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Irish News, Jun 16, 2008
SF Demands Taoiseach Meeting
Sinn Féin says it is seeking a meeting with the Taoiseach to outline areas where the Lisbon Treaty needs to ammended following his comments that he is to consult widely at home and abroad. The party ...
SF Demands Taoiseach Meeting
Sinn Féin says it is seeking a meeting with the Taoiseach to outline areas where the Lisbon Treaty needs to ammended following his comments that he is to consult widely at home and abroad. The party ...
Irish News, Jun 16, 2008
Union Sceptical Over HSE's Willingness To Resolve Industrial Action
Representatives of the IMPACT trade union are to meet senior Health Service Executive (HSE) officials on Monday to discuss ongoing industrial action in the health service. However, the health service...
Union Sceptical Over HSE's Willingness To Resolve Industrial Action
Representatives of the IMPACT trade union are to meet senior Health Service Executive (HSE) officials on Monday to discuss ongoing industrial action in the health service. However, the health service...
Irish News, Jun 16, 2008
Dublin Cleans Up Its Act
A survey on Dublin's litter has found cleanliness in the city has improved noticeably, and, along with almost 60% of Irish towns, it is deemed 'clean' to European levels. The survey results show a ma...
Dublin Cleans Up Its Act
A survey on Dublin's litter has found cleanliness in the city has improved noticeably, and, along with almost 60% of Irish towns, it is deemed 'clean' to European levels. The survey results show a ma...
Irish News, Jun 13, 2008
Maximise WRC Rally Boost For West: MacSharry
Picture: (Sardinia Rally), by Adam McCalden A west of Ireland politician has called for some forward thinking ahead of the rerun of a major international sporting event to the area next year. Sl...
Maximise WRC Rally Boost For West: MacSharry
Picture: (Sardinia Rally), by Adam McCalden A west of Ireland politician has called for some forward thinking ahead of the rerun of a major international sporting event to the area next year. Sl...
Irish News, Jun 13, 2008
Lisbon Treaty Rejected
Irish voters have rejected the Lisbon Treaty. With results in from 38 of the 43 constituencies, the Lisbon Treaty is being beaten by a margin of 53.7% to 46.3%. According to RTÉ this afternoon, whil...
Lisbon Treaty Rejected
Irish voters have rejected the Lisbon Treaty. With results in from 38 of the 43 constituencies, the Lisbon Treaty is being beaten by a margin of 53.7% to 46.3%. According to RTÉ this afternoon, whil...
Irish News, Jun 13, 2008
Four Arrested After High Speed Chase
Four men have been arrested following a high speed chase through Co Louth in the Irish Republic on Thursday night. The incident was part of a planned operation by gardaí, during which it is understoo...
Four Arrested After High Speed Chase
Four men have been arrested following a high speed chase through Co Louth in the Irish Republic on Thursday night. The incident was part of a planned operation by gardaí, during which it is understoo...
Irish News, Jun 13, 2008
Czech National Denies Galway "Kissing" Rape
A Czech national has denied he raped a Galway woman who had run up to him on the street and kissed him while he walked home. In evidence at the Central Criminal Court the accused denied he raped the ...
Czech National Denies Galway "Kissing" Rape
A Czech national has denied he raped a Galway woman who had run up to him on the street and kissed him while he walked home. In evidence at the Central Criminal Court the accused denied he raped the ...
Irish News, Jun 13, 2008
Irish Troops Enlisting In British Army
The number of Irish soldiers enlisting in the British Army has doubled in the past year. One in every 10 recruits signing up for the British army in Northern Ireland is now reportedly from the Republ...
Irish Troops Enlisting In British Army
The number of Irish soldiers enlisting in the British Army has doubled in the past year. One in every 10 recruits signing up for the British army in Northern Ireland is now reportedly from the Republ...
Irish News, Jun 13, 2008
'Yes' Vote Slumps As Ordinary Voters Make Voices Heard
Early indications from the ongoing Lisbon count suggest the 'Yes' camp is in trouble. The warnings by Sinn Fein seem to have hit home as working class areas of the capital are reported to be voting t...
'Yes' Vote Slumps As Ordinary Voters Make Voices Heard
Early indications from the ongoing Lisbon count suggest the 'Yes' camp is in trouble. The warnings by Sinn Fein seem to have hit home as working class areas of the capital are reported to be voting t...
Irish News, Jun 13, 2008
Verdict Due On Makeshift Flamethrower Student
A Limerick Court is awaiting its verdict on a flamethrower stunt by a student that left one man permanently disfigured. Eoghan O'Sullivan, 20, of the Thatch Bar, Lisselton, Co Kerry, has pleaded not ...
Verdict Due On Makeshift Flamethrower Student
A Limerick Court is awaiting its verdict on a flamethrower stunt by a student that left one man permanently disfigured. Eoghan O'Sullivan, 20, of the Thatch Bar, Lisselton, Co Kerry, has pleaded not ...
Irish News, Jun 13, 2008
Construction Workers Beckoned Abroad
After thousands of Irish construction workers have suffered post-slump job losses, Europe is swooping in to entice the skilled workforce abroad. The state training agency, FÁS, has announced it is to...
Construction Workers Beckoned Abroad
After thousands of Irish construction workers have suffered post-slump job losses, Europe is swooping in to entice the skilled workforce abroad. The state training agency, FÁS, has announced it is to...
Irish News, Jun 13, 2008
Dublin Takes Pride In Long Running Festival
Ireland's gay community are taking "pride" in their achievements with launch of the 25th Gay Pride festival, opening on Friday. The festival will be celebrating the changes in attitudes and acceptanc...
Dublin Takes Pride In Long Running Festival
Ireland's gay community are taking "pride" in their achievements with launch of the 25th Gay Pride festival, opening on Friday. The festival will be celebrating the changes in attitudes and acceptanc...
Irish News, Jun 12, 2008
Pope Treads Softly Into Treaty Vote
The pope has crossed from religion into politics during his weekly address, praising the Irish peoples' role in the history of Europe. The papal’s subject matter conspicuously coincides with the pres...
Pope Treads Softly Into Treaty Vote
The pope has crossed from religion into politics during his weekly address, praising the Irish peoples' role in the history of Europe. The papal’s subject matter conspicuously coincides with the pres...
Irish News, Jun 12, 2008
Teen In Court On Double Murder Charge
A 17-year-old boy is facing a second murder charge in connection with the killing of two Polish men in February. The teenager, who appeared at the Dublin Children’s Court today, cannot be named becau...
Teen In Court On Double Murder Charge
A 17-year-old boy is facing a second murder charge in connection with the killing of two Polish men in February. The teenager, who appeared at the Dublin Children’s Court today, cannot be named becau...
Irish News, Jun 12, 2008
Toxic Cyanide Gas To Be Destroyed At Army Base
Canisters containing toxic gas are to be destroyed at an Irish army base after they were discovered by a well known pest control company. A total of seven canisters were found by the company Retokil ...
Toxic Cyanide Gas To Be Destroyed At Army Base
Canisters containing toxic gas are to be destroyed at an Irish army base after they were discovered by a well known pest control company. A total of seven canisters were found by the company Retokil ...
Irish News, Jun 12, 2008
Europe On 'Knife Edge' As Ireland Goes To The Polls
The vote on the Lisbon Treaty is officially underway as Irish voters head to polling stations around the country to cast their votes in the crucial referendum. Recent polls have showed support for t...
Europe On 'Knife Edge' As Ireland Goes To The Polls
The vote on the Lisbon Treaty is officially underway as Irish voters head to polling stations around the country to cast their votes in the crucial referendum. Recent polls have showed support for t...
Irish News, Jun 12, 2008
Fathers' Rights Protestors Scale M50 Toll Plaza
Three men have (literally) mounted a protest on top of the M50 toll plaza in Dublin calling for better rights for unmarried fathers. The protest began just after 6am on Thursday and gardaí are curren...
Fathers' Rights Protestors Scale M50 Toll Plaza
Three men have (literally) mounted a protest on top of the M50 toll plaza in Dublin calling for better rights for unmarried fathers. The protest began just after 6am on Thursday and gardaí are curren...
Irish News, Jun 12, 2008
Gardaí Safety Blitz On Learners Before Crack Down Enforced
Gardaí are set to mount a safety crackdown on learner drivers over the next week before new laws come into force in July The operation is being launched in an effort to reduce the death toll among yo...
Gardaí Safety Blitz On Learners Before Crack Down Enforced
Gardaí are set to mount a safety crackdown on learner drivers over the next week before new laws come into force in July The operation is being launched in an effort to reduce the death toll among yo...
Irish News, Jun 12, 2008
Man Pleads 'Not Guilty' To Murder Of Chess Mate
A Lithuanian man has pleaded not guilty to a charge of killing his chess partner in 2005. Rimantas Padimanskis, 44, of Lios Cian, Swords, Co Dublin made the plea of not guilty at Dublin Criminal Cou...
Man Pleads 'Not Guilty' To Murder Of Chess Mate
A Lithuanian man has pleaded not guilty to a charge of killing his chess partner in 2005. Rimantas Padimanskis, 44, of Lios Cian, Swords, Co Dublin made the plea of not guilty at Dublin Criminal Cou...
Irish News, Jun 12, 2008
Minister admits concerns over aid supplies to Burma
The Minister for Overseas Development has voiced concerns that Irish aid being sent to Burma might not reach the correct people. Minister Peter Power said the Government is working closely with non-g...
Minister admits concerns over aid supplies to Burma
The Minister for Overseas Development has voiced concerns that Irish aid being sent to Burma might not reach the correct people. Minister Peter Power said the Government is working closely with non-g...
Irish News, Jun 12, 2008
'No' Campaign Turns Out To Be A Turkey
Ireland's most infamous turkey has been recruited by the EU Treaty's No campaigners in the run up to the country's crucial referendum today. After a spectacular failure at the Eurovision Song Contest...
'No' Campaign Turns Out To Be A Turkey
Ireland's most infamous turkey has been recruited by the EU Treaty's No campaigners in the run up to the country's crucial referendum today. After a spectacular failure at the Eurovision Song Contest...
Irish News, Jun 11, 2008
Judge Says Knife Crime "Out Of Control"
One of the country's top criminal judges has said knife crime is now "out of control" with a record number of manslaughter and fatal stabbing incidents being heard in Irish courts. Mr Justice Paul C...
Judge Says Knife Crime "Out Of Control"
One of the country's top criminal judges has said knife crime is now "out of control" with a record number of manslaughter and fatal stabbing incidents being heard in Irish courts. Mr Justice Paul C...
Irish News, Jun 11, 2008
Boy Faces Court For Possessing €180,000 Of Heroin
A 16-year-old boy has been served with a book of evidence and sent forward for trial to the Dublin Circuit Criminal Court over a €180,000 heroin seizure. The boy had been charged earlier at the Child...
Boy Faces Court For Possessing €180,000 Of Heroin
A 16-year-old boy has been served with a book of evidence and sent forward for trial to the Dublin Circuit Criminal Court over a €180,000 heroin seizure. The boy had been charged earlier at the Child...
Irish News, Jun 11, 2008
Council Approves Electric Car Scheme
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council has become the first local authority in Ireland to approve a scheme encouraging the use of environmentally friendly electric cars. The council voted in favour of...
Council Approves Electric Car Scheme
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council has become the first local authority in Ireland to approve a scheme encouraging the use of environmentally friendly electric cars. The council voted in favour of...
Irish News, Jun 11, 2008
Irish Men Now Living It Up
The gap in life expectancy between men and women in Ireland has narrowed to its lowest for 35 years. The Central Statistics Office (CSO) report, a compilation of statistics called Measuring Ireland's...
Irish Men Now Living It Up
The gap in life expectancy between men and women in Ireland has narrowed to its lowest for 35 years. The Central Statistics Office (CSO) report, a compilation of statistics called Measuring Ireland's...
Irish News, Jun 11, 2008
IFA Mounts Protest At Lidl Supermarket
The Irish Farmers Association has picketing a Lidl supermarket in Co Kildare as part of a protest over the sale of imported pig meat. The protest - on Wednesday - is the latest in a growing row over ...
IFA Mounts Protest At Lidl Supermarket
The Irish Farmers Association has picketing a Lidl supermarket in Co Kildare as part of a protest over the sale of imported pig meat. The protest - on Wednesday - is the latest in a growing row over ...
Irish News, Jun 11, 2008
Man Abducted And Beaten Over Drugs Say Gardaí
Gardaí have revealed that they suspect the abduction and beating of a 30 year-old man in Cork was over drugs. The man from the Carrigtwohill area of east Cork was taken away and badly beaten by a gro...
Man Abducted And Beaten Over Drugs Say Gardaí
Gardaí have revealed that they suspect the abduction and beating of a 30 year-old man in Cork was over drugs. The man from the Carrigtwohill area of east Cork was taken away and badly beaten by a gro...
Irish News, Jun 11, 2008
€4.5 Million Pay Out For Brain Damaged Boy
A Dublin Hospital has agreed to compensate a young brain damaged boy with €4.5 million, but only after an epic legal battle. Paul Kieron Fitzpatrick sued through his mother, Michelle Fitzpatrick of S...
€4.5 Million Pay Out For Brain Damaged Boy
A Dublin Hospital has agreed to compensate a young brain damaged boy with €4.5 million, but only after an epic legal battle. Paul Kieron Fitzpatrick sued through his mother, Michelle Fitzpatrick of S...
Irish News, Jun 11, 2008
New Social Order Powers For Gardai
Dublin City Council have agreed to implement a ban on drinking in public from next September. The policy is just part of a list of tough new laws agreed on Monday night and will mean on the spot fine...
New Social Order Powers For Gardai
Dublin City Council have agreed to implement a ban on drinking in public from next September. The policy is just part of a list of tough new laws agreed on Monday night and will mean on the spot fine...
Irish News, Jun 10, 2008
Ireland Says 'No!'
An early opinion poll has suggested Ireland could be saying 'No' in the Lisbon Treaty referendum. The early figures released by an Irish National paper reveals a TNS/mrbi poll shows the 'No' camp is...
Ireland Says 'No!'
An early opinion poll has suggested Ireland could be saying 'No' in the Lisbon Treaty referendum. The early figures released by an Irish National paper reveals a TNS/mrbi poll shows the 'No' camp is...
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Ireland WeatherToday:Dry and bright start but scattered showers soon developing in the west. These showers will become heavy and possibly thundery by afternoon, gradually extending eastwards later. Maximum temperature 22 °C.Tonight:Cloudy with any lingering showers soon dying out. Then a few clearer spells possible before low cloud spreads in through the early hours, with coastal fog in places. Minimum temperature 9 °C.
