Irish News for June 2013 : Page 3

Irish News, Jun 18, 2013
27-Year-Old Man Dies In Co Cork Road Crash
Gardaí have confirmed the death of a 27-year-old man in a road crash in Co Cork. The man was killed when his car left the road and hit a ditch sometime between 12:30 and 03:20 on Tuesday morning, in ...
Irish News, Jun 18, 2013
Fathers Rights Groups Claims Responsibility For Taoiseach Protest
Reponsibility for a picket of Taoiseach Enda Kenny's, where a number of protesters were wearing masks, has been claimed by a group called Fathers Rights Ireland. A spokesman for the group has claimed...
Irish News, Jun 18, 2013
Donegal County Council Wind Farm Approval Overturned
Donegal County Council's decision to approve 25 large wind turbines for a 475-hectare site near Glenties, has been overturned by An Bord Pleanála. The board ruled that the development would have "sig...
Irish News, Jun 18, 2013
Gardaí Confirm Kerry Mother And Daughter Were Murdered
It has been confirmed that gardaí are treating the deaths of a mother and daughter in Co Kerry as murder. Named as Jolanta Lubiene (27) and her daughter Enrika (8), their bodies were found at their h...
Irish News, Jun 18, 2013
Garda Appeal After Thieves Steal €10,000 From Car Buyers
Gardaí have launched a fresh appeal for information about an armed hold-up in which a couple were robbed of €10,000 as they waited to pay for a car they had agreed to buy. The couple had been waiting...
Irish News, Jun 18, 2013
INTO Members Vote To Accept Haddington Road Proposals
Members if the Irish National Teachers' Organisation have voted to accept the proposed Haddington Road agreement, with a majority of 63% in favour and 37% against. The unions executive had recommende...
Irish News, Jun 17, 2013
33-Year-Old Admits Murder Of Two Women And Two Children
33-year-old John Geary has pleaded guilty to the murders of two woman and two children in Co Limerick in November 2010. Geary of Meadow Court, Newcastle West, pleaded guilty to each charge when he wa...
Irish News, Jun 17, 2013
Investigation Launched After Discovery Of Mother And Daughters Bodies
An investigation has been launched following the discovery of the bodies of a mother and daughter at their home in Co Kerry on Sunday evening. According to the gardaí the bodies of a 27-year-old woma...
Irish News, Jun 17, 2013
Anti-Abortion Protesters Disrupt Speech And Picket Taoiseach's Home
Anti-abortion protesters gathered outside the private home of Taoiseach Enda Kenny on Sunday night, gardaí have confirmed. A number of the protesters wore skeleton masks and white shawls. It is unde...
Irish News, Jun 17, 2013
Fire That Killed 68-Year-Old 'Not Suspicious'
A 68-year-old man has died in a house fire in Co Louth. The man, who lived alone, was found in the sitting room of the house on Hand Street, Drogheda, Co Louth. It is understood that the fire is tho...
Irish News, Jun 17, 2013
Arrest Made In Dissident Republican Investigation
A man has been arrested in Co Meath in connection with an ongoing garda investigation into dissident republican activity. The arrest followed a planned search of a business premises in Navan, from wh...
Irish News, Jun 17, 2013
Arrest Made In Connection With Sexual Assault On Special Needs Woman
A man in his 30s has been arrested in connection with a serious sexual assault on a woman with special needs last Wednesday. It is understood that the woman, in her 20s, became separated from a famil...
Irish News, Jun 17, 2013
Teachers To Vote On Haddington Road Agreement
The result of a school teachers vote on the new Haddington Road agreement, the Croke Park II replacement, is expected later today (Monday). The Irish National Teachers Organisation (INTO) previously ...
Irish News, Jun 17, 2013
World Leaders Summit Gets Underway In Co Fermanagh
The G8 summit, involving eight of the worlds most powerful political leaders, has gotten underway at Lough Erne, Co Fermanagh. Leaders from the United States, Russsia, Japan, Germany, Italy, Canada a...
Irish News, Jun 17, 2013
Traffic Builds Up As Restrictions Are Put In Place
Dublin traffic is expected to be severly disrupted and delayed until at least tomorrow evening as road restrictions are in place for the visit of US first lady, Michelle Obama and her two daughter's. ...
Irish News, Jun 14, 2013
Halappanavar Reveiw Recommendations To Be 'Fully Implemented'
All recommendations made by the clinical review of the death of Savita Halappanavar are to be implemented, the Health Service Executive has promised. Speaking on RTÉ's Morning Ireland, HSE National D...
Irish News, Jun 14, 2013
Sinn Féin TDs Warned To Vote With Party On Abortion Legislation
Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams has issued a clear warning that he expects all party TDs to vote in favour of the new Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013. It follows comments from Peadar Toibí...
Irish News, Jun 14, 2013
Poll Shows Fianna Fáil Remain Most Popular Party
An Irish Times/Ipsos MRBI poll has revealed that Fianna Fáil remains the most popular party in Ireland, holding on to the number 1 spot since February. The same poll also shows that Sinn Féin leader ...
Irish News, Jun 14, 2013
Seanad Abolition Bill Published
Details of the governments proposal to abolish the Seanad have been published. 40 amendments, which will remove all references to the upper house, to the Constitution are included in the new the 32nd...
Irish News, Jun 14, 2013
Radical Limerick Regeneration Plan Launched
Three Ministers have unveiled a radical plan to transform the economy of Limerick. €250 million will be invested over the next two decades as part of the 'Limerick 2030 – An Economic and Spatial Plan...
Irish News, Jun 14, 2013
Women Arrested For 'Topless Brawl' Outside School
Two woman have been arrested in connection with an early morning topless fight outside a school in Co Limerick. Described as "surreal" it is understood that an altercation between the woman quickly e...
Irish News, Jun 14, 2013
Unite Union Reject Haddington Road Pay Offer
The Haddington Road agreement, a revised government pay offer, has been rejected by the trade union, Unite. 72.6% of the unions members voted against the deal, which had been devised following the re...
Irish News, Jun 13, 2013
Protection Of Life During Pregnancy Bill Published
The Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill has been published by the government following approval by the Cabinet. Several significant changes have been made to the outline of the Bill, which was p...
Irish News, Jun 13, 2013
Garda Appeal For Information On Missing 16-Year-Old
An appeal for information has been issued by garda in Dublin for a teenage boy who has been missing for six days. 16-year-old Gavin Gallagher, from the Palmerstown area, was last seen on June 5. He ...
Irish News, Jun 13, 2013
Busiest Period in 22 Years For Coast Guard
The weekends good weather resulted in some 53 incidents for the country's Coast Guards, setting a new 22 year record. According to the Irish Examiner, Dublin Marine Rescue Co-ordination Centre (MRCC)...
Irish News, Jun 13, 2013
Councillor Resigns Over Property Tax Payment
A Drogheda Borough Council Socialist Party councillor will resign his seat as an unknown family member paid property tax on his behave. It is understood that Frank Gallagher had refused to pay the ta...
Irish News, Jun 13, 2013
Brothers Drown When Fishing Punt Overturns
Three brothers have drowned when their fishing boat capsized off the coast of Co Waterford. Paul Bolgar (49) died alongside his brothers Kenny (47) and Shane (44) left Dunmore East in their 19ft fish...
Irish News, Jun 13, 2013
Investigation Underway Into Body Found In Co Cork House
An investigation has been launched following the discovery of the body of a man at a house in Co Cork on Tuesday evening, garda have confirmed. The man's body was found by his brother shortly before ...
Irish News, Jun 13, 2013
Sinn Féin Welcomes Passing Of New Education Bill
The passing of the new Further Education Training Bill 2013 (FETB) through the Dáil report stage has been welcomed by Sinn Féin. The party's education spokesperson Jonathan O’Brien said: "A lot of ha...
Irish News, Jun 13, 2013
90,000 Irish Air Passengers Affected By French Strikes
A two-day strike by French air traffic controllers affected some 90,000 Ryanair passengers, the Irish Times have reported. It is understood to be the biggest disruption to flights since the Icelandic...