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Irish News, Apr 16, 2012
Report Claims Bolivian Police "Staged Crime Scene Where Irishman Died"
Independent forensic experts have concluded that the Bolivian police made the killing of a young Irishman look like a shoot out. "From the information available, it suggests that the scene had been s...
Report Claims Bolivian Police "Staged Crime Scene Where Irishman Died"
Independent forensic experts have concluded that the Bolivian police made the killing of a young Irishman look like a shoot out. "From the information available, it suggests that the scene had been s...
Irish News, Apr 16, 2012
US Bus Companies Mount Legal Challenge Over €150m School Bus Contracts
Two American transport companies are mounting a legal challenge to open up the €150m-a-year Irish school bus contract, the Irish Independent has learned. Since the late 1960s Bus Eireann has been giv...
US Bus Companies Mount Legal Challenge Over €150m School Bus Contracts
Two American transport companies are mounting a legal challenge to open up the €150m-a-year Irish school bus contract, the Irish Independent has learned. Since the late 1960s Bus Eireann has been giv...
Irish News, Apr 16, 2012
Road Rage Attacker To Be Sentenced
A man who beat a motorist with a hurley stick in September 2012 will sentenced today. 31-year-old Karl Donohoe was originally due to stand trial last February on a charge of murder for the ‘road rage...
Road Rage Attacker To Be Sentenced
A man who beat a motorist with a hurley stick in September 2012 will sentenced today. 31-year-old Karl Donohoe was originally due to stand trial last February on a charge of murder for the ‘road rage...
Irish News, Apr 16, 2012
€4m A+E Department Opens At Kerry Hospital
A new €4m accident and emergency department of Kerry General Hospital opened today. The new department is more than twice the size of the existing A&E department and with facilities for 33,000 attend...
€4m A+E Department Opens At Kerry Hospital
A new €4m accident and emergency department of Kerry General Hospital opened today. The new department is more than twice the size of the existing A&E department and with facilities for 33,000 attend...
Irish News, Apr 13, 2012
38 Million Cigarettes Intercepted At Dublin Port
Dublin Port customers officers have seized 38 million cigarettes with a retail value of €14.7m. The cigarettes filled four 40-foot shipping containers and represented a potential loss to the Excheque...
38 Million Cigarettes Intercepted At Dublin Port
Dublin Port customers officers have seized 38 million cigarettes with a retail value of €14.7m. The cigarettes filled four 40-foot shipping containers and represented a potential loss to the Excheque...
Irish News, Apr 13, 2012
New Campaign Aimed To Legalise Assisted Suicide In Ireland
A new euthanasia campaign group has been established in Ireland. The Campaign for the Legislation of Assisted Suicide has been launched with the stated aim of allowing Irish people who wish to avail ...
New Campaign Aimed To Legalise Assisted Suicide In Ireland
A new euthanasia campaign group has been established in Ireland. The Campaign for the Legislation of Assisted Suicide has been launched with the stated aim of allowing Irish people who wish to avail ...
Irish News, Apr 13, 2012
Inquiry Into Gay Porn Images Shown To Parents By Priest Derailed
The laptop belonging to a priest who “inadvertently” showed gay pornographic images to a group of parents and one child has allegedly been stolen. The computer is believed to have been the only item...
Inquiry Into Gay Porn Images Shown To Parents By Priest Derailed
The laptop belonging to a priest who “inadvertently” showed gay pornographic images to a group of parents and one child has allegedly been stolen. The computer is believed to have been the only item...
Irish News, Apr 13, 2012
US 911 Team To Be Honoured For Helping Save Dublin Woman
An emergency services team in Oklahoma are to honoured for helping to save the life of a woman in Dublin, over 4,000 miles away from them. It is not known how the woman managed to phone the Oklahoma ...
US 911 Team To Be Honoured For Helping Save Dublin Woman
An emergency services team in Oklahoma are to honoured for helping to save the life of a woman in Dublin, over 4,000 miles away from them. It is not known how the woman managed to phone the Oklahoma ...
Irish News, Apr 13, 2012
Forcing Employers To Pay More Costs Would Equate To 2,500 Jobs
IBEC, the group that represents Irish business, have published new analysis of the government's statutory sick pay proposals, which said the cost of shifting massive additional liabilities onto employ...
Forcing Employers To Pay More Costs Would Equate To 2,500 Jobs
IBEC, the group that represents Irish business, have published new analysis of the government's statutory sick pay proposals, which said the cost of shifting massive additional liabilities onto employ...
Irish News, Apr 13, 2012
Report Reveals Plight Of Homeless Young People
A new report by the Ombudsman for Children has revealed the “embarrassment, anxiety and shame” felt by young people who have to present themselves at gardai stations to access emergency accommodation....
Report Reveals Plight Of Homeless Young People
A new report by the Ombudsman for Children has revealed the “embarrassment, anxiety and shame” felt by young people who have to present themselves at gardai stations to access emergency accommodation....
Irish News, Apr 13, 2012
Gardaí Search For Teenage Girl
Gardaí at Navan are anxious to trace the whereabouts of 17 year old Lisa Gilraine. Lisa was last seen in Navan at 5.30pm on Saturday 7th April 2012. She is described as being 5'9" in height with brow...
Gardaí Search For Teenage Girl
Gardaí at Navan are anxious to trace the whereabouts of 17 year old Lisa Gilraine. Lisa was last seen in Navan at 5.30pm on Saturday 7th April 2012. She is described as being 5'9" in height with brow...
Irish News, Apr 13, 2012
Greyhounds Found Shot In Limerick
An investigation has been started after the bodies of at least six greyhounds were found at a disused quarry in Limerick. It is believed the dogs, found in Ballyagran, were shot in the head. It is a...
Greyhounds Found Shot In Limerick
An investigation has been started after the bodies of at least six greyhounds were found at a disused quarry in Limerick. It is believed the dogs, found in Ballyagran, were shot in the head. It is a...
Irish News, Apr 13, 2012
University Boost For Chinese Pharmaceutical Students
Queen's University Belfast today announced its intention to establish a China Queen's College in partnership with the China Medical University, in Shenyang, one of China's top ranked universities for ...
University Boost For Chinese Pharmaceutical Students
Queen's University Belfast today announced its intention to establish a China Queen's College in partnership with the China Medical University, in Shenyang, one of China's top ranked universities for ...
Irish News, Apr 12, 2012
Bank Clerk Shot Three Times May Have Been Victim Of Mistaken Identity
A bank clerk may have been shot dead due to a case of mistaken identity. 32-year-old Keith Deegan was shot three times when he answered a call at his front door at around 22:40 on Tuesday. Gardai ad...
Bank Clerk Shot Three Times May Have Been Victim Of Mistaken Identity
A bank clerk may have been shot dead due to a case of mistaken identity. 32-year-old Keith Deegan was shot three times when he answered a call at his front door at around 22:40 on Tuesday. Gardai ad...
Irish News, Apr 12, 2012
Survey Reveals Disconnect Between Catholics And Church Teaching
A new survey has revealed that the majority of Irish Catholics think the Churches teachings on sexuality are irrelevant, and that they would favour married and female priests. 1,000 catholics were s...
Survey Reveals Disconnect Between Catholics And Church Teaching
A new survey has revealed that the majority of Irish Catholics think the Churches teachings on sexuality are irrelevant, and that they would favour married and female priests. 1,000 catholics were s...
Irish News, Apr 12, 2012
Latest Figures Published For Household Charge Payment
Data collected overnight has shown a further 1,319 property owners have paid the €100 household charge since yesterday. Local Government Management Agency figures show that since the deadline of Mach...
Latest Figures Published For Household Charge Payment
Data collected overnight has shown a further 1,319 property owners have paid the €100 household charge since yesterday. Local Government Management Agency figures show that since the deadline of Mach...
Irish News, Apr 12, 2012
Hogan's Car Attacked In Anti-Household Tax Protestor
Household charge protestors attacked environment minister Paul Hogan’s car yesterday as he left a museum opening. Gardai had to hold back almost 150 anti-household charge protestors has they banged o...
Hogan's Car Attacked In Anti-Household Tax Protestor
Household charge protestors attacked environment minister Paul Hogan’s car yesterday as he left a museum opening. Gardai had to hold back almost 150 anti-household charge protestors has they banged o...
Irish News, Apr 12, 2012
Workers' Party Say Public Expenditure Minister Is In Denial Over Household Charge Non-Payment
Waterford Workers' Party Councillor Davy Walsh has said that Public Expenditure Minister Brendan Howlin is in denial if he thinks that the lack of a bill is the reason so many people have not paid the...
Workers' Party Say Public Expenditure Minister Is In Denial Over Household Charge Non-Payment
Waterford Workers' Party Councillor Davy Walsh has said that Public Expenditure Minister Brendan Howlin is in denial if he thinks that the lack of a bill is the reason so many people have not paid the...
Irish News, Apr 12, 2012
'The Smoky Coal Ban' Rules To Be Reviewed
Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government, Phil Hogan T.D. today, announced a review and public consultation of the ‘smoky coal ban’ regulations. The ban on the marketing, sale and dis...
'The Smoky Coal Ban' Rules To Be Reviewed
Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government, Phil Hogan T.D. today, announced a review and public consultation of the ‘smoky coal ban’ regulations. The ban on the marketing, sale and dis...
Irish News, Apr 12, 2012
Grid Link Project Consultation Launched In Cork
Public consultation starts today on the Grid Link Project, an estimated €500 million project planned by EirGrid to upgrade the electricity grid that will deliver a wide range of benefits to the nation...
Grid Link Project Consultation Launched In Cork
Public consultation starts today on the Grid Link Project, an estimated €500 million project planned by EirGrid to upgrade the electricity grid that will deliver a wide range of benefits to the nation...
Irish News, Apr 12, 2012
Govt Actions Adding To Inflation
IBEC, the group that represents Irish business, today said that the latest inflation figures from the CSO show that Government actions risk eroding the competitiveness gains of recent years, making it...
Govt Actions Adding To Inflation
IBEC, the group that represents Irish business, today said that the latest inflation figures from the CSO show that Government actions risk eroding the competitiveness gains of recent years, making it...
Irish News, Apr 12, 2012
Staggering Amount Of Children Admit To 'Hearing Voices'
A startling amount of children have admitted to 'hearing voices' in their heads. According to research carried out by the British Journal of Psychiatry over 20% of children from Ireland, aged between...
Staggering Amount Of Children Admit To 'Hearing Voices'
A startling amount of children have admitted to 'hearing voices' in their heads. According to research carried out by the British Journal of Psychiatry over 20% of children from Ireland, aged between...
Irish News, Apr 11, 2012
Man Shot In Leg At His Dublin Home
A man was shot in the leg at his home in Dublin last night. The man, in his 30s, was shot at a number of times, at his house in Tallaght, south Dublin, according to Gardai. He was taken to Tallaght ...
Man Shot In Leg At His Dublin Home
A man was shot in the leg at his home in Dublin last night. The man, in his 30s, was shot at a number of times, at his house in Tallaght, south Dublin, according to Gardai. He was taken to Tallaght ...
Irish News, Apr 11, 2012
New Scholarship Scheme Announced
The Minister for Education and Skills, Ruairí Quinn T.D., today announced the establishment of a new scholarship scheme for higher education. As part of Budget 2012, Minister Quinn committed to aboli...
New Scholarship Scheme Announced
The Minister for Education and Skills, Ruairí Quinn T.D., today announced the establishment of a new scholarship scheme for higher education. As part of Budget 2012, Minister Quinn committed to aboli...
Irish News, Apr 11, 2012
Dwyer Family Demand Answers And Independent Investigation
The family of Irishman Michael Dwyer who was killed by police in Bolivia in 2009, are travelling to the European Parliamant today for an international and independent investigation over his killing. ...
Dwyer Family Demand Answers And Independent Investigation
The family of Irishman Michael Dwyer who was killed by police in Bolivia in 2009, are travelling to the European Parliamant today for an international and independent investigation over his killing. ...
Irish News, Apr 11, 2012
Central Bank Issues Notice On Unauthorised Investment Firms
The Central Bank of Ireland is advising members of the public and shareholders that should they receive unsolicited contact from any firm which offers them services or advice in relation to the purcha...
Central Bank Issues Notice On Unauthorised Investment Firms
The Central Bank of Ireland is advising members of the public and shareholders that should they receive unsolicited contact from any firm which offers them services or advice in relation to the purcha...
Irish News, Apr 11, 2012
FF Calls On Quinn To Wake Up To Guidance Provision Mistake
Fianna Fáil has called on the Minister for Education Ruairí Quinn to wake up to his mistake on changing the provision for guidance counsellors at second level. Fianna Fáil Education Spokesperson Bre...
FF Calls On Quinn To Wake Up To Guidance Provision Mistake
Fianna Fáil has called on the Minister for Education Ruairí Quinn to wake up to his mistake on changing the provision for guidance counsellors at second level. Fianna Fáil Education Spokesperson Bre...
Irish News, Apr 11, 2012
President To Attend Titanic Commemoration
President Michael D Higgins is to attend a service in Cork to mark the the 100th anniversary of the Titanic. The final passengers boarded the ship in Cobh before embarking on its journey. Almost 1,5...
President To Attend Titanic Commemoration
President Michael D Higgins is to attend a service in Cork to mark the the 100th anniversary of the Titanic. The final passengers boarded the ship in Cobh before embarking on its journey. Almost 1,5...
Irish News, Apr 11, 2012
Vulnerable Students Let Down By Axing Of School Guidance, Says ASTI President
The curtailment of guidance provision in second level schools will lead to an increase in early school dropout, ASTI President Brendan Broderick said. Addressing the ASTI annual conference in Cork, ...
Vulnerable Students Let Down By Axing Of School Guidance, Says ASTI President
The curtailment of guidance provision in second level schools will lead to an increase in early school dropout, ASTI President Brendan Broderick said. Addressing the ASTI annual conference in Cork, ...
Irish News, Apr 11, 2012
Explosives Found At Disused Quarry
Gardai have recovered a small quantity of old type commercial explosives at a disused quarry in Cork. It is part of an ongoing investigation into the theft of metal in the Cork North Garda Division....
Explosives Found At Disused Quarry
Gardai have recovered a small quantity of old type commercial explosives at a disused quarry in Cork. It is part of an ongoing investigation into the theft of metal in the Cork North Garda Division....
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Ireland WeatherToday:Mainly dry with sunny spells on Friday, cloudier at times in the south. The chance of the odd afternoon shower developing in the south and east. Maximum temperature 20 °C.Tonight:Any afternoon showers soon dying out to leave a dry evening with clear spells at first, but coastal low cloud, mist or fog then spreads in from the northwest. Minimum temperature 8 °C.
