Irish News for May 2009

Irish News, May 29, 2009
AIB To Get Another Billion Euro Handout
The troubled AIB bank is to receive another handout as its profits and share price continues on a downward spiral. The Government is to seek EU approval to provide a €4 billion injection to buoy the ...
Irish News, May 29, 2009
Man Arrested During Firearms Seizure In Portlaoise
A man has been arrested after a number of firearms were seized in Co Laoise. Gardai arrested the 27-year-old man and seized a number of firearms in a planned operation along the M7 motorway outside P...
Irish News, May 29, 2009
Ryanair Announce Win Over 'Scraping'
Ryanair have announced that a Hamburg court has upheld an earlier decision to grant Ryanair an injunction preventing 'scraping' of the Ryanair website. In a statement on the company's website, Budget...
Irish News, May 29, 2009
Irish Woman Shot In Lanzarote
An Irish woman has been seriously injured following a shooting on the Canary Islands. According to early reports, the victim, who is from Limerick and aged in her twenties, is in a serious condition ...
Irish News, May 29, 2009
Fianna Fail Face Failure At Elections
An opinion poll has indicated Fianna Fáil is at risk of big losses in elections taking place in less than a week. With both the local and European elections, as well as several crucial by-elections ...
Irish News, May 29, 2009
Arrests Follow Dublin Drugs And Arms Seizure
A man and a woman have been arrested after a search in Dublin recovered a quantity of drugs and a loaded weapon. The planned operation, carried out by Gardaí in Finglas, culminated in a search of a h...
Irish News, May 29, 2009
Man Shot By Masked Men
A man is critical in hospital after being shot by masked men in Co Wicklow. Gardaí at Bray are investigating the shooting, which occurred in the early hours of this morning in Richmond Hill, Bray. T...
Irish News, May 29, 2009
Motorcyclist Killed As Bank Holiday Looms
A motorcyclist has died in a road traffic accident in Co Offaly. A 23-year-old male motorcyclist was fatally injured when the bike he was riding left the road. Gardaí at Edenderry are investigating ...
Irish News, May 28, 2009
Appeal For Abuse Victims To Come Forward
Garda have launched a dedicated telephone line as part of their investigation following the publication of the Ryan Report last week. The Ryan Report detailed the plight of children that attended the...
Irish News, May 28, 2009
Toddler Killed In Tragic Collision
A three-year-old girl has been killed during a tragic accident in Malahide on Monday afternoon. The young girl, who was walking in the area was fatally injured when she was hit by a red Nissan Prime...
Irish News, May 28, 2009
Excessive Speed Named Roads Biggest Killer
Statistics released by Gardaí today have revealed excessive speed is Ireland's biggest killer on the roads. The latest figures from Gardaí also show that so far this year 107 people have been killed ...
Irish News, May 28, 2009
Man In Hospital After Serious Assault In Dublin
A man has received serious head injuries during an assault in Dublin at the weekend. Launching an appeal for witnesses today, Gardaí at Pearse Street have asked for the public's assistance in relatio...
Irish News, May 28, 2009
Teen Arrested After Drugs Find In Dublin
A teenager has been arrested in connection with a drugs find in Dublin on Wednesday. Gardaí say the find was a result of an ongoing operation targeting the sale and supply of drugs in the Lucan area...
Irish News, May 28, 2009
UCD Scientists Crack 'Sticky' Superbug Code
Irish scientists have uncovered the 'sticky' nature of hospital-acquired bloodstream infections. Scientists in UCD have cracked the genetic code of several fungi species, which cause infections in ho...
Irish News, May 28, 2009
Ulster-Scots Get Donegal Recognition
A new tourism centre which celebrates the history of Scots settlers in Ulster has opened in Co Donegal. The Ulster-Scots Heritage Centre is at Monreagh in the Laggan district, an area of Donegal whic...
Irish News, May 27, 2009
Third Case Of Swine Flu Confirmed
A third case of human swine flu has been confirmed in Ireland. Department of Health spokesperson Dr Tony Holohan has confirmed that a woman who has recently returned from New York has influenza A (H1...
Irish News, May 27, 2009
Drugs Seized And 15 Arrests Made In 'Operation Reuben'
Gardaí have arrested a total of 15 people in Co Cork as part of a major anti-drug operation. Dubbed "Operation Reuben", Cork City Divisional Drugs Unit moved in and arrested 15 people within 48 hou...
Irish News, May 27, 2009
Driver Sought After Fatal Crash
The driver of a car involved in a fatal road incident is being sought in connection with an incident in Co Cork last month. Gardaí launched an appeal for witnesses to the fatal collision, which occur...
Irish News, May 27, 2009
Alcohol Sales Take "Unprecedented Decline"
The Drinks Industry Group of Ireland (DIGI) has revealed alcohol sales fell by a huge 13% compared to the first quarter of last year. The group said the figures confirmed fears that the major increas...
Irish News, May 27, 2009
Order Offers More To Victims After Ryan Report
An religious order is to offer an increase in resources to victims abused in its care following the publishing of the Ryan Report. The Oblate Order, who ran the notorious Daingean Reformatory in Co O...
Irish News, May 27, 2009
Viable Bomb Found In Dublin
Specialist officers have been called in over what is being described as a viable suspect device, found on Baldonnel Road last night. Gardai from Tallaght and Ballyfermot are investigating the discov...
Irish News, May 27, 2009
Mahon Trial Sees Third Day Of Deliberation
The jury in the trial of Ronnie McManus, who is accused of murdering Sligo teenager Melissa Mahon, is now into its third day of deliberation. The 44-year-old man Ronnie McManus, also known as Ronald ...
Irish News, May 27, 2009
Cross-Border Education In Focus
The North West of Ireland is being targeted in a new initiative to build educational alliances of mutual benefit to both Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic. Letterkenny Institute of Technology a...
Irish News, May 26, 2009
Second Irish Swine Flu Case Confirmed
A second case of swine flu has been confirmed in Ireland. The Irish Department of Health said the patient is a woman living in the east of the country who recently travelled from New York. A spokesw...
Irish News, May 26, 2009
Man Arrested In Connection With Body In River
A man has been arrested as part of the ongoing investigation into the murder of Yvonne O'Shea last November. Gardaí said they arrested the 41-year-old man this morning at Ballymauns, Vicarstown, Co L...
Irish News, May 26, 2009
No More Income Tax Hikes, Claims Lenihan
The Finance Minister Brian Lenihan has said there will be no further income tax increases this year. The vow comes only a month after the Government doubled the income levies in the emergency budget....
Irish News, May 26, 2009
Religious Group Refuse to Revisit Deal Despite Report
Despite calls from several Catholic Bishops, the Conference of the Religious in Ireland (CORI) has refused to revisit the compensation deal agreed in 2002. The calls to look again at the church/Stat...
Irish News, May 26, 2009
Bertie's Anti Church Claims 'Appalling', Says Labour
A Labour TD has today called Bertie Ahern's comments regarding the Ryan report on church abuse "despicable". The Labour spokesman on family affairs, Michael Higgins was speaking after the former Taoi...
Irish News, May 26, 2009
Arrests After Dublin Armed Robbery
Three men have been arrested and a firearm has been recovered after an armed raid on a pharmacy on South Circular Road in Dublin. The incident took place at about 2pm on Monday. During the incident, ...
Irish News, May 26, 2009
Health Insurer Reports Mammoth Deficit
Ireland's state owned health insurer VHI has reported a deficit of €65m for the ten month period ending December 2008. The level of deficit is a complete reversal of the €63m of surplus the company w...