Irish News for August 2009 : Page 3

Irish News, Aug 19, 2009
Teachers Meet Officials Over Swine Flu
The Irish National Teachers Organisation has met with officials from the Department of Education today in order to discuss swine flu. Both the Irish National Teachers Organisation and the Association...
Irish News, Aug 19, 2009
Neighbour May Have Shot Kerryman In USA
It has emerged that a long-running dispute with a neighbour may have led to the violent death of a 48-year-old Irishman from Co Kerry. Reports this morning said the victim's neighbour has been charge...
Irish News, Aug 19, 2009
Arrests Follow Mayo Assaults
Gardaí investigating two serious incidents at Ballinrobe Co Mayo at the weekend have made arrests. Having conducted a number of searches this morning (Wednesday) in counties Mayo, Galway and Sligo, o...
Irish News, Aug 19, 2009
Workers 'Among Highest Paid In The World'
Staff in Irish companies are among the highest paid in the world, a report by Swiss Bank UBS has revealed. The bank's prices and earnings report revealed that workers in Dublin earned the tenth highe...
Irish News, Aug 19, 2009
Latest ATM Ram-Raid Investigated
A spate of ram-raid style thefts of cash machines across Ireland has continued. An automated teller machine (ATM) was this time removed from a pub in Fintona, Co Tyrone. A car was deliberately crash...
Irish News, Aug 18, 2009
Second Irish Swine Flu Victim Dies
A man has become the second person to die in Ireland after contracting human swine flu (H1N1). Just a week after the funeral of Northern Ireland's first victim, a TA soldier who contracted the diseas...
Irish News, Aug 18, 2009
Four Held In Carroll Murder Probe
News has emerged today that Gardaí investigating a fatal shooting earlier this year have made arrests in Dublin. They were detained as detectives hunt for the killers of John Carroll who died on 18th...
Irish News, Aug 18, 2009
Irish Property Rental Value Falling
New figures just out have revealed the national average being paid out to landlords stands at just over €800 per month, down a sixth on the past 12 months. Overall, monthly rents have fallen by just ...
Irish News, Aug 18, 2009
Talks Offer As 'Tip' Ambulance Strike Looms
Although industrial action is to start within 48 hours, a trade union is saying it can still enter 11-hour talks to avert ambulance staff walking out in Co Tipperary. The action is due to start on Th...
Irish News, Aug 18, 2009
Competitiveness Survives, Despite Recession, Says Report
Ireland remains in a good position to compete, despite the global economic slowdown. The National Competitiveness Council (NCC), which reports to the Taoiseach on key competitiveness issues facing th...
Irish News, Aug 18, 2009
Border City Assault Was 'Hate Crime', Says PSNI
An attack on a Lithuanian man in the centre of the northern border city of Newry early today is being treated by police as a hate crime. The 35-year-old victim was walking through the city centre at ...
Irish News, Aug 18, 2009
Stormont MLA Criticises Ardoyne 'Riot' Parents
A Policing Board member in the North has responded to claims the PSNI shot baton rounds "indiscriminately" during riots in Ardoyne in north Belfast last month. The mother of one 13-year-old boy, who ...
Irish News, Aug 18, 2009
Duff Joins Fulham From Newcastle
Republic of Ireland international Damien Duff has signed for Premiership side Fulham from Newcastle. The 30-year-old midfielder is Fulham's third signing of the summer. He has joined the club for an ...
Irish News, Aug 17, 2009
Two Dead In Bray Stabbing
The body of a second man has been found following the fatal stabbing of a man in Bray. Gardaí investigating the murder of 22-year-old Sebastian Creane on Saturday have discovered a second body in co...
Irish News, Aug 17, 2009
Young Man killed In Hit And Run In Cork
A young man has been killed following a hit and run incident in County Cork. A 21-year-old male pedestrian was fatally injured after he was struck by a car at Pewterhole Cross, Kinsale. His body has ...
Irish News, Aug 17, 2009
Co Derry Security Officer Dies In Afghanistan
A former British Army soldier from the North has been killed in war-torn Afghanistan. As it emerged at the weekend that another three serving British soldiers had been killed, the former Royal Irish ...
Irish News, Aug 17, 2009
Mayo Gang Assaults Injuries Probed
Four men have been hurt during two separate assaults by gangs of men in a Co Mayo town over the weekend. The first incident occurred at approximately 3.30am, when two men aged 27 and 32-years-old wer...
Irish News, Aug 17, 2009
Pensioner Assaulted During Burglary
A man in his 60s has been beaten in his home during a burglary in Co Mayo. The man is said to be recovering in hospital after he was attacked during the robbery at his home in Charlestown at around 1...
Irish News, Aug 17, 2009
Book Of Solidarity For Suu Kyi Opened In Dublin
A book of solidarity for the Burmese opposition leader will open at City Hall in Dublin this afternoon. Aung San Suu Kyi, who is hailed as voice of peaceful resistance against Burma's internationally...
Irish News, Aug 17, 2009
Tensions Rise As Co Derry Orange Hall Targeted
A weekend attack on a rural Orange Hall is being blamed on dissident republican elements. Republican graffiti linked to the splinter group was daubed on the Bellaghy building on the Ballynease Road a...
Irish News, Aug 17, 2009
College Offers Get Underway
The first round of offers for undergraduate college places begins today as the educational landscape begins to shift. The number of college places of applicants has risen by 7% this year, with the C...
Irish News, Aug 17, 2009
4Home Workers' Union To Meet Management
The Mandate trade union is to meet management at the 4Home superstore in Mitchelstown, Co Cork after a sit-in protest by workers ended on Friday. Union representatives will today meet to discuss the ...
Irish News, Aug 14, 2009
Car Crash Fireball Horror Probed
Two young men have died while trapped in a blazing car in Co Kerry. The horrific incident occurred when the car in which they were travelling struck a pier before exploding on the Dunrine Road. A g...
Irish News, Aug 14, 2009
Tests May Show Park Body Is Romanian
DNA tests are to be carried out after lines of inquiry have suggested the woman found stabbed to death in the Phoenix Park last week was a Romanian national. After a series of high profile appeals to...
Irish News, Aug 14, 2009
AIB Shares Soar After Canadian Bank Offer
Shares in Allied Irish Bank have shot up this morning after it emerged a Canadian Bank has offered to take a stake in the troubled institution. AIB was Ireland's second-biggest lender by market value...
Irish News, Aug 14, 2009
Women's Boxing To Go Olympic
Fine Gael has welcomed news that boxing will now be included as an Olympic sport. The party's Arts, Sports & Tourism Spokesperson, Olivia Mitchell, said the decision could lead to more medals for th...
Irish News, Aug 14, 2009
Baggage Handler Arrested In Connection With Thefts
A man has been arrested in connection with alleged multiple robberies over a period of years from passenger baggage at Dublin Airport. Gardaí said that a Servisair employee in his 20s was arrested an...
Irish News, Aug 14, 2009
North's Tall Ships Hailed A Success
Day one of the Belfast Maritime Festival has been a huge success. The first evening celebrations finished off last night with a spectacular fireworks display over the Lagan. Thousands were on hand f...
Irish News, Aug 14, 2009
Range Of Drugs Seized During Arrest
A man has been arrested and a range of drugs seized during an operation in Dublin. During the course of the search, 2.5 kilo's of cocaine, 1 kilo of heroin and 14 ounces of crack cocaine were seized....
Irish News, Aug 13, 2009
Two Killed In Kerry Crash
Two people have died in a tragic road collision in County Kerry during the early hours of this morning. The two involved are belied to be males, aged 19 and 20, who died at the scene when their car c...