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Irish News, Feb 19, 2014
St Vincent's Urge To Take Immediate Action On Public pay Rules
The board of St Vincent’s University Hospital must make an immediate statement on how it intends to bring itself into line with public pay rules, Public Accounts Committee member Simon Harris has sai...
St Vincent's Urge To Take Immediate Action On Public pay Rules
The board of St Vincent’s University Hospital must make an immediate statement on how it intends to bring itself into line with public pay rules, Public Accounts Committee member Simon Harris has sai...
Irish News, Feb 19, 2014
Former High Court Judge Appointed To Oversee GSOC Enquiry
A former High Court judge has been appointed to lead an investigation into "all matters of relevance" relating to the GSOC controversy. Making the announcement, Minister for Justice, Equality and Def...
Former High Court Judge Appointed To Oversee GSOC Enquiry
A former High Court judge has been appointed to lead an investigation into "all matters of relevance" relating to the GSOC controversy. Making the announcement, Minister for Justice, Equality and Def...
Irish News, Feb 19, 2014
Waterford Councillor Defiant After Petrol Bomb Attack
Waterford City Council member John Hearne has said that " no amount of intimidation will stop him from challenging criminality in his community" following a petrol bomb attack on his car on Tuesday ni...
Waterford Councillor Defiant After Petrol Bomb Attack
Waterford City Council member John Hearne has said that " no amount of intimidation will stop him from challenging criminality in his community" following a petrol bomb attack on his car on Tuesday ni...
Irish News, Feb 19, 2014
Sinn Féin Call For Immediate Magdalene Legislation
Sinn Féin has called on the government to immediately introduce legislation for victims of the Magdalene launderies. Marking the one year anniversary of Taoiseach Enda Kenny’s address to the women wh...
Sinn Féin Call For Immediate Magdalene Legislation
Sinn Féin has called on the government to immediately introduce legislation for victims of the Magdalene launderies. Marking the one year anniversary of Taoiseach Enda Kenny’s address to the women wh...
Irish News, Feb 18, 2014
Govt Urged To Reconsider EU Solidarity Funding Application
The government's refusal to apply for EU Solidarity Funding to help with the cost of flood repairs has been described as a "ludicrous and rash decision". Fianna Fáil's Pat Gallagher has called on the...
Govt Urged To Reconsider EU Solidarity Funding Application
The government's refusal to apply for EU Solidarity Funding to help with the cost of flood repairs has been described as a "ludicrous and rash decision". Fianna Fáil's Pat Gallagher has called on the...
Irish News, Feb 18, 2014
PAC Member Calls For Immediate Rehab Pay Transparency
The Rehab board needs to reveal the salaries of all its senior staff immediately, not in 2016, Wicklow TD and Public Accounts Committee member Simon Harris has said. The Fine Gael TD said that it was...
PAC Member Calls For Immediate Rehab Pay Transparency
The Rehab board needs to reveal the salaries of all its senior staff immediately, not in 2016, Wicklow TD and Public Accounts Committee member Simon Harris has said. The Fine Gael TD said that it was...
Irish News, Feb 18, 2014
Man Charged With Murder Of Woman In Dublin Hotel
A man held on Monday in connection with the death of a woman in a Dublin hotel room has been charged with murder. Cleaning staff at the Plaza Hotel in Tallaght discovered the body of 30-year-old Soni...
Man Charged With Murder Of Woman In Dublin Hotel
A man held on Monday in connection with the death of a woman in a Dublin hotel room has been charged with murder. Cleaning staff at the Plaza Hotel in Tallaght discovered the body of 30-year-old Soni...
Irish News, Feb 18, 2014
SIPTU Announce Work Stoppage At Cork Research Centre
SIPTU members at Ireland's largest research centre are to stage two one-day work shortages in a dispute over pay. The action follows a one day stoppage last month at the Tyndall National Institute in...
SIPTU Announce Work Stoppage At Cork Research Centre
SIPTU members at Ireland's largest research centre are to stage two one-day work shortages in a dispute over pay. The action follows a one day stoppage last month at the Tyndall National Institute in...
Irish News, Feb 18, 2014
CSO Figures Show Year-On-Year Increase In Irish Exports
The latest figures from the Central Statistics Office (CSO) show that Irish exports in December 2013 were up by 14% on the same period the previous year. Welcoming the news, Minister for Jobs, Enterp...
CSO Figures Show Year-On-Year Increase In Irish Exports
The latest figures from the Central Statistics Office (CSO) show that Irish exports in December 2013 were up by 14% on the same period the previous year. Welcoming the news, Minister for Jobs, Enterp...
Irish News, Feb 18, 2014
Govt Urged To Act On Growing Unemployment In Southeast
The government has been urged to address the "dangerously" high levels of unemployment in Waterford. Sinn Féin has called on the government to act, saying that the Southeast is being "left behind and...
Govt Urged To Act On Growing Unemployment In Southeast
The government has been urged to address the "dangerously" high levels of unemployment in Waterford. Sinn Féin has called on the government to act, saying that the Southeast is being "left behind and...
Irish News, Feb 18, 2014
Shannon Aerospace SIPTU Members Vote For Strike Action
SIPTU members at Shannon Aerospace in Co. Clare have voted in favour of industrial action in a dispute over pensions. The workers will stage a four-hour work stoppage on 04 March alongside a ban on w...
Shannon Aerospace SIPTU Members Vote For Strike Action
SIPTU members at Shannon Aerospace in Co. Clare have voted in favour of industrial action in a dispute over pensions. The workers will stage a four-hour work stoppage on 04 March alongside a ban on w...
Irish News, Feb 18, 2014
NTA Launch Rapid Transit Bus Scheme Consultation
A public consultation has been launched over a proposed rapid transport system for Dublin. The National Transport Authority have introduced the consultation for 'Swiftway', a rapid transit scheme, de...
NTA Launch Rapid Transit Bus Scheme Consultation
A public consultation has been launched over a proposed rapid transport system for Dublin. The National Transport Authority have introduced the consultation for 'Swiftway', a rapid transit scheme, de...
Irish News, Feb 18, 2014
Fire At Dublin Hospital Investigated
An investigation is underway into a fire at a cafe in St James's Hospital in Dublin. Five units from the Dublin Fire Brigade attended the Kylemore Cafe at around 03:00 on Tuesday morning after a smok...
Fire At Dublin Hospital Investigated
An investigation is underway into a fire at a cafe in St James's Hospital in Dublin. Five units from the Dublin Fire Brigade attended the Kylemore Cafe at around 03:00 on Tuesday morning after a smok...
Irish News, Feb 17, 2014
Storm Damage Still Causing Problem For ESB Customers
Some 19,000 ESB customers are still without electricity, the energy company has reported. The number increased from 16,500 on Sunday following new faults in Tralee and Cappamore in Co Kerry, and Kilm...
Storm Damage Still Causing Problem For ESB Customers
Some 19,000 ESB customers are still without electricity, the energy company has reported. The number increased from 16,500 on Sunday following new faults in Tralee and Cappamore in Co Kerry, and Kilm...
Irish News, Feb 17, 2014
Garda Patrol Car Rammed On M1 By Transit Van
A garda officer remains in hospital after a Ford Transit van rammed a patrol car while travelling at speed on the M1 at Whiterath near Castlebellingham at about 21:00 on Sunday night. The UK-register...
Garda Patrol Car Rammed On M1 By Transit Van
A garda officer remains in hospital after a Ford Transit van rammed a patrol car while travelling at speed on the M1 at Whiterath near Castlebellingham at about 21:00 on Sunday night. The UK-register...
Irish News, Feb 17, 2014
Investigation Launched Into Co Offaly Man's Death
An investigation has been launched into the death of a 65-year-old man in Co Offaly. The man's body was found on Sunday at a house in Sister Senan Court, an elderly accommodation area in Edenderry. ...
Investigation Launched Into Co Offaly Man's Death
An investigation has been launched into the death of a 65-year-old man in Co Offaly. The man's body was found on Sunday at a house in Sister Senan Court, an elderly accommodation area in Edenderry. ...
Irish News, Feb 17, 2014
Man Held Over Hotel Body Find
Gardaí in Dublin have arrested a 31-year-old man in connection with the discovery of a woman's body in a hotel room over the weekend. Cleaning staff at the Plaza Hotel in Tallaght found the body of 3...
Man Held Over Hotel Body Find
Gardaí in Dublin have arrested a 31-year-old man in connection with the discovery of a woman's body in a hotel room over the weekend. Cleaning staff at the Plaza Hotel in Tallaght found the body of 3...
Irish News, Feb 17, 2014
Assessments Underway At Sinkhole Near Galmoy Miney
Engineering assessments are being carried out on a 9m deep sinkhole that has opened up in a field near Galmoy Mine in Co Kilkenny. The field, in which the 15m in circumference hole appeared, has been...
Assessments Underway At Sinkhole Near Galmoy Miney
Engineering assessments are being carried out on a 9m deep sinkhole that has opened up in a field near Galmoy Mine in Co Kilkenny. The field, in which the 15m in circumference hole appeared, has been...
Irish News, Feb 17, 2014
CRI Alert Cancelled After Child And Mother Found
Gardaí have cancelled a Child Rescue Ireland (CRI) alert issued on Sunday evening after three-year-old Saoirse Carr was found safe and well. The CRI alert was raised following concerns for the wherea...
CRI Alert Cancelled After Child And Mother Found
Gardaí have cancelled a Child Rescue Ireland (CRI) alert issued on Sunday evening after three-year-old Saoirse Carr was found safe and well. The CRI alert was raised following concerns for the wherea...
Irish News, Feb 17, 2014
Irish Water Seeks Tenders For Dublin Water Supply Project
The €500m Dublin Water Supply project, which will supply water to Dublin from the River Shannon, has been relaunched. Irish Water has taken over the scheme, originally proposed in 2010, from Dublin C...
Irish Water Seeks Tenders For Dublin Water Supply Project
The €500m Dublin Water Supply project, which will supply water to Dublin from the River Shannon, has been relaunched. Irish Water has taken over the scheme, originally proposed in 2010, from Dublin C...
Irish News, Feb 14, 2014
Appeal Made For Missing 22-Year-Old Dublin Man
A public appeal for information has been made by the sisters of Anthony Dwyer, who has been missing since December. The 22-year-old is thought to be in England but his sisters stressed that there was...
Appeal Made For Missing 22-Year-Old Dublin Man
A public appeal for information has been made by the sisters of Anthony Dwyer, who has been missing since December. The 22-year-old is thought to be in England but his sisters stressed that there was...
Irish News, Feb 14, 2014
Teenager Killed In Co Tipperary Road Crash
Gardaí in Co Tipperary have reported the death of a 19-year-old man in a road accident. According to gardaí the man, whose name has not been released, was killed in a single vehicle collision on the...
Teenager Killed In Co Tipperary Road Crash
Gardaí in Co Tipperary have reported the death of a 19-year-old man in a road accident. According to gardaí the man, whose name has not been released, was killed in a single vehicle collision on the...
Irish News, Feb 14, 2014
Weather Warnings Continue
Strong winds, heavy rain and further flooding are predicted as Met Éireann issues a further weather warning. A status yellow warning for rain came into effect nationwide at 6am on Friday morning. Rai...
Weather Warnings Continue
Strong winds, heavy rain and further flooding are predicted as Met Éireann issues a further weather warning. A status yellow warning for rain came into effect nationwide at 6am on Friday morning. Rai...
Irish News, Feb 14, 2014
National Lottery Accept Terms Of Employment Transfer
Staff at the National Lottery have voted to accept the terms of transfer surrounding the potential sale of the business to Premier Lotteries Ireland (PLI). The government plans to sell the National L...
National Lottery Accept Terms Of Employment Transfer
Staff at the National Lottery have voted to accept the terms of transfer surrounding the potential sale of the business to Premier Lotteries Ireland (PLI). The government plans to sell the National L...
Irish News, Feb 14, 2014
Man Arrested Over 39kg Of Cannabis Resin
Officers from the National Drugs Unit have arrested a man in connection with the discovery of cannabis resin worth an estimated value of €234,000. The man, aged in his 40s, was arrested on Thursday a...
Man Arrested Over 39kg Of Cannabis Resin
Officers from the National Drugs Unit have arrested a man in connection with the discovery of cannabis resin worth an estimated value of €234,000. The man, aged in his 40s, was arrested on Thursday a...
Irish News, Feb 14, 2014
Croke Park Residents Angry Over Five Garth Brooks Shows
Garth Brooks five night run at Croke Park could face a legal challenge from residents, who argue that a 2009 agreement stated that no more than three concerts would be held at the national stadium. T...
Croke Park Residents Angry Over Five Garth Brooks Shows
Garth Brooks five night run at Croke Park could face a legal challenge from residents, who argue that a 2009 agreement stated that no more than three concerts would be held at the national stadium. T...
Irish News, Feb 14, 2014
Prison Service Confirm Mountjoy Hostage Situation
A prisoner in Mountjoy jail was taken hostage by two brothers in an attempt to secure a transfer prison. The brothers, 24-year-old Stephen and 27-year-old Martin Kelly, tied another prisoner to a cha...
Prison Service Confirm Mountjoy Hostage Situation
A prisoner in Mountjoy jail was taken hostage by two brothers in an attempt to secure a transfer prison. The brothers, 24-year-old Stephen and 27-year-old Martin Kelly, tied another prisoner to a cha...
Irish News, Feb 14, 2014
Woman And Children Rescued From Dublin House Fire
An investigation has been launched into a fire at a house in Darndale in the early hours of Friday morning. According to reports a woman and two children were rescued from a house in Moatview Avenue ...
Woman And Children Rescued From Dublin House Fire
An investigation has been launched into a fire at a house in Darndale in the early hours of Friday morning. According to reports a woman and two children were rescued from a house in Moatview Avenue ...
Irish News, Feb 14, 2014
Investigation Launched After Man Dies In Dublin Shooting
Gardaí in Dublin have appealed for information following the death of a 46-year-old man in a shooting on Thursday night. The incident happened at around 22:30 at Abbeywood Court in Lucan. The victim ...
Investigation Launched After Man Dies In Dublin Shooting
Gardaí in Dublin have appealed for information following the death of a 46-year-old man in a shooting on Thursday night. The incident happened at around 22:30 at Abbeywood Court in Lucan. The victim ...
Irish News, Feb 14, 2014
Two Children In Co Cavan Creche Diagnosed With Meningitis
Health Service Executive (HSE) is warning parents to be warn for the signs of meningitis after diagnosed two children for the same nursery with meningitis. The HSE visited the creche in Ballyheelan, ...
Two Children In Co Cavan Creche Diagnosed With Meningitis
Health Service Executive (HSE) is warning parents to be warn for the signs of meningitis after diagnosed two children for the same nursery with meningitis. The HSE visited the creche in Ballyheelan, ...
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Ireland WeatherToday:A cloudy morning with a few showers at times. Becoming dry in the afternoon and staying mainly cloudy, but some sunshine breaking through particularly in the east. Maximum temperature 16 °C.Tonight:Quite cloudy across all counties at first but clear spells most likely towards Down and Antrim, becoming widespread through the evening and overnight. Minimum temperature 5 °C.
