Irish News for September 2013

Irish News, Sep 30, 2013
Three Men Arrested Over Sex Attack On Two Girls
Three men are being held in Athlone in connection with the sexual assault of two young girls on Saturday evening. According to Gardaí, two girls, under 10 years of age, were walking home from a party...
Irish News, Sep 30, 2013
Body Found And Man Arrested In Co Cavan
Gardaí in Co Cavan have arrested a 29-year-old man in connection with the discovery of a body in Cootehill in the early hours of this morning. According to gardaí, the body of a man, believed to be a...
Irish News, Sep 30, 2013
Thieves Target GAA Car Parks
Cars parked at GAA clubs seem to have become the new target, following a number of smash-and-grab robberies on cars parked at cemeteries earlier this year. It is understood that there have been more ...
Irish News, Sep 30, 2013
Irish Landmarks Feature On New Passport Design
Iconic Irish landmarks and images depicting music, dance and Gaelic games are to feature on the newly-redesigned Irish passport. Croagh Patrick, Kylemore Abbey and Croke Park are among the landmarks...
Irish News, Sep 30, 2013
Presidential Elections Vote Could Be Extend To North
Northern Irish residents could be given the right to vote in the Irish presidential elections, following overwhelming support for the proposal at the Constitutional Convention. A poll at a meeting la...
Irish News, Sep 30, 2013
Gardaí Investigate Robbery In City Centre
An investigation has been launched after two men in crash helmets robbed a clothing store in Dublin city centre in broad daylight on Sunday afternoon. According to gardaí, two men wearing crash helme...
Irish News, Sep 30, 2013
Gardaí Issue Appeal Over Missing Athlone Teenager
An appeal for help tracing a missing 16-year-old boy has been issued by Gardaí in Co Westmeath. Cian Quinn has been missing from Athlone since Wednesday 11 September and when last seen was wearing bl...
Irish News, Sep 30, 2013
80 Jobs To Be Created By EY
EY, the professional services company formerly known as Ernest Young, is to create 80 new jobs across its five sites in Ireland. Currently employing more than 1,200 people in Ireland, EY have said th...
Irish News, Sep 30, 2013
New Nursing Home To Create 120 New Jobs
Some 120 jobs are expected to be created in Co Wicklow following the development of a new nursing home in Bray. Over the next three months the Cairnhill Nursing Homes, which opens today, will create ...
Irish News, Sep 27, 2013
CAB Seek To Establish Source Of Money Found In McFeely House
The Criminal Assets Bureau (CAB) is trying to establish the source of €200,000 found hidden at the former home of bankrupt developer Tom McFeely. A plumber doing work on the house at Ailesbury Road, ...
Irish News, Sep 27, 2013
Expert Panel Meet For First Time To Draft Abortion Legislation Guidelines
Following the passing of the new Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013 in May an expert committee has meet for the first time to the guidelines to be used within the legislation. It is unders...
Irish News, Sep 27, 2013
Govt Urged To Extend 'Off The Road' Deadline
Sinn Féin have called on the government to extend the deadline for people to declare their car as "off the road" so has not to be caught out by new legislation. It is understood that large queues and...
Irish News, Sep 27, 2013
Judge Says Supreme Court Backlog 'Unsustainable'
Ahead of the upcoming referendum on a Court of Appeal, Cheif Justice Susan Denham has said that the current Supreme Court backlog of four years is an "unsustainable situation". According to the Irish...
Irish News, Sep 27, 2013
Highly-Educated Are Majority Of Irish Emigrants
A disproportionate number of highly-educated young people are leaving Ireland, a year-long study of emigration has shown. Researchers from UCC's Institute for Social Science in the 21st Century and D...
Irish News, Sep 27, 2013
Man Seriously Injured In Co Louth Shooting
A man has been seriously injured in a shooting incident in Termonfeckin, Co Louth, gardaí have reported. According to gardaí the a man in his 40s was reversing his car out of a driveway when a gunman...
Irish News, Sep 27, 2013
Concerns Raised Over Sudden Housing Market Growth
Steady growth each month in the housing over the last year has raised concerns of a possible property bubble. According to new figures there has been a 10.6% rise in property prices in the past year,...
Irish News, Sep 26, 2013
Health Groups Call For Tobacco Tax 'Escalator'
Two health groups have called on the government to include a tax 'escalator' of 5% above inflation on cigarettes and tobacco products in next month's budget. This would average about 60c being added...
Irish News, Sep 26, 2013
Peru Prosecutes Say Confession Needs More Details
Prosecutors in Peru have demanded more information from Co Tyrone women Michaella McCollum, saying that her guilty plea is not enough to guarantee her a reduced sentence. According to reports authori...
Irish News, Sep 26, 2013
Gardaí Renewed Appeal In John Maguire Murder Investigation
Gardaí have renewed their appeal for information over the death of former publican John Maguire, after eliminating a 'mystery call' from their investigation. Mr Maguire was found dead slumped behind ...
Irish News, Sep 26, 2013
CAB Search Former Dublin Home Of McFeely
The Criminal Assets Bureau (CAB) have begun a search of the former Dublin home of Tom McFeely following the discovery of €200,000 in cash at the property. The search has been undertaken after a plumb...
Irish News, Sep 26, 2013
Dell Financial Services To Create 300 Jobs
Three hundred new jobs are to be created by computer company Dell. The jobs will be within financial services at the company's Cherrywood base in Dublin. It is understood that over 100 of the jobs h...
Irish News, Sep 26, 2013
Diageo To Contribute To Arthur's Day Policing Costs
Additional Gardaí officers needed to police tonights Arthur's Day events will be paid for by drinks company Diageo. The company has however refused to consider contributing to the cost of alcohol rel...
Irish News, Sep 26, 2013
Eircom Launch 4G Mobile Service
The first 4G service in Ireland is now live, but is currently only available in Dublin, Carlow and Athlone. Eircom have launched the service today, saying that it hoped to extend 4G coverage to other...
Irish News, Sep 25, 2013
Protesters Stall Eviction Of Family In Co Cork
A group of around 100 protesters have stalled the eviction of a family of five in Co Cork. Around 100 members of Anti-Eviction Ireland Taskforce and Independent Resistance Ireland gathered outside th...
Irish News, Sep 25, 2013
Former Employee Appeal Dismissal Over Sale Of Alcohol To A Minor
A former Dunnes Stores employee is appealing her dismissal after she was found to have sold alcohol to a 15-year-old girl. It is understood that gardaí was undertaking a sting operation when the empl...
Irish News, Sep 25, 2013
Man Charged With Wexford Man's Murder In Australia
An Irishman living in Australia has been charged with the murder of an Irish construction worker in Perth. Vincent Martin Crowe appeared in court over the death of Wexford man Kenny Meyler, who died ...
Irish News, Sep 25, 2013
Govt To Consider Extending Vote To Citizens Abroad
The Government is awaiting the outcome of a meeting being held to discuss extending the vote in presidential elections to citizens living abroad. Following the meeting being held by the Convention o...
Irish News, Sep 25, 2013
Gardaí Appeal Over Woman With Alzheimer's Missing In Dublin
Gardaí in Dublin have appealed for help in tracing a woman with Alzheimer’s, who has been missing since Tuesday morning. 65-year-old Maragret Managan, commonly known as Peggy, in known to have left M...
Irish News, Sep 25, 2013
Man Killed In Co Dublin Road Accident
A man has died in a single vehicle road accident on Tuesday night in Co Dublin. According to Gardaí, the man died when his car hit a wall on the railway bridge on Moyne Road, Baldoyle, at around 10.4...
Irish News, Sep 25, 2013
100 Jobs To Be Created At Twitter Euro Headquarters
An additional 100 jobs are to be created at the European headquarters of Twitter, doubling its workforce in Ireland. The microblogging website made the announcement as it marked the second anniversar...