Rise in drug-users at treatment centreThe number of drug-users presenting at one of Dublin's largest drug-treatment centres increased by almost a third last year, …Thu Jul 27 2000 - 01:00
Century asked Burke to close RTE Radio 2Century Communications asked the minister for communications, Mr Ray Burke, to close RTE Radio 2FM during negotiations to save…Thu Jul 27 2000 - 01:00
`No conflict' between Minister and hospital director on GallagherThe Minister for Justice, Mr O'Donoghue, is not in conflict with the director of the Central Mental Hospital, Dr Charles Smith…Tue Jul 25 2000 - 01:00
Department says Gallagher `legally a threat'Double murderer John Gallagher (34) was still considered a risk, a spokesman for the Department of Justice said last night, despite…Mon Jul 24 2000 - 01:00
Man held in death of baby boy in Darndale fire attackGardai may charge a man in his 30s later today in connection with the death of a baby boy in an arson attack in Dublin yesterday…Mon Jul 24 2000 - 01:00
Trouble every night in tragic estate"This is something that was waiting to happen," said a young woman near the charred shell of 255 Buttercup Park yesterday morning…Mon Jul 24 2000 - 01:00
Law Society says advertisement discriminatesThe law Society has called for the withdrawal of an advertisement for jobs in the Attorney General's office, which it says is…Sat Jul 22 2000 - 01:00
Loophole in system could help Gallagher stay freeAn extradition warrant will be issued against John Gallagher if he is located in Britain, despite uncertainty as to whether such…Fri Jul 21 2000 - 01:00
Anti-drugs group is critical of Government strategyThe rescinding of the Public Order Act to allow anti-drugs marches and reform of the Garda Complaints Board are among the measures…Thu Jul 20 2000 - 01:00
Woman republican prisoner releasedThe last female republican prisoner in the State was released yesterdayThu Jul 20 2000 - 01:00
Helpline planned for women who are victims of violenceA single helpline for women who are victims of violence, or who are threatened with violence, is being planned by the National…Wed Jul 19 2000 - 01:00
£40m more for childcare aimed at private sectorDetails of an additional £40 million for the provision of childcare will be announced by the Taoiseach, Mr Ahern, tomorrow.Tue Jul 18 2000 - 01:00
Travellers say their situation has worsened over five yearsTravellers are more excluded and alienated from Irish society than they were five years ago, a seminar in Dublin was told yesterday…Tue Jul 18 2000 - 01:00
Dublin Corporation denies bias against single homelessDublin Corporation's housing policy discriminates against single people who sleep rough or who use homeless shelters, according…Sat Jul 15 2000 - 01:00
Republicanism still relevant, says Ahern at Pearse openingRepublicanism is a radical social philosophy which should continue to inspire us today, the Taoiseach, Mr Ahern, has said.Sat Jul 15 2000 - 01:00
Pearse brothers were doers, says KiberdThe ruling elite of early 20th century Dublin observed six commandments in addition to the 10 kept by everyone else, Padraig …Sat Jul 15 2000 - 01:00
Challenging `us' to join `them'This collection of articles - by Travellers but aimed at "us" - introduces itself: "Our challenge to an Intercultural Ireland…Sat Jul 15 2000 - 01:00
Waste incinerator plan fans embers of oppositionTo incinerate or not to incinerate? That is the burning question, and one that is galvanising proponents and opponents on both…Fri Jul 14 2000 - 01:00
Judge O Buachalla inquiry will be in public, judge rulesThe commission of inquiry into the transfer of a pub licence by Judge Donnchadh O Buachalla will begin in two weeks' time and…Thu Jul 06 2000 - 01:00
O'Rourke says errors over missing files inexplicableThe Department of Transport and Power renewed a Certificate of Airworthiness for the Viscount St Phelim seven weeks before it…Wed Jul 05 2000 - 01:00
Victims' relative believes his family is now a little closer to the truthOne of the relatives of two of those who died in the Tuskar Rock air tragedy said yesterday that his family was "a little closer…Wed Jul 05 2000 - 01:00
Airline welcomes announcement of further inquiryAer Lingus has welcomed the establishment of a further inquiry into the Tuskar Rock air disaster.Wed Jul 05 2000 - 01:00
Women `sold into sexual slavery' hereWomen are being trafficked into Ireland, mainly from eastern Europe, for prostitution, a conference in Dublin has been toldTue Jul 04 2000 - 01:00
Conference to call for end to child poverty in 20 yearsChild poverty could be eliminated in 10 years, a conference on the issue will be told in Dublin today.Mon Jul 03 2000 - 01:00
Treats are rare for a mother and her three children living on £123 a weekYvonne Bracken (23) certainly wouldn't consider either herself or her three children to be living in poverty, but feeding, clothing…Mon Jul 03 2000 - 01:00
Cure without support `a recipe for revolving door'Drug treatment centred on methadone maintenance was "social control and then abandonment", an addiction lecturer told yesterday…Wed Jun 28 2000 - 01:00
Today FM celebrates setting the radio news agendaRadio station Today FM is celebrating the fact that its main news programmes, not the State broadcaster, have been setting radio…Thu Jun 22 2000 - 01:00
Call for State initiative to tackle eating disordersA Government task force or a similar State initiative should be established to look at the increase in young women suffering …Thu Jun 22 2000 - 01:00
Book will not return to Kells-TCDIt's been to Canberra, but it's never going to Meath.Thu Jun 22 2000 - 01:00
Dublin river is hit by fish killAn investigation is under way into the causes behind a kill of up to 1,000 fish on the River Tolka in Dublin.Wed Jun 21 2000 - 01:00
User recalls night bad heroin killed his friend"I was burning up like a furnace, down on all fours like I was going to collapseFri Jun 16 2000 - 01:00
English visitor's family told `not to have false hopes'The family of the English visitor who was stabbed repeatedly in an attack in Dublin at the weekend has been told not to "have…Wed Jun 14 2000 - 01:00
Scientists close to identifying cause of heroin addicts' illnessClinical scientists investigating the causes of a mysterious illness among heroin addicts in the State and in Britain believe…Wed Jun 14 2000 - 01:00
Taxi-drivers' union rejects responsibilityThe fact that the Richardsons had tried unsuccessfully to hail a taxi before the attack was not reason to "somehow make taxi-…Wed Jun 14 2000 - 01:00
Threatened action could cause driving-test pileupWaiting lists for driving tests are expected to increase substantially if the State's 101 driving testers go ahead with industrial…Wed Jun 14 2000 - 01:00
Ex-councillor got £16,500Mr Sean Gilbride received £16,500 from three sources between 1991 and 1997, the Fianna Fail report in payments to politicians…Thu Jun 08 2000 - 01:00
Two more cases of heroin illness found in GlasgowTwo more cases of the mystery illness affecting heroin users in Dublin and Britain have been confirmed in the greater Glasgow…Thu Jun 08 2000 - 01:00
Liverpool may be heroin conduitThe heroin behind the deaths of at least eight addicts in Ireland and 14 in Scotland may have come through Liverpool, sources…Fri Jun 02 2000 - 01:00
An Post announces personalised stampsTime was when you had to board an aircraft to get to Mauritius, Australia or such far-flung paradisesFri Jun 02 2000 - 01:00
Pilot community warden scheme to be set up in five regions as new tier of local policingA new tier of community policing is to be piloted in five local authority areas from the beginning of next year.Fri Jun 02 2000 - 01:00
Bacterium in heroin may have killed 8A bacterium called clostridium was the most likely cause of the deaths of eight heroin users in the State, the head of the investigation…Fri Jun 02 2000 - 01:00
Youth Defence says committee has `pre-arranged conclusion'The Oireachtas committee hearing submissions on abortion had a "pre-arranged conclusion" and was "gathering evidence to suit …Thu Jun 01 2000 - 01:00
Authority studies new heroin deathThe Eastern Regional Health Authority is investigating a further death of a heroin-user in Dublin.Thu Jun 01 2000 - 01:00
Deaths do not deter heroin users - counsellorsThe seven recent deaths of heroin users from unidentified causes is not deterring people from using the drug, counsellors in …Tue May 30 2000 - 01:00
Scholarship awarded in memory of murdered boyThe first scholarship awarded from the Ben Smyth Memorial Fund was "a testament to the love and friendship which [bound] the …Tue May 30 2000 - 01:00
Bands across the sea in a big night of super-karaokeIt was certainly the glitziest karaoke night Dublin has ever seenTue May 30 2000 - 01:00
Dublin ready for Music Live showThe finest Irish musicians of the past 30 years as you've never heard them before - that's what's on offer at the Dublin venue…Mon May 29 2000 - 01:00
