Doctor accused of misleading claimsA KILDARE-based doctor made false and misleading claims about the effectiveness of “salt cave climate therapy”, which he offered…Tue Jan 31 2012 - 00:00
Call for doctor acquittal rejectedAn application to acquit a Kildare-based doctor of charges he made false and misleading claims in relation to "salt cave climate…Tue Jan 31 2012 - 00:00
Inquiry into salt cave therapy opensA medical council inquiry into allegations that a Kildare-based doctor made false and misleading claims in relation to “Salt …Mon Jan 30 2012 - 00:00
Shop assistant who loaded points on sister's loyalty card awarded €2,500A CO Meath-based shop assistant who admitted loading shoppers’ loyalty card points on her sister’s card has been awarded €2,500…Sat Jan 28 2012 - 00:00
Dublin to host conference on intelligent transport systemsDUBLIN HAS been chosen as the venue for a major conference that is expected to attract thousands of delegates working in technology…Sat Jan 28 2012 - 00:00
Counsel claims Garda didn't act on intelligenceSMITHWICK TRIBUNAL: THE GARDA had intelligence reports that members of the force were implicated in IRA activity before and …Fri Jan 27 2012 - 00:00
Garda intelligence 'not referenced'High-grade Garda intelligence that implicated a member of the force in a number of cross-Border murders was not referenced in…Thu Jan 26 2012 - 00:00
Army's smuggling report 'exaggerated'A COLONEL in the British army may have exaggerated a report on cross-Border smuggling, thereby kicking off a chain of events …Thu Jan 26 2012 - 00:00
Smuggling exaggerated, tribunal toldA briefing on the alleged smuggling operations of Thomas ‘Slab’ Murphy, given to then secretary of state for Northern Ireland…Wed Jan 25 2012 - 00:00
Wicklow dump case resumesWicklow County Council appeared to be “starting from the beginning” in assessing an illegal dump discovered in Wicklow more than…Wed Jan 25 2012 - 00:00
Doctor denies he harassed colleaguesA DOCTOR accused of sending inappropriate texts and email pictures to female colleagues has denied wrongdoing and says he believes…Tue Jan 24 2012 - 00:00
Council restrictions 'intolerant' of dogs and their ownersAN ESTIMATED crowd of 700 gathered in Killiney yesterday to voice concerns over what are seen as “anti-dog” regulations on coastal…Mon Jan 23 2012 - 00:00
Higgins praises creativity at craft showPRESIDENT MICHAEL D Higgins yesterday joined the Crafts Council of Ireland in urging people to seize opportunities offered by…Mon Jan 23 2012 - 00:00
Septic tank owners may avoid upgrade, says HoganOWNERS OF older septic tanks will not be forced to upgrade them to the latest Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) standards…Thu Jan 19 2012 - 00:00
Ó Cuív accuses Hogan of 'lie'A day-long debate on the Water Services Bill has opened with accusations that Minister for Environment Phil Hogan “told a lie…Wed Jan 18 2012 - 00:00
Stena Line considers court findingsSenior managers at Stena Line are meeting this lunchtime to consider the implications of a Labour Court recommendation that it…Tue Jan 17 2012 - 00:00
Search for body in Co WicklowGardaí were remaining tight-lipped this afternoon as to the progress of a search for human remains at Kippure in the Wicklow …Thu Jan 12 2012 - 00:00
Investigation into Wicklow land dealTHE DEPARTMENT of the Environment’s role in a deal in which Wicklow County Council agreed to pay €3 million for land previously…Wed Jan 11 2012 - 00:00
Woman's €90,000 award for unfair dismissalA FORMER head of operations at an archaeological services company who developed breast cancer has been awarded €90,000 for constructive…Tue Jan 10 2012 - 00:00
Superbug infections detected outside hospitalsSOME BACTERIA that can successfully resist antibiotics are increasingly being recognised as a problem in healthcare facilities…Mon Jan 09 2012 - 00:00
Dublin's north inner city a litter blackspot, survey findsDUBLIN IS the great exception in a decade of increasing cleanliness in Irish towns, according to campaign group Irish Business…Mon Jan 09 2012 - 00:00
Call for removal of lead pipes in homesTHE REMOVAL of lead pipes from the State’s drinking water network must be “balanced” by the removal of such pipes from private…Sat Jan 07 2012 - 00:00
Timber workers seek better termsProtesting workers at the Woodfab timber processing plant in Aughrim, Co Wicklow, have called on management to reinstate them…Sat Jan 07 2012 - 00:00
Plan to seek oil, gas off Dublin displayedAn application to explore for oil and gas off the coast of Dublin in an area known as the “Kish Bank Basin” has gone on public…Fri Jan 06 2012 - 00:00
Gardaí to look at Drogheda nightclub CCTV footageGARDAÍ ARE to examine closed circuit television footage of a Drogheda nightclub following conflicting accounts of an alleged …Fri Jan 06 2012 - 00:00
5,500m of lead piping to be replaced over health fearsAT LEAST 5,500m of lead-pipe water supplies will have to be removed by next year at a cost in the region of €15 million due to…Fri Jan 06 2012 - 00:00
Businesses lobbied for hospital supportMAJOR BUSINESSES worldwide which have an association with Ireland are being asked by the entrepreneur Harry Crosbie to support…Wed Jan 04 2012 - 00:00
Doctor alleges racial abuse and assault in clubA DOCTOR recruited from abroad has alleged he was racially abused and physically assaulted by a woman in a Co Louth nightclub…Wed Jan 04 2012 - 00:00
Churches issue messages of apology and reflectionHOPE AND fortitude in difficult economic times is a common theme among the Christmas messages from the leaders of the four main…Sat Dec 24 2011 - 00:00
Crosbie plans charity concert spectacularEntrepreneur Harry Crosbie has issued a Christmas appeal for major Irish singers and performers to get behind a “spectacular” …Fri Dec 23 2011 - 00:00
Seeing the traffic corps is believing you can be caughtThe traffic corps is not the only method of Garda enforcement, but cutting it back sends a wrong signalFri Dec 23 2011 - 00:00
Byrne rejects 'mad' plan to break up Garda Traffic CorpsPROPOSALS TO break up the Garda Traffic Corps have been described as “madcap” by Road Safety Authority (RSA) chairman Gay Byrne…Fri Dec 23 2011 - 00:00
Over 620,000 travellers to use Dublin airport over holidayMORE THAN 620,000 passengers are expected to travel through Dublin airport over the Christmas period, a 10 per cent increase …Wed Dec 21 2011 - 00:00
Two major road projects will go ahead next yearWORK IS expected to get under way in the coming months on two key road projects that had been stalled due to lack of funding.Wed Dec 21 2011 - 00:00
Quinn ethics ruling in JanuaryDUBLIN CITY councillor Oisín Quinn is to hear in January whether the Standards in Public Office Commission has found him guilty…Tue Dec 20 2011 - 00:00
Quinn 'not influenced' by property holdingOwnership of an office block did not influence a Labour Dublin city councillor's proposal to increase the permissible heights…Mon Dec 19 2011 - 00:00
Smithwick Tribunal may hear evidence from ScappaticciFREDDIE SCAPPATICCI, the man who denies he was a British double agent in the IRA known as “Stakeknife”, may give evidence to …Sat Dec 17 2011 - 00:00
Fulton repeats 'Stakeknife' claimsA key witness at the Smithwick Tribunal has repeated claims that the republican Freddie Scappaticci was a British agent in the…Fri Dec 16 2011 - 00:00
Former British spy denies taking part in IRA murdersA FORMER British army agent who infiltrated the IRA yesterday denied he took part in murders carried out by the organisation.Fri Dec 16 2011 - 00:00
State on course for road safety recordIreland is set to become the second safest state in the EU for road users if the rate of road deaths continues its current downward…Fri Dec 16 2011 - 00:00
IRA spy in Garda was open secret, says agentIT WAS an open secret in the IRA that it had a “friend” among the gardaí in Dundalk, the Smithwick Tribunal has heard.Thu Dec 15 2011 - 00:00
Fulton gives evidence to SmithwickA former British agent who infiltrated the Provisional IRA told the Smithwick Tribunal today his early duties included putting…Wed Dec 14 2011 - 00:00
President's surgery a successPRESIDENT MICHAEL D Higgins underwent knee surgery at the Bon Secours Hospital in Renmore, Galway, yesterday.Wed Dec 14 2011 - 00:00
Waste plan scrapped after spend of €32.7mPLANS FOR one of Europe’s largest landfills, a 210-hectare facility to be developed at a cost of almost €100 million at Nevitt…Wed Dec 14 2011 - 00:00
Plans for Lusk landfill droppedPlans for one of Europe’s largest landfills near Lusk in north Co Dublin have been scrapped by Fingal County Council.Tue Dec 13 2011 - 00:00
Plan to integrate asylum childrenA campaign to encourage more than 500 children of asylum seekers to access local services such as libraries and sports facilities…Tue Dec 13 2011 - 00:00
New fund to target Shannon airportA new ‘route development fund’ to attract new business to Shannon airport has been proposed by Shannon Development.Tue Dec 13 2011 - 00:00
President undergoes knee surgeryPresident Michael D Higgins underwent knee surgery at the Bon Secours Hospital in Renmor, Galway earlier today.Tue Dec 13 2011 - 00:00
