Slane HGV ban could mean problems for other road users, committee toldAN ORDER to ban HGVs going through an accident blackspot near the village of Slane will be difficult to implement, the Meath …Thu Jul 16 2009 - 01:00
Tourism board aims to make most of media spotlight during Real visitTOURISM IRELAND has begun a marketing campaign to take advantage of the huge media interest around the visit of Real Madrid to…Wed Jul 15 2009 - 01:00
Rain pours on Oxegen clean-upTorrential rain fell as the last of the Oxegen music fans left the campsites in Punchestown, Co Kildare this morning.Mon Jul 13 2009 - 01:00
Rain on Artane as Oxegen startsThe Artane Band opened Oxegen '09 just as the rain began to fall.Fri Jul 10 2009 - 01:00
Major construction sites closedEFFECT OF STRIKE: ELECTRICIANS CLOSED some of the biggest construction sites in the country yesterday as their strike entered…Wed Jul 08 2009 - 01:00
Ireland is fourth highest in health aid spend overseasIRELAND HAS the fourth highest rate of spending on health aid for developing countries in the world, new figures reveal.Tue Jul 07 2009 - 01:00
Watchers have whale of a timeOrca pod: four sightings off coast in last 10 days as fine weather establishes seasonal recordTue Jul 07 2009 - 01:00
Father saw wounded son lying on groundGARDAÍ HAVE being carrying out house-to-house inquiries in west Dublin as part of their investigation into the death of murdered…Tue Jul 07 2009 - 01:00
Electricians claim strike action hit 240 sitesSTRIKING ELECTRICIANS have claimed the first day of their industrial action shut many of the biggest construction sites in the…Tue Jul 07 2009 - 01:00
How AC/DC conquered the globeAC/DC have been on the road for more than two decades and, in record sales at least, can legitimately claim to be the biggest…Sat Jun 27 2009 - 01:00
C4 broadcaster set for picnicVeteran British broadcaster Jon Snow will be one of the guests at this year's Electric Picnic.Mon Jun 22 2009 - 01:00
Oasis set to roll with it as Slane makes ready for gigOASIS BROTHERS Liam and Noel Gallagher are likely to make today’s concert at Slane Castle an extended family affairSat Jun 20 2009 - 01:00
Family affair as Gallaghers hit SlaneOasis brothers Liam and Noel Gallagher are likely to make tomorrow's concert at Slane Castle an extended family affair.Fri Jun 19 2009 - 01:00
Friel receives prestigious Ulysses MedalHonoured: Bloomsday awards for philanthropist and playwrightWed Jun 17 2009 - 01:00
Artane Band set to take to the stage at OxegenTHE ARTANE Band is to open the Oxegen music festival next monthWed Jun 17 2009 - 01:00
Fans warned on drug, alcohol abuseGardaí have warned that plain clothes detectives will be in the crowd on Saturday for the Oasis concert at Slane Castle.Wed Jun 17 2009 - 01:00
RTÉ unions agree to take pay cutsRTÉ UNION members have agreed to take voluntary pay cuts to help deal with a financial crisis at the station.Wed Jun 17 2009 - 01:00
Kinks star plays fundraiser for child's school in CorkTHE FORMER Kinks singer-songwriter Ray Davies is to play a concert on Friday night to raise funds for a small national school…Tue Jun 16 2009 - 01:00
RTÉ unions agree pay cutsRTÉ union members have agreed to take voluntary pay cuts to help deal with a financial crisis at the station.Tue Jun 16 2009 - 01:00
Women make up 70% of public liability injury claimsWOMEN ACCOUNT for 70 per cent of all public liability injuries, according to new figures produced by the statutory body that …Tue Jun 16 2009 - 01:00
Doctors hail community-based arthritis treatment a successA NEW pilot scheme to treat rheumatoid arthritis sufferers outside the hospital has been hailed as a success by doctors working…Tue Jun 16 2009 - 01:00
Standards for dying in acute hospitals drawn upDYING PATIENTS should be informed about futile treatment which would cause them unnecessary pain in their final days, it has …Mon Jun 15 2009 - 01:00
Grown-up boyband's greatest day yetTAKE THAT call it The Circus Tour , but, if anything, calling it a circus is an understatement.Mon Jun 15 2009 - 01:00
RTE drops programmes to cut costsRTÉ IS to drop several programmes from its autumn schedule as part of its cost-cutting proposals to bridge a €68 million funding…Sat Jun 13 2009 - 01:00
Goan defends RTÉ's financial state and pay of presentersTHERE WILL be an “amount of hysteria” when the salaries of RTÉ’s top presenters are published in the organisation’s annual report…Fri Jun 12 2009 - 01:00
Anti-touting measures for Cyrus ticketsSTRICT ANTI-touting measures will be introduced for the sale of tickets to see teenage superstar Miley Cyrus’s two concerts at…Thu Jun 11 2009 - 01:00
Goan denies bankruptcy reportsRTÉ director-general Cathal Goan has denied suggestions that the broadcaster could go bankrupt.Thu Jun 11 2009 - 01:00
RTÉ says bonus payments to management 'not hidden perk'RTÉ DIRECTOR-general Cathal Goan has defended the payment of bonuses to management in recent years at the station and denied …Thu Jun 11 2009 - 01:00
Could it be magic at Croker?Mná na h-Éireann who famously rocked the system, according to Mary Robinson, will be rocking Croke Park in their tens of thousands…Wed Jun 10 2009 - 01:00
No babies or pressure to look good makes radio right for MiriamSHE HAS been wanting to do it for years but, she says, having babies kept getting in the way.Wed Jun 10 2009 - 01:00
Call to criminalise act of paying prostitutes for sexINDEPENDENT SENATOR Rónán Mullen has called for the prosecution of men who pay for sex to deter human trafficking.Wed Jun 10 2009 - 01:00
Woman stabbed in Spain 'a person of great goodness'HUNDREDS OF mourners turned out yesterday for the funeral of Avril Flanagan, who was stabbed in Spain a fortnight ago.Wed Jun 10 2009 - 01:00
New drugs set to aid arthritis sufferersA PATIENT developing rheumatoid arthritis (RA) today should be able to live a relatively normal existence because of new drug…Tue Jun 09 2009 - 01:00
'Rat-infested' primary school to be refurbishedA PRIMARY school in Co Galway, described by its own principal as the most rundown in the whole country, has been given €180,000…Tue Jun 09 2009 - 01:00
Cornagee records highest turnoutTwo electoral areas in Leitrim which recorded the highest turnout in the country in the 2004 local elections are likely to do…Sat Jun 06 2009 - 01:00
Normal service set to resume with unsettled weatherFOR A glorious week the weather lifted the spirits of a recession- battered country, but it was too good to last.Fri Jun 05 2009 - 01:00
Remembrance service for student poisoned in IndonesiaA REMEMBRANCE service will be held later this year for an Irishwoman who died after drinking contaminated alcohol while on holidays…Thu Jun 04 2009 - 01:00
Fleetwood Mac to play DublinFleetwood Mac will play the O2 in Dublin in October as part of their greatest hits tour, it has been announced.Thu Jun 04 2009 - 01:00
Loach accuses Ahern of hijacking premiereFILM DIRECTOR Ken Loach has accused former taoiseach Bertie Ahern of trying to hijack the premiere of a film starring Eric Cantona…Thu Jun 04 2009 - 01:00
Four in custody over Bray killingFOUR PEOPLE are now in custody over the shooting dead last week of French national Charles Sinanapayen in Bray, Co Wicklow.Thu Jun 04 2009 - 01:00
Fans get kick to see Cantona in the fleshMORE THAN a decade since he last kicked a ball in the Premiership or a Crystal Palace fan in anger, Eric Cantona’s lustre remains…Wed Jun 03 2009 - 01:00
Ireland's first black mayor Adebari seeks re-electionPORTLAOISE: FOR A whole hectic year he was probably the most famous Irish mayor since Tomás Mac Curtain, the mayor of Cork who…Tue Jun 02 2009 - 01:00
Notorious gang figure found guilty of murderA NOTORIOUS former Limerick gangland member has been found guilty of the murder of one of his associates.Fri May 29 2009 - 01:00
Riedo murderer pleads guilty to rapeTHE MAN who murdered Swiss teenager Manuela Riedo has now pleaded guilty to the rape of a foreign student.Fri May 29 2009 - 01:00
Limerick man found guilty of murderA notorious former Limerick gangland member has been found guilty of the murder of one of his associates.Thu May 28 2009 - 01:00
New wind turbine park opens in DublinA NEW public park which will generate its own electricity from wind turbines has been opened in north Dublin.Thu May 28 2009 - 01:00
UCD students get a Royal placementTHE ROYAL Hospital Donnybrook (RHD) has become a teaching hospital affiliated to UCD’s medical schoolTue May 26 2009 - 01:00
Major parties tread carefully in pothole countyCOUNCIL PROFILE: CAVAN: CAVAN PEOPLE signalled their unwillingness to be taken for granted when they voted four so-called “pothole…Tue May 26 2009 - 01:00
Sinn Féin and Fine Gael in tight race for top spotCOUNTY COUNCIL PROFILE: MONAGHAN: MONAGHAN WAS unique among counties in returning Sinn Féin as the biggest party at the local…Mon May 25 2009 - 01:00
