Irish News for November 2011

Irish News, Nov 30, 2011
Report Puts Clerical Abuse Back In Focus
A review into the handling of clerical child sex abuse allegations have found that dioceses failed to respond adequately to the accusations. Now the Bishop of Raphoe has apologised for "poor judgemen...
Irish News, Nov 30, 2011
Slight Rise As Dole Queue Hits 14.5%
Hundreds more people are registered unemployed with news today that Central Statistics Office (CSO) data shows the number of people on the Live Register in November hit 448,600, a rise of 1,700. That...
Irish News, Nov 30, 2011
Irish Farmers Show Their Pedigree
Some of Ireland's top cattle herds have been on show this week with the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Simon Coveney, today presented the annual RDS Champion of Champions awards at the ...
Irish News, Nov 30, 2011
North Grinds To Halt In UK-wide Strike
Transport, schools and hospital services are all being hit hard today as public sector workers across the North strike in the biggest walk-out for decades over ongoing Government cuts and future pensi...
Irish News, Nov 30, 2011
Festive Fever Grips Irish Rail
One of the largest providers of services to people with an intellectual disability in Ireland, St. Michael's House, has been selected as Irish Rail's chosen Christmas charity. An official launch of t...
Irish News, Nov 30, 2011
Irish EU Presidency 'Has Designs On Success'
The Irish Republic has designs on its future success with news today that the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Eamon Gilmore and the Minister of State for European Affairs, Lucinda...
Irish News, Nov 30, 2011
Quinn Insurance Jobs 'Secure'
Quinn Insurance has said the future of the 1,500 jobs at the company will be secure. Liberty Mutual Group and the Anglo Irish Bank only recently completed the acquisition of Quinn Insurance, the comp...
Irish News, Nov 30, 2011
Mayor Slammed Over Army Cadet Presentation
Two politicians have hit out at the Sinn Fein Lord Mayor of Belfast following his actions at a Duke of Edinburgh Awards Scheme ceremony at the City Hall this week. The Ulster Unionist Mike Nesbitt a...
Irish News, Nov 30, 2011
Irish Rail Station Tops British Isles
Dublin's Heuston Station, the flagship Intercity station on the Iarnród Éireann network, has won the overall Best Station prize at the 6th annual International Station Awards. The awards, involving e...
Irish News, Nov 29, 2011
Heavy Rain Lashes Irish Roads
Wet and windy conditions have made driving conditions difficult across Ireland this morning. Parts of Scotland were also under water too while there was flooding on roads across the North, following ...
Irish News, Nov 29, 2011
Motorists To Face Roadside Drugs Tests
Car drivers across the Irish Republic are soon to be subjected to roadside drug testing in order to clamp down on drug driving. The Minister for Transport, Tourism & Sport Leo Varadkar has confirmed ...
Irish News, Nov 29, 2011
Police Target Drug Trade Across Ireland
Gardaí investigating the sale and supply of controlled drugs in the Cork area have seized drugs with an estimated value of up to €590,000 and arrested a male following a planned operation on Monday. ...
Irish News, Nov 29, 2011
Cross-Border Trains Halted
Cross-border rail services are to hit the buffers tonight as UK public transport and many local services such as refuse collection are to grind to a halt at midnight as one of the largest UK-wide stri...
Irish News, Nov 29, 2011
Adams Sex Allegations For Crown Court
The brother of Co Louth TD and Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams has been told he is to stand trial accused of a catalogue of sex offences. On Monday in Belfast, a judge ruled that Liam Adams must face...
Irish News, Nov 29, 2011
Smaller Firms 'Are Granted Credit': Report
An independent report on the demand for credit by Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) has been published today. The independent report was commissioned by the Department of Finance and shows 36% of ...
Irish News, Nov 29, 2011
Dundalk Hosts Cross-Border Buyer Event
Some 160 small businesses were given the opportunity to hear from and meet with Government buyers at a recent InterTradeIreland 'Meet the Buyer' event in Dundalk. The event was organised by InterTrad...
Irish News, Nov 29, 2011
Festive Switch-on Boosts Kilkenny
The big switch-on of the Christmas tree at Kilkenny Castle has officially launched the Christmas Programme of Events for 2011. It includes a broad ranging number of new tourism initiatives for the Ca...
Irish News, Nov 29, 2011
North's Schools Close As Budget Squeezed
Most of four schools in the North's South Eastern Board area, which were threatened with closure, have been told that they will indeed be shutting down. Redburn Primary in Holywood, Dunmurry High Sch...
Irish News, Nov 28, 2011
Murder Inquiry Into Ballyfermot Killing
A murder inquiry has been launched after a man was shot dead in west Dublin this at 7am on Monday morning. The victim was shot while reversing a van out of his driveway on Cherry Orchard Avenue in Ba...
Irish News, Nov 28, 2011
Summit Postponed As Eithne Kenny Buried
The British-Irish Council Summit, which was due to take place in Dublin on Monday has been postponed as a mark of respect following the death of Eithne Kenny, mother of Taoiseach Enda Kenny. Instead,...
Irish News, Nov 28, 2011
Russian Sailor Search Moves To Shallows
The search for five missing Russian sailors is continuing after finding limited traces of the ship and crew and is now moving to a 'low water' search. The men were onboard the Swanland, a cargo ship...
Irish News, Nov 28, 2011
Two Arrested After Tallaght Shooting
Two men have been arrested in Dublin in connection with a shooting incident in Tallaght in the early hours of Monday morning. Gardai said they made the arrests and seized two firearms following the ...
Irish News, Nov 28, 2011
Appeal For Witnesses To Crash
Another appeal has been launched in connection with the road crash that resulted in the death of a woman in Cork last week. Gardai at Douglas said they were making a further appeal over the fatal ro...
Irish News, Nov 28, 2011
Labour Using Post To Keep Backbenchers In line
The Cabinet are using the junior housing ministerial position to keep Labour backbenchers in line, according to Sinn Fein on Monday. Sinn Féin's housing spokesperson Dessie Ellis criticised the cabi...
Irish News, Nov 28, 2011
Half of Drivers Stop On Motorway To Use Phone
Half of Irish drivers have broken the highway code by stopping on the motorway to use their phone, according to a survey published on Monday. AA Ireland and the Road Safety Authority (RSA) said they...
Irish News, Nov 28, 2011
Robinson Repeats Appeal For Integration
The North's top politician, Peter Robinson, has again called for integrated education to be a priority. The Stormont First Minister said at the weekend that it was time to build a new Northern Irelan...
Irish News, Nov 25, 2011
Two Arrested And Firearms Found In Co Wicklow
Two people have been arrested and firearms recovered in County Wicklow, according to Gardaí on Friday. A spokesman said that at approximately 11.20am Wednesday, Gardaí carrying out a checkpoint on t...
Irish News, Nov 25, 2011
Union Proposes Manufacturing Cooperation
The General President of one of Ireland's largest unions has proposed an initiative to bring unions, employers and government together to develop Ireland’s manufacturing sector. SIPTU Jack O’Connor, ...
Irish News, Nov 25, 2011
FF Calls For Opposition To Fishing Quotas
Fianna Fáil's spokesperson on Marine and Fisheries has called on the Minister for Agriculture Simon Coveney to take a very strong stance against the proposed cuts in fishing quotas for 2012. John Bro...
Irish News, Nov 25, 2011
Teen Girl Seriously Assaulted In Co Longford
A woman in her late teens has been seriously assaulted in County Longford, Gardaí have revealed on Friday. Officers at Edgeworthstown said they are appealing for witnesses in relation to the serious...