Irish News for June 2016 : Page 3

Irish News, Jun 21, 2016
Waste Collection Charges Frozen For 12 Months
Waste collection charges are to be frozen for the next 12 months, the Irish Waste Management Association (IWMA) has announced. The IWMA, a trade group made up of waste management contractors from acr...
Irish News, Jun 21, 2016
Work-To-Rule Action Suspended At NAS Control Centre
SIPTU members in the National Ambulance Service control centre have suspended their work-to-rule industrial action to allow for new discussions with senior HSE management. SIPTU Organiser, John McCam...
Irish News, Jun 21, 2016
FG Welcome News Of 30 New Jobs In Dundalk
Dundalk-based firm, Intact, has announced the creation of 30 new jobs after securing investment of €1.9 million. Welcoming the news, Fine Gael TD for Louth, Peter Fitzpatrick, said: "This is great ne...
Irish News, Jun 21, 2016
Sale Of Commercial Loans To Unregulated Investors 'Alarming' - FF
The sale of commercial loans on behalf of vulture funds to individual investors has been described as "alarming" by Fianna Fáil finance spokesperson, Michael McGrath. Deputy McGrath said that these i...
Irish News, Jun 21, 2016
Appeal Renewed For Missing 74-Year-Old Athlone Woman
Gardaí have renewed their appeal for help in tracing 74-year-old Kathleen Reilly, who was last seen at around 14:30 on Thursday 16 June near the Primary Care Centre in Clonbrusk. Kathleen was seen w...
Irish News, Jun 21, 2016
Minister Varadkar Meets New CEO And Chair Of CIB
The Minister for Social Protection, Leo Varadkar, has held his first formal meeting with the new CEO, Angela Black, and Chair, Ita Mangan, of the Citizens Information Board (CIB). The meeting is bein...
Irish News, Jun 21, 2016
DG Of European Space Agency Praises Irish Space Sector
The newly appointed Director General (DG) of the European Space Agency, Jan Woerner, is in Ireland to set out his plans for the European Space Sector and the role Ireland can play. Welcoming Mr Woern...
Irish News, Jun 21, 2016
Leader 2020 Funding Programme Announced
Funding of €250 million has been announced for the delivery of the Leader 2020 programme, the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Heather Humphreys, has announced. Leader 2020 is a key com...
Irish News, Jun 20, 2016
Policing And Traffic Arrangements Announced For Visit Of US Vice President Joe Biden
Gardaí have published information on traffic management and policing arrangements that will be implemented during the visit of US Vice President Joe Biden. Vice President Biden will be in Ireland bet...
Irish News, Jun 20, 2016
Flexibility Being 'Imposed On Workers In Ireland' - TASC Report
Flexibility is being "imposed on more and more workers in Ireland" according to a new report by Think-tank for Action on Social Change (TASC). TASC's 'Enforced Flexibility? Working in Ireland Today' ...
Irish News, Jun 20, 2016
Govt Publish New Paternity Bill
The government have marked Father's Day with the publication of the Paternity Bill, which will provide fathers with two weeks of paternity leave and two weeks of paternity benefit. The Bill was annou...
Irish News, Jun 20, 2016
€600,000 Initiative To Benefit 28 Community-Based Youth Services
Almost 30 community based youth services are to benefit under the Youth Employability Initiative, the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Katherine Zappone, has announced. The €600,000 initiativ...
Irish News, Jun 20, 2016
Fine Gael Calls For Max KG Waste Collection Charge
Maximum per kg rates for household waste collection should be introduced, Fine Gael TD for Louth, Peter Fitzpatrick, has said. "I have been contacted by many constituents who are very concerned that ...
Irish News, Jun 20, 2016
Govt Criticised Over Mortgage Interest Supplement Scheme Wind Down
The Government has been criticised for continuing to wind down the Mortgage Interest Supplement scheme, by Fianna Fáil TD for Laois, Sean Fleming. "This scheme plays a vital role in helping families ...
Irish News, Jun 20, 2016
Appeal Issued Over Suspicious Fire At Cork City Restaurant
Gardaí in Cork have appealed for information following a fire at a restaurant in Cork City on Wednesday 08 June. At approximately 5.30am, Gardaí and Fire Services attended the scene of a fire at N Sq...
Irish News, Jun 20, 2016
Man Due In Court Over Weapon And Ammunition Seizure In Dublin
A man is due to appear before the Criminal Courts of Justice charged in connection with the seizure of a firearm and ammunition in Dublin on Saturday. Officers from the Drugs and Organised Crime Bure...
Irish News, Jun 20, 2016
Witnesses Sought To Crumlin Shooting Incident
A man is being treated at St James's Hospital after he was found in Crumlin suffering gunshot wounds. Gardaí found the man, aged in his 30s, in Sundrive Road on Monasterboice Road at about 4am on Mon...
Irish News, Jun 17, 2016
Sinn Féin Warns Govt Over Bin Charge Increases
Sinn Féin has announced that it will introduce a Seanad motion to scrap bin charge increases. Party leader Gerry Adams warned the Government that if it fails to annul the Statuary Instrument introduc...
Irish News, Jun 17, 2016
SIPTU Question IBEC Appointee To Workplace Relations Commission
Trade union SIPTU has called on an IBEC appointee to the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) Board to consider her position following her criticism of a highly significant Labour Court recommendation...
Irish News, Jun 17, 2016
Micro-Businesses To Benefit From MFI Tax Cut
Microfinance Ireland (MFI) is to offer micro-businesses the opportunity to avail of a cut in its interest rates - down by 1% - from 01 July 2016. MFI is a not-for-profit Government Agency that provid...
Irish News, Jun 17, 2016
Trading Online Voucher Scheme Launched
The Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources has announced its new Trading Online Voucher Scheme, specifically designed to support small businesses to trade online. The EU Commissio...
Irish News, Jun 17, 2016
2016 National Famine Commemoration Announced
The 2016 National Famine Commemoration is to take place on Sunday, 11 September at Glasnevin Cemetery in Dublin. The event was announced by Heather Humphreys, the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the ...
Irish News, Jun 17, 2016
Govt To Support Ladies Football And Camogie In New Two-Year Package
Funding of €500,000 is to be made available to Inter-County Ladies Football and Camogie Players as part of a two-year government support package announced by Minister for Tourism and Sport, Patrick O'...
Irish News, Jun 17, 2016
US Medical Tech Company Announce 60 New Jobs In Galway
Medical technology company ZELTIQ Aesthetics has announced that it is to establish its new European manufacturing facility in Galway. Up to 60 new jobs are expected to be created over the next 18 mont...
Irish News, Jun 17, 2016
Taoiseach Officially Opens New Google Data Centre
Taoiseach Enda Kenny has officially opened Google's new €150 million data centre in West Dublin, bring the company's total invest in Ireland to more than €750m. Mr Kenny was joined by Minister for Jo...
Irish News, Jun 17, 2016
Ireland To Provide €4.5m To United Nations Relief and Works Agency
The Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Charlie Flanagan, has announced funding of €4.5 million for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) for Palestine Refugees. €4m will go to UNRWA...
Irish News, Jun 16, 2016
Minister Flanagan Condemns Murder Of Paris Policeman And Wife
The Minister for Foreign Affairs & Trade, Charlie Flanagan, has condemned the murder of a French police officer and his wife at their home in Paris. Speaking from Jerusalem, where he is continuing hi...
Irish News, Jun 16, 2016
Children With Disabilities To Get 'Better Access To Pre-Schools'
Children with disabilities will have better access to pre-school under a new programme of supports announced by the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Katherine Zappone. Announcing the new Acce...
Irish News, Jun 16, 2016
25,000 Cigarettes Seized In Co Cork
Revenue Officers in Cork have seized 25,000 cigarettes following a search operation at a house in Macroom. The cigarettes, branded 'Marlboro', 'L&M', 'Mayfair' and 'Che', have a retail value in exces...
Irish News, Jun 16, 2016
Irish People In UK 'Could Decide Referendum' - FG
Irish people living in the UK have been urged to "get involved" in the last week before the Brexit referendum on 23 June. Speaking at the launch of the ninth edition of European Movement Ireland's Gr...