Oct 28, 2008
No Treat For Pets At Halloween
Pet owners have been warned to keep their animals tucked indoors on Halloween night by the DSPCA. The Dublin Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals said the weeks preceding the festival can be ...
Irish News, Oct 27, 2008
21-Year-Old Arrested Over Hit And Run
A 21-year-old man has been arrested in connection with a hit and run incident in Co Cavan. Gardai in Bailieboro investigating the fatal collision, which led to the death of Northern Ireland man John...