Irish News for January 2019 : Page 2

Irish News, Jan 17, 2019
Initiative Launched To Study Affect Of Parental Alcohol Abuse On Children
A new initiative has been launched to highlight the impacts of parental alcohol misuse on children. The project called 'Silent Voices' aims to promote an understanding of the issue and develop a supp...
Irish News, Jan 17, 2019
Gardaí Appeal To Help Find Missing Cork Man
Gardaí in County Cork are appealing for help in finding a man missing from the area. 56-year-old Peter Oliver has not been seen since Monday 14 December, when he is believed to have been in the Skibb...
Irish News, Jan 17, 2019
Changes To Leaving Cert System Widens Gap Among Students
Changes to the Leaving Certificate grading system have led the achievement gap between disadvantaged schools and others to widen, according to a study by the Economic and Social Research Institute (ES...
Irish News, Jan 17, 2019
'Green Card' System To Be Rolled Out For Cross-Border Drivers
People driving across the border between the Republic of Ireland and the UK, including Northern Ireland, will be required to purchase a 'Green Card' in the event of a no-deal Brexit. As an internatio...
Irish News, Jan 17, 2019
Fianna Fáil Express Worry At Govt's Lack Of Brexit Preparation
With just 71 days until Brexit becomes a reality, a Fianna Fáil candidate for Wexford has hit out at the Government's lack of organisation, especially at the Rosslare Europort customs facility. Lisa ...
Irish News, Jan 17, 2019
Sinn Fein Urge Irish Govt To Stand Firm On Backstop
Sinn Fein is urging Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and the Irish Government to stand firm on the border backstop, as Westminster has been plunged into disarray following the rejection of UK Prime Minister The...
Irish News, Jan 16, 2019
One Arrested After Masked Man Threatens Cork Resident With Knife
Gardaí investigating an incident in which a masked raider armed with a knife robbed a home in Cork have arrested a man this morning, 16 January. The burglary occurred on Barrack Street on Friday 11 J...
Irish News, Jan 16, 2019
Govt Ramps Up Preparations For No-Deal Brexit
The Government has said it will intensify its preparations for a no-deal Brexit after MP's in Westminster voted to reject the Withdrawal Agreement that UK Prime Minister Theresa May had struck with th...
Irish News, Jan 16, 2019
Health Minister Urged To Make Meningitis B Vaccine More Affordable
The Labour Party's spokesperson for health has repeated his calls for the State to reduce the cost of Meningitis B vaccines, following the 12th confirmed case of the condition since Christmas Eve. Th...
Irish News, Jan 16, 2019
British Watchdog To Investigate Irish Dairy Merger
The Competition and Markets Authority in Britain (CMA) has launched an inquiry into a merger of two Irish dairies. Cavan based company Lakeland Dairies agreed to join with Northern Ireland's LacPatri...
Irish News, Jan 16, 2019
Brexit: UK PM Facing No Confidence Vote After Huge Defeat
Prime Minister Theresa May's government will face a vote of no confidence later today after MP's voted down her Brexit deal. The agreement setting out the terms of the UK's divorce from the EU was re...
Irish News, Jan 16, 2019
Taoiseach Should Promote Irish Beef Sector-FF
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has been slammed by Fianna Fáil for comments about eating less red met which are believed to have angered beef farmers across Ireland. Charlie McConalogue TD, the party's spoke...
Irish News, Jan 16, 2019
Fine Gael Slam Sinn Fein's Demands For Housing Policy Overhaul
A Fine Gael TD has criticised Sinn Fein after they branded the Government's housing development policy a "failure". Dun Laoghaire TD Maria Bailey, who is Chair of the Oireachtas Housing Committee, sa...
Irish News, Jan 15, 2019
Talks In Place To Avert Nursing Strike
Nursing unions are meeting with the HSE and the Department of Health today, Tuesday 15 January, as efforts continue to prevent a series of strikes over pay and staff shortages. Members of both the Ir...
Irish News, Jan 15, 2019
Teenager Dies In Fatal Tipperary Crash
A 19-year-old woman has been killed in a single-vehicle car crash in Co Tipperary. The teenager died after her car struck a tree on the N24 at Ballydrehid, near Cahir, this morning, 14 January. Th...
Irish News, Jan 15, 2019
Mobile Phones Harm Children's Academic Development - ESRI
Owning a mobile phone could potentially harm a child's academic development, new ESRI research has claimed. Researchers found that children who owned a mobile phone at age 9 performed less well in t...
Irish News, Jan 15, 2019
Gardaí Appeal After Man Injured In Dublin Crash
Gardaí are appealing for witnesses after a motorcyclist was seriously injured in a crash in Dublin on the evening of Monday 14 January. The man's motorbike collided with a van on Cappagh Avenue in Fi...
Irish News, Jan 15, 2019
Martin O'Neill Named New Nottingham Forest Manager
Former Republic of Ireland manager Martin O'Neill has been appointed as the new boss for English Championship side Nottingham Forest. O'Neill takes over from Aitor Karanka who left the club on Frida...
Irish News, Jan 15, 2019
Cabinet Preparing For No-Deal Brexit
The Cabinet is set to meet today to discuss a fallback plan to be activated in the eventuality of a no-deal Brexit. The Government said it is planning for all outcomes, as MP's in Westminster prepare...
Irish News, Jan 15, 2019
Sinn Fein Call For Taoiseach's Housing Plan To Be Scrapped
Sinn Fein is demanding an overhaul of the Government's housing policy due to the increasing number of homeless people and growing demand for social housing across the nation. Rebuilding Ireland was e...
Irish News, Jan 14, 2019
Arrests Made In Investigation Into Stolen Bicycles
Three men have been arrested in connection with the theft and sale of bicycles in the Mallow District. The arrests came after garda stopped and searched a vehicle in the early hours of Sunday 13 Janu...
Irish News, Jan 11, 2019
Men Arrested In Connection With Attack On Security Personnel
A second man has been arrested in connection with an attack on private security personnel at a repossessed farm in December 2018. A number of security guards were attacked by a large group of masked ...
Irish News, Jan 9, 2019
Houses And Businesses Searched In Co Monaghan Operation
Six houses and two businesses have been raided in a major garda operation in County Monaghan. Officers from the Criminal Assets Bureau, assisted by armed officers from the Emergency Response Unit (ER...
Irish News, Jan 8, 2019
Workplace Deaths Fall By 23% In 2018
A total of 37 people were killed in work related accidents in 2018, a fall of 23% on 2017 and the lowest figure since the establishment of the Health and Safety Authority (HSA) in 1989. According to...
Irish News, Jan 7, 2019
Lack Of Affordable Housing 'Destroying Communities' In Dublin
The lack of affordable housing is destroying communities in Dublin, Labour representative for Dublin South Central, Cllr Rebecca Moynihan has said. Cllr Moynihan slammed the Government for the lack o...
Irish News, Jan 7, 2019
Man Dies In Cliffs Of Moher Fall
A man has died in a fall from the Cliffs of Moher in Co Clare. A man, said to be an Indian national student at a Dublin University, is understood to have been attempting to take a photograph at the C...
Irish News, Jan 7, 2019
SIPTU Call For Safeguarding Of Fire Brigade EMS
SIPTU members in the Dublin Fire Brigade (DFB) Emergency Medical Service are marking the 120th Anniversary with a call for the safeguarding of its future operation. SIPTU Sector Organiser, Brendan O'...
Irish News, Jan 7, 2019
Fine Gael Urge People To Be 'More Mindful' Of Screen Time
Irish people are being encouraged to be 'more mindful' of their screen time in 2019. Fine Gael TDs, Galway Deputy Hildegarde Naughton and Dublin Deputy Noel Rock, challenged themselves to a digital d...
Irish News, Jan 7, 2019
Govt Accused Of Failing Irish Defence Forces At Home
The government has been accused of failing Irish Defence Forces and their families in Ireland. Calling for more domestic support, Sinn Féin President Mary Lou McDonald, said: "The Taoiseach and Minst...
Irish News, Jan 7, 2019
Funding Secured For Reconciliation Projects
Funding of more than €900,000 has been announced for 69 Reconciliation projects through the Department for Foreign Affairs and Trade. Announcing the funding, Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs...