Irish News for October 2013 : Page 4

Irish News, Oct 16, 2013
LRC To Present Doctors Working Hours Proposals
New proposals over the working hours of non-consultant hospital doctors are expected to be presented to the Health Service Executive and Irish Medical Organisation today. Talks between the the HSE an...
Irish News, Oct 16, 2013
Carlow Distillery Expansion Could Create Over 50 Jobs
Some 55 new jobs could be created at a whiskey distillery in Carlow pending planning permission. Walsh Whiskey Distillery is to build a new €25m craft distillery at Royal Oak in Carlow, with funding ...
Irish News, Oct 16, 2013
Gardaí Investigate Attempted Robbery At Tipperary Post Office
Gardaí in Co Tipperary are investigating an attempted robbery of Cahir post office. According to gardaí, the robbers used a JCB to gain entry to the post office but were disturbed and fled the scene....
Irish News, Oct 16, 2013
Government To Pay For Pyrite Repairs
A €10m fund has been established to repair homes damaged by pyrite, the government has announced. Announcing the funding, Minister for the Environment Phil Hogan described pyrite as "another building...
Irish News, Oct 15, 2013
Gardaí Prepare For Budget Protestors
A major gardaí security operation is standing by to deal with possible protests following the announcement of the 2014 Budget. It is understood that a number of protests are planned to coincide with...
Irish News, Oct 15, 2013
Aer Lingus Sue The State For €61m
Aer Lingue have launched legal action against the State over the 2008 air travel tax. The air travel tax was introduced as part of the Finance act in 2008, however it was ruled to be in breach of EU ...
Irish News, Oct 15, 2013
Man Gets 15 Years For Rape Of Eight Year Old Boy
A 45-year-old Wexford man has been jailed for 15 years after pleading guilty to charges of sexual assault, rape and oral rape of an 8-year-old boy. According to reports the accused is the brother of ...
Irish News, Oct 15, 2013
Driver Killed In Co Meath Road Crash
A man has died in a road crash in Co Meath, gardaí have reported. According to gardaí the 21-year-old was the driver of a car that hit a ditch on the Dunshaughlin to Dunboyne road at around 12.30am. ...
Irish News, Oct 15, 2013
Woman's Body Found At House In Co Meath
Gardaí in Co Meath have discovered the body of a woman at a house in Longwood. According to gardaí they discovered the woman's body at around 17:00 on Monday at a house in Edgeworth Court. An injure...
Irish News, Oct 15, 2013
Gromanston College Consider Free School Move
Gromanston College, one of the country's best known schools, is to consider ending its fee-paying status to become a free school. According to a report by the Irish Independent, news that the school ...
Irish News, Oct 15, 2013
Ivor Callely Bogus Expenses Trial Set For March
The trial of former Fianna Fáil Minister of State Ivor Callely will be held next March and is expected to last around two weeks. 54-year-old Callely, of Clontarf, Dublin, is charged with six counts o...
Irish News, Oct 15, 2013
HSE And IMO Resume Working Hours Talks
Talks have resumed this morning between the Health Service Executive and the Irish Medical Organisation over the working hours of non-consultant hospital doctors. The organisations are meeting at the...
Irish News, Oct 15, 2013
Full DART Service Resumes After Major Disruptions
Following driver action in an ongoing dispute, which caused over-crowding and major disruptions yesterday, Iarnród Éireann operated a full DART service today. Drivers had refused to carry out so-call...
Irish News, Oct 14, 2013
Four Injured In Dublin Shooting
Gardaí have said a man is in a critical condition in hospital following a shooting in Dublin. Three women were also injured in the incident. The shooting happened around 2.30am on Sunday morning, ...
Irish News, Oct 14, 2013
Irish Teenager Killed In New York
An Irish teenager has been killed in New York after being knocked down by a car, RTÉ has reported. It is understood Kalie Gill, 15, and her family moved to New York from Fenagh, Co Leitrim, earlier ...
Irish News, Oct 14, 2013
Ireland To Exit Bailout In December - Taoiseach
Taoiseach Enda Kenny has said Ireland is on track on leave its international bailout programme in December. Speaking at the Fine Gael party conference in Limerick, Mr Kenny said the "economic emerge...
Irish News, Oct 14, 2013
Dublin Detention Centre Construction Begins
The construction of a new child detention centre in Lusk, County Dublin, has begun today. Minister for Children and Youth Affairs Frances Fitzgerald was present to launch the Oberstown project this m...
Irish News, Oct 14, 2013
Free GP Care For Children Under Five Secured
The Department of Health says it has secured funding in the 2014 Budget enough to ensure it can supply free GP care for children aged five years and under next year. It is thought 240,000 families wi...
Irish News, Oct 14, 2013
Adams Slams Oireachtas Wine Brand Proposal
Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams has said a proposal by some Oireachtas members to launch a Houses of the Oireachtas wine brand reveals "how out of touch some people are in Leinster House." Deputy Ad...
Irish News, Oct 14, 2013
Project To Boost BRD Diagnosis
Queen's University in Belfast and the Tyndall National Institute in Cork are teaming up with the Georgia Institute of technology in the USA to develop new technology that will facilitate the diagnosis...
Irish News, Oct 11, 2013
Primary School Won't Change Communion For One Direction Concert
An Irish primary school has voted not to change the date of its pupils' First Communion to accommodate a One Direction concert. 30 pupils at Raheen Gaelscoil in Limerick city will receive their First...
Irish News, Oct 11, 2013
89-Year-Old Attack Victim Dies
An 89-year-old woman who was the victim of an assault by burglars in July has died in hospital. Suzy Arthur was attacked by thieves posing as painters. She and her sister 91-year-old sister Isa were...
Irish News, Oct 11, 2013
IBRC Loans Deadline Looms
Today is the deadline for bidders to submit offers to buy IBRC loans. The lender, Anglo Irish Bank, now called the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation (IBRC), is in liquidation and selling loans to the...
Irish News, Oct 11, 2013
Gardaí Appeal Over Swords Assault
Gardaí in Dublin have issued an appeal to anyone who witnessed an assault on Main Street, Swords yesterday (10 October) afternoon. The victim, a man in his 40s and originally from Nigeria, is in a c...
Irish News, Oct 11, 2013
Man Attacked By Four Men In Attempted Robbery
A man in his 60s is in hospital after being assaulted by four masked men following an attempted burglary in Dublin. The incident happened at a house on Fortfield Road, Terenure, at 9.30pm last night...
Irish News, Oct 11, 2013
Spending On Mental Health Services Must be Ring-Fenced – Neville
Fine Gael Limerick TD and President of the Irish Association of Suicidology, Dan Neville, has called for the spending on mental health services to be ring-fenced in next week's Budget. Deputy Nevill...
Irish News, Oct 11, 2013
Additional Funding For Anti-Bullying Training Programme
Minister for Education and Skills, Ruairí Quinn TD, has made an additional €20,000 available for the Anti-Bullying Parent Training Programme for parents. In is on top of the €40,000 announced for th...
Irish News, Oct 10, 2013
'Failure To Provide Basic Care' In Savita Case
A report into the death of Savita Halappanavar and related issues, found there was a failure to provide the most basic elements of care. Mrs Halappanavar, 31, died in a hospital in Ireland in Octobe...
Irish News, Oct 10, 2013
Missing Persons Appeal, Co. Westmeath
Gardaí at Mullingar have launched an appeal for information regarding the whereabouts of 57-year-old Carmel Williams and her son Alexander Williams, 18 years, who are missing since 14 September. Both...
Irish News, Oct 10, 2013
Warning Issued Over 'Choking Game'
Doctors have issued a warning for people to be aware of the dangers associated with what is known as the "choking game". The activity usually involves boys and girls between the ages of 11 and 16 pu...