Workers insist IRA tapping claims could not have been trueTELECOMS STAFF who spent most of their working lives in the Dundalk telephone exchange yesterday ridiculed magazine reports that…Thu Oct 27 2011 - 01:00
Tapping claim is 'rubbish'A 2005 magazine article which alleged the IRA had tapped a private Garda phone line in Dundalk telephone exchange was described…Wed Oct 26 2011 - 01:00
No evidence found that IRA tapped phonesNO EVIDENCE could be found to verify allegations that the IRA tapped private Garda telephone lines in Dundalk telephone exchange…Wed Oct 26 2011 - 01:00
'No evidence' IRA tapped phone linesNo evidence could be found to support allegations that the IRA tapped private telephone lines between the Garda and the RUC, …Tue Oct 25 2011 - 01:00
Buchanan family asks police officers to assist tribunalTHE FAMILY of the RUC superintendent killed in an IRA ambush in 1989 has called on retired RUC officers and those serving in …Mon Oct 24 2011 - 01:00
Motorists urged to drive with caution as further heavy rainfall expectedTHE GARDA and AA Roadwatch have appealed to motorists to take extreme caution today as further heavy rainfall is expected to …Mon Oct 24 2011 - 01:00
Detective beaten for not paying IRA for alcohol, tribunal toldA FORMER detective sergeant was beaten by the Provisional IRA because he had failed to pay them for a consignment of alcohol, …Sat Oct 22 2011 - 01:00
Former Dundalk sergeant alleges DPP officials and Garda conspiracyA RETIRED Garda sergeant has claimed he has evidence of a conspiracy between members of the Garda and officials in the office…Fri Oct 21 2011 - 01:00
'No evidence' of Dundalk IRA molePSNI assistant chief constable Drew Harris attended the Smithwick Tribunal under tight security today.Fri Oct 21 2011 - 01:00
Tribunal told of smuggling by gardaAn official Garda car in Dundalk was used for smuggling contraband from Northern Ireland in the mid-1980s, a retired garda sergeant…Thu Oct 20 2011 - 01:00
Myers believed at least two IRA moles in Garda stationNEWSPAPER COLUMNIST Kevin Myers has told the Smithwick Tribunal he believed there were at least two IRA moles and possibly an…Thu Oct 20 2011 - 01:00
Tribunal views 'Insight' programmeA UTV Insight programme which aired claims by members of the RUC that there was an IRA mole in Dundalk Garda station was shown…Wed Oct 19 2011 - 01:00
Tribunal told phone to Newry was not tappedALLEGATIONS THAT the Provisional IRA tapped a private telephone link between Dundalk Garda station and Newry police over a three…Wed Oct 19 2011 - 01:00
Myers appears before SmithwickNewspaper columnist Kevin Myers has told the Smithwick Tribunal he believed there were at least two IRA moles and possibly an…Wed Oct 19 2011 - 01:00
Residents tell developer that he 'couldn't build a snowman'EXCHANGES: THERE WERE heated exchanges in the Round Hall of the Four Courts yesterday as residents of Priory Hall apartment …Tue Oct 18 2011 - 01:00
Developers to hand in passportsProperty developers behind the Priory Hall apartment complex in north Dublin have until this morning to surrender their passports…Tue Oct 18 2011 - 01:00
Reports of IRA 'bugging' discountedMagazine reports that the IRA had tapped into a secure line between Dundalk Garda Station and Newry police were discounted at…Tue Oct 18 2011 - 01:00
Priory Hall developers told to hand over their passportsPROPERTY DEVELOPERS behind the Priory Hall apartment complex in north Dublin have until this morning to surrender their passports…Tue Oct 18 2011 - 01:00
Builders told to surrender passportsProperty developers behind the Priory Hall apartment complex in north Dublin have until tomorrow morning to surrender their passports…Mon Oct 17 2011 - 01:00
'They are rendering us homeless'RESIDENTS OF Priory Hall in Donaghmede stood around in groups on the street outside their apartments yesterday evening as news…Sat Oct 15 2011 - 01:00
Red Cross to face questions on overseas aid donationsTHE IRISH Red Cross society is to be asked to respond to allegations that millions of euro, much of which was collected for overseas…Fri Oct 14 2011 - 01:00
Army pays €4.6m Border allowanceSOME 860 Army officers and recruits will share a State payout of €4.6 million in “Border allowances” this year.Fri Oct 14 2011 - 01:00
Red Cross 'deficiencies exposed'The Irish Red Cross is to be asked to answer allegations that money collected for the relief of overseas disasters was retained…Thu Oct 13 2011 - 01:00
Online emissions site launchedA new on-line service in which it is possible to view the emissions records of factories, farms, waste water treatment plants…Wed Oct 12 2011 - 01:00
Too much waste sent to landfillIreland is still sending too much waste to landfill and will not meet EU targets unless “substantive quantities” of residual …Wed Oct 12 2011 - 01:00
Gardaí defied salute order for IRA dead, tribunal toldGARDAÍ IN Dundalk decided en masse to disobey an order that they should salute the coffins of IRA personnel killed in Gibraltar…Sat Oct 08 2011 - 01:00
Tribunal considers Garda documentsGarda intelligence information relating to the IRA killing of two RUC men in 1989 was assessed in private session at the Smithwick…Fri Oct 07 2011 - 01:00
Questions about IRA radio traffic on day RUC men shotQUESTIONS ABOUT which branch of the security services in Northern Ireland was monitoring IRA communications on the day two RUC…Fri Oct 07 2011 - 01:00
RUC paper 'alleged IRA informant'An RUC intelligence document asserting Det Sgt Owen Corrigan of Dundalk Garda station was an IRA informer has been shown at the…Thu Oct 06 2011 - 01:00
IRA man passed information to security forces, tribunal is toldA MAN believed by sections of the RUC to have been involved in the notorious south Armagh brigade of the Provisional IRA passed…Thu Oct 06 2011 - 01:00
Scappaticci denied legal requestFreddie Scappaticci the man who denies he was the British army agent known as ‘Stakeknife’ within the Provisional IRA has been…Wed Oct 05 2011 - 01:00
Rainy season despite Indian summerLAST WEEK’S burst of sunshine and summer temperatures have not affected the official verdict on September from Met Éireann: it…Tue Oct 04 2011 - 01:00
Barroso pledges debt solutionsEuropean Commission president Jose Barroso today called for the faster creation of a permanent rescue fund to show Europe's determination…Wed Sept 28 2011 - 01:00
Metro West plan postponed due to economic climate, says VaradkarPLANNING FOR Metro West – a new rail line to link Ballymun and Tallaght – has been frozen, Minister for Transport Leo Varadkar…Mon Sept 26 2011 - 01:00
Solheim Cup boosts local economy but punters steer clear of high rentsTHE HOSTING of the Solheim Cup at Killeen Castle, Co Meath, is worth at least €30 million to the local economy and represents…Thu Sept 22 2011 - 01:00
Response to Job Bridge 'significant'There has been a significant response from industry to the Government’s Job Bridge internship programme, but less enthusiasm …Wed Sept 21 2011 - 01:00
Marriage of art and technology as gallery puts conservation of painting onlineTHE NATIONAL Gallery of Ireland has put its ongoing conservation of the iconic painting The Marriage of Strongbow and Aoife online…Wed Sept 21 2011 - 01:00
Payments to M3 and tunnel firms to triple to €5.5mTRANSPORT: STATE PAYMENTS to the operators of the M3 motorway in Co Meath and the N18 Limerick tunnel are set to rise from €…Tue Sept 20 2011 - 01:00
Painting conservation goes onlineThe National Gallery has put its ongoing conservation of the iconic painting The Marriage of Strongbow and Aoife online.Tue Sept 20 2011 - 01:00
Global network should be evaluatedECONOMIC FORUM: THE COST of holding the Global Irish Economic Forum in Farmleigh in September 2009 was €330,000, the Comptroller…Tue Sept 20 2011 - 01:00
RUC officer says he was warned about CorriganA FORMER RUC superintendent was warned by senior police officers on both sides of the Border to be careful who he talked to in…Sat Sept 17 2011 - 01:00
Former top garda casts doubt on RUC reportFORMER GARDA commissioner Noel Conroy said he would “be very surprised” if an account of RUC suspicions of an alleged IRA mole…Fri Sept 16 2011 - 01:00
Kerry fans to pay three times usual train fare for All-IrelandTHOUSANDS OF GAA supporters travelling by rail from Kerry to Sunday’s All-Ireland football final in Croke Park will be paying…Thu Sept 15 2011 - 01:00
Weather forecaster wins top awardWeather forecaster Jean Byrne has won a European award for broadcasting, Met Éireann has confirmed.Wed Sept 14 2011 - 01:00
Tribunal distances itself from mole claimTHE SMITHWICK Tribunal yesterday issued a statement dissociating itself from weekend reports that it had been told British intelligence…Wed Sept 14 2011 - 01:00
Train fares tripled for matchThousands of football supporters travelling by rail to Sunday's All-Ireland final in Croke Park will be paying more than three…Wed Sept 14 2011 - 01:00
Difficulties at Smithwick resolvedDifficulties between the Smithwick Tribunal and a former Garda assistant commissioner have been resolved.Tue Sept 13 2011 - 01:00
Travel disrupted and 13,000 homes left without power as storm passesWINDS ARE expected to lighten today as the country returns to normal in the aftermath of Hurricane Katia.Tue Sept 13 2011 - 01:00
Coast Guard warns of stormy conditionsA NUMBER of ferry sailings on the Irish Sea have been cancelled today and people have been warned to take extra care during expected…Mon Sept 12 2011 - 01:00
Gardaí looking for Ben Dunne saw armed IRA men 'roaming' BorderGARDAÍ SEARCHING for businessman Ben Dunne along the Border in 1981 were able to see armed members of the IRA “roaming” along…Sat Sept 10 2011 - 01:00
