Call for checks on migrant workers rightsSiptu president Jack O'Connor has called for restrictions on the right of Romanians and Bulgarians to work here after their countries…Sat Oct 21 2006 - 01:00
Board of Self Help discusses proposals to resolve feudThe board of troubled aid agency Self Help Development International has met to discuss proposals aimed at resolving the feud…Sat Oct 21 2006 - 01:00
Gardaí get 300 items in weapon amnestyAlmost 300 weapons have been handed in so far under the Government's amnesty.Fri Oct 20 2006 - 01:00
Crisp makers deny products cause obesityCrisp manufacturers have denied their products are to blame for growing obesity in society.Thu Oct 19 2006 - 01:00
President urges action over povertyPresident Mary McAleese has delivered an impassioned warning against the dangers of feeling powerless in the face of world poverty…Tue Oct 17 2006 - 01:00
€1.5m supply depot at Curragh for UNIRELAND: Emergency supplies for up to 10,000 people are to be stockpiled at the Curragh for use in humanitarian disasters around…Sat Oct 14 2006 - 01:00
Outspoken and no stranger to controversyJustice Paul Carney: Mr Justice Paul Carney is not the only High Court judge hearing criminal cases, it just sometimes seems…Fri Oct 13 2006 - 01:00
Few check for signs of cancerJust one-quarter of Dubliners regularly carry out simple checks of their bodies for early signs of cancer, according to a new…Thu Oct 12 2006 - 01:00
Dublin council defends €60m Balgriffin dealDublin City Council has defended its decision to sell a major tract of land in north Dublin for housing without putting it out…Thu Oct 12 2006 - 01:00
3,000 landlords get warning notes over failure to registerWarning notices have been issued to over 3,000 landlords over their failure to register rental properties as required by law.Tue Oct 10 2006 - 01:00
Call for tougher laws on fireworksAn advertising campaign will be launched later this week highlighting the dangers of illegal fireworks and the new fines and …Mon Oct 09 2006 - 01:00
Services for ethnic minorities criticisedSignificant social, cultural and economic barriers continue to impede the delivery of public services to immigrants, a major …Mon Oct 09 2006 - 01:00
Call for tribunal Bill to be put on holdLabour has said new legislation which would give the Government the power to suspend or dissolve the Mahon and Moriarty tribunals…Mon Oct 09 2006 - 01:00
Ahern in Berlin for talks todayThe Taoiseach travels today to Berlin for talks with chancellor Angela Merkel on the draft European Constitution and other EU…Mon Oct 09 2006 - 01:00
Prayers, protests mark quake anniversaryPAKISTAN: Pakistan united in mourning yesterday in memory of about 73,000 people killed in an earthquake exactly a year ago, …Mon Oct 09 2006 - 01:00
Tribunal wants court to compel naming of sourceThe planning tribunal has said it will ask the High Court to order two Irish Times journalists to disclose the source of leaked…Fri Oct 06 2006 - 01:00
Call for rights Bill for 500,000 living in apartmentsThe National Consumer Agency has called for urgent legislation to protect the rights of 500,000 apartment dwellers in their dealings…Thu Oct 05 2006 - 01:00
Newspaper's duty was to publish story, says EditorThe Irish Times revealed details of payments to the Taoiseach in the early 1990s because it was in the public interest to do…Sat Sept 30 2006 - 01:00
Tribunal to state action over leak next weekThe planning tribunal will say next Wednesday what action, if any, it intends to take over the leaking of confidential papers…Sat Sept 30 2006 - 01:00
Non-contributory pensions increasedHolders of non-contributory pensions will receive increases of up to €21 a week from today as part of a wider reform of the pension…Fri Sept 29 2006 - 01:00
Prison Service paid twice going rate for siteThe Prison Service paid at least twice the going rate when it purchased 150 acres of agricultural land for the proposed new prison…Thu Sept 28 2006 - 01:00
Campaign aims at more efficient use of resourcesA new awareness campaign to encourage the public to use energy more efficiently has been launched.Wed Sept 27 2006 - 01:00
Too many lawyers, says leading academicIreland is training too many lawyers and this could be a cause of our litigious society, according to a leading academic.Wed Sept 27 2006 - 01:00
Poverty risk for Irish elderly highIreland has the second-highest rate of poverty among older people in the EU, a conference on health inequalities has been told…Thu Sept 21 2006 - 01:00
Red Cross will not pay ransom for aid workerThe Irish Red Cross has said it will not pay a ransom to secure the release of a member of staff who has been kidnapped in Ethiopia…Thu Sept 21 2006 - 01:00
Agencies welcome Third World aid pledgeReaction: Aid agencies and missionaries have given an enthusiastic welcome to the Government's White Paper on Aid.Tue Sept 19 2006 - 01:00
Ahern reaffirms commitment to increase aidWhite Paper launch: Ireland's overseas aid programme is a practical expression of the values that define what it means to be…Tue Sept 19 2006 - 01:00
Plan to double overseas aid budget to €1.5bn unveiledIreland will spend more than €1Tue Sept 19 2006 - 01:00
Same deal expected, says AhernTaoiseach's reaction: The Taoiseach has said he expects the next PD leader to deliver the same commitment to stable, full-term…Fri Sept 08 2006 - 01:00
Garda inquiry into Self Help agency complaintGardaí in Co Carlow have interviewed present and former employees of Self Help International over allegations that the aid agency…Fri Sept 08 2006 - 01:00
Political colleaguespay tribute to TánaistePolitical reaction: The Tánaiste's announcement of her resignation as PD leader has prompted warm tributes from friends, colleagues…Fri Sept 08 2006 - 01:00
Dublin may be EU's first Fairtrade capitalDublin is set to become the first Fairtrade capital in the EU, with widespread availability of the label guaranteeing fair prices…Thu Sept 07 2006 - 01:00
'Too early' for drop in food prices - MartinMinister for Enterprise and Employment Micheál Martin says it is too early for the abolition of the Groceries Order to bring …Thu Sept 07 2006 - 01:00
Study highlights long delays in criminal casesMurder and rape cases take two to three times longer to process in Ireland than in England and Wales, a new study has found.Tue Sept 05 2006 - 01:00
Dublin reserve created from road fillIt isn't every day that a new island comes into being, but yesterday two new ones were unveiled on Dublin's coastline.Mon Sept 04 2006 - 01:00
Health authorities on alert as highest tides in 20 years expectedHealth authorities are drawing up lists of vulnerable people living in flood-affected areas in Dublin in case they need to be…Mon Sept 04 2006 - 01:00
FF will inquire into Kelly cocaine claimFianna Fáil has established an internal committee to examine allegations that Dublin City Council member Liam Kelly took cocaine…Sat Sept 02 2006 - 01:00
Nothing amiss before glider crash, says reportThe preliminary investigation into a fatal glider crash last month has found no indication that anything was amiss before the…Sat Sept 02 2006 - 01:00
On the trail of E. coliModern scientific techniques make it easier than ever to identify the source of an outbreak of food poisoningFri Sept 01 2006 - 01:00
Food firms resist drive to curb saltEfforts to reduce harmful salt consumption in food are running into a "brick wall", the chief food scientist at the Food Safety…Wed Aug 30 2006 - 01:00
Hunt continues for kidnappers who held familyA north Dublin family was recovering last night from a 14-hour kidnap ordeal that ended with one family member being forced to…Wed Aug 30 2006 - 01:00
Leitrim firemen unfairly dismissedThree Co Leitrim firemen have been awarded a total of over €75,000 for unfair dismissal after they were forced to retire early…Tue Aug 29 2006 - 01:00
Marriage venue reforms postponed once againPlans to allow wedding couples to say "I do" at a venue of their choosing have been put on hold once again because of problems…Tue Aug 29 2006 - 01:00
Widescreen format leaves some viewers in the blackThousands of conventional television sets were being nudged towards obsolescence yesterday with the move by RTÉ News to a widescreen…Tue Aug 29 2006 - 01:00
Ireland still leads the way for 'real' overseas aidIreland's overseas aid programme is more focused on helping the poor than any other Western donor's, according to a new report…Mon Aug 28 2006 - 01:00
The bland leading the FM bandRadioReview: The first demonstration I attended was in support of the right of young people to hear the music they wanted to…Sat Aug 05 2006 - 01:00
12,000 taxi drivers in second national stoppageMore than 90 per cent of taxi drivers in Dublin stopped work yesterday in the second protest in a fortnight over changes to the…Wed Aug 02 2006 - 01:00
July was warmest in over decade, says Met EireannThe past month was the warmest July in over a decade in most of the country, according to Met Éireann.Tue Aug 01 2006 - 01:00
Problems 'solved'by yogi'shigh-flyersAn Irish engineer has unveiled plans to solve the problems of the health service, reduce crime and tackle violence in the Middle…Tue Aug 01 2006 - 01:00
Traffic jams the airwavesRadio Review: Monday morning and there are "no problems" in Cork through the Jack Lynch tunnel while traffic is moving "reasonably…Sat Jul 29 2006 - 01:00
