Irish News for March 2009

Irish News, Mar 31, 2009
Unemployment Rise Slowing, Hints Ahern
Justice Minister Dermot Ahern has hinted there could be some good news on Friday for the spiralling unemployment figures. March's live register figures are due out by the Central Statistics Office on...
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Irish News, Mar 31, 2009
Knife Attacker Had 31 Previous Convictions
A 20-year-old Dublin man who went on a knife spree in the Temple Bar area had 31 convictions, a court heard on Monday. Glen Hogan of Thomond Road, Ballyfermot pleaded guilty to four counts of assault...
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Irish News, Mar 31, 2009
Martin Disgusted At Northern Security Alerts
Foreign Affairs Minister Micheál Martin has expressed his disgust over Monday's hijackings and bomb scares in the North. The incidents are being blamed on dissident republicans and caused widespread ...
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Irish News, Mar 31, 2009
Appeal Launched For Missing Cork Man
An appeal has been launched for a man who has gone missing from his home in Co Cork. Gardai at Bandon say they are anxious to trace the whereabouts of the 33-year-old David O'Donoghue from Ballinadee...
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Irish News, Mar 31, 2009
Business Lending Falls Despite Recapitalisation
Private sector lending by Irish Banks is continuing to fall despite the cash injection into Irish banks. Figures published today by the Central Bank show credit for the private sector has fallen fro...
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Irish News, Mar 31, 2009
Murdered Man Warned By Gardaí
A man found murdered in Dublin on Monday had been warned by Gardaí his life was under threat, it has emerged. Father of one David Lynch, 25, was shot three times in the head in the Coolock area of t...
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Irish News, Mar 31, 2009
Ireland Loses Highest Credit Score
As next week's 'emergency' Budget looms, the Irish Republic's top 'sovereign' credit rating has been cut. The agency, Standard & Poor's (S&P) downgraded the rating on Government debt by one notch fro...
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Irish News, Mar 30, 2009
Gang Link To Gruesome Dutch Canal Find
An horrific find in Holland is being linked to gangland activity in Ireland as police in the Republic and their Dutch counterparts investigate the murder of an Irishman whose dismembered body was foun...
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Irish News, Mar 30, 2009
Man Dies In Tallagh B&Q Accident
A major DIY store is at the centre of an investigation today after the accidental death of a man in the premises. The incident was at the Tallaght branch of B&Q , and is being investigated by the Hea...
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Irish News, Mar 30, 2009
€8 Million Heroin Seizure Revealed
Irish police are holding two suspects after a successful, intelligence-led operation by the Gardaí National Drugs Unit. Assisted by the Organised Crime Unit and local Drugs Units, the two men were ar...
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Irish News, Mar 30, 2009
Mayor Welcomes Shannon To Heathrow Flights
The Mayor of Clare has described the recommencement of services between Shannon and London Heathrow as a "shot in the arm" for the West of Ireland economy. Madeleine Taylor Quinn said the restoration...
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Irish News, Mar 30, 2009
Irish Are Still Eating Out, But Spending Less
The body representing the interests of Ireland's restaurant industry, the Restaurant Association of Ireland (RAI), is highlighting a drop in both volume and value of business. Today's annual conferen...
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Irish News, Mar 30, 2009
Fermanagh Remains On Alert As Belfast Hoax Ends
While the Irish police have revealed a successful planned search operation against suspected dissident republicans, with explosive devices recovered in Dublin, a security alert has this morning led to...
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Irish News, Mar 27, 2009
Bourke Murder Jury To Hear Closing Statements
The jury in the trial of a 49-year-old Dublin man accused of murder after he stabbed his wife will soon be asked to decide a verdict. Closing arguments are being heard today after the accused, David ...
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Irish News, Mar 27, 2009
Cunningham Guilty Of Northern Cash Scam
An Irish financial adviser has been found guilty of 'laundering' cash from the £26.5m Northern Bank robbery in Belfast. The majority of the jury at the trial of Ted Cunningham has today agreed his gu...
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Irish News, Mar 27, 2009
Injured Garda Recovering
The 28-year-old garda officer knocked down this week by a stolen car is now said to be in a stable condition in a Dublin hospital. Garda Robert McCallion (29) was prevously listed as critical after h...
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Irish News, Mar 27, 2009
Man Jailed For Chopping Off Victim's Hand
A nine-year jail sentence has been imposed on a man who chopped off his victim's left hand with a samurai sword in a crowded Dublin pub. Charles Russell (28) of Whitechapel Road in Dublin pleaded gui...
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Irish News, Mar 27, 2009
Exporters 'Feeling' The Recession, Says IBEC
The group representing Irish business, IBEC, today said the latest National Accounts data from the CSO confirms conditions in the economy deteriorated sharply in the final quarter of 2008. Commenting...
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Irish News, Mar 27, 2009
Confusion Over Transport Strikes
There is confusion this morning about whether threatened strike action at Ireland's three main airports will go ahead next week. SIPTU members at the Dublin Airport Authority have voted to go on stri...
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Irish News, Mar 26, 2009
Garda 'Critical' After Being Run Over
A 29-year-old garda remains in critical condition today after he was was seriously injured in an incident at Letterkenny, Co.Donegal. It happened at about 4.30am today when officers were responding t...
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Irish News, Mar 26, 2009
'Taoiseach Uncovered' Fails To Amuse
Following an 'artistic stunt', featuring stylised nude portraits of Taoiseach Brian Cowen, the gardái has proved to be un-amused. They have quizzed the artist behind the prank after the Bolton Street...
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Irish News, Mar 26, 2009
Katy French Tragedy Goes To Court
The tragic death of top Irish model Katy French just before Christmas two years ago has led to a court appearance. A 24-year-old man has appeared in court facing charges as part of the garda investig...
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Irish News, Mar 26, 2009
Four 'Tied-Up' In Major Operation
A major operation has been put in place to tackle organsied crime with four men detained this morning. It is part of a joint Gardái/Customs Operation - codenamed Operation Tie - and being coordinated...
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Irish News, Mar 26, 2009
Taxing Time Ahead?
There is no suggestion that this week's resumption of talks with trade unions and other 'social partners' means a softening of resolve in making tough decisions over tax. Taoiseach Brian Cowen said t...
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Irish News, Mar 26, 2009
Investigation Launched Into AIB 'Property Scam'
The UK's Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has confirmed it is launching an investigation into an alleged £56 million property scam. The SFO has revealed that between 2003 and 2007 Allied Irish Bank (AIB) p...
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Irish News, Mar 26, 2009
Irish Stars Lose Their High Class Cars
It seems even the rich and famous aren't safe from the recession. Irish beauty and former Miss World, Rosanna Davison (pictured) and rugby star Gordon D'Arcy have had their luxury BMW cars withdrawn....
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Irish News, Mar 25, 2009
Strike 'Deferred' - For Now
The planned wave of cross-sector strikes across the Irish Republic for next Monday has been called off. The Executive Council of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU) has announced it is deferrin...
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Irish News, Mar 25, 2009
'Drugs' Money Led To Stab Murder
A couple has been sentenced to separate jail terms for killing a taxi driver in Dublin - in a vicious stabbing over drugs' money. The man - who killed the driver by stabbing him over 40 times in fron...
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Irish News, Mar 25, 2009
Accountancy Body Widens Anglo Irish Investigation
The Chartered Accountants Regulatory Board is widening its investigations focusing into activities involving inappropriate directors' loans surrounding Anglo Irish Bank. Special Investigator, Mr John...
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Irish News, Mar 25, 2009
Irish Company Charged Over Illegal Trade With Iran
An Irish trading company and three of its officers have been charged with purchasing helicopter engines and other aircraft components from U.S. firms and illegally exporting them to Iran using compani...
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