Irish News for June 2009 : Page 4

Irish News, Jun 12, 2009
Second Body Discovered In Dublin
The body of another man has been found in Dublin buried in a shallow grave. Gardaí said the discovery was made shortly before noon on Friday in a field in Ballough, Balbriggan. The body of a man in h...
Irish News, Jun 12, 2009
Agreement Reached Over Lufthansa Technik Jobs
Agreement has been reached during talks to save over 400 jobs at aircraft engine maintenance company Lufthansa Technik Airmotive. The talks are said to have lasted 11 hours, but it has since emerged ...
Irish News, Jun 12, 2009
Ganley Denies Owing Campaigner €350,000
A 28-year-old Dutch Libertas campaigner has revealed the parties Irish leader Declan Ganley is yet to pay a €350,000 campaign bill. Eline van den Broek, a political scientist who led anti-Lisbon Trea...
Irish News, Jun 12, 2009
Setanta Sports Saved In £50m Rescue
The troubled Irish broadcaster Setanta Sports has been spared the chop after an international backer stepped in to save the channel. Founders Michael O’Rourke and Leonard Ryan have secured an interna...
Irish News, Jun 12, 2009
Raiders Steal Cash Machine Out Of Wall
Raiders in Kilkenny have stolen an automatic telling machine they pulled out of a wall with a JCB. Gardaí are investigating the robbery in which a mechanical digger was used to remove a cash machine...
Irish News, Jun 12, 2009
Aer Lingus Drop Shannon Routes
Aer Lingus is to announce the scrapping of a number of transatlantic services out of Shannon over the winter. It is believed the airline plans to axe Shannon flights to New York and Chicago from its ...
Irish News, Jun 12, 2009
Man's Body Discovered In Finglas
A man's body have been found in the Finglas area of Dublin. Gardaí are investigating the circumstances surrounding the discovery in the early hours of Friday morning. A passing taxi driver spotted t...
Irish News, Jun 11, 2009
Officer And Inmate Hurt In Prison Row
A prison officer and an inmate have been injured during an incident in Mountjoy Prison this morning. The incident happened on the A wing just after midday when prison officers intervened in a row bet...
Irish News, Jun 11, 2009
Sarkozy Would "Even Be Ready To Travel To Ireland" Over Treaty
French President Nicolas Sarkozy has said he is prepared to travel to Ireland to gather support for the second referendum on the Lisbon Treaty. Last years vote on the controversial treaty returned a ...
Irish News, Jun 11, 2009
20% Of Unemployment Benefit Claimants Are Foreign Nationals
The latest Live Register figures have revealed foreign nationals account for a fifth of those claiming unemployment benefits. The high percentage is thought to reflect the mass redundancies in the co...
Irish News, Jun 11, 2009
Gardaí Send Officers To Assist At Air France Disaster
The Garda Commissioner Fachtna Murphy has announced that he will deploy two members of Garda to Brazil to support the authorities in the investigation and assist with the identification of bodies. Th...
Irish News, Jun 11, 2009
Life Sentence For Tourist Attacker
The 54-year-old convicted killer who raped an English tourist in a Dublin hotel has been sentenced to life in prison. Escaped psychiatric hospital patient Michael Murphy, of no fixed abode in Manches...
Irish News, Jun 11, 2009
Nationwide Appoints Replaces Chief Executive
Irish Nationwide has replaced their long standing chief executive, Michael Fingleton, who has been forced to resign. Mr Fingleton, who ran the building society for almost 40 years, was forced out ove...
Irish News, Jun 11, 2009
Another Eight Arrests Near Corrib Gas Site
Another eight arrests have been made overnight near the site of the controversial Shell gas pipeline under construction in Co Mayo. A Garda spokesman said two men were arrested at Glengad at around 7...
Irish News, Jun 11, 2009
Over 400 At Risk At Lufthansa Technik
Unions and management at Lufthansa Technik Airmotive are to meet as fears grow for the future of over 400 jobs at the company. Management at the aircraft engine maintenance plant in Rathcoole have wa...
Irish News, Jun 11, 2009
Fine Gael's Flannery Demoted Following Fumble
The Fine Gael director of elections will lose his position before the next election after his fumble over Sinn Fein. Frank Flannery will retain his position as the party's director of organisation, c...
Irish News, Jun 10, 2009
AIB 'A Cess-Pit' Says Gilmore
The Labour parties leader has called the AIB bank a "financial cess-pit". Eamon Gilmore's comments come as it emerged some senior staff at the bank have impaired loans to the bank. The disclosure wa...
Irish News, Jun 10, 2009
Setanta Rescue Underway
Troubled Irish broadcaster Setanta Sports are exploring a number of "live options" to avoid being placed into administration later this week. The broadcaster's board of directors met last night in Lo...
Irish News, Jun 10, 2009
Tourist Treated For Swine Flu In Roscommon
A US tourist who is suspected of having swine flu is being treated in isolation in Roscommon County Hospital. He had been visiting the area and was admitted to hospital on Saturday. He has been given...
Irish News, Jun 10, 2009
Geoghegan Accused Returned For Trial
The man charged with the murder of Limerick rugby player Shane Geoghegan has been returned for trial to the Central Criminal Court. The 23-year-old Barry Doyle, originally from Portland Row in Dublin...
Irish News, Jun 10, 2009
Further Arrests In Jeffery Hannon Case
A further four people have been arrested in connection with the murder of Jeffery Hannon in 2007. Gardai investigating the murder of the 19-year-old Jeffery Hannon at Southill in Limerick during Nove...
Irish News, Jun 10, 2009
Man For Court Over Wicklow Killing
A 23-year-old man will appear before Arklow District Court this morning in relation to the shooting dead last month of French national Charles Sinanapayen in Bray, Co Wicklow. Mr Sinanapayen, 32, was...
Irish News, Jun 10, 2009
Cowen Will 'Modernise' Fianna Fail
Taoiseach Brian Cowen has said Fianna Fáil has to modernise in order to win the next general election. During a lengthy meeting on Tuesday night, contributions from across the party were heard, with ...
Irish News, Jun 10, 2009
Cowen Defends AIB Bailout
The Taoiseach, has defended the Government's €4 billion bailout plan for Anglo Irish Bank during the morning session in the Dail. Finance Minister Brian Lenihan is currently seeking EU approval for t...
Irish News, Jun 9, 2009
Newly Elected Councillor Quits Sinn Fein
Dublin city councillor Christy Burke has resigned from Sinn Féin despite winning a council seat in last week's election. Mr Burke has been a Sinn Féin member for 40 years and a councillor for the par...
Irish News, Jun 9, 2009
Lowry To Meet Taoiseach As Govt Tallies Slim Majority
The Taoiseach is to meet with the Independent TD Michael Lowry as they scramble together a majority for Wednesday's vote of no confidence. The Dáil will begin debating the motion, tabled by Fine Gael...
Irish News, Jun 9, 2009
Man Arrested In Connection With Scrumpy Jacks Murder
A man has been arrested in connection with the infamous murder of a man in a Dublin pub. Gardai investigating the murder of John Carroll have arrested a 27-year-old man on Tuesday morning. He was a...
Irish News, Jun 9, 2009
Government Backbenchers Mount Revolt
Following the unprecedented Fianna Fail losses at the local and European elections, the party's backbenchers are predicting Brian Cowen will no longer be Taoiseach within months. Education Minister ...
Irish News, Jun 9, 2009
Public Invited To Abuse Victims' March
The public have been invited to join a march of solidarity for victims of abuse in religious-run institutions by organisers. Survivors of child abuse in 216 institutions managed by 18 religious congr...
Irish News, Jun 9, 2009
Libertas Leader Bows Out Of Politics
Declan Ganley has announced he is to "bow out of political life" following defeat at the European Elections. The leader of the anti-Lisbon Treaty party said he had sought a mandate from the people of...