Dutch health system 'flawed'THE GOVERNMENT should “think twice” about introducing a Dutch-style health system because of escalating costs and a lack of choice…Tue Dec 06 2011 - 00:00
Link between ADHD and body clock establishedA NUI Maynooth-based neuroscientist has helped establish a link between the genes that control our body clock and the common …Tue Dec 06 2011 - 00:00
Abbey Theatre programme looks to reflect state of nationA MUSICAL by pioneering theatre company Thisispopbaby, along with works by emerging playwrights and revivals of plays by Tom …Mon Dec 05 2011 - 00:00
Smyth victim calls again for Cardinal Brady to apologiseTHE VICTIM of paedophile priest Fr Brendan Smyth, who reached an out-of-court settlement with Catholic archdiocese of Armagh …Mon Dec 05 2011 - 00:00
Winter arrives with sub-zero temperature and snow in westAFTER ONE of the mildest autumns on record, winter has arrived with a vengeance.Mon Dec 05 2011 - 00:00
Court fines TD Wallace €7,000Independent TD Mick Wallace has been fined €7,000 for withholding employers’ pension contributions to employees in one of his…Mon Dec 05 2011 - 00:00
Snow flurries herald winter's arrivalAfter one of the mildest autumns on record, winter has arrived with a vengeanceSun Dec 04 2011 - 00:00
To 'Downton' via Tallaght on TV3THE GENTEEL lives of Downton Abbey and the not-so-genteel lives of a group of seven Tallaght 20somethings who share a house will…Thu Dec 01 2011 - 00:00
'Unstable' water supply to 150,000 homesMORE THAN 150,000 homes in Dublin and Wicklow could be left without guaranteed drinking water “for years” if an unstable 19th…Wed Nov 30 2011 - 00:00
Repair work needed on reservoirA water treatment plant which supplies 150,000 homes in Dublin and Wicklow needs to have a new four and a half kilometre long…Wed Nov 30 2011 - 00:00
Dublin studio's cartoon wins two BaftasAN IRISH-PRODUCED animation series has won two prestigious children’s Baftas in London.Tue Nov 29 2011 - 00:00
Campaign urges people with bowel complaints to seek treatmentTV PRESENTER Dr Dawn Harper has launched an Irish campaign to help people with the debilitating and common condition, inflammatory…Tue Nov 29 2011 - 00:00
RTÉ lines up the Dubs, The Dubliners, the queen and the cooks for holiday viewingTHE DUBLINERS, the Dubs and one particular Dub the critics love to hate, Mrs Brown, feature heavily in RTÉ’s Christmas schedule…Tue Nov 29 2011 - 00:00
Film board to invest €5.3m in productionsA NEW Neil Jordan horror film, a reimagining of Jim Sheridan’s Into the West, and six animation projects are to share in more…Sat Nov 26 2011 - 00:00
7,500 Irish fans travelled to Rugby World CupNEW FIGURES suggest that the number of Irish supporters at the 2011 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand was not as large as the TV…Sat Nov 26 2011 - 00:00
Irish lust after holiday flingsSURVEY: THE IRISH are a lusty lot on holidays with nearly three-quarters saying that holiday romances are more about lust than…Sat Nov 26 2011 - 00:00
Foreign firms fall for charm of 'happy' IrishFOREIGN DIRECT investment companies are attracted to Ireland because the Irish are a happy people, Minister for the Arts, Heritage…Fri Nov 25 2011 - 00:00
Dervish and Leitrim-based artists launch album with concertAn album which is the fruits of an 18-month collaboration between traditional group Dervish and Leitrim-based artists was launched…Fri Nov 25 2011 - 00:00
Family call on authority to vet RTÉ abuse claimTHE FAMILY of a deceased Christian Brother have called on the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI) to include his case in …Fri Nov 25 2011 - 00:00
Executives step aside for inquiry into Reynolds libelRTÉ NEWS managing director Ed Mulhall and current affairs editor Ken O’Shea have agreed to step aside from their roles during…Thu Nov 24 2011 - 00:00
President returns to Ark cultural centre 16 years after opening itAS MINISTER for the arts in 1995 one of Michael D Higgins’s first activities was to open the Ark Cultural Centre for Children…Thu Nov 24 2011 - 00:00
RTÉ news executives step aside while inquiries heldThe managing director of RTÉ news and current affairs, Ed Mulhall, and the editor of the Prime Time Investigates programme, Ken…Wed Nov 23 2011 - 00:00
RTÉ chief refuses to rule out dismissalsRTÉ DIRECTOR general Noel Curran has said he is not ruling out the possibility that those involved in making the programme that…Wed Nov 23 2011 - 00:00
Hunky Dory adverts criticisedThe company that owns Hunky Dorys has been accused of “thumbing their noses” at the Advertising Standards Authority for Ireland…Tue Nov 22 2011 - 00:00
Inquisition records found on IrishTHE RECORDS of hundreds of Irish people who were brought before the Spanish Inquisition – including the man reputed to be the…Tue Nov 22 2011 - 00:00
Irish-American to replace Gallagher on 'Dragons' Den'THE MAN credited with inventing the term “cloud computing” is to replace presidential candidate Seán Gallagher on Dragons’ Den…Tue Nov 22 2011 - 00:00
Reporter's broadcasts in wake of libel finding 'unfair'THE CONTINUING presence of RTÉ reporter Aoife Kavanagh on the Morning Ireland radio show after it was found she had defamed Fr…Sat Nov 19 2011 - 00:00
Failure to get €700 test has caused untold damageBACKGROUND: TO THE more than 500,000 people who watched the Prime Time Investigates “A Mission to Prey” programme in May, the…Sat Nov 19 2011 - 00:00
Heaney honoured at book awardsSEAMUS HEANEY picked up another honour, this time from the President and fellow poet Michael D Higgins, at last night’s Bord …Fri Nov 18 2011 - 00:00
No dismissals over libellous 'Prime Time' programmeRTÉ HAS indicated that nobody will be dismissed as a result of the Fr Kevin Reynolds libel action which is understood to have…Fri Nov 18 2011 - 00:00
RTÉ settles priest defamation caseThe libel action involving a priest wrongly accused by RTÉ of having sex with a minor and fathering a child by her has been settled…Thu Nov 17 2011 - 00:00
Heaney honoured at book awardsPoet Seamus Heaney was tonight presented with the Bob Hughes Lifetime Achievement Award at the Bord Gáis Irish Book Awards.Thu Nov 17 2011 - 00:00
Libel case prompts review of RTÉ's editorial processPRESS OMBUDSMAN Prof John Horgan is to carry out an independent review of RTÉ’s editorial process arising out of the Fr Kevin…Tue Nov 15 2011 - 00:00
Ireland second worst for oesophageal cancerIRELAND HAS the second-highest rate of oesophageal cancer in Europe, according to new estimates by the World Health Organisation…Tue Nov 15 2011 - 00:00
Kenny tops RTÉ's best-paid list earning €729,604PAT KENNY remains RTÉ’s top-paid presenter, according to the latest salary figures which were released by the broadcaster yesterday…Sat Nov 12 2011 - 00:00
Restaurant key ingredient for GregansGREGANS CASTLE Hotel in Ballyvaughan, Co Clare has been named AA Ireland Hotel of the Year for 2011 and 2012.Sat Nov 12 2011 - 00:00
Kenny still RTÉ's highest paid starPat Kenny remains RTÉ’s top paid presenter according to the latest figures released by the broadcaster today.Fri Nov 11 2011 - 00:00
Blue-clad Estonians will watch play-off in Slattery'sNO, THEY are not Polish, Latvians or Lithuanians. They do not even call themselves eastern Europeans.Fri Nov 11 2011 - 00:00
Death row memoir: Ken Saro-Wiwa letters given to NUI MaynoothA SERIES of letters and poems arising out of an unlikely friendship between an Irish missionary nun and the Nigerian writer and…Fri Nov 11 2011 - 00:00
Stem cells trial results 'promising'The first human trials using embryonic stem cells is showing promising results, a conference on blindness was told today.Fri Nov 11 2011 - 00:00
Titanic role for Mr Big: €22m series a boost for Irish industryA TRAILER in the car park of a rainy Irish castle is a world away from the bright lights of Manhattan for Sex and the City actor…Thu Nov 10 2011 - 00:00
Olympic torch's Dublin route set out but IOC is still a hurdleTHE ORGANISERS of the London Olympics have said they still plan to include Dublin as part of their itinerary for the Olympic …Tue Nov 08 2011 - 00:00
Activity tourism has 'huge potential'SURVEY: HIKING TOURISTS spent almost €150 million in Ireland last year, according to new figures.Sat Nov 05 2011 - 00:00
Higgins salutes lifetime achievement of old friend and veteran actor Niall TóibínIF YOU are going to be upstaged on a night you receive a lifetime achievement award you might as well be upstaged by an old friend…Fri Nov 04 2011 - 00:00
€1 million chair: Eileen Gray auction expected to spark bidding warARE YOU sitting comfortably? A chair by the well-known Irish designer Eileen Gray is expected to fetch about €1 million when …Wed Nov 02 2011 - 00:00
Students call for clarification on feesTHE UNION of Students in Ireland (USI) has called on the Government to clarify its intentions in relation to increases to registration…Wed Nov 02 2011 - 00:00
Athens austerity measures mad, says German opposition leaderDUBLIN CONFERENCE: THE AUSTERITY measures being imposed on Greece are “mad”, and indicate that Europe learned no lesson from…Wed Nov 02 2011 - 00:00
A month of records with unseasonably high temperaturesOCTOBER ENDED as it began with balmy temperatures more seasonal to summer than late autumn.Tue Nov 01 2011 - 00:00
Dunphy accused of false allegations against NewstalkNEWSTALK CHIEF executive Frank Cronin has accused former presenter Eamon Dunphy of making “false and malicious” allegations against…Tue Nov 01 2011 - 00:00
