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Irish News for February 2011
Irish News, Feb 28, 2011
Confusion Over FG And Lab Talks
Fine Gael and the Labour Party - the two most successful parties in Friday's general election in the Irish Republic - can't seem to agree on whether talks between them have been initiated or not. Th...
Confusion Over FG And Lab Talks
Fine Gael and the Labour Party - the two most successful parties in Friday's general election in the Irish Republic - can't seem to agree on whether talks between them have been initiated or not. Th...
Irish News, Feb 28, 2011
Two Dead In Separate Crashes
A man and woman have both died in separate road traffic collisions over the weekend. In the first of the two incidents, a male driver died in Corascashel, Dowra, Co Cavan approximately 2.5miles outs...
Two Dead In Separate Crashes
A man and woman have both died in separate road traffic collisions over the weekend. In the first of the two incidents, a male driver died in Corascashel, Dowra, Co Cavan approximately 2.5miles outs...
Irish News, Feb 28, 2011
Over €1M Cannabis Seized In Dublin
Over €1M worth of cannabis has been seized in two separate drug finds in Dublin over the weekend. In the latest incident, Gardai seized a quantity of Herbal Cannabis and arrested a woman in her 40's...
Over €1M Cannabis Seized In Dublin
Over €1M worth of cannabis has been seized in two separate drug finds in Dublin over the weekend. In the latest incident, Gardai seized a quantity of Herbal Cannabis and arrested a woman in her 40's...
Irish News, Feb 28, 2011
Co Antrim Feared Dead In NZ Quake
An NI woman is still missing in New Zealand after last week's devastating earthquake in the city of Christchurch. The Co Antrim-born woman, who is originally from Lisburn, has been named as Julie Won...
Co Antrim Feared Dead In NZ Quake
An NI woman is still missing in New Zealand after last week's devastating earthquake in the city of Christchurch. The Co Antrim-born woman, who is originally from Lisburn, has been named as Julie Won...
Irish News, Feb 28, 2011
Hamill Report 'Can Be Published In Full'
The long-awaited report into the controversial mob killing of an innocent Catholic man in Portadown - allegedly as members of the RUC looked on - has moved a step nearer to being made public. The Sec...
Hamill Report 'Can Be Published In Full'
The long-awaited report into the controversial mob killing of an innocent Catholic man in Portadown - allegedly as members of the RUC looked on - has moved a step nearer to being made public. The Sec...
Irish News, Feb 28, 2011
Consent Given For RTÉ Digital TV Services
There are to be five, new broadcast channels in Ireland with the Irish Republic's Government announcing this month its decision in relation to new television services for its 'Free to Air' Digital Ter...
Consent Given For RTÉ Digital TV Services
There are to be five, new broadcast channels in Ireland with the Irish Republic's Government announcing this month its decision in relation to new television services for its 'Free to Air' Digital Ter...
Irish News, Feb 28, 2011
DUP Leader Reveals MLA Candidates
The Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) has announced its team of 44 candidates for the forthcoming Northern Assembly election. DUP Leader Peter Robinson (pictured) said that the DUP would be taking a p...
DUP Leader Reveals MLA Candidates
The Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) has announced its team of 44 candidates for the forthcoming Northern Assembly election. DUP Leader Peter Robinson (pictured) said that the DUP would be taking a p...
Irish News, Feb 25, 2011
Voting Commences In General Election
The 2011 General Election has begun on Friday with the future of the country resting in the hands of Ireland's 3.2m people voters. Polls will stay open until 10pm and opened at 7am this morning. The...
Voting Commences In General Election
The 2011 General Election has begun on Friday with the future of the country resting in the hands of Ireland's 3.2m people voters. Polls will stay open until 10pm and opened at 7am this morning. The...
Irish News, Feb 25, 2011
Army Diffuse 'Viable' Device
An Army Bomb Disposal Team has made safe a "crude" improvised explosive device (IED) in the Johnsgate Village area of Limerick City early on Friday morning. The Army Bomb Disposal Team arrived at the...
Army Diffuse 'Viable' Device
An Army Bomb Disposal Team has made safe a "crude" improvised explosive device (IED) in the Johnsgate Village area of Limerick City early on Friday morning. The Army Bomb Disposal Team arrived at the...
Irish News, Feb 25, 2011
Another Attempt Made To Rescue Irish in Libya
The Air Corps will attempt another evacuation of Irish citizens from Tripoli on Friday after a failed attempt on Wednesday night. The Department of Foreign Affairs said on Thursday evening that an Em...
Another Attempt Made To Rescue Irish in Libya
The Air Corps will attempt another evacuation of Irish citizens from Tripoli on Friday after a failed attempt on Wednesday night. The Department of Foreign Affairs said on Thursday evening that an Em...
Irish News, Feb 25, 2011
Hanafin Denies Copyright Changes Claim
Minister for Enterprise Mary Hanafin has denied she will make changes to Ireland's copyright laws before leaving office. Speculation mounted in recent days over the High Court ruling in which intern...
Hanafin Denies Copyright Changes Claim
Minister for Enterprise Mary Hanafin has denied she will make changes to Ireland's copyright laws before leaving office. Speculation mounted in recent days over the High Court ruling in which intern...
Irish News, Feb 25, 2011
Arrests Follow Double Newry Stabbing
The border city of Newry has been blighted by a double stabling incident. Two men have been taken to hospital in the North after they were stabbed in the stomach. It is understood there was an alter...
Arrests Follow Double Newry Stabbing
The border city of Newry has been blighted by a double stabling incident. Two men have been taken to hospital in the North after they were stabbed in the stomach. It is understood there was an alter...
Irish News, Feb 25, 2011
Monaghan Courthouse Restored
An historic courthouse has been re-opened after an €8.5m restoration project that brings the building to its original architectural glory. Monaghan Courthouse was reopened by the Justice Minister, Br...
Monaghan Courthouse Restored
An historic courthouse has been re-opened after an €8.5m restoration project that brings the building to its original architectural glory. Monaghan Courthouse was reopened by the Justice Minister, Br...
Irish News, Feb 25, 2011
North's Blitz Anniversary Looms
Preparations are continuing for the 70th anniversary of the WWII Easter Blitz when German bombers left their deadly mark on Belfast on the night of Easter Tuesday, 15 April 1941 - with another raid ju...
North's Blitz Anniversary Looms
Preparations are continuing for the 70th anniversary of the WWII Easter Blitz when German bombers left their deadly mark on Belfast on the night of Easter Tuesday, 15 April 1941 - with another raid ju...
Irish News, Feb 25, 2011
Nursing Home Beats Planning Appeal
Work is expected to commence soon on a four-block, 105-bed spaces nursing home in Ashbourne, Co Meath. Although a third party appeal was submitted against the construction of the nursing home at Hunt...
Nursing Home Beats Planning Appeal
Work is expected to commence soon on a four-block, 105-bed spaces nursing home in Ashbourne, Co Meath. Although a third party appeal was submitted against the construction of the nursing home at Hunt...
Irish News, Feb 24, 2011
Irishman Trapped Under Building In NZ
It has emerged an Irishman is one of those trapped under a building in the aftermath of the New Zealand earthquake. The Irishman who is yet to be named was located alive but trapped under the Pyne G...
Irishman Trapped Under Building In NZ
It has emerged an Irishman is one of those trapped under a building in the aftermath of the New Zealand earthquake. The Irishman who is yet to be named was located alive but trapped under the Pyne G...
Irish News, Feb 24, 2011
Plane Strands Irish In Tripoli
A military deployed plane has been turned away from Libya, unable to rescue stranded Irish nationals from the revolting country. The Air Corps Learjet spent four hours at Tripoli airport on Wednesda...
Plane Strands Irish In Tripoli
A military deployed plane has been turned away from Libya, unable to rescue stranded Irish nationals from the revolting country. The Air Corps Learjet spent four hours at Tripoli airport on Wednesda...
Irish News, Feb 24, 2011
Derry Teen Charged In 'Ongoing Investigation'
What the North's police said last November was an "ongoing investigation" has led to a teenager being brought to Derry from London to be charged with murdering a pizza deliveryman almost two years ago...
Derry Teen Charged In 'Ongoing Investigation'
What the North's police said last November was an "ongoing investigation" has led to a teenager being brought to Derry from London to be charged with murdering a pizza deliveryman almost two years ago...
Irish News, Feb 24, 2011
Ireland's Water Improved By Half
A report on water quality in Ireland has found the number of polluted waterways in Ireland has almost halved in the last three years. According to a report published by the Environmental Protection A...
Ireland's Water Improved By Half
A report on water quality in Ireland has found the number of polluted waterways in Ireland has almost halved in the last three years. According to a report published by the Environmental Protection A...
Irish News, Feb 24, 2011
Dissident Fails In Court Bid
The prominent Co Armagh 'dissident republican' Colin Duffy and five others, who were arrested in connection with the murder of two soldiers and a policeman, have failed to win a court declaration that...
Dissident Fails In Court Bid
The prominent Co Armagh 'dissident republican' Colin Duffy and five others, who were arrested in connection with the murder of two soldiers and a policeman, have failed to win a court declaration that...
Irish News, Feb 24, 2011
250K Of Whiskey Stolen In Carlingford
An appeal has been launched on Thursday after a consignment of whiskey worth €270,000 was stolen in Co Louth. Gardaí at Carlingford said they are investigating the theft of “Finnegan Whiskey”, which ...
250K Of Whiskey Stolen In Carlingford
An appeal has been launched on Thursday after a consignment of whiskey worth €270,000 was stolen in Co Louth. Gardaí at Carlingford said they are investigating the theft of “Finnegan Whiskey”, which ...
Irish News, Feb 24, 2011
Derry Airport Benefits From Road Upgrade
Access to an airport near the Irish border has been improved with the upgrading of 6.6km of the A2 between Campsey and the City of Derry Airport to dual carriageway standard. According to the Sinn Fe...
Derry Airport Benefits From Road Upgrade
Access to an airport near the Irish border has been improved with the upgrading of 6.6km of the A2 between Campsey and the City of Derry Airport to dual carriageway standard. According to the Sinn Fe...
Irish News, Feb 23, 2011
First Votes Cast On Mayo And Donegal Islands
The first votes in the Irish Republic's 2011 General Election have been cast - on the islands off the coast of Co Mayo and Co Donegal today. Polling stations on five islands in the Donegal South West...
First Votes Cast On Mayo And Donegal Islands
The first votes in the Irish Republic's 2011 General Election have been cast - on the islands off the coast of Co Mayo and Co Donegal today. Polling stations on five islands in the Donegal South West...
Irish News, Feb 23, 2011
Two Irish Victims In NZ Quake
It has been confirmed that two Irish people were among those killed in yesterday's New Zealand earthquake. Only one of the men has been named so far. Owen McKenna, in his mid-40s, from County Monagh...
Two Irish Victims In NZ Quake
It has been confirmed that two Irish people were among those killed in yesterday's New Zealand earthquake. Only one of the men has been named so far. Owen McKenna, in his mid-40s, from County Monagh...
Irish News, Feb 23, 2011
Catholic Church Could Fall 'Over The Brink'
The Catholic Church could "fall over the brink" and become irrelevant to society, according to the Archbishop of Dublin. In a dramatic speech to the Cambridge Group for Irish Studies in the Magdalene...
Catholic Church Could Fall 'Over The Brink'
The Catholic Church could "fall over the brink" and become irrelevant to society, according to the Archbishop of Dublin. In a dramatic speech to the Cambridge Group for Irish Studies in the Magdalene...
Irish News, Feb 23, 2011
Man In Court Charged With Marie Greene Murder
A man has appeared at a special sitting of the district court in Athlone charged with the murder of Marie Greene. Jimmy Devaney, 62, with an address of Millbrook Avenue, Monksland, Athlone, was charg...
Man In Court Charged With Marie Greene Murder
A man has appeared at a special sitting of the district court in Athlone charged with the murder of Marie Greene. Jimmy Devaney, 62, with an address of Millbrook Avenue, Monksland, Athlone, was charg...
Irish News, Feb 23, 2011
Pedestrian Killed In Kildare
A man has died in County Kildare after being struck by a car while walking. The male pedestrian (no age or approximate age) was fatally injured when he was struck shortly before 7am on Wednesday mor...
Pedestrian Killed In Kildare
A man has died in County Kildare after being struck by a car while walking. The male pedestrian (no age or approximate age) was fatally injured when he was struck shortly before 7am on Wednesday mor...
Irish News, Feb 23, 2011
Killer Dentist 'Used Gas To Sedate Lovers'
A high profile murder trial in the North has heard that the accused, Hazel Stewart, feared her former lover - a dentist - gave her too much laughing gas before a sex session on his dentist's chair. M...
Killer Dentist 'Used Gas To Sedate Lovers'
A high profile murder trial in the North has heard that the accused, Hazel Stewart, feared her former lover - a dentist - gave her too much laughing gas before a sex session on his dentist's chair. M...
Irish News, Feb 23, 2011
Birr School Gets €500,000 Extension
A €500,000 school extension is to get underway soon in Co Offaly with the main contractor recently appointed for the works involved in the construction of an extension and alterations to the Crinkill ...
Birr School Gets €500,000 Extension
A €500,000 school extension is to get underway soon in Co Offaly with the main contractor recently appointed for the works involved in the construction of an extension and alterations to the Crinkill ...
Irish News, Feb 22, 2011
Irish Victims In NZ Quake Sought
The Department of Foreign Affairs in Dublin says it is "urgently" working with New Zealand government officials on the possibility of any Irish Nationals caught up in Tuesday morning's earthquake. Th...
Irish Victims In NZ Quake Sought
The Department of Foreign Affairs in Dublin says it is "urgently" working with New Zealand government officials on the possibility of any Irish Nationals caught up in Tuesday morning's earthquake. Th...
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Ireland WeatherThis Evening and Tonight:Dry in the southeast at first otherwise widespread light rain or drizzle for most. It will turn mostly dry towards dawn, although a few patches of light rain or drizzle continuing, mainly in the southwest. Minimum temperature 5 °C.
