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Irish News, Jan 25, 2013
Body Discovered In Search For Missing Man
A body has been discovered in Co Wicklow by garda investigating the disappearance of Philip O'Toole. The 33-year-old father-of-one has been missing for more than two weeks. He was last seen on Janua...
Body Discovered In Search For Missing Man
A body has been discovered in Co Wicklow by garda investigating the disappearance of Philip O'Toole. The 33-year-old father-of-one has been missing for more than two weeks. He was last seen on Janua...
Irish News, Jan 25, 2013
€2.1m Loses Recorded For Electric Picnic
Music festival Electric Picnic (EP) suffered a combined lose of €2.1m in 2011 and 2012. Despite this assurances have been made that this years event, marking the festivals 10-year anniversary, will...
€2.1m Loses Recorded For Electric Picnic
Music festival Electric Picnic (EP) suffered a combined lose of €2.1m in 2011 and 2012. Despite this assurances have been made that this years event, marking the festivals 10-year anniversary, will...
Irish News, Jan 25, 2013
Teen Asks For Longer Jail Term To Do Leaving Cert
A judge has detained a 16-year-old Dublin boy who wanted to be locked up so he could do the Leaving Certificate. At the city’s juvenile court on Thursday Judge Aingeal Ní Chondúin heard that despite ...
Teen Asks For Longer Jail Term To Do Leaving Cert
A judge has detained a 16-year-old Dublin boy who wanted to be locked up so he could do the Leaving Certificate. At the city’s juvenile court on Thursday Judge Aingeal Ní Chondúin heard that despite ...
Irish News, Jan 25, 2013
Former School Caretaker Jailed For Child Porn Images
A former school caretaker has been jailed for five months, and will be added to the sex offenders register for five years, for possession of child pornography. 62-year-old Gerard Fitzgerald, of Grian...
Former School Caretaker Jailed For Child Porn Images
A former school caretaker has been jailed for five months, and will be added to the sex offenders register for five years, for possession of child pornography. 62-year-old Gerard Fitzgerald, of Grian...
Irish News, Jan 25, 2013
Cannabis Worth An Estimated €900,000 Seized In Raids
Cannabis with an estimated street value of €900,000 has been seized in separate raids in Limerick, Wexford and Cavan. The Co Limerick search, carried out in an open area at Ballyhahill, Glin, uncover...
Cannabis Worth An Estimated €900,000 Seized In Raids
Cannabis with an estimated street value of €900,000 has been seized in separate raids in Limerick, Wexford and Cavan. The Co Limerick search, carried out in an open area at Ballyhahill, Glin, uncover...
Irish News, Jan 25, 2013
Two Held In Human Trafficking Investigation
Two people have been arrested following planned Garda searches in Dublin, Dundalk and Athlone as part of Operation Quest. The man and woman are being questioned as part of an investigation into human...
Two Held In Human Trafficking Investigation
Two people have been arrested following planned Garda searches in Dublin, Dundalk and Athlone as part of Operation Quest. The man and woman are being questioned as part of an investigation into human...
Irish News, Jan 25, 2013
Report Called For On Unused Train Carriages Worth €44m
Train carriages worth €44m owned by Irish Rail sit idle at any one time, it has been revealed. The Public Accounts Committee has asked National Transport Authority to produce a report as to why the t...
Report Called For On Unused Train Carriages Worth €44m
Train carriages worth €44m owned by Irish Rail sit idle at any one time, it has been revealed. The Public Accounts Committee has asked National Transport Authority to produce a report as to why the t...
Irish News, Jan 24, 2013
Convicted Rapist Patrick O'Brien Has Bail Revoked
A man freed on bail despite being sentenced to 12 years in jail for the rape and indecent assault of his daughter, has had his bail revoked. Patrick O’Brien, from Bray, Co Wicklow, had pleaded guilty...
Convicted Rapist Patrick O'Brien Has Bail Revoked
A man freed on bail despite being sentenced to 12 years in jail for the rape and indecent assault of his daughter, has had his bail revoked. Patrick O’Brien, from Bray, Co Wicklow, had pleaded guilty...
Irish News, Jan 24, 2013
Ministers Criticise Kerry Council Over Drink Drive Motion
Alan Shatter and Leo Varadkar have both criticised Kerry County Council over its motion to introduce drink-driving permits. Shatter, the justice minister described as "grossly irresponsible" a counci...
Ministers Criticise Kerry Council Over Drink Drive Motion
Alan Shatter and Leo Varadkar have both criticised Kerry County Council over its motion to introduce drink-driving permits. Shatter, the justice minister described as "grossly irresponsible" a counci...
Irish News, Jan 24, 2013
HIQA Finds 'No Evidence' Of Discussion About DNR Notices
A new report has revealed that “do not resuscitate” notices were discovered in the files of some residents at the private Mullross Nursing Home in Kilclare, Co Leitrim. According to the report there ...
HIQA Finds 'No Evidence' Of Discussion About DNR Notices
A new report has revealed that “do not resuscitate” notices were discovered in the files of some residents at the private Mullross Nursing Home in Kilclare, Co Leitrim. According to the report there ...
Irish News, Jan 24, 2013
Signed Memo Moves Ireland One Step Closer To Exporting Power To UK
Irish wind farm will soon begin to export power directly to the UK’s national electricity grid. Pat Rabbite, minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, and his British government coun...
Signed Memo Moves Ireland One Step Closer To Exporting Power To UK
Irish wind farm will soon begin to export power directly to the UK’s national electricity grid. Pat Rabbite, minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, and his British government coun...
Irish News, Jan 24, 2013
Family Members Charged With 2011 Tesco Robbery
Three family members have been charged with the theft of over €75,000 from a Tesco supermarket in Co Westmeath two years ago. 38-year-old Edward Conners, from Castleraven, Nurney in Co Kildare, and h...
Family Members Charged With 2011 Tesco Robbery
Three family members have been charged with the theft of over €75,000 from a Tesco supermarket in Co Westmeath two years ago. 38-year-old Edward Conners, from Castleraven, Nurney in Co Kildare, and h...
Irish News, Jan 24, 2013
Ex-Footballer Sentenced To Seven Years For Knife Attack
Former professional footballer, Trevor Donnelly, has been sentenced to seven-and-a-half years in jail for an unprovoked stabbing following a pub argument. The 38-year-old ex-Dundalk and Leeds player ...
Ex-Footballer Sentenced To Seven Years For Knife Attack
Former professional footballer, Trevor Donnelly, has been sentenced to seven-and-a-half years in jail for an unprovoked stabbing following a pub argument. The 38-year-old ex-Dundalk and Leeds player ...
Irish News, Jan 24, 2013
AGSI Warn Garda Pay Cuts Are 'Off The Table'
Garda may mount protest in opposition to any cuts in pay or allowances, the Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors (AGSI) has warned. Commenting on the ongoing talks on the details on the Crok...
AGSI Warn Garda Pay Cuts Are 'Off The Table'
Garda may mount protest in opposition to any cuts in pay or allowances, the Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors (AGSI) has warned. Commenting on the ongoing talks on the details on the Crok...
Irish News, Jan 24, 2013
Developer Loses Commercial Court Case Against NAMA
The Commercial Court has ruled that NAMA can proceed with a case to recover €29m from businessman David Cullen, whose property portfolio includes the Turk's Head bar and Paramount Hotel in Dublin's Te...
Developer Loses Commercial Court Case Against NAMA
The Commercial Court has ruled that NAMA can proceed with a case to recover €29m from businessman David Cullen, whose property portfolio includes the Turk's Head bar and Paramount Hotel in Dublin's Te...
Irish News, Jan 24, 2013
Unite To Challenge Waterford Crystal Trademark
Waterford Crystal glass should only be made in Waterford, a European legal campaign in hoping to establish. In an effort to force the owners of Waterford Crystal to repatriate manufacturing of the br...
Unite To Challenge Waterford Crystal Trademark
Waterford Crystal glass should only be made in Waterford, a European legal campaign in hoping to establish. In an effort to force the owners of Waterford Crystal to repatriate manufacturing of the br...
Irish News, Jan 23, 2013
Life For 52-Year-Old Who Shot Best Friend In Head
A 52-year-old man has been found guilty of the murder of his best friend and sentenced to life in prison. Peter Donnelly, of The Green, Larch Hill Apartments, Santry, had pleaded not guilty to the mu...
Life For 52-Year-Old Who Shot Best Friend In Head
A 52-year-old man has been found guilty of the murder of his best friend and sentenced to life in prison. Peter Donnelly, of The Green, Larch Hill Apartments, Santry, had pleaded not guilty to the mu...
Irish News, Jan 23, 2013
Former Principal Denies Indecent Assault Charges
A former school principal has denied 13 charges of sexual abuse between September 1977 and June 1980. During the second day of the trial yesterday however the claimant has denied that he withheld det...
Former Principal Denies Indecent Assault Charges
A former school principal has denied 13 charges of sexual abuse between September 1977 and June 1980. During the second day of the trial yesterday however the claimant has denied that he withheld det...
Irish News, Jan 23, 2013
Woman Awarded €100,000 Damages In Groping Case
The High Court has awarded a young Dublin woman €100,000 in damages after she suffered a serious leg injury from a fall while trying to get away from a man who was groping her. 25-year-old Laura Mona...
Woman Awarded €100,000 Damages In Groping Case
The High Court has awarded a young Dublin woman €100,000 in damages after she suffered a serious leg injury from a fall while trying to get away from a man who was groping her. 25-year-old Laura Mona...
Irish News, Jan 23, 2013
Construction Worker Given 8 Years For Attempted Rape
A 32-year-old Lithuanian construction worker has been sentenced to 8-years in jail, with the last nine months suspended, for the assault and attempted rape of a 19-year-old student. Arunas Cervinskas...
Construction Worker Given 8 Years For Attempted Rape
A 32-year-old Lithuanian construction worker has been sentenced to 8-years in jail, with the last nine months suspended, for the assault and attempted rape of a 19-year-old student. Arunas Cervinskas...
Irish News, Jan 23, 2013
Property Tax Could Lead To Rent Increase For Council Tenants
Some 125,000 local authority tenants will face rent increases and councils prepare to pass on the property tax. The new tax, to be collected on July 1, will be payable on almost all dwelling, includi...
Property Tax Could Lead To Rent Increase For Council Tenants
Some 125,000 local authority tenants will face rent increases and councils prepare to pass on the property tax. The new tax, to be collected on July 1, will be payable on almost all dwelling, includi...
Irish News, Jan 23, 2013
10m Withdrawn Burgers 'To Be Destroyed'
ABP Food Group has confirmed that more than 10 million burgers withdrawn from supermarkets last week will be destroyed. The burgers, produced by the groups Silvercrest Foods plant in Ballybay Co Mona...
10m Withdrawn Burgers 'To Be Destroyed'
ABP Food Group has confirmed that more than 10 million burgers withdrawn from supermarkets last week will be destroyed. The burgers, produced by the groups Silvercrest Foods plant in Ballybay Co Mona...
Irish News, Jan 23, 2013
€24,000 Compensation For Credit Union Employee Over Homophobic Remarks
A credit union employee called “a queer” and mocked for his “camp” accent has been awarded €24,000 by the Equality Tribunal. The man, who worked as an office administrator, alleged that he was subjec...
€24,000 Compensation For Credit Union Employee Over Homophobic Remarks
A credit union employee called “a queer” and mocked for his “camp” accent has been awarded €24,000 by the Equality Tribunal. The man, who worked as an office administrator, alleged that he was subjec...
Irish News, Jan 23, 2013
Taxi Drivers With Serious Convictions To Face Disqualification
Under the new Taxi Regulation Bill, taxi drivers with serious criminal convictions will face mandatory disqualification. Around 6,000 people with SPFV licences who are driving taxis have some form of...
Taxi Drivers With Serious Convictions To Face Disqualification
Under the new Taxi Regulation Bill, taxi drivers with serious criminal convictions will face mandatory disqualification. Around 6,000 people with SPFV licences who are driving taxis have some form of...
Irish News, Jan 23, 2013
New Credit-Card Sized Drivers License Launched
A new plastic credit card sized drivers license is set to be launched today. The new card will be easier to carry and has a microchip that will make it more secure, the Road Safety Authority has said...
New Credit-Card Sized Drivers License Launched
A new plastic credit card sized drivers license is set to be launched today. The new card will be easier to carry and has a microchip that will make it more secure, the Road Safety Authority has said...
Irish News, Jan 22, 2013
Kerry Council Back Drink-Drive Permit
A motion calling for a permit system to allow isolated rural people to drink and drive over the current legal limit, has been backed by Kerry County Council. Tabled by Councillor Danny Healy-Rae, the...
Kerry Council Back Drink-Drive Permit
A motion calling for a permit system to allow isolated rural people to drink and drive over the current legal limit, has been backed by Kerry County Council. Tabled by Councillor Danny Healy-Rae, the...
Irish News, Jan 22, 2013
Promissory Notes Face High Court Challenge
The government's use of promissory notes to fund some banks will face a legal challenge in the High Court. David Hall, director of the Irish Mortgage Holders Organisation, is bringing the case. The ...
Promissory Notes Face High Court Challenge
The government's use of promissory notes to fund some banks will face a legal challenge in the High Court. David Hall, director of the Irish Mortgage Holders Organisation, is bringing the case. The ...
Irish News, Jan 22, 2013
FF Calls For Sentencing Council To Be Established
Fianna Fáil Spokesperson on Justice Niall Collins has called for the establishment of a Sentencing Council to promote greater consistency in criminal sentencing. Deputy Collins' proposal comes follow...
FF Calls For Sentencing Council To Be Established
Fianna Fáil Spokesperson on Justice Niall Collins has called for the establishment of a Sentencing Council to promote greater consistency in criminal sentencing. Deputy Collins' proposal comes follow...
Irish News, Jan 22, 2013
HMV Ireland Remain Closed Despite UK Move
HMV Ireland stores will remain closed and vouchers will not be accepted or honoured. This is despite a change in the UK where shops remain open and administrators have said gift vouchers will be acce...
HMV Ireland Remain Closed Despite UK Move
HMV Ireland stores will remain closed and vouchers will not be accepted or honoured. This is despite a change in the UK where shops remain open and administrators have said gift vouchers will be acce...
Irish News, Jan 22, 2013
Redundancy Plans To Be Discuss By Cabinet
Plans for the first targeted voluntary redundancy in the public sector are to be discussed by the Cabinet, Brendan Howlin has confirmed. Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform said the first tran...
Redundancy Plans To Be Discuss By Cabinet
Plans for the first targeted voluntary redundancy in the public sector are to be discussed by the Cabinet, Brendan Howlin has confirmed. Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform said the first tran...
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Ireland WeatherToday:A rather cloudy morning, with a little patchy light rain or drizzle to start. Skies clearing and becoming dry and increasingly sunny in the afternoon. Maximum temperature 13 °C.Tonight:Dry with prolonged clear spells through the evening and overnight. This will allow for some fog patches to develop in places overnight. Minimum temperature 2 °C.
