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Irish News, Apr 25, 2012
Top Marks For 3rd Level Colleges As IBAL Launches 2012 Litter League
Nearly all of Ireland's 3rd level colleges are now litter-free and a model for other public places to follow, according to a litter survey by Irish Business Against Litter (IBAL). Launching its 2012 l...
Top Marks For 3rd Level Colleges As IBAL Launches 2012 Litter League
Nearly all of Ireland's 3rd level colleges are now litter-free and a model for other public places to follow, according to a litter survey by Irish Business Against Litter (IBAL). Launching its 2012 l...
Irish News, Apr 24, 2012
Elderly Pedestrian Dies In Road Traffic Accident
A pedestrian has been killed following a road traffic accident at around 11:50 today at Ursula’s Terrace in Waterford. Gardai are investigating the collision which involved an elderly male pedestrian...
Elderly Pedestrian Dies In Road Traffic Accident
A pedestrian has been killed following a road traffic accident at around 11:50 today at Ursula’s Terrace in Waterford. Gardai are investigating the collision which involved an elderly male pedestrian...
Irish News, Apr 24, 2012
Farmer Given Life Sentence For Murder Of Brother
A 63-year-old Co Wicklow farmer, suffering from Parkinson’s disease, has been given a life sentence for the murder of his 66-year-old brother. It is believed they were arguing over their others buria...
Farmer Given Life Sentence For Murder Of Brother
A 63-year-old Co Wicklow farmer, suffering from Parkinson’s disease, has been given a life sentence for the murder of his 66-year-old brother. It is believed they were arguing over their others buria...
Irish News, Apr 24, 2012
Gilmore Urges Workers To Vote 'Yes' For Treaty
Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore says it a matter for union executives whether to endorse a No vote in the fiscal treaty referendum - but he said he was calling on individual workers to vote Yes. Mr Gilmore sa...
Gilmore Urges Workers To Vote 'Yes' For Treaty
Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore says it a matter for union executives whether to endorse a No vote in the fiscal treaty referendum - but he said he was calling on individual workers to vote Yes. Mr Gilmore sa...
Irish News, Apr 24, 2012
Proposed Ban On Smoking In Public Places Criticised
Plans to ban smoking in parks and on beaches has been described as dangerous by a pro-smoking lobby. Forest Éireann said, unlike previous restrictions on smoking, the proposal is not evidence based b...
Proposed Ban On Smoking In Public Places Criticised
Plans to ban smoking in parks and on beaches has been described as dangerous by a pro-smoking lobby. Forest Éireann said, unlike previous restrictions on smoking, the proposal is not evidence based b...
Irish News, Apr 24, 2012
Truck Driver Sentenced To Five Years For Importing Cannabis
A Monaghan truck driver has been jailed for five years for importing €600,000 worth of cannabis into the State. 27-year-old David Mathews was observed by gardaí driving his truck off a ferry at Dubli...
Truck Driver Sentenced To Five Years For Importing Cannabis
A Monaghan truck driver has been jailed for five years for importing €600,000 worth of cannabis into the State. 27-year-old David Mathews was observed by gardaí driving his truck off a ferry at Dubli...
Irish News, Apr 24, 2012
Two Arrested In Connection To Waterford Death
A 47-year-old man and a 39-year-old woman have been arrested following the death of a 60-year-old man in Waterford city last night. The body was discovered in the Scotch Marsh House apartment complex...
Two Arrested In Connection To Waterford Death
A 47-year-old man and a 39-year-old woman have been arrested following the death of a 60-year-old man in Waterford city last night. The body was discovered in the Scotch Marsh House apartment complex...
Irish News, Apr 24, 2012
Latest Household Charge Figures
Latest figures for the household charge show that 920,000 have registered to date. The Local Government Management Agency, which is administering the charge, said 921,568 properties had been register...
Latest Household Charge Figures
Latest figures for the household charge show that 920,000 have registered to date. The Local Government Management Agency, which is administering the charge, said 921,568 properties had been register...
Irish News, Apr 24, 2012
Evicted Couple Own 13 Flats In London
It has been revealed that the elderly couple evicted from their home in Killiney, Co Dublin, last week own a substantial number of apartments in London. Brendan and Asta Kelly were evicted from their...
Evicted Couple Own 13 Flats In London
It has been revealed that the elderly couple evicted from their home in Killiney, Co Dublin, last week own a substantial number of apartments in London. Brendan and Asta Kelly were evicted from their...
Irish News, Apr 24, 2012
SDLP MP Seeks Support To Halt RTÉ Closure
Political party the SDLP has urged the British government to support calls for RTÉ to reverse its decision to close the station’s London office after the Olympics. Saying that an “on-the-spot” presen...
SDLP MP Seeks Support To Halt RTÉ Closure
Political party the SDLP has urged the British government to support calls for RTÉ to reverse its decision to close the station’s London office after the Olympics. Saying that an “on-the-spot” presen...
Irish News, Apr 23, 2012
12 Year For Road Rage Killer
Karl Donohoe received a 12 year jail sentence today for the manslaughter of British man, Raymond Bates. Bates died in hospital four days after being beaten around the head with a hurley in Sandymount...
12 Year For Road Rage Killer
Karl Donohoe received a 12 year jail sentence today for the manslaughter of British man, Raymond Bates. Bates died in hospital four days after being beaten around the head with a hurley in Sandymount...
Irish News, Apr 23, 2012
Dept Of Agriculture Investigate Employee For Accessing Financial Records
The Irish Independent has learned that the Department of Agriculture has started an internal investigation after an employee was suspected of having accessed the financial records of some of the count...
Dept Of Agriculture Investigate Employee For Accessing Financial Records
The Irish Independent has learned that the Department of Agriculture has started an internal investigation after an employee was suspected of having accessed the financial records of some of the count...
Irish News, Apr 23, 2012
Search For Remains Of Columba McVeigh Begins
A new search has begun for the remains of Columba McVeigh this morning in county Monaghan. The 17-year-old from Donaghmore in County Tyrone was abducted by the IRA is 1975. He was working in Dublin ...
Search For Remains Of Columba McVeigh Begins
A new search has begun for the remains of Columba McVeigh this morning in county Monaghan. The 17-year-old from Donaghmore in County Tyrone was abducted by the IRA is 1975. He was working in Dublin ...
Irish News, Apr 23, 2012
Investigation Launched After Injuries Found On Body Discovered In House Fire
An investigation has been launched into the death of 58-year-old James Cahillane. Mr Cahillane’s body was discovered after a fire at his home at Ardraw Beaufort in Kilmorgin in the early hours of Thu...
Investigation Launched After Injuries Found On Body Discovered In House Fire
An investigation has been launched into the death of 58-year-old James Cahillane. Mr Cahillane’s body was discovered after a fire at his home at Ardraw Beaufort in Kilmorgin in the early hours of Thu...
Irish News, Apr 23, 2012
Record Settlement In Fr Kelly Abuse Case
A record settlement has been reached in the sexual abuse case brought against Fr Michael Kelly and his diocese in California. A jury had found Tipperary native, Fr Kelly, guilty of abusing a man now ...
Record Settlement In Fr Kelly Abuse Case
A record settlement has been reached in the sexual abuse case brought against Fr Michael Kelly and his diocese in California. A jury had found Tipperary native, Fr Kelly, guilty of abusing a man now ...
Irish News, Apr 23, 2012
Government Spend €7.1m On Consultancy Services
It has been revealed that government ministers have spent at least €7.1m on outside consultancy services since taking office last year. One of these payments includes Minister for the Environment Pau...
Government Spend €7.1m On Consultancy Services
It has been revealed that government ministers have spent at least €7.1m on outside consultancy services since taking office last year. One of these payments includes Minister for the Environment Pau...
Irish News, Apr 23, 2012
Donegal Council Ignored Audit And Continued To Pay Consultancy Firm
It has been revealed that Donegal County Council (DCC) paid a London consultancy firm a further €90,000 despite a damning internal audit highlighting lavish expenses and finding that some of the advic...
Donegal Council Ignored Audit And Continued To Pay Consultancy Firm
It has been revealed that Donegal County Council (DCC) paid a London consultancy firm a further €90,000 despite a damning internal audit highlighting lavish expenses and finding that some of the advic...
Irish News, Apr 23, 2012
Van Collision Leave One Dead In Wexford
A collision between two vans has killed one driver and left another seriously injured. The accident happened at Gorey, Co. Wexford around 21:50 last night. A yet to be identified 41-year-old man was...
Van Collision Leave One Dead In Wexford
A collision between two vans has killed one driver and left another seriously injured. The accident happened at Gorey, Co. Wexford around 21:50 last night. A yet to be identified 41-year-old man was...
Irish News, Apr 23, 2012
Record Grant Awarded To Galway Green Technology Start-Up
14 new high-end jobs will be created at Galway greentech company, Cellulac, following the approval by the European Commission of €2.8m grant. The grant, a record payment from the EC, has been awarded...
Record Grant Awarded To Galway Green Technology Start-Up
14 new high-end jobs will be created at Galway greentech company, Cellulac, following the approval by the European Commission of €2.8m grant. The grant, a record payment from the EC, has been awarded...
Irish News, Apr 20, 2012
€11.5 Personal Injury Settlement Highest-Ever Paid
A High Court judge has said that the courts are "gambling" daily with the welfare and lives of those who suffer catastrophic injuries. The criticism of what was called a “failure to legislate to ensu...
€11.5 Personal Injury Settlement Highest-Ever Paid
A High Court judge has said that the courts are "gambling" daily with the welfare and lives of those who suffer catastrophic injuries. The criticism of what was called a “failure to legislate to ensu...
Irish News, Apr 20, 2012
Government Concerned About Irish Media Ownership
The government is said to be concerned about the diversity of ownership and diversity of content in the Irish media, minister for Communications Pat Rabbitte has said. Mr Rabbitte was responding to q...
Government Concerned About Irish Media Ownership
The government is said to be concerned about the diversity of ownership and diversity of content in the Irish media, minister for Communications Pat Rabbitte has said. Mr Rabbitte was responding to q...
Irish News, Apr 20, 2012
Three Year Sentence For Bus Driver Who Had Sex With 16-Year-Old
A former Bus Éireann driver has been sentenced to three years in prison after pleading guilty to three counts of defilement of a minor. Sentenced at Waterford Circuit Court this morning, the court h...
Three Year Sentence For Bus Driver Who Had Sex With 16-Year-Old
A former Bus Éireann driver has been sentenced to three years in prison after pleading guilty to three counts of defilement of a minor. Sentenced at Waterford Circuit Court this morning, the court h...
Irish News, Apr 20, 2012
Vita Cortex Talks Continue
Labour Court chairman, Kevin Duffy, led mediation discussions with SIPTU representatives and the owners of Vita Cortex in the latest effort to resolve the long running dispute at the former foam manuf...
Vita Cortex Talks Continue
Labour Court chairman, Kevin Duffy, led mediation discussions with SIPTU representatives and the owners of Vita Cortex in the latest effort to resolve the long running dispute at the former foam manuf...
Irish News, Apr 20, 2012
9,500 Calls Made To National Poisons Centre
The National Poisons Information Centre at Beaumont Hospital in Dublin, have said the received 9,500 calls last year. The newly released figures suggest that 46% of calls concerned children under the...
9,500 Calls Made To National Poisons Centre
The National Poisons Information Centre at Beaumont Hospital in Dublin, have said the received 9,500 calls last year. The newly released figures suggest that 46% of calls concerned children under the...
Irish News, Apr 20, 2012
Garda Traffic Officer Fined €900 For Driving Offences
A gardai officer who accidentally killed two men while driving home from work was fined yesterday for having not having a license or road tax when the crash occurred. Garda Enda Clifford (34), who pl...
Garda Traffic Officer Fined €900 For Driving Offences
A gardai officer who accidentally killed two men while driving home from work was fined yesterday for having not having a license or road tax when the crash occurred. Garda Enda Clifford (34), who pl...
Irish News, Apr 20, 2012
Funding Boost For Scientific Research
State funding of €12.3m has been awarded to 22 scientific researchers based in higher education institutions to carry on with their work in Ireland. The money, provided under the Starting Investigato...
Funding Boost For Scientific Research
State funding of €12.3m has been awarded to 22 scientific researchers based in higher education institutions to carry on with their work in Ireland. The money, provided under the Starting Investigato...
Irish News, Apr 20, 2012
New Poll Show Decline In Support for Government
A new Ipsos/MRBI poll, published in tomorrow's Irish Times, shows a sharp drop in satisfaction with the Government, the Taoiseach and the Tánaiste, and a surge in support for Sinn Féin, Independents a...
New Poll Show Decline In Support for Government
A new Ipsos/MRBI poll, published in tomorrow's Irish Times, shows a sharp drop in satisfaction with the Government, the Taoiseach and the Tánaiste, and a surge in support for Sinn Féin, Independents a...
Irish News, Apr 20, 2012
Apple To Create 500 New Jobs In Cork
Apple have confirmed they are too create 500 new jobs at it’s European headquarters in Cork. The company ha announced a plan to build a three-storey office block next to its existing plant in the cit...
Apple To Create 500 New Jobs In Cork
Apple have confirmed they are too create 500 new jobs at it’s European headquarters in Cork. The company ha announced a plan to build a three-storey office block next to its existing plant in the cit...
Irish News, Apr 19, 2012
EU Referendum Result In The Hands Of The Undecided
A poll by the Irish Times and Ipsos MRBI has shown that the outcome of the European stability treaty referendum on May 31st is in the hands of undecided voters. Asked whether they were likely to vote...
EU Referendum Result In The Hands Of The Undecided
A poll by the Irish Times and Ipsos MRBI has shown that the outcome of the European stability treaty referendum on May 31st is in the hands of undecided voters. Asked whether they were likely to vote...
Irish News, Apr 19, 2012
Report Says Clamping Fine Should Rise 60%
Dublin City Council have issued a new report saying that motorists in the city should face a 60% increase in clamping charges. The parking appeals officer says the €80 charge has not been increased s...
Report Says Clamping Fine Should Rise 60%
Dublin City Council have issued a new report saying that motorists in the city should face a 60% increase in clamping charges. The parking appeals officer says the €80 charge has not been increased s...
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Ireland WeatherThis Evening and Tonight:Dry with clear skies this evening. Patchy cloud will increase at times overnight, but some clear spells too. Light winds and some patchy shallow mist or fog towards dawn. Minimum temperature 2 °C.
