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Irish News, Mar 22, 2013
Limerick Hospital Asks Public Not To Attend A&E
Due to a surge in attendances Limerick’s Mid Western Regional Hospital has appealed to the public not to attend its emergency department unless absolutely necessary. A total of 45 patients were seeki...
Limerick Hospital Asks Public Not To Attend A&E
Due to a surge in attendances Limerick’s Mid Western Regional Hospital has appealed to the public not to attend its emergency department unless absolutely necessary. A total of 45 patients were seeki...
Irish News, Mar 22, 2013
Fitzpatrick Trial Unlikely Before 2014
The trial of former Anglo Irish Bank chairman Sean FitzPatrick is unlikely to happen before the end of 2014. The 64-year-old is facing a total of 12 charges in connection with financial irregularitie...
Fitzpatrick Trial Unlikely Before 2014
The trial of former Anglo Irish Bank chairman Sean FitzPatrick is unlikely to happen before the end of 2014. The 64-year-old is facing a total of 12 charges in connection with financial irregularitie...
Irish News, Mar 22, 2013
Caution Urged On Roads As Weather Worsens
Heavy overnight rain has caused localised flooding on many roads across the country, with motorists being urged to drive with caution. Severe flooding in Blackpool village, Cork has been reported wit...
Caution Urged On Roads As Weather Worsens
Heavy overnight rain has caused localised flooding on many roads across the country, with motorists being urged to drive with caution. Severe flooding in Blackpool village, Cork has been reported wit...
Irish News, Mar 22, 2013
Former Christian Brother Found Guilty Of Sexual Abuse
A former Christian Brother has been found guilty at Galway Crown Court on six charges of indecent assault. A jury returned a unanimous verdict on six counts for the sexual abuse of a young boy at St ...
Former Christian Brother Found Guilty Of Sexual Abuse
A former Christian Brother has been found guilty at Galway Crown Court on six charges of indecent assault. A jury returned a unanimous verdict on six counts for the sexual abuse of a young boy at St ...
Irish News, Mar 21, 2013
77 Drs Leave IMO Following McNiece Pension Controversy
77 doctors have left the Irish Medical Organisation IMO since the announcement of former chief executive’s George McNeice retirement package. Paul McKeown, president of the doctors trade union, has d...
77 Drs Leave IMO Following McNiece Pension Controversy
77 doctors have left the Irish Medical Organisation IMO since the announcement of former chief executive’s George McNeice retirement package. Paul McKeown, president of the doctors trade union, has d...
Irish News, Mar 21, 2013
Six Years For Man Who Stole ATM Containing €205,000
A man has been jailed for six years over the theft of an ATM machine containing €205,000, from Maxol Service Station at Bellefield Road, Enniscorthy, on July 24, 2009. 35-year-old Michael Berry, of H...
Six Years For Man Who Stole ATM Containing €205,000
A man has been jailed for six years over the theft of an ATM machine containing €205,000, from Maxol Service Station at Bellefield Road, Enniscorthy, on July 24, 2009. 35-year-old Michael Berry, of H...
Irish News, Mar 21, 2013
RTÉ Spent €1,000 A Day On Taxis In 2012
A Freedom of Information (FoI) request has revealed that RTÉ spent almost €1,000 a day on taxis last year, despite its cost-cutting drive. The amount spent on taxis last year increased 18%, with the ...
RTÉ Spent €1,000 A Day On Taxis In 2012
A Freedom of Information (FoI) request has revealed that RTÉ spent almost €1,000 a day on taxis last year, despite its cost-cutting drive. The amount spent on taxis last year increased 18%, with the ...
Irish News, Mar 21, 2013
Woman Granted Week To Repay €43,000 Dole Fraud
A woman who pleaded guilty to fraudulently claiming dole payments of more than €43,000 has been granted a week to repay all the money involved. 33-year-old Sibyl Montague appeared before Cork Distric...
Woman Granted Week To Repay €43,000 Dole Fraud
A woman who pleaded guilty to fraudulently claiming dole payments of more than €43,000 has been granted a week to repay all the money involved. 33-year-old Sibyl Montague appeared before Cork Distric...
Irish News, Mar 21, 2013
Vacant Probation Office Prompts Legal Action
Legal action has been launched over a vacant Probation Service Project which has cost the State €2m. Speaking at a, reportedly tense, Public Accounts Committee, Chief State Solicitor Eileen Creedon c...
Vacant Probation Office Prompts Legal Action
Legal action has been launched over a vacant Probation Service Project which has cost the State €2m. Speaking at a, reportedly tense, Public Accounts Committee, Chief State Solicitor Eileen Creedon c...
Irish News, Mar 21, 2013
€9,000 Missing From Garda Evidence
An investigation has been launched after the discovery that €9,000 went missing from an evidence bag at a garda station in Co Dublin. The money was part of €26,000 recovered following a robbery at a ...
€9,000 Missing From Garda Evidence
An investigation has been launched after the discovery that €9,000 went missing from an evidence bag at a garda station in Co Dublin. The money was part of €26,000 recovered following a robbery at a ...
Irish News, Mar 21, 2013
Former Nationwide Directors Served Papers
Three former directors of the Irish Nationwide were served papers on Wednesday night by representatives of the special liquidator of IBRC. Former directors Terence Cooney and Stan Purcell, and former...
Former Nationwide Directors Served Papers
Three former directors of the Irish Nationwide were served papers on Wednesday night by representatives of the special liquidator of IBRC. Former directors Terence Cooney and Stan Purcell, and former...
Irish News, Mar 20, 2013
Brian Rattigan To Be Sentenced For Prison Drug Dealing
Convicted criminal gang leader Brian Rattigan is due to be sentenced in the Special Criminal Court on charges of dealing drugs from his prison cell. The 32-year-old, from Cooley Road, Walkinstown in ...
Brian Rattigan To Be Sentenced For Prison Drug Dealing
Convicted criminal gang leader Brian Rattigan is due to be sentenced in the Special Criminal Court on charges of dealing drugs from his prison cell. The 32-year-old, from Cooley Road, Walkinstown in ...
Irish News, Mar 20, 2013
Arrests Made Over Suspect Devices Found In Cork
Two men and a woman have been arrested in connection with the discovery of a number of suspect devices found in Cork city last year. A man and a woman in their 30s were detained in Kells, Co Meath on...
Arrests Made Over Suspect Devices Found In Cork
Two men and a woman have been arrested in connection with the discovery of a number of suspect devices found in Cork city last year. A man and a woman in their 30s were detained in Kells, Co Meath on...
Irish News, Mar 20, 2013
Minister Urges Health Insurers To Address Costs
Private health insurers need to do more to keep costs down and contain subscription rises, Minister for Health James Reilly has said. While speaking at the National Healthcare Conference in Dublin, R...
Minister Urges Health Insurers To Address Costs
Private health insurers need to do more to keep costs down and contain subscription rises, Minister for Health James Reilly has said. While speaking at the National Healthcare Conference in Dublin, R...
Irish News, Mar 20, 2013
Christian Brother Denies Sexual Abuse Charges
A former Christian Brother and retired teacher has pleaded not guilty at Galway Circuit Criminal Court to six charges of indecent assault. The 73-year-old is charged with the sexual abuse of a young ...
Christian Brother Denies Sexual Abuse Charges
A former Christian Brother and retired teacher has pleaded not guilty at Galway Circuit Criminal Court to six charges of indecent assault. The 73-year-old is charged with the sexual abuse of a young ...
Irish News, Mar 20, 2013
Garda Representatives Protest Outside Leinster House
A protest is underway outside Leinster House by about 30 representatives of the Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors and the Garda Representative Association in an ongoing dispute over cuts i...
Garda Representatives Protest Outside Leinster House
A protest is underway outside Leinster House by about 30 representatives of the Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors and the Garda Representative Association in an ongoing dispute over cuts i...
Irish News, Mar 19, 2013
Japanese Court Finds 19-Year-Old Guilty Of Nicola Furlong Murder
19-year-old American musician Richard Hinds has been found guilty and sentenced to 10 years in jail at Tokyo District Court for strangling Irish exchange student Nicola Furlong. A nine-member panel o...
Japanese Court Finds 19-Year-Old Guilty Of Nicola Furlong Murder
19-year-old American musician Richard Hinds has been found guilty and sentenced to 10 years in jail at Tokyo District Court for strangling Irish exchange student Nicola Furlong. A nine-member panel o...
Irish News, Mar 19, 2013
Garda Appeal For Missing Dundalk Man
Gardai have issued an appeal for information in connection with a 60-year-old Co Louth man, who has been missing for a week. Sean Watters of Laurel Grove was last seen in the area of Dundalk Retail P...
Garda Appeal For Missing Dundalk Man
Gardai have issued an appeal for information in connection with a 60-year-old Co Louth man, who has been missing for a week. Sean Watters of Laurel Grove was last seen in the area of Dundalk Retail P...
Irish News, Mar 19, 2013
Two men Die In Separate Drowning Accidents
Two men died in separate drowning incidents on Monday. A 55-year-old Polish national, who had been living in Ireland for a number of years, died after being hit by a freak wave on a fishing trip with...
Two men Die In Separate Drowning Accidents
Two men died in separate drowning incidents on Monday. A 55-year-old Polish national, who had been living in Ireland for a number of years, died after being hit by a freak wave on a fishing trip with...
Irish News, Mar 19, 2013
Trinity Order To Cease 'Unauthorised' Lecturer Payments
Trinity College has been ordered to stop paying an "unauthorised" allowance worth up to €3,000 to each of its lecturers. The tutors' allowance has been given to lecturers who provide confidential per...
Trinity Order To Cease 'Unauthorised' Lecturer Payments
Trinity College has been ordered to stop paying an "unauthorised" allowance worth up to €3,000 to each of its lecturers. The tutors' allowance has been given to lecturers who provide confidential per...
Irish News, Mar 19, 2013
Report Highlights Lenient Sentencing
Judges in manslaughter cases tend to be more lenient if drink and drugs are involved, even though intoxication is not a defence in law or a mitigating factor, a new report on sentencing has found that...
Report Highlights Lenient Sentencing
Judges in manslaughter cases tend to be more lenient if drink and drugs are involved, even though intoxication is not a defence in law or a mitigating factor, a new report on sentencing has found that...
Irish News, Mar 19, 2013
Man Arrested In Connection With Kilkenny Death
Garda investigating the death of Anthony Barrett have arrested a Kilkenny man. Mr Barrett, who was in his 40s and originally from Castlecomer, was found with fatal injuries at a house in Fatima Place...
Man Arrested In Connection With Kilkenny Death
Garda investigating the death of Anthony Barrett have arrested a Kilkenny man. Mr Barrett, who was in his 40s and originally from Castlecomer, was found with fatal injuries at a house in Fatima Place...
Irish News, Mar 19, 2013
CPSMA Write To Labour Commission Over Croke Park Concens
Primary school managers have written to the Labour Relations Commission and the Department of Education outlining "serious concerns" over the impact of the Croke Park on schools. If accepted, the pro...
CPSMA Write To Labour Commission Over Croke Park Concens
Primary school managers have written to the Labour Relations Commission and the Department of Education outlining "serious concerns" over the impact of the Croke Park on schools. If accepted, the pro...
Irish News, Mar 15, 2013
Speeding Driver Thought Garda Were Assassins
A County Limerick court has heard that a Lithuanian man feared that assassins were pursuing him when he was involved in a high-speed chase with an unmarked garda car. The court heard that Gytis Kacen...
Speeding Driver Thought Garda Were Assassins
A County Limerick court has heard that a Lithuanian man feared that assassins were pursuing him when he was involved in a high-speed chase with an unmarked garda car. The court heard that Gytis Kacen...
Irish News, Mar 15, 2013
Garda Ombudsman Investigate Senior Officers Over Gun Licenses
An assistant garda commissioner and a recently retired garda chief superintendent are being investigated by the Garda Ombudsman over their role in dealing with firearms licence applications. The inve...
Garda Ombudsman Investigate Senior Officers Over Gun Licenses
An assistant garda commissioner and a recently retired garda chief superintendent are being investigated by the Garda Ombudsman over their role in dealing with firearms licence applications. The inve...
Irish News, Mar 15, 2013
IBRC Actions Can Proceed Following High Court Ruling
Existing actions against Irish Bank Resolution Corporation, including those of the family of bankrupt businessman Seán Quinn, can proceed, the High Court has ruled. The case involved the new IBRC Act...
IBRC Actions Can Proceed Following High Court Ruling
Existing actions against Irish Bank Resolution Corporation, including those of the family of bankrupt businessman Seán Quinn, can proceed, the High Court has ruled. The case involved the new IBRC Act...
Irish News, Mar 15, 2013
Verdict Due On Dr Molestation Allegations
The verdict of the Medical Council's fitness-to-practise committee is due in the case of an anaesthetist who allegedly kissed and molested a female patient. Dr Hossam Desoky faces allegations of prof...
Verdict Due On Dr Molestation Allegations
The verdict of the Medical Council's fitness-to-practise committee is due in the case of an anaesthetist who allegedly kissed and molested a female patient. Dr Hossam Desoky faces allegations of prof...
Irish News, Mar 15, 2013
Figures Reveal Developers Owe €750m
Property developers owe more than €750m in unpaid development levies to local authorities around the country, according to new figures. The figures are contained in a response from the Department of ...
Figures Reveal Developers Owe €750m
Property developers owe more than €750m in unpaid development levies to local authorities around the country, according to new figures. The figures are contained in a response from the Department of ...
Irish News, Mar 15, 2013
40-Year-Old Woman Found Guilty Of Husbands Murder
A woman has been found guilty of murdering her husband three and a half years ago. 40-year-old Tanya Doyle of Pairc Gleann Trasna, Aylesbury stabbed Paul Byrne more than 60 times on 4 September 2009....
40-Year-Old Woman Found Guilty Of Husbands Murder
A woman has been found guilty of murdering her husband three and a half years ago. 40-year-old Tanya Doyle of Pairc Gleann Trasna, Aylesbury stabbed Paul Byrne more than 60 times on 4 September 2009....
Irish News, Mar 15, 2013
SIPTU Calls For Yes Vote To Croke Park Extension
The SIPTU executive council will campaign in favour of the extension to the Croke Park deal, the unions general president Jack O'Connor has said. Mr O'Connor said the union would recommend a yes vote...
SIPTU Calls For Yes Vote To Croke Park Extension
The SIPTU executive council will campaign in favour of the extension to the Croke Park deal, the unions general president Jack O'Connor has said. Mr O'Connor said the union would recommend a yes vote...
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Ireland WeatherToday:There will be a mixture of bright intervals and a few showers. Best of the sunny spells will be near the North Coast. Feeling on the cool side. Maximum temperature 10 °C.Tonight:Showers will gradually die out during the evening. A cold night with long clear spells leading to a touch of frost in places. Minimum temperature 0 °C.
