Irish News for December 2010 : Page 2

Irish News, Dec 15, 2010
Unions React To Lenihan's 'Blame' Game
The ICTU and SIPTU President has strongly reacted to comments made today by the Minister for Finance for attributing blame for the economic collapse to union activities. During RTÉ Radio One’s Morni...
Irish News, Dec 15, 2010
Appeal Launched Over Fatal Dublin Stabbing
The investigation into the stabbing of a Polish man in Dublin during the early hours of Sunday morning has turned to taxi drivers for information. Gardai at Swords this morning said the were renewing...
Irish News, Dec 14, 2010
Brian Blocks Bank Bonus Bonanza
The Irish Republic's Finance Minister has blocked the payment of €40 million in bonuses by the state dependant AIB bank. Brian Lenihan wrote to Allied Irish Banks (AIB) saying that state support for...
Irish News, Dec 14, 2010
Man Dies In Dublin House Fire
A man has died and five others have escaped with their lives after a ferocious blaze in a Dublin residence last night. Four units of the Dublin Fire Service attended the scene after the fire was dis...
Irish News, Dec 14, 2010
North's 70's Murders Back In Focus
The hunt for the people who murdered a 19-year-old Catholic girl in Belfast almost four decades ago has led to the arrest of two suspects for questioning. Eileen Doherty was shot dead by gunmen who ...
Irish News, Dec 14, 2010
Adams Selected For Louth 'Under Cloud'
The Sinn Féin President has been successfully selected to run for the party in Co Louth during the next election, but under a cloud of controversy. Speaking yesterday evening at the Fairways Hotel i...
Irish News, Dec 14, 2010
North's Prisons 'Cost Too Much To Run'
It has emerged that there are more people working in the North of Ireland's jails than there are inmates to supervise. A report - just published - has also described industrial relations in NI prison...
Irish News, Dec 14, 2010
Slieve Donard Hotel 'Goes Green'
A popular Hastings Hotel's seaside hotel in the North, the Slieve Donard Resort and Spa has announced that it is the first hotel there to receive a prestigious Green Hospitality Eco Label. The Green ...
Irish News, Dec 13, 2010
Elderly Woman Injured In Arson Attack
An 87-year-old woman has been rescued from her burning home after an arson attack in County Cork. A Garda and a member of the Garda Reserve are also being treated in hospital in Cork after the woman...
Irish News, Dec 13, 2010
Dubliners Urged To Conserve Water
Dublin City Council is urging residents to conserve water as the threat of a shortage looms. In a statement from the council over the weekend, residents have been told that due to a "huge increase" i...
Irish News, Dec 13, 2010
McGuinness 'Knew Bank Was Targeted'
The Stormont Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness was one of two leading republicans who were aware in advance of a huge IRA bank robbery in Belfast that almost scuppered the then fragile 'peace pr...
Irish News, Dec 13, 2010
North South Body To Discuss EU Loan
The British-Irish Council is to convene today to discuss the multi-billion euro loan from the UK Government. The politically sensitive loan from the UK was extended to the Republic by UK chancellor...
Irish News, Dec 13, 2010
Police Co-operation Reaches New Levels
There has been a warm welcome from the Northern Ireland Policing Board for the formal signing of the Cross Border Policing Strategy between the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) and An Garda S...
Irish News, Dec 13, 2010
PUP Man 'Won't Be Silenced By Bomb'
The latest in a long-running series of pipe-bomb attacks in the Northern town of Antrim has left a local politician defiant. In an attack since condemned by the Alliance party's local MLA and Stormon...
Irish News, Dec 13, 2010
Man In Court Over Images Of Children
A man is to appear in a Dublin court today, charged with the possession of child pornography. According to Gardaí this morning, officers from the National Bureau of Criminal Investigation arrested t...
Irish News, Dec 10, 2010
'Hardest Hit' In Budget Claims Follow Cuts
There is some disagreement over which sections of society are being hardest hit by Tuesday's budget. After a mixture of increased taxes, cuts in social welfare spending and changes to the PAYE syste...
Irish News, Dec 10, 2010
New House Building Slashed By Budget
Capital housing funds are to be dramatically cut with news in the Republic's Budget that the overall Environment and Local Government fund is to be reduced by 27%, a cut that will see almost €2.2 bill...
Irish News, Dec 10, 2010
Bridge Jump Man Saved By North's Police
A remarkable act of bravery by a police officer and some quick thinking by a lorry driver have combined to save a man from jumping from a Belfast motorway bridge this afternoon. Traffic ground to a h...
Irish News, Dec 10, 2010
City Hall Protest 'Disgrace', Says DUP
Trouble that led to two people being charged with public order offences after yesterday's Belfast protest against plans to raise third level tuition fees has been condemned. DUP Assembly Member for S...
Irish News, Dec 10, 2010
A5 Funds Needed, Says SDLP
The SDLP spokesperson on North/South issues, Pól Callaghan, has said assurances need to be gained by the Stormont Executive on the completion of the A5 dualling. He said that the SDLP would be meeti...
Irish News, Dec 10, 2010
Health Care Skills Recognised
A group of Health Care Assistants from the Health Service Executive (HSE) in Carlow, Kilkenny, South Tipperary, Waterford and Wexford areas, were awarded the National Certificate in Health Service Ski...
Irish News, Dec 9, 2010
Two Killed In Crash Fleeing From Gardaí
Two men have died while attempting to flee from Gardaí along icy roads in Limerick last night. The pair were among three men who were speeding along Limerick roads in a high-performance BMW car, whi...
Irish News, Dec 9, 2010
Coalition Push Election Date To March
An apparent row between members of the coalition has resulted in the likely date for the next election being pushed back until 2010. According to the Irish Times this morning, the row between the Gr...
Irish News, Dec 9, 2010
Water Supply Returned To Galway
Water supplies in Galway city have been made operational after freezing conditions caused a stoppage to the supply. Galway City Council said reservoir levels recovered to minimum operational levels y...
Irish News, Dec 9, 2010
Belfast Traffic Blocked In Fees Protests
Hundreds have attended a local student protest this afternoon - highlighting both the Education Maintenance Allowance (EMA) and concerns over increasing university fees. Later, at 4pm, about 150 stud...
Irish News, Dec 9, 2010
Employment Increases
Unemployment has risen by 3.7% since last September, according to figures released by the Central Statistics Office. Although representing just under 71,000 people, the job losses are in fact the lo...
Irish News, Dec 9, 2010
Labour To Halt North/South Road Funds
A concerted campaign of opposition to a major road development in the west of Northern Ireland may soon have to be called off. Political developments have seen the Irish Republic's Labour Party cast ...
Irish News, Dec 8, 2010
Budget To Get Ireland 'Back On Own Feet'
Minister for Finance Brian Lenihan's widely feared 2010 budget has slashed welfare and increased taxes, prompting heckles within the Dáil that the measures were "an attack on the poor". It is estimat...
Irish News, Dec 8, 2010
Stormont Budget Deal Stalled
Sinn Fein and DUP politicians are still at loggerheads over an agreed Assembly budget. DUP leader and First Minister Peter Robinson and the Deputy First Minister, Martin McGuinness have each sent ou...
Irish News, Dec 8, 2010
Water Shortages For Dublin
Dublin City Council is to introduce water restrictions later to deal with supply shortages, it has emerged. A spokesman for the council said water restrictions will mainly be in the form of a reducti...