Farmleigh hosting more VIPs and members of publicThe State mansion Farmleigh was used to accommodate seven visiting heads of state and dignitaries last year, the largest number…Mon Jan 15 2007 - 00:00
Garda file for DPP over patient's deathGardaí are almost ready to send a file to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), following their investigation into the death…Fri Jan 12 2007 - 00:00
Fáilte Ireland says State must invest in tourism attractionsIf the State does not invest in world-class tourism attractions and facilities now, it will pay the price later, tourism body…Wed Jan 10 2007 - 00:00
Stark warning for B&B sectorBed and breakfast operators have no future if they cannot offer more than a basic accommodation and breakfast service, Fáilte…Wed Jan 10 2007 - 00:00
Food safety breaches see 27 closuresThe number of food businesses served with enforcement orders fell by 16 per cent last year but the Food Safety Authority of Ireland…Tue Jan 09 2007 - 00:00
'She's doing better than we thought possible'Orla Craigie (13) from Meath was diagnosed with a brain tumour when she was nine months oldTue Jan 09 2007 - 00:00
NUI Galway gets €2m grant for biofuel researchNUI Galway has received a grant of more than €2 million for a seven-year biofuel research project.Tue Jan 09 2007 - 00:00
Elderly urged to help immigrantsActive retirement groups around the country have been encouraged to take on the teaching of English to immigrants, following …Tue Jan 09 2007 - 00:00
Two-thirds of parents disagree with ban on slappingTwo-thirds of parents do not agree with a legal ban on slapping, according to a survey conducted by the Irish parenting website…Mon Jan 08 2007 - 00:00
Archbishop pledges church support for immigrant groupsChristmas carols were sung in several languages, immigrant children in traditional dress carried baskets of bread to the altar…Mon Jan 08 2007 - 00:00
Diocese finds grateful recipients for unwanted giftsFor those who think that auctioning unwanted Christmas gifts on eBay is a little unseemly, the Dublin diocese may have the answer…Mon Jan 08 2007 - 00:00
Lucy and James are most common child namesJunior infants classrooms will be populated by children called Lucy, James, Daniel and Sophie in 2010 if last year's birth notices…Mon Jan 08 2007 - 00:00
31 more staff for school psychological serviceA total of 31 psychologists are to be recruited to the National Educational Psychological Service (Neps) for schools this year…Fri Jan 05 2007 - 00:00
Judging panel to select four for charity stintFour Irish residents will be given the opportunity to spend a year working for their chosen registered charity in an initiative…Fri Jan 05 2007 - 00:00
Gender pay gap priority for Equality AuthorityThe 15 per cent pay gap between men and women is to be one of the key issues highlighted by the Equality Authority this year …Fri Jan 05 2007 - 00:00
Number of deaths in workplace down 33%The incidence of workplace deaths fell by almost one-third last yearWed Jan 03 2007 - 00:00
Call to introducenew drugs offenceThe Europe Against Drugs network (Eurad) has called on the Government to introduce a new law which would make it an offence to…Wed Jan 03 2007 - 00:00
No Garda Reserve unless further bombing occursIt would take a bomb atrocity on the scale of the Dublin Monaghan bombings to generate enough public interest to launch a civilian…Tue Jan 02 2007 - 00:00
Ceann Comhairle wanted a new MercedesThe issue of "mercs and perks" raised its head in 1967, when the Ceann Comhairle refused to take a Mercedes because it was being…Tue Jan 02 2007 - 00:00
Irish now official language in EUIrish became an official and working language in the European Union yesterday, more than two years after the Government first…Tue Jan 02 2007 - 00:00
Razzmatazz from US at Dublin paradeHundreds of people braved blustery weather conditions to watch the Lord Mayor's New Year's Day Parade pass through the streets…Tue Jan 02 2007 - 00:00
Influence of British media causes concernUneasy Anglo-Irish relations were highlighted in 1974 when a memo sent by the Department of the Taoiseach expressed concern at…Tue Jan 02 2007 - 00:00
Dev asked to support Hess releaseThe son of Rudolph Hess wrote to President Éamon de Valera in 1968 asking him to support a campaign to release his father from…Tue Jan 02 2007 - 00:00
Priest highlights rise in violent deathsIreland has witnessed "a frightening and shocking increase" in murders and gangland killings in the midst of an unprecedented…Tue Jan 02 2007 - 00:00
Vietnam veteran offers to help IRAAn American who claimed to be a relative of Patrick Pearse was hatching a plan to bring an army of Vietnam veterans to Ireland…Tue Jan 02 2007 - 00:00
Maeve Binchy sought meeting with PresidentAuthor Maeve Binchy wrote to president Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh in 1975 wondering if he could "receive" her, files in the National…Sat Dec 30 2006 - 00:00
Archbishop of Dublin sought to block entry of pornographic home moviesIndecent film and literature: Playboy magazine had not yet reached these shores and the internet was only on the cusp of being…Sat Dec 30 2006 - 00:00
Male gardaí were considered 'more effective than female'Marriage bar: Major opposition to the advancement of women in An Garda Síochána is highlighted in a number of files just released…Sat Dec 30 2006 - 00:00
Cosgrave received death threat prior to US visitTaoiseach's trip: The Irish diplomatic service in New York received a bomb threat and was told taoiseach Liam Cosgrave would…Sat Dec 30 2006 - 00:00
Death threats made after Stagg funeralHunger strike: Four members of the cabinet received an anonymous death threat in 1976 over the government's controversial handling…Sat Dec 30 2006 - 00:00
Vatican urged clemency for couple facing execution for murder of gardaPapal appeal: The pope sent his papal nuncio Gaetano Alibrandi to Áras an Uachtaráin in July 1976 to appeal for clemency for…Fri Dec 29 2006 - 00:00
End to ward of court system proposedThe Law Reform Commission will today propose that the current ward of court system for people with limited mental capacity be…Mon Dec 18 2006 - 00:00
Widespread public sympathy for gun victimHundreds of people have signed books of condolence in memory of apprentice plumber, Anthony Campbell, who was shot dead on Tuesday…Mon Dec 18 2006 - 00:00
Estate in 'appalling' conditionResidents of the Na Cluainte housing estate in Portarlington, Co Offaly, have claimed that their estate has been left in an "…Fri Dec 08 2006 - 00:00
UN lacks transparency, says law scholarUN: The reform of the United Nations is faced with "intractable difficulties", international law scholar Prof Ruth Wedgwood …Thu Dec 07 2006 - 00:00
State 'sleepwalking' through drugs crisisThe State is "sleepwalking" through an escalating drugs crisis, an Oireachtas committee heard yesterday.Thu Dec 07 2006 - 00:00
Volunteering part of a 'healthy and caring society'Voluntary groups held events around the State yesterday to mark UN International Volunteer Day.Wed Dec 06 2006 - 00:00
Study shows older people are not doing enough exerciseOnly 15 per cent of older people are taking enough exercise to stay healthy, according to the initial findings of a study due…Wed Dec 06 2006 - 00:00
Canadian post for HSA chiefHealth and Safety Authority chief executive Tom Beegan is to leave his post on January 31st, to take up a new job in the Workplace…Wed Dec 06 2006 - 00:00
Call for Travellers to be recognised as ethnic groupThe recognition of Travellers as an ethnic group would not solve all problems facing Travellers but it would help to counter …Wed Dec 06 2006 - 00:00
Firms warned of legal liability over Christmas party harassmentEmployers have been warned that they can be held liable for sexual harassment or bullying incidents that occur at the office …Tue Dec 05 2006 - 00:00
Soccer pitch dispute causes plan's deferralA plan for the future of Deerpark, a prime green space in Dublin's Mount Merrion, has been put on hold until legal advice is …Tue Dec 05 2006 - 00:00
Conference told of concerns oversex traffickingThe sex trafficking of women and children is the single biggest cause of concern for people countering illegal immigration, a…Tue Dec 05 2006 - 00:00
Jockey's family call for return dateThe family of jockey Christy McGrath, who is serving a prison sentence for murder in Britain, has called on the Irish Government…Mon Dec 04 2006 - 00:00
Listen to students, teachers toldContact with one caring adult could be enough to prevent a teenager from taking his own life, the Irish Association of Suicidology…Thu Nov 30 2006 - 00:00
SVP spent €41m last year to help families in needThe €41 million spent by St Vincent de Paul Society (SVP) to help families in need last year belies the myth that poverty has…Wed Nov 29 2006 - 00:00
State 'fundamentally' breaching human rightsAmnesty International has claimed that human rights are being "fundamentally breached" by the Government's neglect of the mental…Tue Nov 28 2006 - 00:00
Warning of sex abuse among young drinkersThe abuse of alcohol by young people is leading to consensual sexual abuse, Sr Veronica Mangan, director of the Aislinn adolescent…Tue Nov 28 2006 - 00:00
CROWD PULLER: fans go wild as Pacino is honoured at Trinity CollegeTrinity College's Burke theatre had seldom seen its like before. Al Pacino was in the hall and the crowd was going wildThu Nov 23 2006 - 00:00
MS patients tell of lack of servicesThe lack of neurologists and associated services is having a detrimental effect on the health of people with multiple sclerosis…Wed Nov 22 2006 - 00:00