Putting the rug back under iconic brandFUTURE PROOF: Connemara Carpets Carpet-making skills built up in Connemara that were nearly lost are attracting attention in…Tue Oct 09 2012 - 01:00
Tax incentives for 'fracking' proposedSHALE GAS exploration in the United Kingdom, which may include significant reserves in Northern Ireland, is to be encouraged …Tue Oct 09 2012 - 01:00
Only 12% of Scots are 'net contributors to economy'JUST ONE in eight Scots pay more in tax than they receive in benefits, Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson is to say today…Mon Oct 08 2012 - 01:00
Cutting abortion time limit would affect Irish women, says support groupA CUT in the legal limit for abortion in Britain to 20 weeks from 24 would disproportionately affect women travelling from the…Mon Oct 08 2012 - 01:00
The story of Ireland told to the world from ManchesterThe first phase of the ambitious Irish World Heritage Centre is nearing completionMon Oct 08 2012 - 01:00
Search for April Jones becomes murder inquiryFOR FOUR days they had searched, but yesterday the people of Machynlleth, a small town in mid-Wales unknown to many before last…Sat Oct 06 2012 - 01:00
Abu Hamza extradited to US to face terrorist chargesRADICAL ISLAMIC cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri and four other men wanted on terrorist charges in the US began their journey to the…Sat Oct 06 2012 - 01:00
Police comb house of April Jones suspectWELSH POLICE yesterday carried out an inch-by-inch search of the house owned by Mark Bridger, the man arrested on Tuesday in …Fri Oct 05 2012 - 01:00
Miliband turns to class in an effort to get Labour working againLONDON LETTER: Britain’s Labour Party is reaching out to the working-class vote that has drifted away from itFri Oct 05 2012 - 01:00
Miliband rules out reversing taxes imposed by coalitionLABOUR PARTY leader Ed Miliband has pledged to join a trade union-organised protest later this month against spending cuts imposed…Thu Oct 04 2012 - 01:00
Suspect 'not in a position' to help in search for April JonesTHE MAN arrested for questioning about the disappearance of five-year-old April Jones near her home on Monday evening has told…Thu Oct 04 2012 - 01:00
North corporation tax decision closeA DECISION on proposals to let Northern Ireland cut its corporation tax rate, so that it can match the Republic’s 12Wed Oct 03 2012 - 01:00
Parents plead for safe release of Welsh girl as search intensifiesTHE DISTRAUGHT parents of five-year-old Welsh girl April Jones, who has been missing since she got into a van just yards from…Wed Oct 03 2012 - 01:00
Search for April Jones continuesPolice in Wales tonight said they were “in no way scaling back their operation” in the search for April Jones and remain “completely…Wed Oct 03 2012 - 01:00
'Big Fat Gypsy Wedding' campaign ruled offensiveADVERTISING USED by Channel 4 to promote its Big Fat Gypsy Wedding TV series on Irish travellers and gypsies were offensive and…Wed Oct 03 2012 - 01:00
McKillen seeks to appeal decision in favour of BarclaysProperty developer Patrick McKillen has lodged an application for permission to appeal to the Court of Appeal in London a decision…Wed Oct 03 2012 - 01:00
Miliband outlines his vision for one nationLABOUR LEADER Ed Miliband yesterday made a determined bid for the middle ground in British politics, warning that he would reverse…Wed Oct 03 2012 - 01:00
Labour refuses to make promises to unions on public worker pay freezesSENIOR LABOUR Party figures avoided a public confrontation with leading British unions over their support for the Conservative…Tue Oct 02 2012 - 01:00
British men convicted of homosexual offences pre-1967 can clear recordTHOUSANDS OF elderly British men convicted of homosexual offences before homosexuality was decriminalised in 1967 will be able…Tue Oct 02 2012 - 01:00
Trade unions warn Labour on public sector pay stanceLEADING BRITISH trade union leaders, who are now the Labour Party’s largest financial backers, have demanded that the party abandons…Mon Oct 01 2012 - 01:00
Putting the drug companies' research to the testMillions of drugs are being prescribed every day on faulty evidence, claims a new book on the pharmaceutical industrySat Sept 29 2012 - 01:00
Former chairman of AIB defends unusual loans to buy UK propertyTHE FORCED sale in 2008 of British properties bought with loans from Allied Irish Banks to Irish firm Green Property on “unusually…Sat Sept 29 2012 - 01:00
AIB trusted £800m loans had backingNEARLY £800 million worth of loans to two British businessmen would never have been given if AIB had not believed that they were…Fri Sept 28 2012 - 01:00
Party must adapt to new role, says CleggTHE LIBERAL Democrats are no longer a party of protest, but one of three parties of government in the United Kingdom, its leader…Thu Sept 27 2012 - 01:00
Leader may have to fall on his sword for the greater goodANALYSIS: Nick Clegg believes his party will be in power again. The question is will he be leading itThu Sept 27 2012 - 01:00
High earners targeted in UK drive to increase tax incomeHIGHER EARNERS in the United Kingdom are to face higher taxes, while additional tax officials are to target people with offshore…Wed Sept 26 2012 - 01:00
Orange Order leader calls for vote in Scottish referendumULSTER SCOTS are stakeholders in the debate about the future survival of the United Kingdom and should be allowed to vote in …Wed Sept 26 2012 - 01:00
No increase in budget for PSNIDemands made by the Police Federation of Northern Ireland for an extra 1,000 officers and an increased budget for the PSNI cannot…Tue Sept 25 2012 - 01:00
Chief whip to keep job despite pressure over 'pleb' insult to policeEMBATTLED CONSERVATIVE chief whip Andrew Mitchell is to stay in place despite insulting police guarding No 10 Downing Street …Tue Sept 25 2012 - 01:00
Lib Dem grassroots yearn to be distinctiveLiberal Democrats are not ready to quit coalition, but they are desperate for distance from the ConservativesTue Sept 25 2012 - 01:00
Clegg vows to block Tory freeze of benefitsLIBERAL DEMOCRATS leader Nick Clegg has rejected Conservative-backed proposals to freeze UK welfare payments for two yearsMon Sept 24 2012 - 01:00
Call for UK chief whip to be sacked over verbal abuseBRITISH PRIME minister David Cameron last night continued to reject calls for the sacking of his chief whip Andrew Mitchell over…Sat Sept 22 2012 - 01:00
Failing to meet needs of those growing old and dying in prisonLONDON DIARY: The Prison Reform Trust in Britain has called for better care for elderly prisonersFri Sept 21 2012 - 01:00
Still searching for her mother after decades of not knowingFour in 10 of those held in Irish institutions left for Britain. A support service is trying to helpFri Sept 21 2012 - 01:00
It feels a little like a bereavement, says departing editorRTÉ’s LONDON editor until midnight on Sunday yesterday leafed through rows of media passes still hanging from a hook in his office…Fri Sept 21 2012 - 01:00
Poor men in middle age at 10 times suicide riskMIDDLE-AGED men living in poor communities in Ireland and Britain are 10 times more likely to take their own lives than men of…Thu Sept 20 2012 - 01:00
Irish designs on trend at prestigious London showTHE MOLLOYS of Ardara understood export sales before most other peopleThu Sept 20 2012 - 01:00
Police killings suspect wanted over two gangland fatalitiesTHE MAN who handed himself in to police after two British policewomen were murdered in cold blood in Manchester yesterday is …Wed Sept 19 2012 - 01:00
AIB 'duped' into loans of £800m for propertiesALLIED IRISH BANK was duped into lending nearly £800 million to two British alleged fraudsters to buy 16 commercial properties…Wed Sept 19 2012 - 01:00
English counties to begin 'safe, humane' badger cullTHOUSANDS OF badgers are to be killed in England in an attempt to significantly reduce TB in cattle herds in GloucestershireTue Sept 18 2012 - 01:00
UK to cap dismissal paymentsMAXIMUM COMPENSATION payments for fired British workers who later win unfair dismissal cases are to be cut, while employers will…Sat Sept 15 2012 - 01:00
Royals to sue magazine over topless photographsTHE PUBLICATION of topless photographs of Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, by a French celebrity magazine brings back “the worst…Sat Sept 15 2012 - 01:00
Rhyme meets reason in poetry app inspired by late Irish writerWILLIAM WORDSWORTH may not have had it in mind when he strolled among daffodils, but poetry lovers may now “wander lonely as …Fri Sept 14 2012 - 01:00
British pig farmers finding it tough to bring home the baconLONDON LETTER: THREE YEARS ago, it was so differentFri Sept 14 2012 - 01:00
Court told Grehan undersold asset to defy creditorsPROPERTY DEVELOPER Ray Grehan sold a multi-million pound apartment in one of London’s most expensive buildings for less than …Fri Sept 14 2012 - 01:00
Rhyme meets reason in poetry appPoetry is to be released from the fusty world of books and brought to life in text, sound and video for smartphones and tablets…Fri Sept 14 2012 - 01:00
Straw puts blame on Thatcher for cover-upCONSERVATIVES ROUNDED furiously on former Labour minister, Mr Jack Straw, who yesterday laid some of the blame for the cover-…Fri Sept 14 2012 - 01:00
BA committed to Belfast routes, Walsh tells MPsBRITISH AIRWAYS is committed to developing services from Belfast’s George Best airport and rules out the prospect that Northern…Thu Sept 13 2012 - 01:00
McKillen bill after Barclay case could reach £20mPROPERTY DEVELOPER Patrick McKillen faces legal bills that could reach £20 million (€25 million) following his High Court defeat…Wed Sept 12 2012 - 01:00
McKillen optimistic on hotels ruling reversalANALYSIS: The Irish property developer will press for an appeal of his High Court defeat in LondonWed Sept 12 2012 - 01:00
