Irish News for February 2011 : Page 3

Irish News, Feb 17, 2011
'Active Visit' To North By Prince Edward
There's a royal VIP in the North today with The Earl of Wessex, Prince Edward already at his third engagement of the day. He is on the Shankill Road to visit The Spectrum Centre to celebrate the succ...
Irish News, Feb 17, 2011
Bangor Coastguard Gets Political Lifeline
As it emerged today that the North's top political figures have united to back a beleaguered Co Down coastguard station, the DUP MP Jim Shannon has already been pressing the Prime Minister on the futu...
Irish News, Feb 16, 2011
Apology: Donal Kinsella
In an article on our edition of November 18, 2010, we reported that the businessman Donal Kinsella had been awarded €10m libel damages by a High Court jury against Kenmare Resources Plc, over a press ...
Irish News, Feb 16, 2011
Morning After Pill Decision Welcomed
A pharmacists union has welcomed the Irish Medicines Board decision to legalise the sale of a morning after pill without prescription. The Irish Pharmacy Union (IPU) today said the decision by the Ir...
Irish News, Feb 16, 2011
Drug Sentencing Rocked By Decision
Prisoners currently in jail for drug related crimes could see their sentences reduced after a Supreme Court found difficulties with the valuation's carried out by Gardai. Yesterday, Alphonsus Connol...
Irish News, Feb 16, 2011
Roscommon Post Office Raided
A Roscommon Post Office has been raided this morning by an armed gang. Gardaí at Castlerea investigating the robbery, which occurred shortly before 10am this morning, in Granlahan, Castlerea, Co. Ro...
Irish News, Feb 16, 2011
Sligo Hospital's Expansion Plan To Proceed
A multi-million euro extension to Sligo General Hospital looks set to go ahead with news that the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children, Mary Coughlan, has just announced the completion of the...
Irish News, Feb 16, 2011
Appeal For Missing Westmeath Woman
An appeal has been launched into the disappearance of a woman in County Westmeath. Gardaí at Athlone said they are looking for assistance in tracing the whereabouts of 37-year-old Marie Greene from S...
Irish News, Feb 16, 2011
Bidding Begins For New Irish Channels
The Dublin Government has opened the bidding for potential broadcasters to win a spot on Ireland's digital terrestrial television platform. At the end of next year, the analogue broadcasting signal w...
Irish News, Feb 16, 2011
UU Calls For Stormont Opposition Slammed
The Ulster Unionist leader Tom Elliott has called for an end to the mandatory coalition government at Stormont. He slammed the NI Executive, saying its system of government needs an overhaul. In a s...
Irish News, Feb 15, 2011
Kenny 'Misled' Over Merkel Meeting Progress
Fianna Fail's Brian Lenihan has accused the Enda Kenny of having "misled" the Irish people over the outcome of a meeting with the German Chancellor yesterday. Following a flying visit to Berlin yeste...
Irish News, Feb 15, 2011
Martin Apologises Over Chinese Impression
Leader of Fianna Fail Michael Martin has issued an apology for impersonating a Chinese accent during a meeting in Dublin yesterday morning. During a Breakfast Briefing' at the Dublin Web Summit were...
Irish News, Feb 15, 2011
Gardaí Name All Six Victims Of Plane Crash
The names of all six victims of Thursday's plane crash have today been released by Gardaí. Yesterday saw the funerals of two of the Northern Ireland victims of the Cork air crash. Brendan McAleese, ...
Irish News, Feb 15, 2011
Bizarre Double Murder Trial Continues
Defence counsel for a Co Londonderry woman accused of freely taking part in the plot to kill her own husband and her then lover's wife, have claimed that dentist Colin Howell was forcing the accused, ...
Irish News, Feb 15, 2011
Fianna Fail Using 'Smear Tactics' – Adams
Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams has accused Fianna Fáil of engaging in a smear campaign against him. Responding to comments made by the former governing party, Mr Adams said that instead of offering ...
Irish News, Feb 15, 2011
Information Sought Over Donnybrook Man
Officers investigating the suspicious death of a man in the Donnybrook area of Dublin last week are seeking information from the public. Gardai at Donnybrook Garda Station, looking into the death o...
Irish News, Feb 15, 2011
Cross Border Road Project Goes To Inquiry
A controversal cross-border road project is set to go to a Public Inquiry. The NI Regional Development Minister, Sinn Fein's Conor Murphy has this week announced that a Public Inquiry will be held in...
Irish News, Feb 15, 2011
Minister Ó Cuív Welcomes National Waste Report
The Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Éamon Ó Cuív, has noted the publication by the Environmental Protection Agency of the National Waste Report for 2009. The report prov...
Irish News, Feb 14, 2011
Two Cork Plane Crash Victims Buried
The funerals of two of the Northern Ireland victims of the Cork air crash are due to be held later today. Pat Cullinan, a 45-year-old senior partner with the international accountancy firm KPMG, is t...
Irish News, Feb 14, 2011
Second TV Head-To-Head On Election
The second televised general election debate will be held in the Irish Republic on Monday night. The leaders of Fianna Fail, Fine Gael, the Labour Party, the Green Party and Sinn Fein are taking part...
Irish News, Feb 14, 2011
Loughinisland Massacre In Focus
SDLP Leader and South Down MP Margaret Ritchie will meet the NI Police Ombudsman today regarding the report into the Loughinisland massacre. The long-awaited report into the 1994 killings will be pub...
Irish News, Feb 14, 2011
Galway Bay Shock As Body Recovered
The body of a man has been found on the shoreline of an uninhabited island in Galway Bay this morning. It was located on Rabbitt Island near the entrance to Galway Harbour by the Shannon-based coastg...
Irish News, Feb 14, 2011
Irish Electorate 'Targeted' Over Paul Quinn
The parents of a man who was brutally murdered in a border tragedy are aiming to make an impact on the Irish Republic's electorate. Paul Quinn, from Cullyhanna, was battered to death by a large gang ...
Irish News, Feb 14, 2011
IFTAs Success Celebrated
The winners of the 8th Annual Irish Film & Television Awards (IFTA) were announced at a gala ceremony held at Dublin's Convention Centre at the weekend. Áine Moriarty Chief Executive of the Irish Fil...
Irish News, Feb 14, 2011
Taoiseach Opens €38m Dundalk IT facility
The same firm of architects that built a former Dundalk cigarette factory has now led a huge refurbishment programme to turn it into a modern, new facility at the Dundalk Institute of Technology. Bri...
Irish News, Feb 14, 2011
Border City Wins Major Business Park Boost
Builders along the border are in for boost with news of a £38m business park being built along the border in South Down. The Stormont Enterprise Minister Arlene Foster and Environment Minister Edwin ...
Irish News, Feb 14, 2011
Irish Film Board Announces New Chief Executive
Bord Scannán na hÉireann/The Irish Film Board (IFB) has announced the appointment of James Hickey to the role of Chief Executive of the agency. James Hickey is a Partner of and Head of the Media and ...
Irish News, Feb 11, 2011
Victims Of Cork Disaster Named
All those killed in yesterday's fatal plane crash in Cork have now been identified. A cousin of the President of the Irish Republic, Mary McAleese's husband was among the six people confirmed dead in...
Irish News, Feb 11, 2011
'Travellers' Blamed On Cork Murder
A feud among the Travelling community is thought to be behind a murder this week. Gardaí investigating the violent death of a man in Cork yesterday afternoon believe it was a planned killing connecte...
Irish News, Feb 11, 2011
Sad RIR Soldier's Return
Royal Irish Ranger David Dalzell's body was flown home from Afghanistan this week. A coffin carrying the remains of the Bangor Co Down soldier arrived at RAF Lyneham in Wiltshire accompanied by a se...