Irish News for October 2014 : Page 3

Irish News, Oct 21, 2014
Two Arrested Over Finglas Drug Seizure
Gardaí have seized drugs worth an estimated €63,000 during a search in Finglas on Monday morning. Gardaí seized cannabis herb, cocaine and cash during the raid on a house in Berryfield Drive. A man ...
Irish News, Oct 21, 2014
Ireland Ranked In Top Five Countries To Visit
Ireland has ranked in the top five countries to visit by the Lonely Planet Travel Guide. Labour TD Michael McCarthy, has welcomed news and said the top billing gives a glowing review of Ireland. Mr ...
Irish News, Oct 20, 2014
HSE Rules Out Ebola After Woman Undergoes Tests
The HSE has confirmed that Ebola has been ruled out after a woman underwent tests at a Dublin hospital following an Ebola scare. A woman was rushed to the Mater Hospital this morning with symptoms si...
Irish News, Oct 20, 2014
Trucks Blockade Dublin Port
Truck drivers have created a blockade at Dublin Port in a protest over higher road tax in Ireland, and a newly introduced tax on lorries and trucks entering the UK. Drivers with the Irish Road Haulie...
Irish News, Oct 20, 2014
Randox Teoranta To Invest €25m In Its Dungloe Plant
Randox Teoranta has announced it is investing €25m in its Dungloe plant, with the potential of increasing jobs from 66 to 540 by 2020. The Minister of State for the Gaeltacht, Joe McHugh TD, has toda...
Irish News, Oct 20, 2014
Five SFI Research Centres To Be Established In Ireland
Government funding of €245 million is to be used to establish five new world-class SFI Research Centres in Ireland. The funding of €155 million from the Department of Jobs will be delivered through S...
Irish News, Oct 20, 2014
Irish Water 'Not FIt For Purpose'
Irish Water is "not fit for the purpose of serving the interests of ordinary citizens", Sinn Féin Mary Lou McDonald has said. The Deputy Leader and party spokesperson on Public Expenditure and Reform...
Irish News, Oct 20, 2014
Teenager Dies In Cork House Fire
A teenager has died in a house fire in Co Cork on Sunday. Emergency services were called to the Elmvale area at around 3pm. It is thought the 17-year-old male fell asleep after leaving the chip pan ...
Irish News, Oct 20, 2014
Man Dies In Motorcycle Accident In Dublin
A man, 38, has died in a road crash in Dublin city centre on Sunday night. The man's motorcycle collided with a bus on Constitution Hill at approximately 11.30pm. He was taken to Mater Hospital wher...
Irish News, Oct 17, 2014
Murder Investigation Underway After Discovery Of Child's Body
Gardaí have launched a murder investigation following the discovery of a 2-year-old boy's body at an apartment in South Dublin. It is understood officers found the body at about 15:00 on Thursday at ...
Irish News, Oct 17, 2014
Children Injured In Petrol Bomb Attack
Two children are being treated in hospital following a petrol bomb attack on a house in Waterford city. Gardaí say that an 11-year-old girl and her 1-year-old sister suffered burns and cuts in the at...
Irish News, Oct 17, 2014
Minister For Justice Urged To Criminalise Domestic Abuse
Following the publication of the Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality, Fine Gael TD for Laois/Offaly and committee member, Marcella Corcoran Kennedy, has called for the criminalisatio...
Irish News, Oct 17, 2014
Returning Aid Workers Undergoing Ebola Screening
Aid workers returning from areas affected by the Ebola outbreak are being monitored for the disease, the Health Service Executive (HSE) has reported. Dr Darina O'Flanagan of the HSE's Health Protecti...
Irish News, Oct 17, 2014
Children's Charity Founder To Stand As Independent In Next Election
Jonathan Irwin, the founder of children's charity the Jack and Jill Foundation, has confirmed that he intends to stand as a candidate in the next General Election. Mr Irwin has announced his intentio...
Irish News, Oct 17, 2014
SF Calls For Sub-Group On Water Charges
Sinn Féin is calling for a sub-group to be established to address the issue of the non-payment of water charges for Rental Authority Scheme (RAS) tenants who fall under the remit of Dublin City Counci...
Irish News, Oct 17, 2014
Met Éireann Issue Yellow Warning For Wind And Rain
A yellow warning has been issued by Met Éireann for heavy rain and strong winds across most parts of Ireland from Friday evening until Sunday. The forecaster has predicted between 60 and 90mm of rain...
Irish News, Oct 17, 2014
Coding 'Just As Important' As Mainstream Subjects
Computer coding is now "just as important" for Irish children as maths, science and languages, new research has revealed. Research, commissioned by telecoms company UPC Ireland and carried out Amarac...
Irish News, Oct 17, 2014
Open House Dublin Welcomes Visitors To The City's Architecture
A new event initiated by the Irish Architecture Foundation will see 100 buildings around Dublin open to the public this weekend. It is the ninth year of Open House Dublin, which is part of a worldwid...
Irish News, Oct 16, 2014
IMO Calls On HSE To 'Show' Its Preparedness For Ebola Case
The Irish Medical Organisation (IMO) has called on the Health Service Executive(HSE) to clarify what it plans to do in the event of an Ebola case in Ireland. Speaking on RTÉ's Morning Ireland program...
Irish News, Oct 16, 2014
Man Presents Himself To Gardaí Over Hanlon's Corner Hit-And-Run
A man has presented himself to gardaí in connection with a fatal hit-and-run incident on 30 September, following an appeal. In the incident an 87-year-old man was knocked from his wheelchair after be...
Irish News, Oct 16, 2014
Man Remanded Over Threats To Kill Gardaí
A 49-year-old man has been remanded in custody after being charged with threatening to kill a gardaí officer. The Garda Emergency Response Unit arrested Paschal Kelly, with an address in Cormeen, Bal...
Irish News, Oct 16, 2014
Anonymous Video Accuses Govt Of Stealing From Citizens
The government has been accused of trying to steal from its citizens and using "extreme threats" to force the introduction of water charges, in a video posted to YouTube by activist collective Anonymo...
Irish News, Oct 16, 2014
Gardaí Appeal For Witnesses To Fatal Tipperary Road Crash
Gardaí in Co Tipperary have reported the deaths of a man and a woman in a road accident on the main Limerick to Waterford Road. Gardaí say that a man in his 80s and a woman in her 40s were in separat...
Irish News, Oct 16, 2014
Local Authorities Directed To Review Speed Limits In Residential Areas
The Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Paschal Donohoe, has issued a directive requiring all local authorities to examine speed limits in residential areas and housing estates. Welcoming the ...
Irish News, Oct 16, 2014
Man Ends Water Charges Hunger Strike
A man in Cork has ended his hunger strike protest over water charges, saying he thinks he "got (his) point across". 28-year-old Gary Coleman began his hunger strike at 17:00 on Monday at the front of...
Irish News, Oct 16, 2014
Budget 2015 Lacking 'Real Imagination' - SF
The Budget 2015 has been described as lacking "real imagination", by Sinn Féin spokesperson on Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, Michael Colreavy. Speaking in the Dáil Deputy Colreavy sai...
Irish News, Oct 16, 2014
Man Arrested Over €500,000 Cocaine Seizure
Cocaine worth an estimated street value of €500,000 has been seized and a man has been arrested during a house search in Dublin. The Garda Drugs Unit recovered the drugs after searching a house in Ol...
Irish News, Oct 15, 2014
Budget 2015 Pledges €2.2bn For Social Housing
The Government has pledged to increase the supply of social housing in Budget 2015. Some 90,000 people are currently waiting for social housing and lack of available units is the main problem. Labou...
Irish News, Oct 15, 2014
Fianna Fáil Question If Govt Will Introduce Ebola Screening
The Minister for Health has been urged to state whether he has made contact with UK authorities to discuss Ebola screenings being carried out at major British entry points. Fianna Fáil Health spokesp...
Irish News, Oct 15, 2014
Fine Gael Welcome Sports Capital Programme Funding
The Budget 2015 has allocated €29.1 million for the Sports Capital Programme, in a move that Fine Gael TD for Dublin Fingal, Alan Farrell, has said shows the government's commitment to a healthy Irela...