Fiscal cuts vindicate Cameron hard lineConservative MPs have seized on the European Council’s decision to cut the European Union’s budget over the next seven years …Sat Feb 09 2013 - 00:00
London high-rise plan by MulryanThe Ballymore Group, run by Sean Mulryan, has lodged a planning application with the Tower Hamlets borough council in London …Fri Feb 08 2013 - 00:00
McKillen appeal 'ignoring many facts'The billionaire Barclays brothers’ hold over financier Derek Quinlan’s shares in a luxury London hotel group at the centre of…Fri Feb 08 2013 - 00:00
Man jailed over breach of UK bankruptcy lawsAn Englishman has been jailed for eight months for breaching Britain’s bankruptcy laws by trying to hide the proceeds from the…Fri Feb 08 2013 - 00:00
Fast rail lines to London to boost property prices and transform townsLondon Letter: West Drayton near Heathrow is not one of those towns blessed with, shall we say, a positive imageFri Feb 08 2013 - 00:00
Scientists fix date for dinosaurs' extinctionScientists have dated the gigantic meteor crash off the Mexican coast that led to the destruction of the dinosaurs more accurately…Fri Feb 08 2013 - 00:00
McKillen contention 'totally unrealistic'Property developer Paddy McKillen's declaration that he could have raised the money necessary to buy financier Derek Quinlan'…Thu Feb 07 2013 - 00:00
Hourican exits RBS in wake of Libor scandalIreland's best-paid banker, John Hourican, has quit as one of Royal Bank of Scotland's most senior executivesThu Feb 07 2013 - 00:00
British MPs back gay marriage legislationBritish prime minister David Cameron’s plan to legalise gay marriage passed its first hurdle in the House of Commons last night…Wed Feb 06 2013 - 00:00
Rejection of McKillen's claims 'blinkered'The decision of the UK high court to reject Irish property developer Patrick McKillen’s claims that he was improperly barred …Wed Feb 06 2013 - 00:00
Group warns of growing cost in billions of Sellafield clean-upThe total cost of cleaning up the legacy of nuclear waste at Sellafield now stands at £67Tue Feb 05 2013 - 00:00
Couch potato's sperm count half that of gym bunnies, survey findsHealthy young men who watch more than 20 hours of television weekly have half the sperm count of those who abandon the couch …Tue Feb 05 2013 - 00:00
Lib Dem former minister faces jail after guilty plea to perverting course of justiceFormer Liberal Democrats leadership challenger Chris Huhne’s decision to plead guilty to perverting the course of justice threatens…Tue Feb 05 2013 - 00:00
Body found in city car park is Richard IIISo much of the life of Richard III, the last of England’s Plantagenet kings, has been shrouded in myth, his reputation blackened…Tue Feb 05 2013 - 00:00
Sellafield clean-up costs at £67.5bnThe total cost of cleaning up the legacy of nuclear waste at Sellafield now stands at £67Mon Feb 04 2013 - 00:00
New powers against shortsighted motoristsMotorists with poor eyesight will be put off the road within hours under new powers to be given to British police, following …Sat Feb 02 2013 - 00:00
Justice for daughters of the laundriesOn Tuesday a report by Martin McAleese may finally help to write the story of State involvement in the Magdalen institutions, …Sat Feb 02 2013 - 00:00
March date for court challenge by O'DonnellsThe challenge by property investors Brian and Mary Patricia O’Donnell to a decision by the High Court in London to refuse their…Sat Feb 02 2013 - 00:00
Amazon's auditors tell MPs firm's tax policy 'entirely legal' UK corporation taxAmazon's ability to avoid paying corporation tax on its £3 billion (€3Fri Feb 01 2013 - 00:00
London school takes hard line on soft drinksLondon Letter: For some, it has already been dubbed Prohibition-LiteFri Feb 01 2013 - 00:00
Irish gave British one day's notice of horse DNA in beefThe Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) failed to give its British counterparts proper notice of the discovery of horse meat…Thu Jan 31 2013 - 00:00
Scottish referendum wording alteredScottish first minister Alex Salmond’s wording for the independence referendum has been changed following a decision from the…Thu Jan 31 2013 - 00:00
Former Labour AG joins McKillen team for Barclay brothers battleFormer British Labour Attorney-General, Lord Peter Goldsmith has joined property developer, Mr Patrick McKillen for the latest…Wed Jan 30 2013 - 00:00
DUP may hold key to crucial Commons voteThe Democratic Unionist Party could play a key role in deciding a crucial House of Commons vote tonight on plans to cut the number…Tue Jan 29 2013 - 00:00
Cameron sets UK up for five years of doubtQ Will the United Kingdom leave the European Union?Sat Jan 26 2013 - 00:00
Resistance to gay marriage Bill mountsBritish prime minister David Cameron’s plans to introduce gay marriage, which faces mounting opposition from Conservative MPs…Sat Jan 26 2013 - 00:00
London hopes Olympic Park will have new lease of life after the GamesWork is under way to save park from becoming a symbol of failed ambitionSat Jan 26 2013 - 00:00
Salmond seizes on EU poll proposal to revitalise independence driveLONDON LETTER: Scottish poet Robbie Burns’s life was first celebrated by “a Burns’ supper” on January 29th, 1802, though the…Fri Jan 25 2013 - 00:00
UK seeking backing for 'reform' bidBritish prime minister David Cameron, who has vowed to hold a referendum on the UK’s European Union membership in five years’ …Fri Jan 25 2013 - 00:00
Cable seeks to calm frayed nerves over possibility of UK exitINTERVIEW: Vince Cable thinks it is ‘very unlikely’ that the United Kingdom will leave the EUThu Jan 24 2013 - 00:00
British PM rejects 'ever closer' unionVoters in the United Kingdom will be given a referendum on European Union membership within five years, British prime minister…Thu Jan 24 2013 - 00:00
MPs look for inquiry into illegal blacklistsDemands have been made by MPs for a Leveson-style inquiry into allegations that construction workers were blacklisted for decades…Thu Jan 24 2013 - 00:00
Pledge over EU referendum creates a minefield for BritainUK ANALYSIS: David Cameron is taking a step into the unknownThu Jan 24 2013 - 00:00
Minister says EU referendum 'good news for Ireland'Five years of doubt about the United Kingdom’s membership of the European Union will help Ireland’s fight for foreign investors…Thu Jan 24 2013 - 00:00
Clegg warns that referendum not in national interestUK REACTION: The United Kingdom faces “years and years of uncertainty” following British prime minister David Cameron’s decision…Thu Jan 24 2013 - 00:00
Unlikely alliance of 'Papist and Prod' opposes change to UK royal lawsLegal changes that will let British monarchs marry Catholics, but not be of that faith, will leave language that is “arcane and…Wed Jan 23 2013 - 00:00
Pro-EU Tories hoping Cameron speech can find middle wayANALYSIS: Conservative MP for Swindon Robert Buckland led the production last week of a letter from party colleagues declaring…Wed Jan 23 2013 - 00:00
Cameron urges action against extremismThe battle against “poisonous” Islamic extremism must be fought for years in North Africa with “an iron resolve”, British prime…Tue Jan 22 2013 - 00:00
Health inequalities growing in Scotland while poor die younger, report saysHealth inequalities in Scotland are not only stark but growing, according to a major new reportMon Jan 21 2013 - 00:00
Cameron speech on EU planned for WednesdayBritish prime minister David Cameron’s delayed speech on the European Union, which will offer significant concessions to Eurosceptic…Mon Jan 21 2013 - 00:00
Terrorist activity in North Africa poses real threat, says CameronCommons briefing Europe faces an “existential” terrorist threat from al-Qaeda-linked organisations in North Africa, which must…Sat Jan 19 2013 - 00:00
Poorer people more vulnerable to winter deaths as fuel costs riseLONDON LETTER: Statistics such as those from the Office for National Statistics – Excess Winter Mortality in England and Wales…Fri Jan 18 2013 - 00:00
Cameron cancels key speech on EU membership because of Algerian hostage crisisBritish prime minister David Cameron last night cancelled a key speech on the UK’s membership of the EU because of the Algerian…Fri Jan 18 2013 - 00:00
No DNA tests performed on burgers in BritainBritish food safety inspectors do not carry out the type of DNA checks that led the Food Safety Authority of Ireland to pinpoint…Thu Jan 17 2013 - 00:00
Tory group outlines EU vision Cameron should haveDavid Cameron is not trusted by many Conservative backbenchers and not just on the European UnionThu Jan 17 2013 - 00:00
Helicopter flight review expected following crashHelicopter flight rules for London are expected to be overhauled following yesterday’s horrific crash which left two people dead…Thu Jan 17 2013 - 00:00
Court defines limits for religious believersThe European Court of Human Rights has limited the right of religious believers to exercise their belief at work if it restricts…Wed Jan 16 2013 - 00:00
Ireland Fund honours former law student for Magdalene laundries workStudying law in University College Dublin, Killiney-born Maeve O’Rourke left for a year in Minnesota in the United States to …Wed Jan 16 2013 - 00:00
Starting pay for new police cut to £19,000The salary of newly recruited British police officers will start at £19,000 a year, following home secretary Theresa May’s decision…Wed Jan 16 2013 - 00:00
Cameron to brief Conservative cabinet colleagues on European Union speechBritish prime minister David Cameron will today brief Conservative ministers on his highly anticipated European Union speech, …Wed Jan 16 2013 - 00:00
