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Irish News, Mar 16, 2011
Martin Appoints Lenihan As Deputy
Leader of the Opposition party, Michael Martin, has controversially announced former Finance Minister Brian Lenihan as the deputy leader of the Fianna Fail party. Mr Martin said he was pleased to co...
Martin Appoints Lenihan As Deputy
Leader of the Opposition party, Michael Martin, has controversially announced former Finance Minister Brian Lenihan as the deputy leader of the Fianna Fail party. Mr Martin said he was pleased to co...
Irish News, Mar 16, 2011
Kenny Slashes Ministerial Transport And Staffing
Taoiseach Enda Kenny has slashed the State's provision of ministerial transport and staffing within the first week of coming to office. Mr Kenny made the announcement as part of the Programme for Go...
Kenny Slashes Ministerial Transport And Staffing
Taoiseach Enda Kenny has slashed the State's provision of ministerial transport and staffing within the first week of coming to office. Mr Kenny made the announcement as part of the Programme for Go...
Irish News, Mar 16, 2011
West Belfast Multiple Stabbing Probed
Four people - including a police officer - were stabbed in west Belfast overnight. Police said that at around 10pm on Tuesday it was reported that a man was taken to hospital after being seen at Wat...
West Belfast Multiple Stabbing Probed
Four people - including a police officer - were stabbed in west Belfast overnight. Police said that at around 10pm on Tuesday it was reported that a man was taken to hospital after being seen at Wat...
Irish News, Mar 16, 2011
Fastfood Workers Say Wages Under Attack
Dublin's fast food staff are taking to the streets on Wednesday to highlight their anger over whet they describe is an attack by the industry on their wages. Members of the Restaurant and Catering Wo...
Fastfood Workers Say Wages Under Attack
Dublin's fast food staff are taking to the streets on Wednesday to highlight their anger over whet they describe is an attack by the industry on their wages. Members of the Restaurant and Catering Wo...
Irish News, Mar 16, 2011
Army Base House Building Plan Hits 'Robinson-Shaped Brick Wall'
Plans to build hundreds of homes on a north Belfast former military base, at Girdwood have seemingly hit a wall, just days after being announced, writes James Gracey Earlier in the week, the S...
Army Base House Building Plan Hits 'Robinson-Shaped Brick Wall'
Plans to build hundreds of homes on a north Belfast former military base, at Girdwood have seemingly hit a wall, just days after being announced, writes James Gracey Earlier in the week, the S...
Irish News, Mar 16, 2011
Stateside Backing For IFI In Question
As the North's top two politicians tucked into a hearty breakfast in the USA today, their plan to underline the importance of continuing US funding for the International Fund for Ireland (IFI) was sha...
Stateside Backing For IFI In Question
As the North's top two politicians tucked into a hearty breakfast in the USA today, their plan to underline the importance of continuing US funding for the International Fund for Ireland (IFI) was sha...
Irish News, Mar 15, 2011
Plans For Limerick Motorway Axed
A controversial plan to build a multi-million euro motorway from Adare to Abbeyfeale has been scrapped due to a lack of funding. The decision to axe the plans was confirmed by Limerick County Council...
Plans For Limerick Motorway Axed
A controversial plan to build a multi-million euro motorway from Adare to Abbeyfeale has been scrapped due to a lack of funding. The decision to axe the plans was confirmed by Limerick County Council...
Irish News, Mar 15, 2011
Kenny Faces First Question Time
Enda Kenny will for the first time answer questions in the Dáil since becoming Taoiseach on Tuesday afternoon. The leaders of Fianna Fáil, Sinn Féin and the Technical group of Independents will all p...
Kenny Faces First Question Time
Enda Kenny will for the first time answer questions in the Dáil since becoming Taoiseach on Tuesday afternoon. The leaders of Fianna Fáil, Sinn Féin and the Technical group of Independents will all p...
Irish News, Mar 15, 2011
Political Leaders For USA For Paddy's Day
There's a hearty breakfast on offer in the USA tomorrow for the North's two top politicians - who are also be be joined at some functions by the new Irish Taoiseach, Enda Kenny. When Dáil business co...
Political Leaders For USA For Paddy's Day
There's a hearty breakfast on offer in the USA tomorrow for the North's two top politicians - who are also be be joined at some functions by the new Irish Taoiseach, Enda Kenny. When Dáil business co...
Irish News, Mar 15, 2011
'Release Palestinian Children' - Irish MEP
A prominent Irish MEP has called for the release of 300 Palestinian children, which he says are currently being held in Israeli jails. Labour Member of the European Parliament, Proinsias De Rossa, s...
'Release Palestinian Children' - Irish MEP
A prominent Irish MEP has called for the release of 300 Palestinian children, which he says are currently being held in Israeli jails. Labour Member of the European Parliament, Proinsias De Rossa, s...
Irish News, Mar 15, 2011
Gerald Barry Dies After Long Illness
The journalist and broadcaster, Gerald Barry, has died in a Dublin hospital as a result of a long illness. Mr Barry, who was 63 and had been ill for some time, was former editor and presenter of RTÉ...
Gerald Barry Dies After Long Illness
The journalist and broadcaster, Gerald Barry, has died in a Dublin hospital as a result of a long illness. Mr Barry, who was 63 and had been ill for some time, was former editor and presenter of RTÉ...
Irish News, Mar 15, 2011
Descriptions Released Of Gang Attackers
The descriptions of a gang who attacked a man walking through Dublin on Sunday night have been released. The attack happened between 3.30am and 4am, during which a man walking with three friends on ...
Descriptions Released Of Gang Attackers
The descriptions of a gang who attacked a man walking through Dublin on Sunday night have been released. The attack happened between 3.30am and 4am, during which a man walking with three friends on ...
Irish News, Mar 15, 2011
North's Students Warned Over Paddy's Day
Students in the North are very much in the news today as they are being warned to behave on St Patrick's Day. The Stormont Minister for Employment and Learning is also launching two consultation pape...
North's Students Warned Over Paddy's Day
Students in the North are very much in the news today as they are being warned to behave on St Patrick's Day. The Stormont Minister for Employment and Learning is also launching two consultation pape...
Irish News, Mar 14, 2011
Noonan At Brussels Summit
Just days after the Irish premier, Enda Kenny was at the EC, the Dáil Finance Minister Michael Noonan is today to attend the meeting of Eurozone Finance Ministers in Brussels. Minister Noonan also m...
Noonan At Brussels Summit
Just days after the Irish premier, Enda Kenny was at the EC, the Dáil Finance Minister Michael Noonan is today to attend the meeting of Eurozone Finance Ministers in Brussels. Minister Noonan also m...
Irish News, Mar 14, 2011
Aid Ready For Japanese Earthquake
President Mary McAleese has conveyed her sympathies to Emperor Akihito of Japan after the massive earthquake that sparked tsunami warnings across the Pacific. Japanese authorities now fear the death t...
Aid Ready For Japanese Earthquake
President Mary McAleese has conveyed her sympathies to Emperor Akihito of Japan after the massive earthquake that sparked tsunami warnings across the Pacific. Japanese authorities now fear the death t...
Irish News, Mar 14, 2011
Missing Children Safe In North
Four children who have been missing from their home in Ardee since Thursday have been found. The children, ranging in age from one to 12, are safe and well while a 30-year-old man and a woman have be...
Missing Children Safe In North
Four children who have been missing from their home in Ardee since Thursday have been found. The children, ranging in age from one to 12, are safe and well while a 30-year-old man and a woman have be...
Irish News, Mar 14, 2011
Dáil Sends Aid To Libya
The Dáil Government has dispatched an emergency shipment of humanitarian supplies to the border between Libya and Tunisia in response to the growing crisis in north Africa. Tánaiste and Minister for...
Dáil Sends Aid To Libya
The Dáil Government has dispatched an emergency shipment of humanitarian supplies to the border between Libya and Tunisia in response to the growing crisis in north Africa. Tánaiste and Minister for...
Irish News, Mar 14, 2011
Student Conference Debates Policies
Hundreds of student representatives from around the country have gathered in Dunboyne, Co Meath for the annual National Congress of the Union of Students in Ireland (USI). At today's event, student d...
Student Conference Debates Policies
Hundreds of student representatives from around the country have gathered in Dunboyne, Co Meath for the annual National Congress of the Union of Students in Ireland (USI). At today's event, student d...
Irish News, Mar 14, 2011
North's Lyric Theatre To Re-open With Miller
Belfast's much missed and iconic Lyric Theatre is to re-open on 1 May, and early announcements are already causing quite a lot of excitement. The theatre will open with a gala performance of Arthur ...
North's Lyric Theatre To Re-open With Miller
Belfast's much missed and iconic Lyric Theatre is to re-open on 1 May, and early announcements are already causing quite a lot of excitement. The theatre will open with a gala performance of Arthur ...
Irish News, Mar 14, 2011
Help Sought In Co Armagh 'Gang-Killings'
A bloody 'execution-style' double murder last week in Co Armagh is back in focus today as detectives renew their probe into the deaths of Hugh and Jacqueline McGeough in Craigavon. The PSNI officers ...
Help Sought In Co Armagh 'Gang-Killings'
A bloody 'execution-style' double murder last week in Co Armagh is back in focus today as detectives renew their probe into the deaths of Hugh and Jacqueline McGeough in Craigavon. The PSNI officers ...
Irish News, Mar 11, 2011
Co Derry Shooting Victim Dies
A woman has been fatally injured in a seaside shooting incident in the North. The PSNI are investigating after the woman was this afternoon wounded at premises near the promenade in the normally quie...
Co Derry Shooting Victim Dies
A woman has been fatally injured in a seaside shooting incident in the North. The PSNI are investigating after the woman was this afternoon wounded at premises near the promenade in the normally quie...
Irish News, Mar 11, 2011
Father And Son Shot In Dublin
A father and his 17-year-old son have been injured in a shooting in Stepaside in Dublin. Two gunmen in a silver Ford Mondeo car blocked their way as they walking out of Grianan Fidh, Aiken's Village ...
Father And Son Shot In Dublin
A father and his 17-year-old son have been injured in a shooting in Stepaside in Dublin. Two gunmen in a silver Ford Mondeo car blocked their way as they walking out of Grianan Fidh, Aiken's Village ...
Irish News, Mar 11, 2011
Taoiseach Meets European Council In Brussels
Taoiseach Enda Kenny is in Brussels today to participate in an Extraordinary Meeting of the European Council and an Informal Meeting of the Heads of State and Government of the Euro area. The Extraor...
Taoiseach Meets European Council In Brussels
Taoiseach Enda Kenny is in Brussels today to participate in an Extraordinary Meeting of the European Council and an Informal Meeting of the Heads of State and Government of the Euro area. The Extraor...
Irish News, Mar 11, 2011
Tragic RIR Soldier From Banbridge
There has been high-level praise for the latest Royal Irish Regiment (RIR) soldier to be killed in war-torn Afghanistan. As the Ministry of Defence (MoD) named the terror bomb victim as Co Down-born ...
Tragic RIR Soldier From Banbridge
There has been high-level praise for the latest Royal Irish Regiment (RIR) soldier to be killed in war-torn Afghanistan. As the Ministry of Defence (MoD) named the terror bomb victim as Co Down-born ...
Irish News, Mar 11, 2011
Teenager Charged With Mayo Murder
A 19-year-old man will appear in court today in connection with the death of a woman in Co Mayo earlier this week. He was charged last night for the murder of mother of four Noreen Kelly-Eadon, 46. ...
Teenager Charged With Mayo Murder
A 19-year-old man will appear in court today in connection with the death of a woman in Co Mayo earlier this week. He was charged last night for the murder of mother of four Noreen Kelly-Eadon, 46. ...
Irish News, Mar 11, 2011
Child Welfare Dropped From HSE
The Government has announced plans to remove child protection and welfare services from the responsibility of the Health Service Executive. It plans to hold a referendum on children's rights and a ne...
Child Welfare Dropped From HSE
The Government has announced plans to remove child protection and welfare services from the responsibility of the Health Service Executive. It plans to hold a referendum on children's rights and a ne...
Irish News, Mar 11, 2011
Bomb Attack Targets Antrim DUP Man
The Alliance party Leader and local MLA David Ford has condemned a pipe bomb attack at the house of a DUP candidate John Smyth in Antrim. The attack took place in the Seacash area at around 4am this m...
Bomb Attack Targets Antrim DUP Man
The Alliance party Leader and local MLA David Ford has condemned a pipe bomb attack at the house of a DUP candidate John Smyth in Antrim. The attack took place in the Seacash area at around 4am this m...
Irish News, Mar 11, 2011
Community Group Helps Underage Addicts
Community workers responding to drug and alcohol misuse in Ballymun, Dublin, have reported treating school children from as young as 10, who exhibit patterns of addiction. The community group is this...
Community Group Helps Underage Addicts
Community workers responding to drug and alcohol misuse in Ballymun, Dublin, have reported treating school children from as young as 10, who exhibit patterns of addiction. The community group is this...
Irish News, Mar 11, 2011
Mental Health Project Faces Funding Cuts
A project set up to provide care and support for people who are trying to get their lives back on track during or following an illness, is struggling to survive on foot of the Health Service Executive...
Mental Health Project Faces Funding Cuts
A project set up to provide care and support for people who are trying to get their lives back on track during or following an illness, is struggling to survive on foot of the Health Service Executive...
Irish News, Mar 11, 2011
'Anecdotal Evidence' Points To Poor Hygiene In Hospital Staff Rooms
Doctors have reported poor and unhygienic conditions in staff rooms throughout the country. Speaking to the Irish Examiner, an official for the Irish Medical Organisation (IMO) said a study is neede...
'Anecdotal Evidence' Points To Poor Hygiene In Hospital Staff Rooms
Doctors have reported poor and unhygienic conditions in staff rooms throughout the country. Speaking to the Irish Examiner, an official for the Irish Medical Organisation (IMO) said a study is neede...
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Ireland WeatherThis Evening and Tonight:A dry evening with late sunny spells and some long clear spells overnight. Becoming cloudier across the north towards dawn with a few showers possible. Touch of frost in south. Minimum temperature 0 °C.
