18 May, 2016 Digital News Archive

Reasons for drop in numbers travelling for abortion contested

ByPaul Cullen

Middle East

UN urged to launch food airdrops to besieged Syrian towns

ByErika Solomon

Dublin bombings survivor who woke up in the morgue

ByColin Gleeson

Ethics guide takes account of shifting healthcare realities

ByDr Muiris Houston

Church of England under fire over Google stake

ByFiona Walsh

Nóirín O’Sullivan not barred from explaining comments, say experts

ByFiona Gartland

Benefacts site brings financial transparency to 18,600 groups

ByColm Keena

Europe

Spain in uncharted waters as repeat election looms in June

ByGuy Hedgecoe

Social Affairs

Concern over teenagers after Donegal care centre closed down

ByKitty Holland

Motors

Road Test: Suzuki’s new Baleno boasts has graceful engineering

ByNeil Briscoe

Reformed Dáil may not be fully functioning until autumn

ByHarry McGee

University of Limerick drops legal action over expenses claims

ByCarl O'Brien

The cost of motherhood: working Irish women worse off

ByCharlie Taylor

Ladbrokes and Corals may have to sell 1,000 shops

ByBarry O'Halloran

The strange funding gulf between Opera Theatre Company and Wexford

ByMichael Dervan

Ireland’s Poles: Coming from Baltic to settle in Galway

ByLorna Siggins

Garda chief faces renewed pressure over whistleblower row

ByPat Leahy

Labour leadership: O’Sullivan under pressure to second Kelly

BySarah Bardon

Jury resumes deliberations in trial of four ex-Anglo executives

ByColm Keena and Declan Brennan

Technology

Comreg under fire for not sanctioning Eir over practices

ByEoin Burke-Kennedy

Tell Me About It: I feel only half alive since my daughter moved to Australia

ByTrish Murphy

Government spending plans may fall foul of EU - Ibec

ByEoin Burke-Kennedy

Irish push for exemption from UK benefits overhaul under threat

BySuzanne Lynch

Goodbody Stockbrokers preparing to cut up to 20 posts

ByJoe Brennan

Garda Commissioner must step down, say Daly and Wallace

ByMarie O’Halloran and Michael O'Regan

Rory McIlroy and Alex Ferguson talk the talk at Dublin Convention Centre

ByPatrick Madden

School principal concerned at boy’s transgender process

Europe

Istanbul Letter: Lunch with Boris Johnson’s Turkish cousin

ByLorraine Mallinder

An Irish Diary

An Irishman’s Diary on Edwin Lawrence Godkin, the Irish-born newspaper editor who took on Tammany Hall

ByOliver O’Hanlon

Entrepreneurs – born or made?

Noise – turning down the volume

The smoking ban

Water and politics

Building heights in Dublin

Pilot scheme to reopen Garda stations

Ireland and a humanitarian crisis

Food labels and healthy eating

Les Kiss not taking victory against Leinster as a given

ByJohn O'Sullivan

Ictu and pensions

National Maternity Hospital and ethics

Muirfield set to lose British Open status if it rejects female membership

ByEwan Murray

Roddy L’Estrange: Vinny revels in memories of hero Christy O’Connor

ByRoddy L'Estrange

Aengus Kelly-led AerCap lines up $1bn bond sale

ByJoe Brennan

Miriam Lord: New politics lapses into familiar old ways

ByMiriam Lord

Former Ryanair headquarters in Dublin 8 on market for €10m

ByJack Fagan

Sports Direct pays €12m for Boyers building off O’Connell St

ByJack Fagan

Good planning key for buy-to-let landlords

ByMichael Conran

Amazon agrees to rent new D4 block beside former Burlington Hotel

ByJack Fagan

Beacon South Quarter portfolio in Sandyford guiding €11.5m

ByJack Fagan

People

New to the Parish: From sanctions in Iran to a start-up in Ireland

BySorcha Pollak

People

Patrick Logue: Cyclists need to stop peddling excuses for rule-breaking

ByPatrick Logue

Stage

Big-time sensuality in Alonzo King’s ballet with no tutus

ByChristie Seaver

Former McElhinneys of Athboy for €600,000

ByJustin Comiskey

Ken Early: Jürgen Klopp on the brink of a major achievement

ByKen Early

‘Battle of the Bikes’ in aid of Crumlin

ByJack Fagan

Preen salon on Dame Street in Dublin 2 sells for €661,000

ByJack Fagan

Private investor buys Bank of Ireland headquarters in Limerick for €10.5m

ByJack Fagan

Former Ryanair deputy CEO joins Stellwagen Group

ByFiona Reddan

Ormond Quay offices in Dublin 1 bought by Irish investor for €1.85m

ByJack Fagan

Gaelic Games

Darragh Ó Sé: Matching the Dubs is proving a costly affair

ByDarragh Ó Sé

Gaelic Games

Conor McDonald eager for Wexford to regain higher ground

ByIan O'Riordan

Asian shares sag on revived US rate hike views, oil up

Eden Bar and Grill on Dublin 2’s South William Street for €2.2m

ByJack Fagan

Irish anti-immigration group invites Fortress Europe to meeting

ByBarry Roche

Burberry to revamp shops after 10% fall in profit

€1.1m for O’Connell Street corner shop in Dublin 1

ByJack Fagan

Two arrested over Regency Hotel murder of David Byrne

ByMark Hilliard

Grange Castle Business Park site for €3m

ByJustin Comiskey

D2 listed building on Harcourt Terrace set for apartment coversion for €5.75m

ByJack Fagan

The Morning Sports Briefing

Student Hub

5 stories you need to know today

Bray complex for sale at €2m

ByJack Fagan

An evening of sporting wisdom, celebrities and washing machines

ByRuaidhrí Croke

Pat Lam urges Connacht to embrace semi-final challenge

ByGerry Thornley

Shane Lowry calls for shot penalties to end slow play scourge

ByPhilip Reid

Farming & Food

Beer giant SABMiller reports 16% fall in pre-tax profits

Student Hub

The man who safeguards Ireland's Euro 2016 hopes

'Innovation is in our DNA'

ByPeter McGuire

Work

Co Wicklow-based Smart Storage to create 60 new jobs

ByCharlie Taylor

STEM skills that can open up new worlds

ByPeter McGuire

€8m Shannon Free Zone West offices to be built this autumn

ByJack Fagan

Former UPS offices at Tallaght Retail Park guiding €1.95m

ByJustin Comiskey

Government facing first legislative defeat of new Dáil

ByStephen Collins

Office take-up in Dublin rises 62% in Q1

ByJustin Comiskey

Davy: five reasons why mortgage Bill will not work

ByFiona Reddan

Cork gun victim thanks public for support

ByOlivia Kelleher

Man killed and another seriously injured in Cork crash

ByBarry Roche

Talks on Tesco dispute and pay at Iarnród Éireann to get underway

ByMartin Wall

Technology

Investors flock to Dell’s $20bn bond deal

Food

Lilly Higgins: Coriander chicken

ByLilly Higgins

Gateway scheme in Dublin 3 now fully let as final tenant signs up

ByJustin Comiskey

Shannon Retail Centre in Athlone for €2.3m

ByJack Fagan

Garry Ringrose more than holding his own in midfield maelstrom

ByJohn O'Sullivan

Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael close ranks around Nóirín O’Sullivan

ByFiach Kelly

Shooting of Derry teenager Manus Deery re-enacted

Gordon D’Arcy: Downplaying pain is part of the game

ByGordon D'Arcy

Asia-Pacific

More than 150 people feared dead after Sri Lanka mudslide

Leicester City get heroes welcome on arrival in Bangkok

ByOliver Holmes

SSE looks to sell stake in regional gas distribution network

Banks need to act on mortgages or State will beat them to it

ByCiarán Hancock

Wayne Rooney: Man United finished where we deserved

ByJamie Jackson

Student Hub

Finding yourself - and the world - on Erasmus

Travel

Ireland’s new luxury train will have fiddling, flutes and fairy tales …

Suzuki shares fall on back of fuel test issue

Transcripts show O’Sullivan instructed legal team to attack McCabe’s integrity

New Bill allows adoption regardless of parents’ marrital status

ByMarie O’Halloran

Travel

A Walk for the Weekend: One of Leinster’s must-see sites

ByMichael Guilfoyle

Donald Trump and Megyn Kelly bury the hatchet in interview

ByJosh Koblin

Andy McGeady: European Tour hitch wagon to Daily Fantasy Sports

ByAndy McGeady

US election: Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders claim win each

Who’d want a career in science or engineering?

ByPeter McGuire

AIB to open bank outlet in SuperValu’s Lucan store in July

ByCiarán Hancock

Asia-Pacific

Australian minister warns of ‘illiterate, innumerate’ refugees

Property

My neighbour’s playhouse overlooks my kitchen – what can I do?

Residential

Cool makeover on Merton for €1.075m

ByElizabeth Birdthistle

Qatar Airways increases stake in Aer Lingus owner IAG

Senior Garda management could be major worry for commissioner-McDonald

ByVivienne Clarke

Shane Ryan through to European Championships semi-final

Man caught relieving himself in bushes loses constitutional challenge

Motors

First drive: Ford seeks an Edge over SUV rivals

ByMichael McAleer

Martin Wolf: In Trump, the elites are reaping what they sowed

ByMartin Wolf

John Terry signs one-year contract extension with Chelsea

One-third of Irish adults on long-term medication – survey

ByPaul Cullen

FG accused of ‘gerrymandering’ in Leas Ceann Comhairle row

ByMarie O’Halloran

Commission tells Government to broaden tax base

BySuzanne Lynch

Report shows use of zero-hour contracts by universities

ByCarl O'Brien

Euro Moments: Uri Gellar moves the ball to help England sink Scotland

ByPatrick Madden

What’s going on at the cutting edge of Stem in Ireland

Uefa to elect Michel Platini’s replacement in September

Jury in Anglo case resume deliberations

ByDeclan Brennan

Gardaí seize over €300,000 of heroin, cocaine and cannabis

ByRachel Flaherty

One-in-three Paddy Power Betfair shareholders vote against executive bonuses

ByBarry O'Halloran

Racing

Odds-on favourite Minding heads 24 for The Oaks at Epsom

Too few staff to transfer prisoner to hospital, inquest hears

ByLouise Roseingrave

Man remanded over shooting of woman in Cork house

ByOlivia Kelleher

Pop Corner: Spring provies the sound of a perfect summer

ByAilbhe Malone

Drink

Mid-week tipple: Two summer Sauvignons

Offbeat

University bans graduates from throwing hats due to injury risk

US vice-president Joe Biden to visit Ireland in June

BySimon Carswell

LotusWorks to create 100 jobs in Sligo

ByFiona Reddan

UK court ruling ‘condemns’ disabled boy to death, family says

Ministers say there needs to be clarity on O’Sullivan role

ByVivienne Clarke and Michael O'Regan

Rory McIlroy confident he can defy dismal Irish Open record

Targeting of former KPMG partners a publicity stunt, court told

ByAlan Erwin

Abroad

Moving back to Ireland was as hard as emigrating to Australia

ByTrudi McDonald

Film

Cannes review: Aquarius. A defiant Brazilian heroine eyes up a prize

ByDonald Clarke

Film

Cannes review: Ma’ Rosa. A hustle through the grim streets of Manila

ByDonald Clarke

Will Grigg returns to Northern Ireland squad for Belarus game

Lawyer rejects claim Ivor Callely had settled case

ByTom Tuite

Film

Cannes review: The Unknown Woman. A bit of a dud from the Dardennes

ByDonald Clarke

Portugal name teenage sensation Renato Sanches in Euro squad

Ireland international James Downey to retire from rugby

Gardaí study CCTV after 17 kittens dumped in Co Donegal

ByStephen Maguire

Micheál Martin reveals Fianna Fáil frontbench lineup

BySarah Bardon

Man City’s Martin Demichelis avoids ban over betting

Irish debt agency sees financial silver lining from Brexit

ByJoe Brennan

TCD to investigate after professor criticises students’ answers

ByNora-Ide McAuliffe

Connacht want 10,000 capacity home ground to be at Sportsground

ByGerry Thornley

Texas songwriter Guy Clark dies aged 74

WHO warns Zika virus may spread into Europe

Examiner appointed to LJM Ireland Ltd

ByRay Managh

Graeme McDowell desperate to make sixth straight Ryder Cup

LSE to hold Deutsche Börse merger vote in July

Shotgun fired twice through Cookstown house window

Books

Donkey Shots 2: poetry comes to Skerries

ByPeter O’Neill

Farming & Food

SABMiller profit falls to $4.1bn after takeover

Books

Rafeef Ziadah: from Palestine to Ireland

ByRafeef Ziadah

Outspoken TD John McGuinness left off Fianna Fáil frontbench

ByFiach Kelly

Simon Coveney scraps plan for mandatory green bin levy

Julien & John: Street Life review - both easy to listen to and satisfyingly complex

ByCormac Larkin

Africa

Girl taken in mass Boko Haram kidnapping ‘found’

Environment

Details on Garda helicopter use among cases rejected by watchdog

ByElaine Edwards

Judge withdraws from assault case of former TD Seán Conlan

ByPatsy McArdle

Asia-Pacific

India plans to divert water from major rivers to tackle drought

ByRahul Bedi

Labour Court to rule on continuation of Iarnród Éireann pay cuts

ByMartin Wall

Kenny has ‘100%’ support for O’Sullivan on whistleblower row

BySimon Carswell

Dermot Desmond: Brendan Rodgers ‘a worthy candidate for Celtic’

Central Bank stance on Freedom of Information criticised

ByElaine Edwards

Watchdog calls for law change on politicians’ ‘private papers’

ByElaine Edwards

Pantha Du Prince: The Triad review - a rich composition that’s both playful and serious

BySiobhan Kane

Education chief cautions on religion teaching in schools

ByCarl O'Brien

Germany to open emissions investigation into Opel

ByDerek Scally

Belgian defender Bjorn Engels ruled out of Euros

Gregory Porter: Take Me to the Alley review - enough jazz attitude to keep in with the in-crowd

ByCormac Larkin

Students struggle to get J1 Visas after paying up to €800

ByCiarán D'Arcy and Carl O'Brien

English doctors’ union and government agree deal to end dispute

Aston Villa owner Randy Lerner sells club to Chinese businessman

New public pay talks need to start within year, says Impact

ByMartin Wall

Callum O’Dowda included in 35-man Ireland squad

Driver’s car seen ‘bouncing’ on road at Christmas, court hears

ByFiona Gartland

Sinn Féin a ‘conservative nationalist party’, claims Noonan

ByMichael O'Regan

Dollar climbs on hawkish Federal Reserve minutes

SF ends equal-pay policy for MLAs and staff at Stormont

Parties debate bill of rights promised in queen’s speech

ByDenis Staunton

World

Brazilian judge sentences Lula's ex-chief of staff to 23 years

Fiona Doyle just misses medal after finishing fourth

ByJohn Kenny

Clare Daly arrest details leaked in ‘unauthorised manner’

ByAine McMahon

Middle East

Binyamin Netanyahu offers Israeli cabinet post to Lieberman

Your Money

Brennans Family Pan recall on concerns of tainted product

ByAine McMahon

Government avoids Dáil defeat as mortgage Bill passes second stage

ByMichael O'Regan

Investigation into Regency Hotel attack gathers pace

ByConor Lally

Jury sent home in Anglo trial, deliberations begin again on Thursday

ByDeclan Brennan

Gaelic Games

Second Opinion: Ciarán Murphy on the season kicking off

ByCiarán Murphy

Michael Fitzmaurice defecting from Independent Alliance

ByAine McMahon

Patrick Hutch charged with murder of gang figure David Byrne

ByMark Hilliard and Tom Tuite

Coke takes fizz out of Liverpool as Sevilla secure hat-trick

ByAndy Hunter

NI fracking test ‘does not set a precedent for us’ - Fitzgerald

ByMarie O’Halloran

Banks rally as Wall Street rebounds

ByJoe Brennan

Fluent should not lecture less skilled Irish speakers – Humphreys

ByMarie O’Halloran

Michael Healy-Rae accuses FG of ‘gerrymandering’ in row

ByMarie O’Halloran

Brighton reward Chris Hughton with four-year contract

DAA eyes easing of Dublin flight restrictions under new runway

ByJoe Brennan

Inquiry to be set up into ex-Isme chief Frank Mulcahy’s claims

ByAine McMahon

Brexit: Flanagan hopes benefit changes won’t hurt Irish in Britain

ByGerry Moriarty

Editorials

A shake-up in the medicine dispensing market in offing

An Irish Diary

What’s On

Kim and Stacey Flood chasing place in Olympics scrum

Opinion

Colum Kenny: Reputation of the Garda at stake in O’Higgins report

ByColm Kenny

Opinion

Newton Emerson: Something is stirring in Stormont

ByNewton Emerson

Jürgen Klopp: ‘We lost faith in our style of play’