Irish News for September 2016

Irish News, Sep 30, 2016
Union Coalition Calls On Parties To Commit To Publicly Funded Third Level Education
A union coalition has called on all political parties to support the publicly-funded third level education option, proposed by the Cassells report. The Coalition for Publicly Funded Higher Education ...
Irish News, Sep 30, 2016
Govt Urged To Outline Plan To Resolve Growing Garda Dispute
The government has been urged to outline exactly what it is planning to do to bring about a speedy resolution over the growing garda dispute. Sinn Féin spokesperson on Justice and Equality Jonathan O...
Irish News, Sep 29, 2016
Fine Gael Joins Campaign To Gift EU Citizens With Inter Rail Pass On 18th Birthday
Fine Gael has given its support to a campaign calling on the European Commission to gift all Europeans a free, one-off, inter rail pass on their 18th birthdays. Fine Gael Senator and Government spoke...
Irish News, Sep 29, 2016
Unions Meet With Health Minister To Discuss NAS Recommendations
Union representatives have met with the Minister for Health, Simon Harris, to discuss the implementation of the recommendations of the National Ambulance Service (NAS) Capacity Review. The report rec...
Irish News, Sep 28, 2016
Appeal Issued For Missing Galway Teenager Lauren Murphy
Gardaí have issued an appeal for help in tracing 15-year-old Lauren Murphy. The teenager was last seen in Glenamaddy, Co Galway on the evening of Monday, 26 September. She is described as being app...
Irish News, Sep 27, 2016
Unions Defer Dublin Bus Work Stoppage Amid Ongoing Talks
A 48-hour work stoppage by Dublin Bus drivers due to begin at midnight tonight (Tuesday, 27 September), has been deferred to allow the continuation of talks at Workplace Relations Commission (WRC). T...
Irish News, Sep 27, 2016
FF Raises Concerns Over Gender Gap In Apprenticeship Scheme
Fianna Fáil has raised concerns over figures which show the emergence of a "glaring systemic gender gap in the country's apprenticeship system". The party's Jobs and Enterprise Spokesperson, Niall Co...
Irish News, Sep 26, 2016
€10m Investment And 40 New Jobs For Castlebar
Forty new jobs are to be created in Castlebar by Fort Wayne Metals Ireland, who have announced an expansion of its production operations as part of a €10m investment. Fort Wayne Metals Ireland commen...
Irish News, Sep 26, 2016
New Health Innovation Hub Ireland Launched
Minister for Health Simon Harris has officially launched Health Innovation Hub Ireland, a key element of the Action Plan for Jobs 2016 and the Programme for Government. The Hub is hosted by Universit...
Irish News, Sep 23, 2016
Investigation Launched Following Bone Discovery In Co Clare
An investigation has been launched following the discovery of a bone in Co Clare. A bone was found on Thursday, 22 September, on the Shannon riverbank at Doonass, Clonlara, on the Clare-Limerick bord...
Irish News, Sep 22, 2016
Two Women Killed In Collision In Donegal
Gardaí are appealing for witnesses to a fatal single road traffic collision in Ballybofey, Co Donegal. The incident occurred on the R252, Glenfin Road at around 4.15pm on Wednesday, 21 September. Tw...
Irish News, Sep 22, 2016
Homelessness Pillar Of 'Rebuilding Ireland' Action Plan Published
The Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government, Simon Coveney, has announced the details of the Homelessness Pillar under "Rebuilding Ireland – an Action Plan for Housing and Homel...
Irish News, Sep 22, 2016
€1m Funding Announced For Sports Projects In North East Inner City
Funding of €1 million is to be made available for sports programmes and projects in North East Inner City Dublin, Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport Shane Ross, and Minister of State for Touris...
Irish News, Sep 21, 2016
FF Stance On Water Charges 'Laughable' - SF
Sinn Féin has accused Fianna Fáil of continuing to flip flop on water changes and described the party's latest U-turn as "laughable". TD and Spokesperson on Water, Eoin Ó Broin, said: "In the space o...
Irish News, Sep 21, 2016
Element Six Strike Action Deferred For Talks Continuation
Strike action due to begin today, 21 September, at Element Six in Shannon, Co Clare, has been deferred, SIPTU the union has announced. The 24-hour work stoppage has been put back for two weeks to con...
Irish News, Sep 20, 2016
Latest Rough Sleepers Number Shows Govt Failing To Deal With Crisis - SF
The latest figures on rough sleepers show that the government is not doing enough to deal with the escalating crisis, Sinn Féin spokesperson on Housing, Eoin Ó Broin, has said. The latest figures pub...
Irish News, Sep 19, 2016
Three-Year-Old Girl Killed In M20 Collision
A three-year-old girl has died in hospital after she was seriously injured in a road traffic collision on the M20 motorway on Saturday, 17 September. The child suffered serious injuries when the car ...
Irish News, Sep 19, 2016
Investigation Launched Into Alleged Rape At Private Hospital
An investigation has been launched into the alleged rape of a patient at a private hospital in Tralee, Co Kerry. According to reports, a woman contacted garda earlier this month claiming that she had...
Irish News, Sep 16, 2016
Motorcyclist Killed In N11 Collision
A motorcyclist has died in a road traffic collision on the N11, between Enniscorthy and Wexford town. Garda have launched an investigation after a man, aged in his 40s, died when his motorcycle colli...
Irish News, Sep 16, 2016
Witnesses Sought After Cars Rammed At Kiltake Service Station
Gardaí have issued an appeal for witnesses to an incident at Kiltake, Co Meath on Thursday, 15 September. At approximately 11.30am yesterday, officers with Operation Thor were on patrol in the Kiltal...
Irish News, Sep 16, 2016
Cocaine Seized In Inchicore
Gardaí have seized cocaine with an estimated value of €23,000 in the Roscommon/Longford area. The drugs were seized following a planned search of a premises at Emmet Lodge, Inchicore, Dublin, on Thu...
Irish News, Sep 15, 2016
C&AG Report Raises Issues Needing Further Investigation - Taoiseach
The C&AG report on the sale of Project Eagle, NAMA's Northern Irish loanbook, raises a number of important issues which the government acknowledges require further investigation, the Taoiseach has sai...
Irish News, Sep 15, 2016
New Bill Launched To Address River Shannon Flooding Issues
A new Bill has been launched in an effort to address flooding issues along the River Shannon by Fianna Fáil Spokesperson on Office of Public Work (OPW) and Flood Relief, Eugene Murphy. Deputy Murphy,...
Irish News, Sep 14, 2016
Fintrax Urged To Clarify Workers Redundancy Payments
The management of Fintrax has been urged to inform workers from their Data Processing Centre in Connemara where they stand in relation to redundancy payments. News that 30 workers at the centre in An...
Irish News, Sep 14, 2016
Investigations Launched Into Workplace Death In Cork
Investigations have been launched into the death of a 35-year-old man in a workplace accident in Co Cork. It is understood that an incident occurred at around 1.30am at Architectural & Metal Systems,...
Irish News, Sep 14, 2016
Up To 98,000 Farmers To Receive Refund Payments
Up to 98,000 farmers are to receive a share of €12.4 million that was deducted from their 2014 Single Payment Scheme (SPS), the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Michael Creed, has announ...
Irish News, Sep 14, 2016
Search Operation Launched Across Dublin
A large search operation was launched at 6.30am this morning, 14 September, in an operation targeting serious organised crime in the Dublin region. Gardaí from the Garda National Drugs and Organised ...
Irish News, Sep 13, 2016
Young People Not Feeling The Benefit Of Economic Recovery
Young people are yet to feel the benefits of the economic recovery, Fianna Fáil Spokesperson on Social Protection, Willie O'Dea, has said. Deputy O'Dea said that while unemployment is falling, the cu...
Irish News, Sep 13, 2016
'No Excuse' For Stalling In Setting Up NAMA Commission Of Investigation - Carthy
There can be no excuse of stalling on establishing a commission of investigation into NAMA, Sinn Fein MEP Matt Carthy has said. Speaking in the European Parliament plenary in Strasbourg, Carthy said:...
Irish News, Sep 13, 2016
Minister Flanagan To Meet NI Secretary Of State
The Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Charlie Flanagan, is due to meet James Brokenshire, the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, today to sign an international agreement in Dublin between ...