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
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
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
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
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
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
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
UN service recalled by retired soldiersSOME 70 members and friends of the 36th Infantry Battalion gathered in Glasnevin Cemetery yesterday morning to mark the 50th …Mon Dec 12 2011 - 00:00
FitzPatrick freed after questioning about AngloPHOTOGRAPHERS – SOME of whom had stood in freezing temperatures all night – were rewarded with sight of a beaming Seán FitzPatrick…Mon Dec 12 2011 - 00:00
DUP MP refuses to withdraw IRA claimDEMOCRATIC UNIONIST MP Jeffrey Donaldson has refused to withdraw allegations that a member of Dundalk gardaí colluded with the…Sat Dec 10 2011 - 00:00
DUP MP tells of 'mole' sourceDemocratic Unionist MP Jeffrey Donaldson has told the Smithwick Tribunal he had only one source for the name of an alleged IRA…Fri Dec 09 2011 - 00:00
Tribunal told of Garda reports on alleged collusionA SENIOR garda has told the Smithwick Tribunal of a Garda intelligence report from the mid- 1980s which suggested that Det Sgt…Thu Dec 08 2011 - 00:00
Tribunal hears Dundalk factory claimA Government funded factory in Dundalk may have been the source of printed circuit boards used in bombs in the UK, the Smithwick…Thu Dec 08 2011 - 00:00
Garda says IRA mole not focus of inquiryA SENIOR garda intelligence officer has clashed with the Smithwick Tribunal over the purpose of a Garda inquiry in the immediate…Wed Dec 07 2011 - 00:00
Senior garda gives tribunal evidenceA key garda inquiry into allegations of Garda collusion in the IRA murders of two RUC officers failed to interview politicians…Wed Dec 07 2011 - 00:00
Empty buildings 'suited subversives'A number of buildings near the Garda station in Dundalk that were unoccupied in the late 1980s would have offered a perfect vantage…Tue Dec 06 2011 - 00:00
Ageing Garda vehicles pose safety and insurance issuesCOMMITTEE: AGEING GARDA vehicles, some of which have more than 300,000km on the clock, pose safety and insurance issues for …Fri Dec 02 2011 - 00:00
Garda gets €12.4m tax demandThe Revenue Commissioners presented An Garda Síochána with a tax demand of €12Thu Dec 01 2011 - 00:00
IRA bomb-maker offers to take lie-detector test at tribunalA CONVICTED IRA bomb-maker yesterday offered to take a lie-detector test to help prove he was not involved in the Omagh bombing…Wed Nov 30 2011 - 00:00
Tribunal told of concern over leaksGarda authorities avoided involving Dundalk Garda station in anti-terrorist operations from as far back as the early 1980s because…Wed Nov 30 2011 - 00:00
McKevitt denies garda tipped him off about search of his homeMICHAEL McKEVITT, who is serving a 20-year sentence for directing terrorism and membership of the Real IRA, has told the Smithwick…Tue Nov 29 2011 - 00:00
IRA man denies Omagh claimA convicted IRA bomb maker who was named in the House of Commons as one of those responsible for the Omagh bombing has described…Tue Nov 29 2011 - 00:00
Eden Quay trees removed for worksTrees on Dublin’s Eden Quay were removed yesterday in preparation for works on the proposed Luas bridge.Tue Nov 29 2011 - 00:00
Garda to test drivers for drugs in new yearFROM EARLY in the new year motorists suspected of driving while under the influence of drugs are to be asked to perform a range…Mon Nov 28 2011 - 00:00
McKevitt gives Smithwick evidenceMichael McKevitt, who is serving a 20-year sentence for directing terrorism and membership of the Real IRA, has told the Smithwick…Mon Nov 28 2011 - 00:00
Tribunal to move to Dublin court for evidence by McKevittTHE SMITHWICK Tribunal is to move to the Criminal Courts of Justice on Monday to hear evidence from Michael McKevitt, who is …Sat Nov 26 2011 - 00:00
Flagship DIT site to proceed if planning grantedTHE FLAGSHIP regeneration project for the 30-hectare Grangegorman site in Dublin’s north inner city will definitely go ahead …Fri Nov 25 2011 - 00:00
Ex-garda fails to appear at SmithwickA former assistant Garda commissioner who helped investigate suspicions members of Dundalk gardaí assisted in IRA murders of …Fri Nov 25 2011 - 00:00
Planned increases in medical benefit charges 'penal'PROPOSED INCREASES in charges for medical benefits have been described as “penal” and a potentially serious risk to patient health…Thu Nov 24 2011 - 00:00
Proposed medical charge hikes criticisedProposed hikes in charges for medical benefits have been criticised by the Irish Patients Organisation and the Irish Pharmacy…Wed Nov 23 2011 - 00:00
Hogan defends shopping centre sizesDRAFT GUIDELINES for the size of new shopping centres that were published yesterday do not represent the death knell of smaller…Tue Nov 22 2011 - 00:00
Firefighters' dispute may lead to strikeFOURTEEN FIRE officers have been removed from the payroll by Roscommon County Council in a dispute which some firefighters maintain…Tue Nov 22 2011 - 00:00
