O'Donoghue blamed for 'vanity' leisure centre in KillarneyTHE CONTROVERSY over a €16 million leisure centre in Co Kerry, which is on the verge of closing down after less than a year in…Fri Aug 14 2009 - 01:00
Thomas Cook workers agree to revised redundancy dealA DISPUTE between travel agency Thomas Cook and 60 staff from its two recently closed Dublin offices over redundancy payments…Fri Aug 14 2009 - 01:00
Workers picket joinery firmTRADE UNIONISTS picketed the offices of a joinery firm yesterday over its alleged failure to implement a Labour Court recommendation…Fri Aug 14 2009 - 01:00
Workers protest at joinery firmWorkers picketed the offices of a joinery firm today over its alleged failure to implement a Labour Court recommendation on severance…Thu Aug 13 2009 - 01:00
Pilot praised for his safe ditching of aircraftAN AIR accident investigation team will today begin a technical inquiry into the circumstances that led a pilot to ditch his …Thu Aug 13 2009 - 01:00
FF TD warns over change to tax reliefCHANGES TO tax reliefs that would discourage higher earners from contributing to their pensions would be a false economy and …Wed Aug 12 2009 - 01:00
Team awarded €5m for gastro studyA TEAM of Irish researchers has been awarded €5 million funding to examine the effect of infectious organisms and probiotic bacteria…Tue Aug 11 2009 - 01:00
Ikea to recruit 100 extra temporary staffHOME FURNISHINGS giant Ikea has announced plans to recruit about 100 temporary staff to help it handle the volume of customers…Sat Aug 08 2009 - 01:00
Prescriptions demand will ease, says head of BootsTHE DIRECTOR of one of the State’s largest pharmacy chains believes the demands placed on its stores in recent days because of…Sat Aug 08 2009 - 01:00
Struggling hotel industry calls for help from GovernmentTHE GOVERNMENT should act to ease a “crisis” in the hotel industry that has already pushed many businesses into receivership …Fri Aug 07 2009 - 01:00
Hoteliers call for State supportThe Government should act to ease a crisis in the hotel industry that has already pushed many businesses into receivership and…Thu Aug 06 2009 - 01:00
Swine flu cases decrease slightlyThe number of human swine flu cases presenting to GPs is falling, the Department of Health reported today.Thu Aug 06 2009 - 01:00
Leaking of hospital swine flu memo to staff angers unionTHE LEAKING of a memo sent to managers of a Dublin hospital about preparations for a swine flu outbreak has been described as…Wed Aug 05 2009 - 01:00
Irish women in close escape as plane crashes into control tower on landingTHREE IRISH women survived a plane crash in Thailand yesterday in which the pilot was killed and seven other passengers were …Wed Aug 05 2009 - 01:00
Medical card users most likely to be hitPEOPLE WITH medical cards, long-term illnesses and private patients who participate in State drug payment schemes are the most…Wed Aug 05 2009 - 01:00
Radio journalist Teri Garvey diesTHE DEATH has taken place of journalist and broadcaster Teri Garvey.Thu Jul 30 2009 - 01:00
Welfare phone system to assist with workloadTHE DEPARTMENT of Social and Family Affairs intends to develop a new system that will allow people to register for unemployment…Tue Jul 28 2009 - 01:00
Palliative care deficits will be hard to addressIMPLEMENTING measures drawn up to address shortcomings in the State’s palliative care services will present “a significant challenge…Tue Jul 28 2009 - 01:00
U2 says Suu Kyi is envoy of conscience for AmnestyIMPRISONED BURMESE opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi is to be the new Amnesty International Ambassador of Conscience, U2 lead…Tue Jul 28 2009 - 01:00
Ikea set to open after five-year waitALMOST FIVE years after it was first mooted, more than two years since it received planning permission and now six months after…Sat Jul 25 2009 - 01:00
TDs and Senators want ban on taxi licencesLEGISLATION WHICH would establish a three-year moratorium on the issuing of taxi licenses should be introduced urgently, the …Fri Jul 24 2009 - 01:00
Ahern welcomes Bills' enactmentMinister for Justice Dermot Ahern has today welcomed the enactment of the Criminal Justice and Defamation Bills.Thu Jul 23 2009 - 01:00
Call for taxi licences moratoriumLegislation which would establish a three year moratorium on the issuing of taxi licenses should be introduced urgently, the …Thu Jul 23 2009 - 01:00
FG seeks EU deportation strategyFine Gael has called for greater co-ordination between European Union states to reduce the cost of deportations after new figures…Thu Jul 23 2009 - 01:00
Asylum system broken - Fine GaelThe State has spent an average of €300 million handling and housing asylum applicants each year since 2002, according to new …Wed Jul 22 2009 - 01:00
EU official urges support for LisbonEverything Ireland achieved during the Celtic Tiger years flowed directly from its engagement with Europe, the MacGill Summer…Wed Jul 22 2009 - 01:00
NCA says food prices have fallenThere has been a significant reduction in the price of groceries over the last six months, according to a new survey by the National…Wed Jul 22 2009 - 01:00
Three arrested over heroin seizuresTwo men are being questioned by gardaí in north Dublin following the seizure of drugs with an estimated street value of €250,…Wed Jul 22 2009 - 01:00
Hotel profits down 25% in 2008Irish hotel turnover decreased by 8 per cent last year, as occupancy rates dropped to their lowest level in 15 years, an industry…Wed Jul 22 2009 - 01:00
Fine Gael attacks Government over timing of report's releaseOPPOSITION CRITICISM: FINE GAEL has described the Government’s decision to publish the McCarthy report on the same day as a …Fri Jul 17 2009 - 01:00
Cutbacks blamed for more children at risk of povertyTHE NUMBER of children at risk of falling into poverty is increasing because an environment of budget cuts has reduced the supports…Fri Jul 17 2009 - 01:00
Swine flu medicine available via GPsAN ANTI-VIRAL medicine used to treat the symptoms of swine flu should be available in pharmacies around the country from today…Fri Jul 17 2009 - 01:00
Efforts to release hostages increaseATTEMPTS TO secure the release of two women who were kidnapped 13 days ago while working for the Irish aid agency Goal in the…Thu Jul 16 2009 - 01:00
Distribution more even than in other countriesIMMIGRANT STUDENTS: THE DISTRIBUTION of immigrant students across schools in Ireland is more even than in other countries, the…Thu Jul 16 2009 - 01:00
Two men and a toddler die in separate road incidentsTWO MEN and a toddler have died and four people are receiving treatment in hospital following motoring incidents in counties …Tue Jul 14 2009 - 01:00
Funeral of murder victim tomorrowTHE FUNERAL of Wayne Doherty, who was murdered in Hartstown, west Dublin, late on Saturday night, is to take place tomorrow morning…Thu Jul 09 2009 - 01:00
Website for unemployed launchedA new webiste designed to provide an outlet for unemployed people was launched in Dublin today.Tue Jul 07 2009 - 01:00
Dentists call for freeze on public service to be liftedTHE IRISH Dental Association (IDA) has called for an explicit commitment from the Department of Health that the recruitment embargo…Tue Jul 07 2009 - 01:00
Efforts to free Irish womanA team of Irish officials arrived in Sudan today in an effort to secure the release of aid worker Sharon Commins who was kidnapped…Sun Jul 05 2009 - 01:00
Efforts to free Irish womanIreland is dispatching an envoy to Sudan in a effort to secure the release of Irish aid worker Sharon Commins who was kidnapped…Sat Jul 04 2009 - 01:00
Complaints to ombudsman increase by 8%THE NUMBER of complaints received by the Office of the Ombudsman increased by 8 per cent last year to the highest level for more…Thu Jul 02 2009 - 01:00
Record complaints to OmbudsmanThe number of complaints received by the Office of the Ombudsman increased by 8 per cent last year to the highest level in over…Wed Jul 01 2009 - 01:00
Gardaí question man over death in TemplemoreGARDAÍ ARE not seeking any other suspects as they investigate the circumstances surrounding the death of a 56-year-old man in…Fri Jun 19 2009 - 01:00
Outdated debt laws 'must be amended'A JUDGMENT overturning the proposed jailing of a woman for non-payment of a debt highlights that the State must amend outdated…Fri Jun 19 2009 - 01:00
Red Cross stresses need to plan for natural disastersGOVERNMENTS should act to protect people from disasters rather than waiting for them to happen as cleaning up a catastrophe is…Wed Jun 17 2009 - 01:00
'No cut' in fight against crimeTHERE HAS been no diminution in the fight against organised crime in spite of cuts to policing budgets brought about by the current…Wed Jun 17 2009 - 01:00
Harney confident HSE can cope with swine fluMINISTER FOR Health Mary Harney said last evening that she was satisfied the health service is prepared to deal with H1N1 swine…Fri Jun 12 2009 - 01:00
Businessman spoke of ending it all, inquest toldA CORONER yesterday recorded a verdict of death by suicide at the inquest into the death of Dublin businessman and property developer…Fri Jun 12 2009 - 01:00
Journalism 'alive and well' despite pressure, debate toldJOURNALISM IS “alive and relatively well” but is coming under serious pressure because of economic difficulties and the growth…Thu Jun 11 2009 - 01:00
Public invited to visit Houses of the OireachtasPOLITICIANS ARE to step aside and allow a host of jugglers, stilt walkers and magicians take control of Leinster House later …Thu Jun 11 2009 - 01:00
