Irish News for November 2013 : Page 2

Irish News, Nov 25, 2013
Search Launched For Missing Fishermen Off Co Wexford Coast
A search is underway off the south Wexford coast for a fishermen missing from his boat. According to reports the alarm as raised at around 12:30 on Monday when a boat was found near the Great Saltee ...
Irish News, Nov 25, 2013
Firearm Recovered In Limerick House Search
A man has been arrested and a firearm recovered during a planned gardaí search of a house in Limerick. The Divisional Drug Unit, the Dog Unit and gardaí from Roxboro Road conducted a search of the ho...
Irish News, Nov 25, 2013
Man Arrested And Cocaine Seized In Crumlin
Gardaí in Dublin have recovered cocaine with an estimated street value of €8,000 from a house in Crumlin. On Saturday, officers from the Divisional Drug Unit, supported by local gardaí, carried out a...
Irish News, Nov 25, 2013
74-Year-Old Woman Dies In Co Longford Road Accident
Gardaí in Co Longford have reported the death of 74-year-old woman in a road crash. It is understood that the woman was hit by a vehicle as she crossed the N4 at Lisnagrish near Edgeworthstown at aro...
Irish News, Nov 25, 2013
Cyclist In Serious Condition After Being Hit By Car
An investigation is underway into an incident in which three cyclists were injured by a car on the N68 Ennis to Kilrush road, Co Clare. According to reports a woman in her 30s remains in a serious co...
Irish News, Nov 22, 2013
Former Cork Lord Mayor Found Guilty Of Sexual Assault Charge
John Murray, the 83-year-old former lord mayor of Cork, has been found guilty of sexually assaulting a teenage girl, despite denying the charges. Murray, of Gregg Road, Cork, faced six counts of sexu...
Irish News, Nov 22, 2013
Man Admits Hit-And-Run That Killed Fourteen-Year-Old
A 32-year-old man has pleaded guilty to careless driving in a hit and run incident in which a teenage boy was killed. 14-year-old Conor Kickey, of St Attracta Road, Cabra, was hit by a car, which the...
Irish News, Nov 22, 2013
Detention Period Extended For Armed Raid Suspects
Gardaí have been approval to extend the detention of seven men arrested in connection with a violent robbery at a house in Co Tipperary. A gang of armed men broke into the family of Mark and Emma Cor...
Irish News, Nov 22, 2013
Librarian Arrested Over Stolen Books, Pamphlets and Manuscripts
A librarian has been arrested in connection with the theft of books, pamphlets and historical manuscripts from the National Library of Ireland. Following a 12 month investigation members of the arts ...
Irish News, Nov 22, 2013
Body Found In Co Wicklow Carpark
Gardaí in Co Wicklow have reported the discovery of man's body in a carpark in Bray. According to reports the man is thought to have been homeless and it is understood that gardaí are not treating th...
Irish News, Nov 22, 2013
Woman Killed In Co Cork Road Crash
Gardaí in Cork have reported that a woman has been killed in a single-vehicle road crash in Skibbereen, Co Cork. According to gardaí it is thought the crash took place sometime between 22:00 on Thurs...
Irish News, Nov 22, 2013
Dublin Bike Cost To Increase Following Expansion
Following the announcement of the expansion of the Dublin Bikes scheme, the cost of membership is set to rise. Announcing the changes this morning, operators Dublin City Council and JCDecaux said tha...
Irish News, Nov 22, 2013
New Bin Collection Arrangement Published
New waste collection bylaws including new designated bin collection days, have been agreed for Dublin city ahead of the planned implementation next year. A map produced by Dublin City Council, and av...
Irish News, Nov 22, 2013
ESB Unions Group To Serve Strike Notice
Unions representing workers at ESB will issue a notice of industrial action to the company, in an ongoing dispute over a €1.6 billion deficit in the pension fund. It is understood that the exact natu...
Irish News, Nov 21, 2013
€32m Shortfall In Budget Needed For Gardaí Wages
A €32 million 'black hole' has been identified in the budget needed for garda wages and to pay compensation to survivors of the Magdalene laundries. According to a report by the Irish Independent, wh...
Irish News, Nov 21, 2013
Warning Issued About Faulty Safety Beacons
Fishermen have been warned about potentially defective emergency positional beacons. It is understood that 19 faults have been recorded for the Emergency Position Indication Radio Beacons (EPIRBs). ...
Irish News, Nov 21, 2013
Survey Reveals 98% Felt DART 'Dangerously Overcrowded'
A survey of DART user, commissioned by Fine Gael Dun Laoghaire Deputy, Mary Mitchell O’Connor, has shown that 98% of respondents felt "dangerously overcrowded on the DART at some point". Addressing t...
Irish News, Nov 21, 2013
Almost 100 Jobs To Be Cut At Mater Private Healthcare
Almost 100 jobs are to be cut at the Mater Private Healthcare as part of ongoing cost-saving measures. The hospitals staff of 980 is to be reduced by about 10%, with management saying that approximat...
Irish News, Nov 21, 2013
Men Arrested In Connection With Drug Seizure
Gardaí in Co Donegal have seized drugs with an estimated street value of €115,000. Two men have been arrested in connection with the seizure, which included methylone, found during the search of a ho...
Irish News, Nov 21, 2013
Expert Group Make Number Of Speed Limit Recommendations
An examination of speed limits and how they are advertising, carried out by the Speed Limits Working Group, has concluded and made a number of recommendations. On narrow country roads 80km/h speed li...
Irish News, Nov 21, 2013
Govt Agree New 10 Year Lease For Tara Mines
A new ten year lease has been agreed for Tara Mines between the mines owners and the government, which will also see a substantial underground extension of the mine. It is hoped that the new lease wi...
Irish News, Nov 21, 2013
Independent TD Moves On Termination Of Pregnancy Legislation
A motion to introduce a bill allowing the termination of pregnancy when the foetus is diagnosed "incompatible with life", has been brought forward by Independent TD Clare Daly. Claiming that Minister...
Irish News, Nov 21, 2013
Seven Arrested In Connection With Armed Home Raid
Gardaí in Co Tipperary have arrested seven men in connection with armed raid on a family home. According to gardaí an armed gang broke into the Killenaule home of a businessman and his family at arou...
Irish News, Nov 20, 2013
Woman Faces Charge Of Assisting In Suicide
In what is thought to be the first prosecution of its kind in Ireland a Dublin woman is to face a charge of assisting the suicide of another woman. It is alleged that between 10 March and 06 June 201...
Irish News, Nov 20, 2013
Ireland Referred To ECJ Over Working Hours
Ireland is to be referred to the European Court of Justice (ECJ) for not complying with rules of working time limits. The referral surrounds the ongoing controversy of the number of working hours for...
Irish News, Nov 20, 2013
New Protection Introduced For Tenants
New rules to protect tenants are to be introduced, the Minister of State for Housing has announced. Addressing an issue that housing charity Threshold say is the biggest source of complaints, money p...
Irish News, Nov 20, 2013
Govt Approves Legislation For Larger Cigarette Pack Warnings
The government has approved legislation that would allow for much larger health warnings on cigarette packets. The Heads of the Public Health (Standardised Packaging of Tobacco) Bill 2013 have been a...
Irish News, Nov 20, 2013
Investigation Launched Into Taxi Driver Shooting
An investigation has been launched into a shooting incident in Dublin in which a taxi driver was injured. According to gardaí a taxi driver was shot in the legs while on Dunsoghly Drive in Finglas at...
Irish News, Nov 20, 2013
Over 500,000 Already Paid 2014 Property Tax
Over half a million people have already filed their return for next years Local Property Tax, Minister for Finance Michael Noonan has said. In the Dáil this morning Mr Noonan said that while implemen...
Irish News, Nov 20, 2013
IFA Called For Mandatory Pork Product Labelling
Mandatory labelling of pork products with its country of origin has been called for by the Irish Farmers' Association, after it was revealed that non-Irish pork was being presented as Irish. DNA test...