Irish News for August 2014 : Page 3

Irish News, Aug 18, 2014
Gardaí Appeal For Witnesses To Dublin City Knife Attack
Gardaí have appealed for witnesses to a knife attack in Dublin city centre at around 23:00 on Sunday. A 45-year-old man is in critical condition in hospital after being stabbed multiple times in the ...
Irish News, Aug 18, 2014
Gardaí Uncover Co Cavan Cannabis Farm
Gardaí in Co Cavan have uncovered a cannabis growhouse worth an estimated €100,000. Cannabis plants, growhouse equipment and other paraphernalia was found at a premises in Coolkil, Kilnaleck. A 29-y...
Irish News, Aug 18, 2014
Appeal For Information After Man Arrives At Hospital With Gunshot Wounds
An investigation has been launched after a man presented himself at the Mater Hospital in Dublin suffering gunshot wounds to his leg. Gardaí say that the man in his 20s was driven to the hospital by ...
Irish News, Aug 18, 2014
Body Confirmed As Missing Co Kilkenny Man
Gardaí have found the body of a man that was reported missing two weeks ago. The body of Billy Dooley, of Castlecomer, Co Kilkenny, was found in a public toilet in the town. It is understood that g...
Irish News, Aug 18, 2014
Woman Arrested Over Drogheda House Fire
Gardaí investigating a house fire in Drogheda, in which two people were injured, have arrested a 26-year-old woman. The woman was arrested on Sunday over a fire which happened at a property in Choard...
Irish News, Aug 18, 2014
Man Killed In Co Limerick Road Crash
Gardaí have reported the death of a 25-year-old man in a single-vehicle road crash in Co Limerick. The man died after the car he was driving collided with a pole at Ballyphillip in Banogue, on the N2...
Irish News, Aug 18, 2014
Bord Gáis Theatre Should Remain In Public Ownership
The sale of the Bord Gáis Energy Theatre should be withdrawn and the building kept in public ownership, Fianna Fáil Arts Spokesperson Seán Ó Fearghaíl TD has said. Deputy Ó Fearghaíl’s comments come ...
Irish News, Aug 15, 2014
Gardaí Motorcycle Officers Injured In Collision
Two gardaí motorcycle officers are being treated in hospital after being involved in a collision in Co Sligo. It is understood that the officers were responding to a road traffic accident on the Mano...
Irish News, Aug 15, 2014
Students Urged To Explore Their Options
Students who yesterday received their Leaving Cert results have been urged to "remember that they have plenty of options." Former teacher and Fine Gael Dun Laoghaire TD Mary Mitchell O’ Connor, said ...
Irish News, Aug 15, 2014
Property Tax Consultation 'A Sham' - SF
The Local Property Tax consultation process has been described as a "sham exercise" and a "cynical attempt to pretend there has been meaningful consultation" by Sinn Féin’s Spokesperson on the Environ...
Irish News, Aug 15, 2014
No Confirmed Or Suspected Cases Of Ebola In Ireland - HSE
There are no confirmed or suspected cases of ebola in Ireland, the Health Service Executive has said. In a statement on their website, the HSE said: "The National Isolation Unit in the Mater Hospital...
Irish News, Aug 15, 2014
Woman Hands 100-Year-Old Explosive Into Gardaí Station
A woman has handed in a 100-year-old explosive device she found in her garage. Trim Gardaí station was immediately evacuated at about 22:00 on Thursday when an elderly woman handed in an explosive de...
Irish News, Aug 15, 2014
Inchiquin Water Supply 'Unsafe For Use'
Algae present in the water at Inchiquin Lake has rendered it unsafe to use, Clare County Council has said. It is understood that up to 1,800 customers in the Corofin and Ruan Public Water Supply are ...
Irish News, Aug 15, 2014
Woman Dies After Being Hit By DART
A woman hit by a DART train after falling onto the tracks at Raheny station has died in hospital. It is understood that the woman was waiting on a train when she fell onto the tracks at about 13:45 o...
Irish News, Aug 15, 2014
Carrick-on-Shannon Call Centre To Close With Loss Of 160 Jobs
One hundred and sixty jobs are to be lost at a call centre in Carrick-on-Shannon in Co Leitrim. It is understood that staff at the MBNA call centre were informed on Thursday that the facility will cl...
Irish News, Aug 15, 2014
Two Swimmers Die After Getting Into Difficulty In Co Kerry
Two women have died in hospital after getting into difficulty while swimming. A lifeguard called emergency services after the women, understood to be aged in their 60s and 70s, got into difficulty wh...
Irish News, Aug 14, 2014
Gardaí Appeal For Information On Fatal Co Meath Road Crash
Gardaí in Co Meath have reported the death of a 46-year-old man in a to-vehicle crash near Kells. It is understood that the man was driving a van that collided with a lorry at Johnsbrook on the N52 f...
Irish News, Aug 14, 2014
DCC Order Removal Of 'Traditional' Shopfront
Dublin City Council has ordered a fast-food chain in the city's Temple Bar to remove its shopfront as it is "too traditional". The council say that the shopfronts and signage of Supermac's and its si...
Irish News, Aug 14, 2014
Missing Co Offaly Man Found 'Safe And Well'
A 39-year-old Co Offaly man, missing since Monday, has been found "safe and well". Gardaí have reported that Liam Murray, who had not been seen since Monday morning, has now been found. An appeal fo...
Irish News, Aug 14, 2014
Young People Urged To Consider Careers In Construction Industry
School leavers investigating career options have been urged to give "careful consideration" to college construction courses and construction-related apprenticeships. Stating that the "recession is no...
Irish News, Aug 14, 2014
Controversy Grows Over Rail Strikes
Strike action by unions at Iarnród Éireann will damage the viability of the company, Minister for Transport Paschal Donohoe has said. Mr Donohoe was speaking on RTÉ's Morning Ireland programme when h...
Irish News, Aug 14, 2014
Council To Install Hidden Cameras In Graffiti Crackdown
Security cameras are to be installed by Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council to clamp down on graffiti. The council say that they have received 627 complaints and have removed around 10,000 square m...
Irish News, Aug 14, 2014
Man Arrested In Connection With Limerick Shooting
Gardaí in Limerick have arrested a man in connection with a double shooting on Wednesday afternoon. A man and a woman, both aged in their 30s, are being treated in hospital after being shot yesterday...
Irish News, Aug 14, 2014
Man And Woman Rescued From Island After Boating Accident
Rescuers have found two people alive and recovered the body of a third off the coast of west Cork. It is understood that that two men and a woman left Schull harbour on a yacht on Wednesday afternoon...
Irish News, Aug 14, 2014
New Distillery Construction Underway In Dublin
The construction of a new distillery in Dublin is underway. The new Teeling Whiskey Company distillery will be built in The Liberties, and will see some 100 jobs created during construction. "We are...
Irish News, Aug 13, 2014
Body Believed To Be Missing Dundalk Man
A body found in Dundalk is believed to that of Kenneth Fagan, who has been missing since Wednesday 6th August. Gardaí say that a search team found the body in the Lennon Melia area of Dundalk town o...
Irish News, Aug 13, 2014
Gardaí In Cork Appeal For Witnesses To Fatal M8 Car Crash
Gardaí in Cork have reported the death of a 28-year-old in a road accident on the M8 between Mitchelstown and Fermoy. The man is understood to have been in a car that collided with a four-wheel drive...
Irish News, Aug 13, 2014
Irish Woman Charged With Concealing Birth Allowed To Return Home
An Irish backpacker in Australia who is accused of concealing the birth of her baby is to be allowed to return to Ireland ahead of her trial. It is understood that the 25-year-old is being charged wi...
Irish News, Aug 13, 2014
37 Mobile Phones Recovered In Prison Search
A major search of E wing of the maximum security prison in Portlaoise has uncovered 37 illegally held mobile phones. E wing in the prison is understood to hold "subversive prisoners", with dissident ...
Irish News, Aug 13, 2014
Govt Committed To Plain Cigarette Packaging - FG
The government is determined to proceed with the Public Health (Standardised Packaging of Tobacco) Bill 2014, Fine Gael Cork North Central Senator, Colm Burke, has said. His comments follow revelatio...