Plan to reduce language support criticisedSUPPORT TEACHERS: FAILURE TO provide adequate language support teachers for minority ethnic students could lead to students …Fri Apr 29 2011 - 01:00
Promotion freeze affecting discipline, survey indicatesJOBS MORATORIUM: THE GOVERNMENT moratorium on promoting teachers is having a significant impact on the running of schools and…Thu Apr 28 2011 - 01:00
Call for more support teachersFailure to provide adquate language support teachers for minority ethnic students could lead to such students failing to obtain…Thu Apr 28 2011 - 01:00
Mighty Quinn gives masterclass in placating militantsMinister got applause, even though he will be pursuing the previous government’s policiesThu Apr 28 2011 - 01:00
Call for repeal of law which favours religionDISCRIMINATION: THE GOVERNMENT was yesterday challenged by TUI president Bernie Ruane to immediately repeal a section of the…Wed Apr 27 2011 - 01:00
Kerry coroner calls for speed limiter devices on young motorists' carsA CORONER yesterday called for speed limiter devices to be mandatory in the cars of young motorists after an inquest heard how…Wed Apr 27 2011 - 01:00
Quinn to look at equality legislationMinister for Education and Skills, Ruairí Quinn has pledged that the government will look at the issue of a special provision…Wed Apr 27 2011 - 01:00
'All bets off' in event of any changes on pay or packagesCROKE PARK AGREEMENT: ANY MOVE by the Government to withdraw from commitments on pay and redundancies in the Croke Park agreement…Wed Apr 27 2011 - 01:00
Inquest into four deaths in car crash told vehicle moving at over 100km/hA VERDICT of death by misadventure was returned in the case of a 17-year-old motorist and verdicts of accidental death were returned…Wed Apr 27 2011 - 01:00
Man held in fatal fire inquiry releasedGARDAÍ IN Cork are to continue with their investigations after last night releasing without charge a man arrested for questioning…Tue Apr 26 2011 - 01:00
Speed limiters urged for young driversA coroner has called on the Government to introduce legislation obliging all young motorists to fix a speed limiter on any cars…Tue Apr 26 2011 - 01:00
Man questioned over Cork fireGardaí in Cork are continuing to question a 22-year-old man today in connection with the fire that claimed the lives of Helena…Mon Apr 25 2011 - 01:00
Suspected arson attack on family home kills mother and nephew (5)A 25-YEAR-OLD mother of one and her five-year-old nephew were killed early yesterday in a suspected arson attack on their family…Mon Apr 25 2011 - 01:00
Man arrested after woman and child die in Cork fireGardaí investigating the cause of a fire in Cork which claimed the lives of two people have arrested a man for questioning.Sun Apr 24 2011 - 01:00
Cork council plans €250,000 market facelift for royal visitCORK CITY Council is to spend €250,000 on a facelift for the city’s English Market in advance of Queen Elizabeth’s visit there…Sat Apr 23 2011 - 01:00
Cuban revolution to endure beyond Castros, says veteranAN OFFICER and veteran of the Cuban revolution and the Bay of Pigs invasion yesterday predicted the state’s socialist system …Fri Apr 22 2011 - 01:00
Chemical firm and executives charged over fatal explosionA PHARMACEUTICAL company and two of its senior executives have been returned for trial by judge and jury following a chemical…Thu Apr 21 2011 - 01:00
Relief as report vindicates 'good work' of hospitalREACTION: THE PUBLICATION of the Health Information and Quality Authority’s report on Mallow General Hospital was greeted with…Wed Apr 20 2011 - 01:00
Consolidated credit unions 'could be major player' in Irish financial sectorMAJOR CONSOLIDATION within the credit union sector will be necessary to ensure its survival but it has the potential to become…Sat Apr 16 2011 - 01:00
Bailey could be tried in France in his absence, solicitor claimsLAW GRADUATE Ian Bailey could be tried in France in his absence for the murder of French film producer Sophie Toscan du Plantier…Sat Apr 16 2011 - 01:00
Innocent Bailey targeted, says lawyerREACTION: THE DECISION by Mr Justice Michael Peart to allow Ian Bailey leave to appeal his surrender to France was yesterday…Thu Apr 14 2011 - 01:00
Report examines complaints against a total of 19 priestsBACKGROUND: THE DECISION to extend the remit of a State inquiry into clerical child sexual abuse to include the Diocese of Cloyne…Sat Apr 09 2011 - 01:00
Woman guilty of slurry pit killingA 45-YEAR-OLD woman has been acquitted of murder but found guilty of the manslaughter of a new age traveller whose body was found…Fri Apr 08 2011 - 01:00
Cork city and Cashel visits will provide 'great boost'REACTION IN SOUTH: THE NEWS that Queen Elizabeth is to visit Cork city and the Rock of Cashel in Co Tipperary during her official…Fri Apr 08 2011 - 01:00
Cork City Council told to pay €25,000 to boy bitten by dogA LOCAL authority has been ordered to pay €25,000 in damages to a young boy who was bitten by a dog while he was playing in a…Thu Apr 07 2011 - 01:00
Council celebrates 200th anniversary of North Monastery school's foundingCORK CITY Council, led by Lord Mayor Michael O’Connell, last night marked the 200th anniversary of the founding of the North …Thu Apr 07 2011 - 01:00
Woman convicted over Cork deathA woman has been acquitted of murder but found guilty of the manslaughter of a New Age Traveller whose body was found dumped …Thu Apr 07 2011 - 01:00
Cash seized as money laundering operation targetedGARDAÍ TARGETING the operations of an Irish drug gang operating in continental Europe were last night continuing to question …Wed Apr 06 2011 - 01:00
Retired priest faces trial for alleged indecent assaultsA RETIRED priest has been returned for trial by judge and jury on two counts of indecently assaulting two teenage girls while…Wed Apr 06 2011 - 01:00
Mercy Hospital aims to step up cancer services for patientsIMPROVED AND speedier scanning and diagnosis and rapid response treatments for testicular and gastrointestinal cancer are among…Tue Apr 05 2011 - 01:00
Priest for trial on sex assault chargesA retired priest has been returned for trial on two counts of indecently assaulting two teenage girls while working in the diocese…Tue Apr 05 2011 - 01:00
Cash seized during Cork raidsGardaí in Co Cork are continuing to question a number of people following the seizure of several hundred thousand euro in a series…Tue Apr 05 2011 - 01:00
Slain woman's daughter seeks share of houseTHE ONLY daughter of a woman whose body was found dumped in the river Suir has begun a legal action for a share of the house …Fri Mar 25 2011 - 00:00
Man hospitalised after Kerry arrestA man in his 40s is seriously ill in hospital after he was found unconscious in Tralee, Co Kerry, early this morning.Wed Mar 23 2011 - 00:00
Procedure: what happens nextYESTERDAY’S DECISION by the High Court to extradite Ian Bailey to France is just one in a series of hurdles to be cleared by …Sat Mar 19 2011 - 00:00
Victim's family welcomes decisionRELATIVES' REACTION: THE DECISION by the High Court to sanction the extradition of Ian Bailey to France for prosecution for …Sat Mar 19 2011 - 00:00
Two women die in separate crashesA YOUNG woman was killed and six teenagers, including her brother, were injured when a four-wheel drive vehicle crashed and overturned…Fri Mar 18 2011 - 00:00
Co-pilot's partner pays tribute to rescue effortTHE PARTNER of the co-pilot killed when the Manx2Fri Mar 18 2011 - 00:00
Questions raised over aviation regulationYESTERDAY’S PRELIMINARY report by the Air Accident Investigation Unit into the Cork airport crash raises questions about European…Thu Mar 17 2011 - 00:00
No problem found with Cork aircraftAN INITIAL investigation into an air crash that claimed the lives of six people at Cork Airport last month has not identified…Thu Mar 17 2011 - 00:00
Cork air crash report releasedNo mechanical faults have yet been identified in an aircraft that crashed at Cork airport, killing six people and injuring six…Wed Mar 16 2011 - 00:00
First report on Cork air crash to say wing hit runwayTHE FIRST official report into last month’s aircraft crash that claimed the lives of six people at Cork Airport will be published…Wed Mar 16 2011 - 00:00
Historian criticises 1916 generationTHE CONTEMPORANEOUS regard with which the lord mayors of Cork, Tomás Mac Curtain, who was murdered, and Terence MacSwiney, who…Tue Mar 15 2011 - 00:00
Call to clarify legal position on consent to treatmentTHE NEW government has been urged to clarify the legal position on the ability of health professionals to provide medical treatment…Tue Mar 08 2011 - 00:00
Europe ruling on planning directive welcomedENVIRONMENTAL CAMPAIGNERS have welcomed a ruling by the European Court of Justice reversing an Irish Supreme Court judgment which…Sat Mar 05 2011 - 00:00
Eight years for baseball bat attack on wifeA FORMER prison officer has been sentenced to eight years in jail with two years suspended after he admitted battering his wife…Sat Mar 05 2011 - 00:00
Ex-garda given suspended sentenceA GARDA with a chronic drink problem who attempted to rob a convenience store with an imitation firearm while absent without …Sat Mar 05 2011 - 00:00
Eight years for killing of homeless manA 29-YEAR-OLD former heroin addict has been sentenced to eight years in jail with three suspended after he pleaded guilty to …Fri Mar 04 2011 - 00:00
Men sentenced for €52,000 scam against farmerA FARMER was conned out of €52,000 by four men who promised to renovate his house after one of them pretended to be a matchmaker…Fri Mar 04 2011 - 00:00
Presenter will not be chargedTHE DIRECTOR of Public Prosecutions has directed there be no prosecution against Cork radio presenter Neil Prendeville after …Wed Mar 02 2011 - 00:00
