Initiative offers cheap eats in DublinMore than 60 Dublin restaurants will offer three course dinner menus for €25 or €30 to mark ‘Dine in Dublin Restaurant Week…Wed Sep 30 2009 - 01:00
Support project launchedA NEW project offering information and advice to families was opened by Ombudsman for Children Emily Logan yesterday.Wed Sep 30 2009 - 01:00
Coughlan criticises chairman's 'solo runs'REFERENDUM COMMISSION: PROMINENT ANTI-Lisbon Treaty campaigner Anthony Coughlan has written to the Referendum Commission chairman…Tue Sep 29 2009 - 01:00
650 events lined up to celebrate sixth Positive Ageing WeekTRIBAL DRUMMING, pilates, canoeing and line dancing are just some of the 650 events under way this week to mark the sixth Positive…Mon Sep 28 2009 - 01:00
Details of Simon Week announcedA GOVERNMENT commitment to end long-term homelessness by 2010 can still be achieved despite the recession, the Simon Communities…Mon Sep 28 2009 - 01:00
US multinational chiefs say No vote will cost jobs and investment - surveyBUSINESS: MOST CHIEF executives of US multinational companies operating here believe investment and jobs will be lost if the…Mon Sep 28 2009 - 01:00
Community protest against proposed cutsHUNDREDS OF people who work in community projects such as family resource centres and drugs task forces will march on the Dáil…Mon Sep 28 2009 - 01:00
FG publishes Bill that would protect good SamaritansFINE GAEL has published a Good Samaritan Bill which would protect those who go to the assistance of an ill or injured person …Fri Sep 25 2009 - 01:00
Low profit margins in restaurant sector - surveyA STUDY by Fáilte Ireland has found no evidence that excessive profits are being generated in the restaurant sector and says …Fri Sep 25 2009 - 01:00
Restaurant profits 'not excessive' - studyA study by Fáilte Ireland has found no evidence that excessive profits are being generated in the restaurant sector.Thu Sep 24 2009 - 01:00
Party leaders at ploughing championshipsThe leaders of the Fine Gael and Labour parties and the Minister for Agriculture, Brendan Smith, visited the Ploughing Championships…Wed Sep 23 2009 - 01:00
Championships return to rootsThe National Ploughing Championships returned to its roots today when President Mary McAleese opened the event in Athy, the scene…Tue Sep 22 2009 - 01:00
20th travel failure may not be recession's lastSLATTERYS CLOSURE: THE Irish Travel Agents Association has said it is impossible to judge whether the sector is over the worst…Sat Sep 19 2009 - 01:00
Student's killer 'had it all' says motherTHE YOUNG man who killed student Sebastian Creane and injured two others before taking his own life “had it all”, his mother …Thu Sep 17 2009 - 01:00
Drive to inspire acts of kindness floundersIT APPEARS that we don’t want to love our neighbours after all. Or even put away their wheelie bins.Thu Sep 17 2009 - 01:00
Former taoiseach confident of success this timeTHERE MAY be 60 years between them but that didn’t stop Dr Garret FitzGerald and his granddaughter Réachbha from campaigning …Wed Sep 16 2009 - 01:00
Co-operative calls for Yes voteFARM GROUP: THE AGRICULTURAL co-operative movement Icos has called for a Yes vote in the Lisbon Treaty referendum.Tue Sep 15 2009 - 01:00
Hotel room prices down 26% in first half of 2009IRELAND’S HOTEL room prices came down by 26 per cent in the first six months of this year, the steepest fall in prices in any…Tue Sep 15 2009 - 01:00
Students camp outside Dáil in protest at third-level feesSOME 30 students camped outside Leinster House last night to protest against the reintroduction of third-level fees.Tue Sep 15 2009 - 01:00
Conservationists look to online toolsThe use of technologies such as Twitter and Facebook offers major opportunities to people campaigning to save heritage sites, …Tue Sep 15 2009 - 01:00
Drawing the line on drugsCan the new National Drugs Strategy, announced last Thursday, work within the current financial restraints?Tue Sep 15 2009 - 01:00
Corrigan Brothers tune into NamaThey found fame with their song There's No-One As Irish As Barack Obama but now the Corrigan Brothers have turned their thoughts…Tue Sep 15 2009 - 01:00
Grandads gather with grannies at Knock shrineGRANDPARENTS HAVE finally found their voice, the founder of the new Catholic Grandparents Association said yesterday as an estimated…Mon Sep 14 2009 - 01:00
Mix of stigma and concern 'affects suicide reporting'MEDIA COVERAGE of deaths by suicide is impossible to predict and frequently highly controversial, press ombudsman John Horgan…Mon Sep 14 2009 - 01:00
Africa Centre to show different side of continentA NEW campaign by the Africa Centre in Dublin aims to portray a different side of the continent.Fri Sep 11 2009 - 01:00
Candlelight vigil marks suicide prevention dayA CANDLELIGHT vigil was held in Dublin last night to mark World Suicide Prevention DayFri Sep 11 2009 - 01:00
Call for out-of-hours social worker serviceA SOCIAL work service available for emergencies on a 24-hour, seven-day a week basis has been called for in a new report commissioned…Fri Sep 11 2009 - 01:00
Parents advised on helping depressed childDEPRESSIVE DISORDERS affect 2 per cent of children and up to 5 per cent of adolescents, parents were told at a talk organised…Fri Sep 11 2009 - 01:00
Michelin guide includes 17 Irish pubsSEVENTEEN Irish pubs are included in the 2010 Michelin Eating Out in Pubs Guide, which was published yesterdayThu Sep 10 2009 - 01:00
'Worrying' alcohol use in pregnanciesPREGNANT IRISH and British women drink more heavily than women in other EU states, an alcohol and pregnancy conference at the…Thu Sep 10 2009 - 01:00
Parents warned about giving teenagers alcohol at homeINTRODUCING TEENAGERS to alcohol in the home in the hope that it might encourage responsible drinking is “very naive” and does…Thu Sep 10 2009 - 01:00
Africa Centre unveils new campaignA new campaign by the Africa Centre in Dublin aims to show a different side to the continent.Thu Sep 10 2009 - 01:00
Commission recommends taxing payment but credit also proposedCHILD BENEFIT: THE COMMISSION on Taxation has recommended taxing child benefitTue Sep 8 2009 - 01:00
Siptu vice-president had 'severe reservations'DISSENT: A SENIOR trade unionist who was a member of the Commission on Taxation said he did not sign the report because he had…Tue Sep 8 2009 - 01:00
Groups criticise plan to tax child benefitTHE PROPOSAL to tax child benefit has been criticised by children’s groups, which are already planning to stage protests against…Tue Sep 8 2009 - 01:00
Report suggests tax on child benefitThe taxing of child benefit has been recommended by the Commission on TaxationMon Sep 7 2009 - 01:00
Civil servants warned on access to recordsSOME 70 staff in the Department of Social and Family Affairs have been disciplined for inappropriately accessing personal records…Mon Sep 7 2009 - 01:00
Faber offers academy for new Irish writersFABER AND Faber has published Irish writers from Samuel Beckett to Seamus Heaney and Sebastian BarrySat Sep 5 2009 - 01:00
Bad weather and poor market to take €600m toll on farmersFARM FAMILIES are facing losses of up to €600 million this year because of poor weather and the collapse in market prices, the…Sat Sep 5 2009 - 01:00
Cliffs slip as Storehouse passes 1m visitorsTOP ATTRACTIONS: HAVING A PINT of Guinness has long been a rite of passage for tourists coming hereSat Sep 5 2009 - 01:00
Tubridy's first guests to include TaoiseachTHE TAOISEACH Brian Cowen will be Ryan Tubridy’s first guest when he presents The Late Late Show for the first time tonight…Fri Sep 4 2009 - 01:00
Atmosphere electric for Croke Park and Picnic festivalIt will be a busy weekend on the roads as the All-Ireland Hurling Final is held and the summer festival season draws to a close…Fri Sep 4 2009 - 01:00
Faber brings people to bookFaber and Faber has published Irish writers from Samuel Beckett to Seamus Heaney to Sebastian BarryFri Sep 4 2009 - 01:00
Number of babies born in 2008 sets 113-year record, CSO showsTHE STATE saw the highest number of births recorded last year since 1896, despite the clouds of recession.Tue Sep 1 2009 - 01:00
Irish food brands start new campaignTHIRTY-ONE Irish food and drink brands have formed an organisation, Love Irish Food, to encourage people to buy Irish-made food…Tue Sep 1 2009 - 01:00
Sunbed use to be restricted to over-18sNEW LAWS on sunbed use will not include a total ban on sunbeds, despite Minister for Health Mary Harney’s statement last week…Mon Aug 31 2009 - 01:00
Big fall in planning applications to 10 county councilsTHERE HAS been a major slump in the number of planning permission applications made over the past three years, according to a…Mon Aug 31 2009 - 01:00
Handbags and gladrags prevail over recessionYOU COULD get anything you wanted at the Ultimate Girls’ Day Out in the RDS at the weekend.Mon Aug 31 2009 - 01:00
A signal idea: traffic boxes to promote city centreTRAFFIC SIGNAL boxes are dotted around major junctions in Dublin city, but few people have paused to consider them.Mon Aug 31 2009 - 01:00
Irish food promotion body unveiledSome 31 Irish food and drink brands have formed a new organisation called Love Irish Food to encourage people to buy more Irish…Mon Aug 31 2009 - 01:00