AC/DC to salute 70,000 at PunchestownFor those about to rock, the road leads to Punchestown Racecourse this summer.Fri Dec 12 2008 - 00:00
Superquinn to reintroduce Irish pork productsSUPERMARKETS: SUPERQUINN IS to put Irish pork products back in its stores from tomorrow, the first supermarket chain to do so…Wed Dec 10 2008 - 00:00
Discontent over nursing board moveUnions are up in arms over An Bord Altranais decision to publish details of nurses' disciplinary hearingsTue Dec 09 2008 - 00:00
No opportunities for physiosThe shortage of jobs for physio graduates is mainly a result of the HSE's recruitment freeze, writes Ronan McGreevy.Tue Dec 09 2008 - 00:00
More job losses announced in pigmeat sectorThree factories beside each other on the Waterford/Kilkenny border have shut down because of the pork scare with the temporary…Tue Dec 09 2008 - 00:00
Recession should not halt move, says Master of CoombeTHE RELOCATION of the Coombe Women and Infants University Hospital to a greenfield site in Tallaght should proceed despite the…Sat Dec 06 2008 - 00:00
Master says Coombe relocation should go aheadThe relocation of the Coombe Women and Infants University Hospital to a greenfield site in Tallaght should proceed despite the…Fri Dec 05 2008 - 00:00
Bottled water report published by FSAIA REPORT that detailed contamination of some bottled water has finally been published by the Food Safety Authority of Ireland…Fri Dec 05 2008 - 00:00
Figures from sports and arts to help end stigma of suicideWELL-KNOWN figures from sports, arts, media and politics who have suffered from a mental illness will be asked to promote the…Fri Dec 05 2008 - 00:00
Media criticised over suicide coverageSOME OF the media coverage of murder-suicides in recent years has been a "disgrace", an expert on suicide has said.Thu Dec 04 2008 - 00:00
FBD to shed 150 jobs in 15 branch closuresFBD INSURANCE is to shed 150 jobs and close down 15 branches nationwide as more motorists switch to buying insurance either through…Wed Dec 03 2008 - 00:00
Stargazers in seventh heaven over Moon's 'occultation' of VenusSKYWATCHERS WILL experience a rare event this afternoon with an occultation of the planet Venus by the Moon in broad daylight…Mon Dec 01 2008 - 00:00
'Visionary' science challenge praised for helping graduates fulfil potentialNASA PROGRAMME: AN IRISH graduate who availed of the Fás Science Challenge to spend time at Nasa has said it would be a "disgrace…Sat Nov 29 2008 - 00:00
'Top Gear' roars in on first leg of world tourTOP GEAR Live rolled back the recession last nightFri Nov 28 2008 - 00:00
Top Gear roadshow zooms into townTop Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson has apologised to fans who will have to use public transport to get to their shows in the…Thu Nov 27 2008 - 00:00
McDonagh wins Writers Guild award for 'In Bruges'OSCAR WINNING director Martin McDonagh has won the top prize in the second Annual Writers Guild Awards.Wed Nov 26 2008 - 00:00
Tributes paid to Co Mayo marine killed in AfghanistanMore than 1,000 mourners turned out in Westport, Co Mayo this afternoon for the funeral of Royal Marine Robert McKibben who was…Mon Nov 24 2008 - 00:00
Peace centre plans refresher course for North's politiciansPOLITICIANS FROM the North may be invited back to the Glencree Centre for Peace and Reconciliation in Co Wicklow.Sat Nov 22 2008 - 00:00
Lithuanian immigrants urged to come homeTHE LITHUANIAN government has begun a recruitment drive to try to encourage some of the estimated 70,000 immigrants living here…Sat Nov 22 2008 - 00:00
Ardagh calls for 'clean-out' of bank chiefsIRISH BANKS need a "clean-out" of top executives and their boards of management, a senior Fianna Fáil backbencher has said.Thu Nov 20 2008 - 00:00
Week-long campaign to get people to 'go local'SOME OF the biggest community organisations, including the IFA, the GAA and churches, will begin a campaign this weekend to persuade…Thu Nov 20 2008 - 00:00
Paediatrician trained in Ireland defends her role in Baby P caseTHE PAEDIATRICIAN at the centre of the Baby P child abuse scandal in the UK has issued a statement saying she has been "deeply…Thu Nov 20 2008 - 00:00
'Urgent care' would help save €60mA MODEL OF healthcare which has saved the US billions of dollars in costs could lessen the burden on accident and emergency departments…Tue Nov 18 2008 - 00:00
Asthma control could halve AE visitsPROPER ASTHMA control could cut the number of sufferers attending accident and emergency departments by half every year, it has…Tue Nov 18 2008 - 00:00
O'Keeffe sends team to study 'rat-infested fire-trap' schoolTHE MINISTER for Education and Science Batt O'Keeffe has ordered officials to visit a school in Co Galway described by its principal…Tue Nov 18 2008 - 00:00
Something to exercise all ages on the promenade in ClontarfWITH ITS views of Dublin Port and Poolbeg power station, Clontarf promenade is hardly Venice Muscle Beach, the famous stretch…Mon Nov 17 2008 - 00:00
'Rat-infested' school fails to gain funding approvalA PRIMARY school in Co Galway has been described by its own principal as a "rat-infested fire trap".Mon Nov 17 2008 - 00:00
Garda buy 20 RHA paintingsTWENTY PAINTINGS have been bought from the Royal Hibernian Academy's (RHA) annual exhibition for the Garda Headquarters in the…Mon Nov 17 2008 - 00:00
Mystery buyer snaps up 'Nell' nudeA NUDE portrait of the writer and campaigner Nell McCafferty has been sold to a mystery buyer for €10,000.Sat Nov 15 2008 - 00:00
Minister urges action over phone bullyingMINISTER OF State for Children Barry Andrews has urged mobile phone companies to take action on cyber-bullying - despite technological…Sat Nov 15 2008 - 00:00
Airline unions draft saving plansUNIONS AT Aer Lingus have drafted alternative cost-cutting proposals to those planned by management in a bid to avoid industrial…Fri Nov 14 2008 - 00:00
FitzGerald recalls Civil War healingCIVIL WAR animosities among the children of protagonists ended in the late 1930s when many of them were in university together…Thu Nov 13 2008 - 00:00
Phone operators say no way to stop bullyingTHERE IS no technological solutions at present which would prevent bullying by mobile phone, the mobile phone operators have …Thu Nov 13 2008 - 00:00
RHA exhibition to include Nell McCafferty portraitTHE ROYAL Hibernian Academy will exhibit a nude portrait of the writer and campaigner Nell McCafferty as part of its 178th annual…Sat Nov 08 2008 - 00:00
Yeats watercolours sold for £18,500 in UKTWO IMPORTANT Jack B Yeats watercolours have fetched £18,500 (€22,800) at auction in the UKSat Nov 08 2008 - 00:00
Pearson killings not sectarian, book claimsA NEW book on the shooting of two Protestant farmers in Co Offaly during the War of Independence has concluded that their killing…Fri Nov 07 2008 - 00:00
Portraits of Irish emigrants go on display in DublinA PORTRAIT exhibition of Irish emigrants who have fallen on hard times in London has gone on display at the Molesworth Gallery…Fri Nov 07 2008 - 00:00
New pharmacy code to be unveiled this weekA NEW DRAFT code of conduct which will be binding on all pharmacists in the State will be unveiled this week.Tue Nov 04 2008 - 00:00
Cash-flow solution company awardedA COMPANY which has developed a computer programme that could dramatically improve the cash flow of Irish hospitals has won an…Tue Nov 04 2008 - 00:00
Agency to investigate workplace attitudes to pregnancyCONCERN ABOUT continuing discrimination against pregnant women in the workplace is to be investigated by the Crisis Pregnancy…Tue Nov 04 2008 - 00:00
Ahern re-opens restored zoo buildingIN AN interview with this newspaper in 2004, Bertie Ahern declared he had a "very socialist view of life", adding "I have it …Tue Nov 04 2008 - 00:00
Democrats in Ireland to host party of the year - or wake of the decadeIT PROMISES to be either the party of the year or the wake of the decadeTue Nov 04 2008 - 00:00
NCA to investigate price of fuel hereCONCERNS THAT consumers here are paying too much for fuel are being investigated by the National Consumer Agency (NCA).Tue Nov 04 2008 - 00:00
First national campaign aims to encourage fostering children in careA NATIONAL campaign to encourage more volunteer families to foster children in care has been launched for the first time.Mon Nov 03 2008 - 00:00
Rendition flights promise welcomedA COMMITMENT to ensure gardaí have the power to inspect military flights which are being used for extraordinary renditions has…Mon Nov 03 2008 - 00:00
Wicklow pair saddle up for 18-month circumnavigation of globe by bicycleRide on: 50,000km journey around the worldMon Nov 03 2008 - 00:00
Call to end Border allowance for soldiersAN ALLOWANCE paid to soldiers on Border duty during the Troubles should be stopped as there is no longer any justification for…Fri Oct 31 2008 - 00:00
Helicopters leasing decision 'incredible'THE DECISION to lease two helicopters at a cost of €2Fri Oct 31 2008 - 00:00
Group's views on disability allowance 'misrepresented'THE ORGANISATION that first proposed raising the age of qualification for the disability allowance told Minister for Social and…Wed Oct 29 2008 - 00:00
