CAB may target Burke's 'political fund'A "political fund" containing over £118,000, paid by developers to Ray Burke, is expected to be examined by the Criminal Assets…Thu Oct 17 2002 - 01:00
Figures show increase in numbers deportedThere has been a steep rise in the number of deportations of failed asylum-seekers from the State.Wed Oct 16 2002 - 01:00
Board intervenes in Carrickmines disputeAn Bord Pleanála has intervened in the dispute about the building of the M50 motorway through the archaeological remains of Carrickmines…Tue Oct 15 2002 - 01:00
Call to provide a basic income for allProviding a basic income for all adults offers the best way to narrow the gap between rich and poor, according to a leading international…Tue Oct 15 2002 - 01:00
Planning refused for Orange march siteAn Bord Pleanála has refused permission for a major housing and tourist development on the field where Orangemen gather at their…Sat Oct 12 2002 - 01:00
Malahide case shows perils, even in a strong legal caseResidents' groups everywhere will take heart from the High Court's decision to lift the threat against Malahide Community Council…Fri Oct 11 2002 - 01:00
Minister rejects deportee's caseThe Minister for Justice, Mr McDowell, has declined to give special consideration to appeals to allow a Nigerian woman, who has…Wed Oct 09 2002 - 01:00
Murphy libel trial to be embarrassing for TaoiseachThe Taoiseach's account of his investigations into Ray Burke in 1997 are set to be re-aired in a controversial libel trial due…Wed Oct 09 2002 - 01:00
Firm investigated by Flood to seek payout for landsThe Supreme Court has cleared the way for a controversial shelf company to collect a multimillion euro payout from the taxpayer…Mon Oct 07 2002 - 01:00
FF TD defends planning move in villageDelvin in Co Westmeath is set to become Dublin's newest dormitory townSat Oct 05 2002 - 01:00
Gardai examine interim report into planning corruptionThe Garda Commissioner has said his officers have begun their examination of the Flood tribunal's interim report into planning…Thu Oct 03 2002 - 01:00
Interim Flood report to appear todayAfter five years of investigation, 337 days of public hearings and 190 witnesses, the interim report of the Flood tribunal is…Thu Sept 26 2002 - 01:00
Flood report to urge new laws on planningSignificant new anti-corruption laws and changes in planning regulations are recommended in the report of the Flood tribunal, …Wed Sept 25 2002 - 01:00
Party mood as protest passes peacefullyA demonstration by over 1,000 anti-car and anti-globalisation protesters passed off peacefully yesterday.Mon Sept 23 2002 - 01:00
BNFL ships pass within 30 miles of IrelandThe controversial shipment bringing reprocessed nuclear fuel back to Sellafield passed within 30 miles of the Irish coast as …Tue Sept 17 2002 - 01:00
Greenpeace flotilla set to confront nuclear vesselsThe largest anti-nuclear protest held on the Irish Sea is expected to reach a climax today when a flotilla of seaborne campaigners…Mon Sept 16 2002 - 01:00
Nuclear protest flotilla meets in HolyheadBNFL has declined to provide details of the shipment journey, citing security considerationsSat Sept 14 2002 - 01:00
Tabloid image is not full story about MacArthurThere seem to be two Malcolm Macarthurs in prison, depending on who you talk to.Sat Aug 31 2002 - 01:00
Concern over lap-dancing clubsConcern has been expressed about the growth of lap-dancing clubs in Ireland.Fri Aug 30 2002 - 01:00
Overseas aid budget will fall by over €40m in cutbacksThe Government is to cut its allocation for overseas aid by over €40 million this year, far more than was originally anticipated…Fri Aug 30 2002 - 01:00
Louise tells of nightmare fall into prostitutionLouise Eek's nightmare began when she was 12 and her parents split upFri Aug 30 2002 - 01:00
Failed asylum seeker suffers breakdownThe deportation of a Nigerian woman and four of her children has been delayed after she suffered a breakdown and was committed…Thu Aug 29 2002 - 01:00
BNFL ships have right of passage, says AhernThe Government has conceded it can do nothing to prevent a controversial shipment of rejected nuclear fuel passing near Ireland…Thu Aug 29 2002 - 01:00
Brochures launched on heritage week toursDublin City Council has published a series of walking tour brochures covering historic and modern sights of the city.Thu Aug 29 2002 - 01:00
Study links coffee to cancer chemicalCoffee has joined fatty foods such as chips and crisps at the centre of a widening health scare after German researchers found…Wed Aug 28 2002 - 01:00
Officials given week to change signsDublin's controversial new signposts are to be redesignedWed Aug 28 2002 - 01:00
Ruling welcomed on sludge-processing plantOpponents of a factory which processes sewerage sludge in Geesala, Co Mayo, have welcomed a decision by An Bord Pleanála that…Tue Aug 27 2002 - 01:00
Concern at increase in level of street assaultsThe number of victims of crime referred to Victim Support dropped by almost 20 per cent in the first half of this yearTue Aug 27 2002 - 01:00
Climbers hit the high notesThe hills were alive with the sound of people tramping up Donegal's highest peak yesterday..Mon Aug 26 2002 - 01:00
Youths at risk have low educational ambitionYoung people at risk of offending have low levels of educational ambition and come from areas with high youth populations and…Sat Aug 24 2002 - 01:00
Industrial action delays rural postal deliveriesAn Post says that rural postal deliveries are suffering delays of over an hour each day due to continuing industrial action by…Sat Aug 24 2002 - 01:00
Overseas agency closes offices in AfricaThe Agency for Personal Service Overseas (APSO) is closing a number of field offices in Africa this year as part of a winding…Mon Aug 12 2002 - 01:00
Republic ranks third in UN global competitiveness tableThe Republic ranks third in the world in a new United Nations report rating the ability of 87 countries to produce and export…Sat Aug 10 2002 - 01:00
Jailed pensioner is moved to open prisonA 69-year-old man who was sent to jail for a month in a row over a boundary fence on his land has been moved to an open prison…Sat Aug 10 2002 - 01:00
'Alarmist' line on migrants deploredThe No to Nice Campaign has been accused of making "alarmist" statements on immigration that could arouse hostile attitudes to…Thu Aug 08 2002 - 01:00
Scheme paid 26 dentists over €90,000 eachSome 26 dentists earned more than €90,000 each in fees from the dental benefit scheme for PRSI workers last year, according to…Thu Aug 08 2002 - 01:00
Citizenship right for all children may goThe Constitution may have to be changed to remove the automatic right to citizenship of the children of non-nationals, an international…Thu Aug 08 2002 - 01:00
€1.27m boardwalk aims to halt bog erosionA large section of Connemara National Park has been declared off-limits to walkers because of erosion of the bog caused by trampling…Wed Aug 07 2002 - 01:00
Dentists, Minister deadlocked in dispute over feesThe Minister for Social, Community and Family Affairs and most of the State's dentists remain deadlocked in a dispute which has…Wed Aug 07 2002 - 01:00
'It's good to know justice is alive and kicking still in this country'"This is absolutely wonderfulThu Aug 01 2002 - 01:00
McDowell is 'concerned' at findingThe Minister for Justice, Mr McDowell, has expressed concern about the finding by the Court of Criminal Appeal that there was…Thu Aug 01 2002 - 01:00
Call for water-safety gear to be VAT-freeThe Irish Marine Federation has called on the Government to respond to last weekend's drowning tragedy by exempting life-jackets…Thu Aug 01 2002 - 01:00
O'Malley to be named chairman of aid boardThe recently retired Progressive Democrat TD, Mr Des O'Malley, is to be appointed chairman of a new body to monitor the €340 …Wed Jul 31 2002 - 01:00
Raised boat examined as funerals beginAs the investigation into the sinking of the Pisces continues, the first of the five victims of the fishing tragedy is to be …Wed Jul 31 2002 - 01:00
Victims of fishing tragedy were not wearing lifejacketsNone of the four bodies recovered following a fishing tragedy off the Wexford coast yesterday was wearing a lifejacketMon Jul 29 2002 - 01:00
It took just ten minutes for the 'Pisces' to sink in calm watersA few streaks of engine oil and a piece of rope is all that's left on the surface of the water here to indicate where an angling…Mon Jul 29 2002 - 01:00
Ireland a society of poverty, inequality, UN study findsIreland has the highest level of poverty in the Western world outside the US, according to a United Nations report published …Wed Jul 24 2002 - 01:00
Croatian and his son to be deported todayA Croatian man and his 14-year-old son are to be deported this morning following the failure of a High Court appeal to allow …Wed Jul 24 2002 - 01:00
BNFL tells protesters their tactics could prove deadlyProtestors who try to block the path of a shipment of nuclear waste through the Irish Sea next month are risking injury or death…Tue Jul 23 2002 - 01:00
Government now backs debt cancellation for Third WorldThe Government has committed itself for the first time to calling for the total cancellation of debts owed by the world's poorest…Sat Jul 20 2002 - 01:00
