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Irish News, Mar 15, 2013
HSE Spending €2,000 On Taxi School Run
Almost €2,000 is being spent every month by the HSE for taxi transfers to ensure two children in foster care can attend school. Each day the children travel 150km by taxi to school. The school is in ...
HSE Spending €2,000 On Taxi School Run
Almost €2,000 is being spent every month by the HSE for taxi transfers to ensure two children in foster care can attend school. Each day the children travel 150km by taxi to school. The school is in ...
Irish News, Mar 15, 2013
Man Arrested Over Suspected Abduction
A 68-year-old man has been arrested by garda in Galway as part of an ongoing investigation into the alleged kidnapping last year. The arrest has been made in connected to the discovery of Kevin McGee...
Man Arrested Over Suspected Abduction
A 68-year-old man has been arrested by garda in Galway as part of an ongoing investigation into the alleged kidnapping last year. The arrest has been made in connected to the discovery of Kevin McGee...
Irish News, Mar 14, 2013
Two Arrested Following Cash In Transit Robbery
Garda investigating an armed robbery at Clare Hall Shopping Centre on the Malahide Rd in Dublin have arrested two men. It is thought that an armed man approached and threatened a cash-in-transit empl...
Two Arrested Following Cash In Transit Robbery
Garda investigating an armed robbery at Clare Hall Shopping Centre on the Malahide Rd in Dublin have arrested two men. It is thought that an armed man approached and threatened a cash-in-transit empl...
Irish News, Mar 14, 2013
John McAreavey Settle's With Irish Daily Mail
John McAreavey, the husband of Michaela McAreavey, has agreed a five figure sum in damages from the Irish Daily Mail, who published CCTV images of the couple arguing in their honeymoon hotel suite. A...
John McAreavey Settle's With Irish Daily Mail
John McAreavey, the husband of Michaela McAreavey, has agreed a five figure sum in damages from the Irish Daily Mail, who published CCTV images of the couple arguing in their honeymoon hotel suite. A...
Irish News, Mar 14, 2013
20 Ministers Leave Ireland For St Patrick's Day
20 ministers will be flying off to various parts of the world for St Patrick’s Day, leaving Finance Minister Michael Noonan to mind the country. Taoiseach Enda Kenny and Tanaiste Eamon Gilmore, and f...
20 Ministers Leave Ireland For St Patrick's Day
20 ministers will be flying off to various parts of the world for St Patrick’s Day, leaving Finance Minister Michael Noonan to mind the country. Taoiseach Enda Kenny and Tanaiste Eamon Gilmore, and f...
Irish News, Mar 14, 2013
Audit Leads To Calls For Closure Of TBCT
Calls are being made for the Temple Bar Cultural Trust to (TBCT) to be disbanded following the publication of a highly critical report into it’s spending. A Dublin City Council commissioned audit rev...
Audit Leads To Calls For Closure Of TBCT
Calls are being made for the Temple Bar Cultural Trust to (TBCT) to be disbanded following the publication of a highly critical report into it’s spending. A Dublin City Council commissioned audit rev...
Irish News, Mar 14, 2013
Over 200 New Speed Cameras Unveiled
An extra 243 speed camera check will be active nationwide from the end of March, Garda have revealed. The increase will see the total number of GoSafe privately operated speed camera locations coveri...
Over 200 New Speed Cameras Unveiled
An extra 243 speed camera check will be active nationwide from the end of March, Garda have revealed. The increase will see the total number of GoSafe privately operated speed camera locations coveri...
Irish News, Mar 14, 2013
Dublin 8 To Get New Multi-Denominational School
The Department of Education has approved a new multi-denominational primary school in Dublin city, which will open in September. Educate Together, which will run the school in the Dublin 8 area, has ...
Dublin 8 To Get New Multi-Denominational School
The Department of Education has approved a new multi-denominational primary school in Dublin city, which will open in September. Educate Together, which will run the school in the Dublin 8 area, has ...
Irish News, Mar 14, 2013
New Measures To Tackle Mortgage Arrears Unveiled
Unprecedented measures to tackle the mortgage arrears crisis have been unveiled by the government and the Central Bank. The proposals include greater emphasis on writing down debt, while they also ac...
New Measures To Tackle Mortgage Arrears Unveiled
Unprecedented measures to tackle the mortgage arrears crisis have been unveiled by the government and the Central Bank. The proposals include greater emphasis on writing down debt, while they also ac...
Irish News, Mar 14, 2013
Hospital Blames Old Equipment For Backlog
Old equipment and a reduction in clerical staff are to blame for a backlog of thousands of radiology reports, Tallaght Hospital in Dublin has said. It is understood that currently there are around 6,...
Hospital Blames Old Equipment For Backlog
Old equipment and a reduction in clerical staff are to blame for a backlog of thousands of radiology reports, Tallaght Hospital in Dublin has said. It is understood that currently there are around 6,...
Irish News, Mar 14, 2013
Nine-Year-Old Awarded €1.5m In Damages
The High Court has awarded damages of €1.5m to a nine-year-old boy, seriously injured in a car crash which killed his sister and her best friend. John Logan, who was four at the time of the incident,...
Nine-Year-Old Awarded €1.5m In Damages
The High Court has awarded damages of €1.5m to a nine-year-old boy, seriously injured in a car crash which killed his sister and her best friend. John Logan, who was four at the time of the incident,...
Irish News, Mar 13, 2013
VAT Reduced For Tourism Services Ahead Of St Paddy's Day Festival
A €50m cash injection for Dublin has been announced ahead of the weekends St Patrick’s Festival, which is expected to attract more than 120,000 tourists to the city. It is thought that in total, some...
VAT Reduced For Tourism Services Ahead Of St Paddy's Day Festival
A €50m cash injection for Dublin has been announced ahead of the weekends St Patrick’s Festival, which is expected to attract more than 120,000 tourists to the city. It is thought that in total, some...
Irish News, Mar 13, 2013
Flanagan Admits Having Penalty Points Cancelled
The Dáil has heard an admission from Independent TD Luke ‘Ming’ Flanagan that penalties point he was to receive for driving offence were cancelled, on two separate occasions. In both incidents, Flan...
Flanagan Admits Having Penalty Points Cancelled
The Dáil has heard an admission from Independent TD Luke ‘Ming’ Flanagan that penalties point he was to receive for driving offence were cancelled, on two separate occasions. In both incidents, Flan...
Irish News, Mar 13, 2013
Heather Perrin Given Two-Years Over False Accounting
A former district court judge has been jailed for two years for false accounting involving inheritance money. 61-year-old Heather Perrin, who is already serving two-and-a-half years in jail for disho...
Heather Perrin Given Two-Years Over False Accounting
A former district court judge has been jailed for two years for false accounting involving inheritance money. 61-year-old Heather Perrin, who is already serving two-and-a-half years in jail for disho...
Irish News, Mar 13, 2013
Seven Year Jail Term For Manslaughter
Maura Thornton has been sentenced to 10 years in jail for the manslaughter of her former partner in July 2011. Thornton, from Inverin in Connemara, was found guilty of stabbing Kevin Joyce 18 times w...
Seven Year Jail Term For Manslaughter
Maura Thornton has been sentenced to 10 years in jail for the manslaughter of her former partner in July 2011. Thornton, from Inverin in Connemara, was found guilty of stabbing Kevin Joyce 18 times w...
Irish News, Mar 13, 2013
Major Illegal Fuel Investigation Underway
Nineteen premises in 10 counties have been searched in a major investigation into illegal fuel and the activities of a Co Louth-based criminal gang. The Criminal Assets Bureau, along with gardaí and ...
Major Illegal Fuel Investigation Underway
Nineteen premises in 10 counties have been searched in a major investigation into illegal fuel and the activities of a Co Louth-based criminal gang. The Criminal Assets Bureau, along with gardaí and ...
Irish News, Mar 12, 2013
Bomb Disposal Team Called Over Unstable Chemicals At School
A controlled explosion was carried out at a school in Co Tipperary after an Army bomb disposal team was called over a quantity of unstable chemicals. The Defence Forces Explosive Ordnance Disposal (E...
Bomb Disposal Team Called Over Unstable Chemicals At School
A controlled explosion was carried out at a school in Co Tipperary after an Army bomb disposal team was called over a quantity of unstable chemicals. The Defence Forces Explosive Ordnance Disposal (E...
Irish News, Mar 12, 2013
IHF Launch Campaign To Stop Blood Test Records Destruction
A campaign to stop the destruction of Newborn Screening Card blood samples has been launched by the Irish Heart Foundation. The IHF says the cards could save the lives of extended family members of m...
IHF Launch Campaign To Stop Blood Test Records Destruction
A campaign to stop the destruction of Newborn Screening Card blood samples has been launched by the Irish Heart Foundation. The IHF says the cards could save the lives of extended family members of m...
Irish News, Mar 12, 2013
Garda To Get Irish Language Awareness Programme
An investigation by An Coimisinéir Teanga, who monitor how public bodies comply with the provisions of the Official Languages Act, has lead to the development of an Irish language awareness programme ...
Garda To Get Irish Language Awareness Programme
An investigation by An Coimisinéir Teanga, who monitor how public bodies comply with the provisions of the Official Languages Act, has lead to the development of an Irish language awareness programme ...
Irish News, Mar 12, 2013
Principle Calls For Bullying Helpline
The Department of Education has been urged to set up a helpline to deal with school queries on cyber bullying. A Co limerick school principle made the call after twenty-eight pupils from Coláiste Chi...
Principle Calls For Bullying Helpline
The Department of Education has been urged to set up a helpline to deal with school queries on cyber bullying. A Co limerick school principle made the call after twenty-eight pupils from Coláiste Chi...
Irish News, Mar 12, 2013
State's First Cold Case Convictions Overturned
The State’s first cold case murder conviction ha been overturned by the Court of Criminal Appeal. The conviction of Vera McGrath, who was jailed for life in July 2010 having been found guilty by a Ce...
State's First Cold Case Convictions Overturned
The State’s first cold case murder conviction ha been overturned by the Court of Criminal Appeal. The conviction of Vera McGrath, who was jailed for life in July 2010 having been found guilty by a Ce...
Irish News, Mar 12, 2013
Man Sentenced Over Sex With Minor
A 25-year-old man has been jailed for three-and-a-half years for having sex with a 13-year-old girl he befriended online. Claiming to be 19, Graham Doyle befriended the teenager through the Bebo webs...
Man Sentenced Over Sex With Minor
A 25-year-old man has been jailed for three-and-a-half years for having sex with a 13-year-old girl he befriended online. Claiming to be 19, Graham Doyle befriended the teenager through the Bebo webs...
Irish News, Mar 12, 2013
100 Jobs Created By Waterford Firm
100 jobs have been created by Waterford based contact centre, Eishtec, and are showing the positions at a job fair in the city this morning. Formed in May 2011 by former TalkTalk managers, Eishtec cr...
100 Jobs Created By Waterford Firm
100 jobs have been created by Waterford based contact centre, Eishtec, and are showing the positions at a job fair in the city this morning. Formed in May 2011 by former TalkTalk managers, Eishtec cr...
Irish News, Mar 12, 2013
Not Guilty Plea Over Jill Meagher Murder
At a committal hearing in Australia Adrian Bayley has pleaded not guilty to the murder of Louth woman Jill Meagher. 41-year-old Bayley, of Coburg, pleaded guilty to one count of rape of Ms Meagher, a...
Not Guilty Plea Over Jill Meagher Murder
At a committal hearing in Australia Adrian Bayley has pleaded not guilty to the murder of Louth woman Jill Meagher. 41-year-old Bayley, of Coburg, pleaded guilty to one count of rape of Ms Meagher, a...
Irish News, Mar 12, 2013
Public Interest Inquiry Launched Into Garda Evidence
A public interest inquiry has been launched into a number of garda officers and the evidence they gave at the trial of another officer charged with assault. The Garda Ombudsman Commission has begun a...
Public Interest Inquiry Launched Into Garda Evidence
A public interest inquiry has been launched into a number of garda officers and the evidence they gave at the trial of another officer charged with assault. The Garda Ombudsman Commission has begun a...
Irish News, Mar 11, 2013
Taoiseach To Meet With PM
The Taoiseach will today meet with British Prime Minister David Cameron at No 10 Downing Street. The meeting is the first annual summit to review progress on the Joint Statement that the Taoiseach an...
Taoiseach To Meet With PM
The Taoiseach will today meet with British Prime Minister David Cameron at No 10 Downing Street. The meeting is the first annual summit to review progress on the Joint Statement that the Taoiseach an...
Irish News, Mar 11, 2013
Met Éireann Issues Weather Warning
Met Éireann has issued a yellow weather warning today for over 12 counties. Motorists are being urged to be extra vigilant and to be careful of fallen trees, as a result of the high winds. Four flig...
Met Éireann Issues Weather Warning
Met Éireann has issued a yellow weather warning today for over 12 counties. Motorists are being urged to be extra vigilant and to be careful of fallen trees, as a result of the high winds. Four flig...
Irish News, Mar 11, 2013
Man Dies In Co Kerry Road Crash
A man has died in a road crash in Co Kerry. It occurred at Dunrine at around 11.45pm last night. The victim, 27, was pronounced dead at the scene, and was the only occupant of the car. A post-morte...
Man Dies In Co Kerry Road Crash
A man has died in a road crash in Co Kerry. It occurred at Dunrine at around 11.45pm last night. The victim, 27, was pronounced dead at the scene, and was the only occupant of the car. A post-morte...
Irish News, Mar 11, 2013
Junior Cycle Reform Plans Could Undermine Standards - ASTI
Most teachers believe that the education Minister's Junior Cycle reform plans could undermine educational standards in schools, the Association of Secondary Teachers Ireland (ASTI) President Gerry Bre...
Junior Cycle Reform Plans Could Undermine Standards - ASTI
Most teachers believe that the education Minister's Junior Cycle reform plans could undermine educational standards in schools, the Association of Secondary Teachers Ireland (ASTI) President Gerry Bre...
Irish News, Mar 11, 2013
131,000 People Could Be Eligible For Fuel Payment
Fine Gael TD for Roscommon/South Leitrim, Frank Feighan, has highlighted that 131,000 Irish people returned from a lifetime of work in the UK could be eligible for the UK Winter Fuel Payment Allowance...
131,000 People Could Be Eligible For Fuel Payment
Fine Gael TD for Roscommon/South Leitrim, Frank Feighan, has highlighted that 131,000 Irish people returned from a lifetime of work in the UK could be eligible for the UK Winter Fuel Payment Allowance...
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Ireland WeatherThis Evening and Tonight:Quite cloudy across all counties at first but a few late sunny spells most likely towards Down and Antrim. Clearer skes becoming more widespread later this evening and overnight. Minimum temperature 5 °C.
