Poverty-stricken country least able to sustain blowANALYSIS: Slavery, international extortion, embargoes and dictatorships have eroded Haiti’s ability to deal with its awful death…Fri Jan 15 2010 - 00:00
Poverty-stricken country least able to sustain blowANALYSIS: Slavery, international extortion, embargoes and dictatorships have eroded Haiti’s ability to deal with its awful death…Fri Jan 15 2010 - 00:00
Film-maker Rohmer dies in ParisÉric Rohmer, the French film-maker who was a key figure of the postwar New Wave cinema movement, has died at the age of 89.Mon Jan 11 2010 - 00:00
Grandes écoles resist attempts to end their cloistered existenceSarkozy wants France’s elite grandes écoles to set aside 30 per cent of admissions for students from poor backgroundsMon Jan 11 2010 - 00:00
Grandes écoles resist attempts to end their cloistered existenceSarkozy wants France’s elite grandes écoles to set aside 30 per cent of admissions for students from poor backgroundsMon Jan 11 2010 - 00:00
Faulty sensors one factor in Air France crashFRENCH INVESTIGATORS have been unable to explain why Air France flight 447 crashed into the Atlantic last June, but have cast…Fri Dec 18 2009 - 00:00
Irish fans seek to chase 'Les Bleus' awayThe size of the Irish crowd in the Stade de France for the last meeting between France and the Republic has attained such legendary…Wed Nov 18 2009 - 00:00
French press home masteryFRENCH PRESS: THEIR TEAM’S win in Dublin was greeted with relief in the French press yesterday, with praise being heaped on …Mon Nov 16 2009 - 00:00
Leaders reaffirm Franco-German relationship at armistice ceremonyANGELA MERKEL yesterday became the first German chancellor to take part in an Armistice Day ceremony in Paris as she joined President…Thu Nov 12 2009 - 00:00
Van driver on the run with €11mA SECURITY van driver who became an unlikely internet star after allegedly driving off with more than €11 million from the Banque…Tue Nov 10 2009 - 00:00
Candour from Chirac, except about alleged corruptionWITH HIS successor smarting from poor mid-term opinion polls and fighting to reassert himself after a series of setbacks, former…Sat Nov 7 2009 - 00:00
Stephen Gately brought home by the boysAS THE hearse carrying Stephen Gately turned on to Seville Place near his old family home in Dublin’s North Wall last night, …Sat Oct 17 2009 - 01:00
Call for voting rights for established immigrantsCOMMITTEE ON THE CONSTITUTION: THE RIGHT to vote in national elections should be extended to established immigrants who have…Thu Oct 8 2009 - 01:00
Gmail users also hit by phishing attackA PHISHING attack that compromised the security of up to 10,000 Hotmail e-mail accounts has also affected users of Google's Gmail…Thu Oct 8 2009 - 01:00
Ireland ranks high for life quality but low for povertyIRELAND RANKS fifth in the world on a quality of life index but third worst among developed countries for poverty, a United Nations…Mon Oct 5 2009 - 01:00
Phantom Pole haunts Garda at alternative Nobel awardsTHEY’LL BE clearing space in the trophy cabinet at the Phoenix Park headquarters this weekend after An Garda Síochána gained …Sat Oct 3 2009 - 01:00
Joyce estate settles copyright dispute with US academicTHE JAMES Joyce Estate has agreed to pay $240,000 (€164,000) in legal costs incurred by an American academic following a long…Thu Oct 1 2009 - 01:00
Former US detainees begin Irish integrationTWO FORMER Guantánamo Bay detainees who arrived in Ireland for resettlement last weekend have begun a 10-week integration programme…Thu Oct 1 2009 - 01:00
Garda and PSNI pledge on dissident republicansGARDA COMMISSIONER Fachtna Murphy and new PSNI chief constable Matt Baggott have pledged to deepen co-operation between their…Wed Sep 30 2009 - 01:00
Garda, PSNI pledge on dissidentsGarda Commissioner Fachtna Murphy and new PSNI chief constable Matt Baggott have pledged to deepen cooperation between their …Tue Sep 29 2009 - 01:00
EU positive for women, says BurtonWOMEN'S RIGHTS: THE EUROPEAN Union has been a continuously progressive force in the lives of Irish women, Labour deputy leader…Tue Sep 29 2009 - 01:00
EU 'progressive force' for womenThe European Union has been a continuously progressive force in the lives of Irish women, Labour deputy leader Joan Burton told…Mon Sep 28 2009 - 01:00
Turning point but no turning backFor the first time since the mid-1990s, emigration from Ireland is exceeding immigrationSat Sep 26 2009 - 01:00
Long-term jobless up by 25,000, says CSOTHE RANKS of the long-term unemployed swelled by almost 25,000 people in the past year, while the overall unemployment rate more…Wed Sep 23 2009 - 01:00
Patient gets €15,000 refund after Ombudsman mediatesA CANCER patient who was treated abroad received more than €15,000 in medical costs and backdated illness benefit after the Ombudsman…Wed Sep 23 2009 - 01:00
Plenty of anxiety evident on lunchtime walkaboutON THE CANVASS : RESOLUTELY UNMOVED by the sight of the entourage sweeping towards her, the 30-something in a velour tracksuit…Thu Sep 17 2009 - 01:00
'Bridging visa' plan for certain immigrantsMinister for Justice Dermot Ahern yesterday confirmed that foreign nationals from outside the European Economic Area who have…Tue Sep 15 2009 - 01:00
New 'bridging visa' for immigrantsA temporary visa scheme is to be introduced for immigrants who have become undocumented for reasons beyond their control.Mon Sep 14 2009 - 01:00
Family the cornerstone of Maj McDowell's lifeTHE OVER-RIDING dynamic of Maj Thomas Bleakley McDowell’s life was his cherished home and family, mourners at the former Irish…Sat Sep 12 2009 - 01:00
Department urged speedier deportations to save moneyTHE DEPARTMENT of Finance urged the immigration authorities earlier this year to ensure the deportation of unsuccessful asylum…Sat Sep 12 2009 - 01:00
'The Major' was a 'newspaper publisher to his fingertips'MAJ THOMAS Bleakley McDowell was “an immensely charming man” and “a newspaper publisher to his fingertips”, the managing director…Thu Sep 10 2009 - 01:00
Finance officials suggested closure of embassiesTHE DEPARTMENT of Finance suggested to the McCarthy expenditure review group that “clusters” of embassies could be closed, and…Thu Sep 10 2009 - 01:00
Former Irish Times chairman dies, aged 86THE DEATH has taken place of Major Thomas Bleakley McDowell, who was chief executive and chairman of The Irish Times for almost…Thu Sep 10 2009 - 01:00
Better deal possible if Lisbon rejected, says SFSINN FÉIN: A BETTER deal is possible if Irish voters reject the Lisbon Treaty next month, Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams, suggested…Mon Sep 7 2009 - 01:00
Referendum is 'about our soul as a nation'PRO-LISBON RALLY: VOTERS IN next month’s Lisbon Treaty referendum should reject the philosophy of “Irish Ayatollahs”, “Little…Mon Sep 7 2009 - 01:00
Mental health spending queriedMAJOR GAPS in the Health Service Executive’s (HSE) financial accounting system mean the organisation cannot explain how its mental…Mon Sep 7 2009 - 01:00
Time limits on foreign students proposedMINISTER FOR Justice Dermot Ahern has proposed capping at five years the amount of time someone from outside the European Economic…Wed Sep 2 2009 - 01:00
156 foreign nationals deported so far this year, data showsTHE AUTHORITIES have deported 156 foreign nationals to their countries of origin so far this year – almost as many as were expelled…Wed Aug 5 2009 - 01:00
Refugee council hails end of hostel useTHE IRISH Refugee Council has welcomed as an “enlightened step” the Government’s commitment to end the use of hostels to accommodate…Tue Aug 4 2009 - 01:00
Gardaí investigate explosion in DublinGARDAÍ ARE investigating a small explosion that took place outside a house in Rathfarnham, south Dublin, at the weekend.Tue Aug 4 2009 - 01:00
Ryanair apology for long delays at airportsPASSENGERS TRAVELLING with Ryanair faced long delays at Dublin and London Stansted airports on Saturday due to lengthy queues…Mon Aug 3 2009 - 01:00
€39m a year spent on failed asylum applicants, says FGTHE STATE is spending some €39 million a year to house unsuccessful asylum applicants because of delays in the Government’s decision…Mon Aug 3 2009 - 01:00
Pharmacists to pull out of schemesHundreds of pharmacies across the country are due to withdraw from the State drug schemes tomorrow in a dispute over the fees…Fri Jul 31 2009 - 01:00
Sutherland seeks better integration of immigrantsTHE RECESSION has made investment in the integration of immigrants more essential than ever, former attorney general Peter Sutherland…Fri Jul 31 2009 - 01:00
'Jobs and Irish control of policy' key issuesJOB CREATION, the retention of control over important policy decisions and an Irish presence on the European Commission will …Tue Jul 28 2009 - 01:00
HSE sends emergency phrase books to every acute hospitalEMERGENCY PHRASE books have been sent to every acute hospital in the State to help frontline staff communicate with patients …Tue Jul 28 2009 - 01:00
'Junk science' as front-page fact criticisedTHE FABRICATION of public falsehoods is a form of censorship that can be at its sharpest in what sometimes passes for science…Tue Jul 28 2009 - 01:00
Pro-Lisbon group opens campaignJob creation, the retention of control over important policy decisions and an Irish presence on the European Commission will …Mon Jul 27 2009 - 01:00
Call for review of Affordable Housing PartnershipTHE RATIONALE for the Affordable Housing Partnership should be reviewed in light of the changed conditions in the housing market…Sat Jul 25 2009 - 01:00
Vinters' price freeze in breach of settlementTHE HIGH Court has found the two main vintners’ groups to be in contempt of court by announcing a drinks price freeze.Sat Jul 25 2009 - 01:00