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Irish News, May 14, 2012
Abandoned Pathologist Centre Could Be Demolished
Almost €3 million has been spent on a facility for the Office of the State Pathologist and the Dublin City Mortuary, which now lies incomplete and may end up being demolished. Construction of the “me...
Abandoned Pathologist Centre Could Be Demolished
Almost €3 million has been spent on a facility for the Office of the State Pathologist and the Dublin City Mortuary, which now lies incomplete and may end up being demolished. Construction of the “me...
Irish News, May 14, 2012
National Lottery Statistics Show €90m In Unclaimed Winnings
The latest figures released by the National Lottery have revealed that some €90 million in prizes and jackpots have gone unclaimed over the past five years. Nearly €17 million in prizes went uncollec...
National Lottery Statistics Show €90m In Unclaimed Winnings
The latest figures released by the National Lottery have revealed that some €90 million in prizes and jackpots have gone unclaimed over the past five years. Nearly €17 million in prizes went uncollec...
Irish News, May 14, 2012
Census Statistics Show Dublin City Holds Highest Number Of Immigrants
A breakdown of the latest census statistics have shown that two-thirds of the population of the area around O’Connell Street, at the centre of Dublin City, is made up of people born outside Ireland. ...
Census Statistics Show Dublin City Holds Highest Number Of Immigrants
A breakdown of the latest census statistics have shown that two-thirds of the population of the area around O’Connell Street, at the centre of Dublin City, is made up of people born outside Ireland. ...
Irish News, May 14, 2012
Haynes 'Very Hopeful" For New EU Growth Package
Minister of State Brian Hayes has said he is “very hopeful” a stimulus package for Europe’s ailing economy can be agreed by leaders at a European summit later this month. Proposals to promote growth ...
Haynes 'Very Hopeful" For New EU Growth Package
Minister of State Brian Hayes has said he is “very hopeful” a stimulus package for Europe’s ailing economy can be agreed by leaders at a European summit later this month. Proposals to promote growth ...
Irish News, May 14, 2012
Phoenix Park Proposed As New Children's Hospital Site
An eight-acre site at the Phoenix Park Racecourse in Dublin has been put forward as a potential location for the new National Children's Hospital. Dublin-based firm Flynn & O'Flaherty have said that ...
Phoenix Park Proposed As New Children's Hospital Site
An eight-acre site at the Phoenix Park Racecourse in Dublin has been put forward as a potential location for the new National Children's Hospital. Dublin-based firm Flynn & O'Flaherty have said that ...
Irish News, May 14, 2012
Dublin City Council Remove Public Bins
Dublin City Council is to remove public bins from residential areas in an attempt to crack down on illegal dumping of household rubbish. The council has so far withdrawn almost 200 bins from the stre...
Dublin City Council Remove Public Bins
Dublin City Council is to remove public bins from residential areas in an attempt to crack down on illegal dumping of household rubbish. The council has so far withdrawn almost 200 bins from the stre...
Irish News, May 14, 2012
Bottlehill Dump Cost Taxpayers €6,000 A Day To Sit Unused
The Irish Independent has reported today that taxpayers are paying almost €6,000 a day in loan repayments and interest for a €47m dump that has never been used. The paper has learned that Cork County...
Bottlehill Dump Cost Taxpayers €6,000 A Day To Sit Unused
The Irish Independent has reported today that taxpayers are paying almost €6,000 a day in loan repayments and interest for a €47m dump that has never been used. The paper has learned that Cork County...
Irish News, May 14, 2012
Gardai Alert Car Seller To Well Organised Scam
A lucrative car scam is being committed across west Dublin and north Kildare gardai have confirmed. An unknown fraudster is buying cars using counterfeit bank drafts and then selling them for cash. ...
Gardai Alert Car Seller To Well Organised Scam
A lucrative car scam is being committed across west Dublin and north Kildare gardai have confirmed. An unknown fraudster is buying cars using counterfeit bank drafts and then selling them for cash. ...
Irish News, May 11, 2012
Woman Killed In Road Traffic Accident
A woman has been killed in a road traffic crash at Reas Cross on the Castletownroche to Mallow Road at around 10.10am this morning. The collision involved a car and a truck. A 9-year-old girl, who w...
Woman Killed In Road Traffic Accident
A woman has been killed in a road traffic crash at Reas Cross on the Castletownroche to Mallow Road at around 10.10am this morning. The collision involved a car and a truck. A 9-year-old girl, who w...
Irish News, May 11, 2012
Survey Shows Improvements In Teen Contraceptive Use
New Research on contraception, sexual health and crisis pregnancy published by the HSE Crisis Pregnancy Programme shows improvements in sex education and contraceptive use among young people. This n...
Survey Shows Improvements In Teen Contraceptive Use
New Research on contraception, sexual health and crisis pregnancy published by the HSE Crisis Pregnancy Programme shows improvements in sex education and contraceptive use among young people. This n...
Irish News, May 11, 2012
Communion Money Being Spent At The Races "Unacceptable" - FG
Fine Gael Deputy, Mary Mitchell O’Connor has said that the practice of schools bringing children, some as young as eight years old, to greyhound and horseracing tracks on benefit nights must be eradic...
Communion Money Being Spent At The Races "Unacceptable" - FG
Fine Gael Deputy, Mary Mitchell O’Connor has said that the practice of schools bringing children, some as young as eight years old, to greyhound and horseracing tracks on benefit nights must be eradic...
Irish News, May 11, 2012
Grenade Found At House In Galway
More than 30 families were evacuated from their homesi n Galway last night after a device was found in the garden of a house. A viable World War II grenade was discovered at a property at approximate...
Grenade Found At House In Galway
More than 30 families were evacuated from their homesi n Galway last night after a device was found in the garden of a house. A viable World War II grenade was discovered at a property at approximate...
Irish News, May 11, 2012
Man Arrested Following Cannabis Seizure
A man has been arrested after Gardai seized cannabis plants, worth an estimated street value of €320,000, at a house in Kilkenny. At approximately 5pm Gardai carried out a searched at a house in Urli...
Man Arrested Following Cannabis Seizure
A man has been arrested after Gardai seized cannabis plants, worth an estimated street value of €320,000, at a house in Kilkenny. At approximately 5pm Gardai carried out a searched at a house in Urli...
Irish News, May 10, 2012
12 Year Sentence For Former Christian Brother Who Abused Deaf Children
A former Christian Brother found guilty of sexually abusing three teenage students in the deaf school where he worked has been sentenced to 12 years, with the last three suspended. Each of John McCab...
12 Year Sentence For Former Christian Brother Who Abused Deaf Children
A former Christian Brother found guilty of sexually abusing three teenage students in the deaf school where he worked has been sentenced to 12 years, with the last three suspended. Each of John McCab...
Irish News, May 10, 2012
Postmortems Due On Twins Found Dead In Limerick Apartment
Postmortems will be carried out today on the bodies of twin brothers found dead in an apartment in Limerick yesterday. The remains of Peter and Kevin Moran were found after their mother had the landl...
Postmortems Due On Twins Found Dead In Limerick Apartment
Postmortems will be carried out today on the bodies of twin brothers found dead in an apartment in Limerick yesterday. The remains of Peter and Kevin Moran were found after their mother had the landl...
Irish News, May 10, 2012
Aviva Revise's Redundancy Plans
Embattled financial services company Aviva has revised its redundancy plan, which would have seen almost 1,000 staff leave the company. Initially announcing it would be making 770 of its Irish workfo...
Aviva Revise's Redundancy Plans
Embattled financial services company Aviva has revised its redundancy plan, which would have seen almost 1,000 staff leave the company. Initially announcing it would be making 770 of its Irish workfo...
Irish News, May 10, 2012
Church Leader Urges 'Respectful' Debate On Homosexuality
The leader of the Church of Ireland has called on its members to debate the controversial issue of homosexuality in the church in a spirit of respect, charity and humility. Speaking during the annual...
Church Leader Urges 'Respectful' Debate On Homosexuality
The leader of the Church of Ireland has called on its members to debate the controversial issue of homosexuality in the church in a spirit of respect, charity and humility. Speaking during the annual...
Irish News, May 10, 2012
Garda Attacked By Five PitBull Terriers
A garda officer has undergone surgery after five pitbull terriers attacked him outside a house in Ballymacarbry, on Monday night. An investigation was launched last night into the incident which left...
Garda Attacked By Five PitBull Terriers
A garda officer has undergone surgery after five pitbull terriers attacked him outside a house in Ballymacarbry, on Monday night. An investigation was launched last night into the incident which left...
Irish News, May 10, 2012
Man Charged With Running Brothel Is Senior Government Advisor
A man charged yesterday with operating brothels and living off the earnings of prostitutes was a senior transport consultant who offered advice to the Government on a major infrastructure project. 54...
Man Charged With Running Brothel Is Senior Government Advisor
A man charged yesterday with operating brothels and living off the earnings of prostitutes was a senior transport consultant who offered advice to the Government on a major infrastructure project. 54...
Irish News, May 10, 2012
New Name For Northern Bank
Danske Bank has announced a new organisational set-up for its operations in Northern Ireland and Ireland. The new structure will take effect on 1 June 2012. The re-organisation mirrors a similar G...
New Name For Northern Bank
Danske Bank has announced a new organisational set-up for its operations in Northern Ireland and Ireland. The new structure will take effect on 1 June 2012. The re-organisation mirrors a similar G...
Irish News, May 9, 2012
€17,000 Extra Allowances For Parents With Disabled Children
The Social Protection Minister, Joan Burton, announced last night that parents of disabled children will get almost €17,000 per year in additional care allowance payments. The new household benefit p...
€17,000 Extra Allowances For Parents With Disabled Children
The Social Protection Minister, Joan Burton, announced last night that parents of disabled children will get almost €17,000 per year in additional care allowance payments. The new household benefit p...
Irish News, May 9, 2012
Eight Years For Man Who Stabbed Cousin To Death
A Kildare man who stabbed his cousin to death with a flick knife he had bought him as a present was jailed for eight years yesterday at Dublin’s Central Criminal Court. 27-year-old heroin addict Shan...
Eight Years For Man Who Stabbed Cousin To Death
A Kildare man who stabbed his cousin to death with a flick knife he had bought him as a present was jailed for eight years yesterday at Dublin’s Central Criminal Court. 27-year-old heroin addict Shan...
Irish News, May 9, 2012
Pair Charged With Keeping And Profiting From A Brothel
A man and a woman have appeared in court in Limerick charged in connection with running a brothel and living off the earnings of prostitutes. 54-yer-old Thomas Lyons, with an address at The Warrens,...
Pair Charged With Keeping And Profiting From A Brothel
A man and a woman have appeared in court in Limerick charged in connection with running a brothel and living off the earnings of prostitutes. 54-yer-old Thomas Lyons, with an address at The Warrens,...
Irish News, May 9, 2012
1,000 Extra JobBridge Places Created To Meet Demand
An extra 1,000 places on the National Internship Scheme are to be created due to the level of demand. Launched a year ago JobBridge was set up to provide an opportunity for those out of work to gain ...
1,000 Extra JobBridge Places Created To Meet Demand
An extra 1,000 places on the National Internship Scheme are to be created due to the level of demand. Launched a year ago JobBridge was set up to provide an opportunity for those out of work to gain ...
Irish News, May 9, 2012
Walking Group Loses Court Case And Ordered To Pay Costs
A Co Wicklow walking group has lost its case against a landowner over right of way, and have been ordered to pay costs for the six days spent in the High Court. Mr Niall Lenoach and Mr Noel Barry, wh...
Walking Group Loses Court Case And Ordered To Pay Costs
A Co Wicklow walking group has lost its case against a landowner over right of way, and have been ordered to pay costs for the six days spent in the High Court. Mr Niall Lenoach and Mr Noel Barry, wh...
Irish News, May 9, 2012
Court Hears How Taxi Driver Beat And Robbed Passenger
Ennis Circuit Court heard yesterday how, in a dispute over a €15 fare, a taxi driver robbed a passenger and broke his collarbone using a sweeping brush and toy. Passenger Michael L'Estrange told the ...
Court Hears How Taxi Driver Beat And Robbed Passenger
Ennis Circuit Court heard yesterday how, in a dispute over a €15 fare, a taxi driver robbed a passenger and broke his collarbone using a sweeping brush and toy. Passenger Michael L'Estrange told the ...
Irish News, May 9, 2012
Firefighters Receive 1,500 Hoax Calls New Report Reveals
New figures published today reveal that firefighters attended more than 1,500 hoax and malicious call-outs last year. The new records also show the number of fire-related incidents fell by 14pc over ...
Firefighters Receive 1,500 Hoax Calls New Report Reveals
New figures published today reveal that firefighters attended more than 1,500 hoax and malicious call-outs last year. The new records also show the number of fire-related incidents fell by 14pc over ...
Irish News, May 8, 2012
Sean Brady Admits Fault In Not Informing Victims Families Of Abuse
Cardinal Seán Brady has admitted that the families of children being abused by Brendan Smyth should have been informed about the allegations made against him. The leader of the Catholic church in Ire...
Sean Brady Admits Fault In Not Informing Victims Families Of Abuse
Cardinal Seán Brady has admitted that the families of children being abused by Brendan Smyth should have been informed about the allegations made against him. The leader of the Catholic church in Ire...
Irish News, May 8, 2012
Lottery Funded Grants For Mayo Increase 70% Since Kenny Became Taoiseach
An investigation by the Irish Independent has revealed how Enda Kenny’s home county has benefited from the largest number of Lottery funded grants since becoming Taoiseach. His own constituency Mayo ...
Lottery Funded Grants For Mayo Increase 70% Since Kenny Became Taoiseach
An investigation by the Irish Independent has revealed how Enda Kenny’s home county has benefited from the largest number of Lottery funded grants since becoming Taoiseach. His own constituency Mayo ...
Irish News, May 8, 2012
Second Murder Investigation Launched After Three People Stabbed In Cork
Gardai have launched a second murder investigation following three separate stabbing incidents in Cork city over the weekend. 30-year-old David Hamilton was stabbed at a house on the northside of Cor...
Second Murder Investigation Launched After Three People Stabbed In Cork
Gardai have launched a second murder investigation following three separate stabbing incidents in Cork city over the weekend. 30-year-old David Hamilton was stabbed at a house on the northside of Cor...
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Ireland WeatherThis Evening and Tonight:A sunny evening for most except where cloud lingers along the north coast. Cloud will increase for a lot of areas overnight with mist and fog patches developing. Minimum temperature 7 °C.
