Irish News for July 2011 : Page 3

Irish News, Jul 18, 2011
Fatal Collisions Claim Two
Gardai in Wexford and Galway are investigating the circumstances surrounding two separate road collisions today. A collision in Gorey, county Wexford, around 00.05am this morning, involved a single v...
Irish News, Jul 18, 2011
Tánaiste Outlines New Approach In Brussels
The Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Eamon Gilmore, has addressed the European Policy Centre (EPC) in Brussels outlining the new government’s approach to Europe in the wake of the ...
Irish News, Jul 18, 2011
Darren Clarke Swings Open Victory
Nothern golfer, Darren Clarke has won his first major title with a three-shot victory at Royal St George's to become just the second Northern Ireland player to win the Open - after Fred Daly in 1947. ...
Irish News, Jul 18, 2011
New Funding For Irish Organisations In UK
Grants of over €6.98million will be awarded to 116 organisations in Britain under the Emigrant Support Programme, the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade has announced. Speaking to a ...
Irish News, Jul 18, 2011
No 'Bloody Kingsmills' Inquiry, Says Paterson
The families of 10 Protestant workmen gunned down by IRA killers in the Kingsmills massacre in 1976 have gone away empty handed after they met with the Secretary of State this morning. The families h...
Irish News, Jul 18, 2011
Greyhound Racing 'Simi-Webcast' Launches
Limerick Greyhound Stadium & Shelbourne Park Greyhound Stadium will jointly host their first ever global simultaneous webcast transmission from two Irish Greyhound Racing venues this Saturday. The ra...
Irish News, Jul 18, 2011
Residents Protest Housing List Cuts
At a packed meeting in Killiney in Dublin last Thursday local residents voted to launch a campaign to protest against the government’s new housing policy that will see thousands of people thrown off t...
Irish News, Jul 8, 2011
Tánaiste To Meet Foreign Minister In Germany
The Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Eamon Gilmore, will travel to Germany today where he will meet his counterpart Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle. During the visit the Tánai...
Irish News, Jul 8, 2011
National Literacy And Numeracy Strategy Rolled Out
A wide ranging new strategy aimed at ensuring that every child leaves school having mastered literacy and numeracy is being launched today by Minister for Education and Skills, Ruairí Quinn. Literacy...
Irish News, Jul 8, 2011
USI Urges Students To Be Safe At Oxegen
The Union of Students in Ireland (USI) is urging students and young people to stay safe at this weekend’s Oxegen festival this weekend. Approximately 80,000 people will attend the massive event and t...
Irish News, Jul 8, 2011
First Address By Minister Highlights Priorities For Future
The Oireachtas Joint Committee on European Union Affairs has been told that serious efforts have been made over the past number of years to increase the transparency of the European Union, and to addr...
Irish News, Jul 8, 2011
HSE 'Must Address Lack Of Communication', Says Dáil Chairman
The Health Service Executive must address a lack of communication with all stakeholders in relation to plans for hospital reconfiguration, according to the Dáil Committee of Public Accounts. Chairma...
Irish News, Jul 7, 2011
Applegreen Signs Deal To Help Reduce Carbon Emissions
Ireland’s largest independent forecourt retailer, which has 80 sites in Ireland and the UK, has signed a deal with an Irish green procurement firm to measure and track carbon emissions. Under the pr...
Irish News, Jul 7, 2011
PAC To Examine Hospital Emergency Departments
The Public Accounts Committee will question the Chief Executive of the Health Service Executive, Cathal Magee, on the operation of hospital emergency departments at its first public meeting today. Th...
Irish News, Jul 7, 2011
Politicians Have A 'Mountain to Climb' For Good Cause
Oireachtas Members have a mountain to climb next weekend in an effort to raise funds for Arthritis Ireland. TDs and Senators from across the political spectrum today joined forces for the announceme...
Irish News, Jul 7, 2011
Minister Publishes First Review Of Water Programme
The first review of the Water Services Investment Programme 2010-2012 has been announced. The €350m investment in 2011 alone, will fund over 100 contracts currently under construction and will see t...
Irish News, Jul 7, 2011
Finance Minister Publishes Credit Initiative Suggestions
Some of the suggestions sent in by members of the public in response to the Finance Minister's call for improvements to the number of Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs) applying for credit have...
Irish News, Jul 7, 2011
Arrests Made In City Assault Case
Gardaí investigating a number of assaults in Dublin City Centre in October 2010 have this morning arrested an 18-year-old man. Detectives at Pearse Street are continuing with investigations into a n...
Irish News, Jul 6, 2011
Appeal Launched Over Aggravated Burglary In Louth
Gardaí in Dundalk are appealing for the public’s assistance in relation to an aggravated burglary which occurred at a property at Ath Leathan, Racecourse Road, Dundalk, yesterday morning. The occupan...
Irish News, Jul 6, 2011
Protests Call For Cancellation Of EU/IMF Deal
At a press conference today in Dublin organised by the Enough campaign - a campaign established earlier this year to oppose the EU-IMF austerity programme - public representatives, trade unionists, sp...
Irish News, Jul 6, 2011
Free Access To OPW Heritage Sites
Free access to all Office of Public Works (OPW) Heritage sites on the first Wednesday of every month, launches today. The Minister of State at the Department of Finance, Brian Hayes, said: “I have de...
Irish News, Jul 6, 2011
Torch Attack On Justice Minister's Office Fails
The NI Justice Minister and Alliance Party leader David Ford's Newtownabbey office has been damaged in an overnight arson attack. Police in Northern Ireland are investigating the incident when liquid...
Irish News, Jul 6, 2011
Ulster Honours Miriam O'Callaghan
The 'innate integrity' of Miriam O’Callaghan’s journalism was praised by the University of Ulster in Derry yesterday when it awarded the popular RTE broadcaster an honorary Doctor of Letters (DLitt) d...
Irish News, Jul 6, 2011
Trade Portfolio And Improvements In Passport Service Welcomed
The Oireachtas Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade has welcomed the addition of the trade portfolio to the Department of Foreign Affairs. Chairman of Committee Deputy Pat Breen said: “Inte...
Irish News, Jul 5, 2011
Transplant Failure Blamed On Miscommunication
An Irish probe into a mis-managed bid for a vital organ transplant has focused on the Emergency Medical Support Services (EMSS) involved in the failure to transport a liver transplant patient on Satur...
Irish News, Jul 5, 2011
Sony Ireland Website Hacked
Sony Music Ireland have reported their website has been hacked following the publishing of three fake news stories on their homepage this morning. The industry giant has launched an investigation int...
Irish News, Jul 5, 2011
Report On Ireland's Human Rights Record Published
The publication of the Government’s National Report on Ireland’s domestic human rights record as part of the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council Universal Periodic Review (UPR) process has been a...
Irish News, Jul 5, 2011
'Momentum Builds' In 24 Hour A&E Bid
Momentum is building for this Saturday's protest to keep full emergency services at Loughlinstown Hospital. Richard Boyd Barrett, TD of the People Before Profit Alliance, has said that residents of D...
Irish News, Jul 5, 2011
More Ardoyne Rioters Jailed As Four-Year Sentence Deal Slammed
Just hours after a Westminster MP asked if a Spanish student jailed for attempted grievous bodily harm on a policewoman in the North can be retried on a more serious charge, more people have been sent...
Irish News, Jul 5, 2011
Justice Served As North's Laws Updated
The first raft of new justice powers created and debated in Northern Ireland in four decades come into force this week. Stormont Justice Minister David Ford has commenced a number of new provisions ...