Irish News for June 2015 : Page 2

Irish News, Jun 24, 2015
New By-Laws Ban Swearing In Co Waterford Parks
New by-laws being introduced in Co Waterford will ban swearing, smoking and the use of e-cigarettes in parks and playgrounds. The new Parks, Playgrounds and Open Spaces By-Laws 2015 outlaws a number...
Irish News, Jun 24, 2015
Dublin Bay Given UNESCO Biosphere Designation
Three hundred square kilometres of Dublin Bay has been awarded a UNESCO biosphere designation. The designation does not impose planning restrictions but is aimed at accommodating residential and comm...
Irish News, Jun 24, 2015
Fine Gael Welcome Event Licensing Regulations Review
Fine Gael's Paschal Donohoe has welcomed the announcement of a review of event licensing regulations by the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, Alan Kelly and Minister of Sta...
Irish News, Jun 24, 2015
FF Call On Govt To 'Do More' To Help Older People Remain At Home
Fianna Fáil has called on the government to do more to facilitate older people remaining in their own homes, following the launch of ALONE's Home First Campaign 2015. The party's spokesperson on Envi...
Irish News, Jun 24, 2015
Sinn Féin Call On Public To Respond To Post Office Consultation
Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams has called on Post Office users, particularly in rural areas, to respond to the governments consultation on the interim report on Post Offices published by Minister Alex W...
Irish News, Jun 23, 2015
Appeal Issued For Missing Co Cork Man
Gardaí have issued an appeal for help in tracing 24-year-old Brian Kidd who has been missing for almost a week. Mr Kidd was last seen at his home in Fermoy on 18 June. He is described as being 5' 6'...
Irish News, Jun 23, 2015
Garda Appeal For Witnesses To Fatal Road Accident
Gardaí in Bray have appealed for witnesses to fatal road accident in Newtownmountkennedy, just before 8am on Monday morning. A 58-year-old male was seriously injured when his car crashed into a ditch...
Irish News, Jun 23, 2015
Woman Arrested After Drugs Seized During Traffic Stop
Gardaí in Mullingar have arrested a woman in connection with a drug seizure made during a traffic stop. A uniformed patrol on the M6 stopped a car at about 14:30 on Monday. During a search of the car...
Irish News, Jun 23, 2015
Sinn Féin Accuse Govt Of Attempt To 'Bribe' Private Property Developers
Sinn Féin has accused the government of attempting to "bribe" private property developers with land giveaways under new Fine Gael/Labour housing strategy proposals. The party's housing spokesperson, ...
Irish News, Jun 23, 2015
Tánaiste Burton Asked To Explain 'U-Turn' On Mandatory Health Insurance
Fianna Fáil has called on Tánaiste Joan Burton to explain her apparent u-turn on Labour's mandatory health insurance plan. The party's health spokesperson Billy Kelleher claims that Tánaiste Burton m...
Irish News, Jun 23, 2015
Garda Granted More Time To Question Limerick MC Murder Suspects
Gardaí investigating the murder of a man outside a motorcycle club in Limerick, have been granted more time to question three men. A special sitting of Limerick District Court granted garda more time...
Irish News, Jun 22, 2015
Woman Arrested In Intelligence-Led Drugs Raid
A woman has been arrested in connection with a drugs seizure as part of on-going intelligence-led operation carried out by An Garda Síochána. Gardai from the Kildare Division assisted by the Tullamor...
Irish News, Jun 22, 2015
100 Tech Jobs Announced For Dublin And Regions
One hundred new jobs are to be created in Dublin, Cork, Waterford and Kildare by Evros Technology. The company, which currently employes 250 people in the four areas, designs, supplies, implements an...
Irish News, Jun 22, 2015
Sinn Féin Announce Hunger Strike Commemorations
Details of the National Hunger Strike Commemorations, due to take place in Dundalk on 23 August, have been announced by Sinn Féin. Sinn Féin leader, Gerry Adams, joined Louth County Councillor Edel C...
Irish News, Jun 22, 2015
'Concerted Policy Initiative' Needed For Credit Union Sector - FF
Fianna Fáil has called for a "concerted policy initiative" to ensure the full potential of the credit union sector in Ireland, The party's finance spokesperson, Michael McGrath, made the call ahead o...
Irish News, Jun 22, 2015
Three Arrested Over Motorcyclist Murder
Three men have arrested in connection with the murder of a man at a motorcycle club in Co Limerick on Saturday. A 51-year-old man was shot in the head outside the club, just outside Munroe, at around...
Irish News, Jun 22, 2015
Major Fire At Ballymun Shopping Centre
Ballymun Shopping Centre in north Dublin has been badly damaged in a fire overnight. Dublin Fire Brigade (DFB) were called to the scene at about 22:30 after a member of the public reported the fire. ...
Irish News, Jun 22, 2015
Gardai Appeal For Witnesses To Fatal Road Accident
Gardaí in Co Wexford have appealed for witnesses to a fatal road accident on the N25 at Kilmacree. A woman in her 20s was killed when her car collided with another vehicle at about 12:25 on Sunday. ...
Irish News, Jun 19, 2015
Two Arrested After Shots Fired At Garda
Two men have been arrested after shots were fired at garda officers in Clonmoyle, Rathangan. At approximately 1am on Friday morning, garda attempted to stop a vehicle. Shots were fired at officers an...
Irish News, Jun 19, 2015
Memorial Service Held At UCD For Berkeley Victims
A memorial service has been held at University College Dublin for the six students that died when a balcony collapsed at an apartment complex in Berkeley, California, earlier this week. Three of the ...
Irish News, Jun 19, 2015
Witness Appeal After Fatal Road Traffic Accident In Ballybofey
Gardaí have appealed for witnesses to a fatal road traffic accident on the main Letterkenny to Sligo Road in Ballybofey, Donegal. A female driver, aged in her late 20s, was fatally injured when her c...
Irish News, Jun 19, 2015
Missing 23-Year-Old Found 'Safe And Well'
Gardaí have reported that 23-year-old Danielle Gorman has been found "safe and well". Ms Gorman had been reported missing on Tuesday 16 June. No information of the situation around Ms Gorman's disap...
Irish News, Jun 19, 2015
Taoiseach To Host 24th British Irish Council Summit
Taoiseach Enda Kenny is to host the 24th British Irish Council meeting at Dublin Castle today. The Taoiseach will be joined by Northern Ireland's First Minister, Peter Robinson, and Deputy First Mini...
Irish News, Jun 19, 2015
Minister Humphreys Position On Gorse Fire Criticised
The Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Heather Humphreys, has been accused of not taking the issue of gorse fires in Ireland's national parks seriously enough. Sinn Féin TD and Spokespers...
Irish News, Jun 19, 2015
96.7% Rise In New Planning Applications
There has been a 96.7% increase in new planning permissions in Ireland, according to figures from the Central Statistics Office (CSO). Fine Gael TD for Meath East, Regina Doherty, said this is anothe...
Irish News, Jun 18, 2015
Labour Welcome Committee To Reform Rental Sector
Labour have welcomed the announcement by Minister for the Environment, Alan Kelly, to reform Ireland's private rental sector. According to the party, more people are living in rented housing today th...
Irish News, Jun 18, 2015
'Suspicious Package' Handed In To Gay And Lesbian Equality Network in Dublin
A "suspicious package" has been delivered to the offices of the Gay and Lesbian Equality Network in Dublin city centre. It is understood that an envelope containing "a powdery substance" was handed i...
Irish News, Jun 18, 2015
Garda Appeal For Help Tracing Missing 23-Year-Old Woman
Gardaí in Carlow have appealed for help in tracing missing 23-year-old Danielle Gorman. Ms Gorman has been missing from Tullow Road, Carlow since Tuesday 16 June. It is understood that she was last s...
Irish News, Jun 18, 2015
Sinn Féin Accuse Govt Of Being 'Anti-Woman'
The Fine Gael and Labour government have been accused of being "anti-women" following the news that funding for the Rape Crisis Network Ireland is to be cut. Sinn Féin's Pádraig Mac Lochlainn describ...
Irish News, Jun 18, 2015
FF Call For CPR Training To Be Mandatory In Irish Schools
Training in CPR techniques should be mandatory in all of Ireland's schools, Fianna Fáil has said. Speaking in the Seanod, the party's spokesperson on Dublin, Darragh O'Brien, called on the Education ...