Cullen approves 2.75% fares increaseMinister for Transport Martin Cullen has rejected applications by CIÉ and the Railway Procurement Agency to increase bus and …Tue Dec 19 2006 - 00:00
Two men found shot dead in north DublinOne of the most powerful drug dealers in the State and an apprentice plumber were shot dead in a north Dublin house, today.Tue Dec 12 2006 - 00:00
Legal profession is anti-competitive - watchdogThe Competition Authority has proposed a number of "root-and-branch" reforms of the Irish legal profession that it says could…Mon Dec 11 2006 - 00:00
Harney unveils policy on nursing home careAn end to the "scrappy, inconsistent and unfair system" that the elderly and their families encounter when applying for long-…Mon Dec 11 2006 - 00:00
Agriculture safety campaign launchedThe Government has begun a major agriculture safety campaign after it was revealed 17 people have died in farming accidents this…Thu Nov 30 2006 - 00:00
Child begging a 'significant' problemA boy begging in an alleyway off Dawson Street in Dublin. Photograph: Frank MillerThu Nov 30 2006 - 00:00
Dead-on excuseI warn you here and now, this week's column is an unashamedly angry rantWed Nov 29 2006 - 00:00
EC rejects Ireland's emissions planIreland is one of the EU's worst performers on tackling climate change.Wed Nov 29 2006 - 00:00
Rejection of emissions plan welcomedEnvironmentalists have welcomed the European Commission's order to Ireland to alter its national plan for cutting greenhouse …Wed Nov 29 2006 - 00:00
Cross-Border sex offenders deal signedAuthorities on both sides of the Border have signed a deal to improve the sharing of information on the movements of sex offenders…Mon Nov 27 2006 - 00:00
Weasel wordsSome weeks ago I promised the sensible people among you, the ones who've thumbed their noses at the Regplate Mafia and their …Wed Nov 22 2006 - 00:00
Sudan gives cautious welcome to Darfur dealSudan has given a cautious welcome to a newly-brokered plan that could see an expanded African Union force operating in the war…Fri Nov 17 2006 - 00:00
Roche gets assurances on nuclear shipmentMinister for the Environment Dick Roche has said he has received assurances from the British government that a shipment of plutonium…Tue Nov 14 2006 - 00:00
Ireland ranks poorly in gas emissions surveyA new international study has rated Ireland thirty-third out of 56 countries in terms of government efforts to reduce greenhouse…Mon Nov 13 2006 - 00:00
DPP publishes booklets explaining functionThe Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions has published two leaflets explaining its functions and advising people of …Mon Nov 13 2006 - 00:00
Curtin tenders resignation, halting Oireachtas inquiryJudge Brian Curtin, who was cleared by a court in 2004 of possessing child pornography, has tendered his resignation on the grounds…Mon Nov 13 2006 - 00:00
Banville, Barry named on Impac longlistTwo novels by Irish authors have been named on the longlist of contenders for the €100,000 International Impac Dublin Literary…Mon Nov 06 2006 - 00:00
Government to introduce salmon drift-netting banThe Government has adopted the key recommendations of a report which calls for the creation of a hardship fund for those affected…Wed Nov 01 2006 - 00:00
Bangernomics and its joysNo doubt many of you watched that chap Eddie Hobbs hamming it up to the embarrassed-looking audience penned in like sheep for…Wed Oct 25 2006 - 01:00
Limits set for Bulgarian and Romanian workersThe Government has announced workers from Bulgaria and Romania will not have free access to the Irish labour market when the …Tue Oct 24 2006 - 01:00
Aer Lingus workers to picket Ahern officesAer Lingus workers are planning to picket Taoiseach Bertie Ahern's constituency office in Drumcondra today in protest at the …Mon Oct 16 2006 - 01:00
Study finds 90% in favour of sex educationA new study has found 90 per cent of adults are in favour of children receiving sex education in schools on sexual intercourse…Mon Oct 16 2006 - 01:00
A sticky endingHow many of you know what sparkplugs do? How to change an oil filter? What to do if your wheels fall off? Not many, I'm guessing…Wed Oct 11 2006 - 01:00
'Irish Times' to face High Court over Mahon leakGeraldine Kennedy and Colm Keena outside the Mahon tribunal todayThu Oct 05 2006 - 01:00
Ahern says he paid 'full market value' for Dublin houseTaoiseach Bertie Ahern has confirmed he bought his house in Dublin from a man who was at a function in Manchester where he received…Thu Oct 05 2006 - 01:00
Mahon denies tribunal leaked Ahern letterPlanning tribunal chairman Judge Alan Mahon today insisted the letter on which The Irish Times based an article on payments to…Thu Oct 05 2006 - 01:00
Concern over numbers being driven to schoolA survey on the mode of transport used by schoolchildren and students in the greater Dublin area has been launched amid concerns…Wed Oct 04 2006 - 01:00
Through a glass very darklyI have, of late, been mulling a theory of no little consequence to myself and my many fellow members of the cycling fraternity…Wed Oct 04 2006 - 01:00
Taoiseach attacked in Dáil over paymentsOpposition party leaders have again confronted the Taoiseach in the Dáil over the payments controversy.Wed Oct 04 2006 - 01:00
Siptu seeks tightening of State's labour lawsThe State's largest trade union, Siptu, has called on the Government to tighten up Ireland's labour laws before Romania and Bulgaria…Tue Oct 03 2006 - 01:00
Cross-Border seatbelt campaign unveiledA cross-Border television campaign aimed at encouraging back seat passengers to use seatbelts was announced in Belfast today.Tue Oct 03 2006 - 01:00
Over 3,000 sign objections to Poolbeg planOver 3,000 people have signed objections to the proposed incinerator at Poolbeg in Dublin Bay that were submitted to An Bord…Mon Oct 02 2006 - 01:00
Fermoy toll bypass opens ahead of scheduleThe newly opened M8 toll bypass will greatly improve the lives of the residents of Fermoy and Rathcormac, it was claimed today…Mon Oct 02 2006 - 01:00
HSE confident over flu vaccine availabilityThe Health Service Executive (HSE) said today it was not anticipating any shortfall in the number of flu vaccines available to…Mon Oct 02 2006 - 01:00
PDs call for explanation of Manchester paymentMcDowell and Parlon returning to the Dail yesterdayThu Sept 28 2006 - 01:00
Guilty feelings run deepGuilt: A feeling of responsibility or remorse for some offence, crime, wrong, etc., whether real or imagined.Wed Sept 27 2006 - 01:00
Two arrested as Garda shot in chest in DublinA Garda sergeant has been shot and wounded in the Dublin suburb of Crumlin.Wed Sept 27 2006 - 01:00
EPA refuses application for landfill at illegal dumpThe Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has refused an application by a waste company to build a landfill facility on the site…Fri Sept 22 2006 - 01:00
Call for mandatory vetting of youth workersThe National Youth Council of Ireland (NYCI) has demanded that Garda vetting be made mandatory for all staff and volunteers working…Thu Sept 21 2006 - 01:00
Attempts to free kidnapped Irish aid worker underwayA kidnap negotiator is traveling to Ethiopia tonight as part of a series of measures to try and free an Irish aid worker abducted…Wed Sept 20 2006 - 01:00
EPA warns Ireland missing environmental targetsThe Environmental Protection Agency has warned the Government is in danger of missing a number of deadlines for environmental…Wed Sept 20 2006 - 01:00
Fine Gael predicts doubling of Dáil representationFine Gael's chief election strategist has backed up claims by Enda Kenny that the party can double its number of seats in the…Thu Sept 14 2006 - 01:00
Report urges development outside east coastAction is needed to ensure Ireland's Atlantic seaboard is not left behind by the expansion of Dublin and the East Coast, a new…Thu Sept 14 2006 - 01:00
Visits to Ireland have risen 17%, CSO reportsThe number of people visiting Ireland is continuing to increase as figures released today showed a 17 per cent rise in foreign…Thu Sept 14 2006 - 01:00
Two teenagers arrested over Limerick arson attackTwo male teenagers have been arrested this evening by gardai investigating an arson attack on a car in Limerick in which two …Tue Sept 12 2006 - 01:00
CSO reports immigration at record levelThe rate of immigration into Ireland has reached the highest level since estimated records began in 1987, the Central Statistics…Tue Sept 12 2006 - 01:00
Political friends, foes congratulate PD leaderMichael McDowell's accession as leader of the Progressive Democrats has received mixed reaction from his political colleagues…Mon Sept 11 2006 - 01:00
McDowell predicts return to power with Fianna FáilMichael McDowell began his tenure as leader of the Progressive Democrats today by insisting the party was not a "spent force" …Mon Sept 11 2006 - 01:00
Martin announces major reform of consumer lawThe Government has announced details of a new bill designed to protect consumers that comprises the biggest reform of the area…Thu Aug 24 2006 - 01:00
