New security measures foil cashbox theftNew security measures introduced following a series of cash-in-transit raids last year helped foil a so-called "tiger kidnapping…Fri Dec 21 2007 - 00:00
Man charged with murderA man will appear in court this morning in connection with the murder of father-of-two Paul Keegan.Fri Dec 21 2007 - 00:00
Medical assessment for accusedA man is to undergo psychiatric tests to determine if he is fit to plead in connection with the murder of Michael Hughes in Dublin…Fri Dec 21 2007 - 00:00
Rhino's keepers hope for glittering successAll that glitters is not necessarily gold, as keepers at the African Plains section of Dublin zoo have learned.Thu Dec 20 2007 - 00:00
RTÉ chief defends broadcast despite errorsThe author of a report into the controversial RTÉ documentary High Society has said that it is credible that a politician could…Wed Dec 19 2007 - 00:00
No favours for former lecturerFormer childcare lecturer Dr Niall McElwee was not given favourable treatment by Athlone Institute of Technology (AIT) while …Sat Dec 15 2007 - 00:00
Brown Thomas to stop selling furBrown Thomas is to stop selling fur from next February, the company has announced.Thu Dec 13 2007 - 00:00
30% increase in children begging on streets - ISPCCThe growing numbers of Roma in Ireland is the major factor in a 30 per cent increase in the sightings of children begging, the…Thu Dec 13 2007 - 00:00
Funding threat to childcare services Creche fundingCommunity childcare services in Ireland could collapse with the loss of thousands of childcare places if Government funding plans…Thu Dec 13 2007 - 00:00
Road rage 'less likely' cause of man's fatal stabbingA father of two who was stabbed to death in a laneway in Dublin may not have been the victim of road rage as had been first suggested…Wed Dec 12 2007 - 00:00
Garda says drug party raids are difficultGarda spokesman Supt Kevin Donohoe has admitted that raids on parties and clubs where cocaine is being used could be problematic…Wed Dec 12 2007 - 00:00
Call for Army to straighten out childrenIt has often been said of errant young people that they could do with the Army to straighten them out.Tue Dec 11 2007 - 00:00
Cocaine traces in most venues, says RTÉMore than 90 per cent of venues nationwide which were forensically examined for cocaine tested positive for the drug, an RTÉ …Mon Dec 10 2007 - 00:00
Neil Diamond to play at Croke ParkNeil Diamond is to play at Croke Park next summer, it has been announced.Mon Dec 10 2007 - 00:00
An Irishman's DiaryEverybody who knows Led Zeppelin's Stairway to Heaven ends up either loving it or hating itMon Dec 10 2007 - 00:00
Cocaine decade is upon us, says A&E expertIreland is at the beginning of a 10- year cocaine epidemic which will lead to "dozens and dozens" of deaths each year, one of…Sat Dec 08 2007 - 00:00
Tax breaks, funding welcomedFILM INDUSTRY: The film industry has welcomed the retention of tax breaks along with a significant boost in funding for the …Thu Dec 06 2007 - 00:00
Cautionfor actor over airport incidentActor Jonathan Rhys Meyers has been given a formal caution at a court hearing yesterday following an incident at Dublin airport…Thu Dec 06 2007 - 00:00
Prison officers reject new security proposalsPrison officers have rejected the latest proposals to end the stand-off with management over new security measures at the country…Wed Dec 05 2007 - 00:00
Army pensions anomaly raisedRetired Army officers could be forced to sign on for jobseekers' allowance in order to draw their Army pensions, an Oireachtas…Wed Dec 05 2007 - 00:00
Restaurants closed over infestationA cockroach infestation caused the closure of three restaurants in the Powerscourt Centre in Dublin.Wed Dec 05 2007 - 00:00
Guidelines issued to help inform parents of disabilityNew national guidelines have been issued for the first time for how families should be informed that their child has a disability…Tue Dec 04 2007 - 00:00
Ikea to promote Belfast store with TV adverts in RepublicIkea will begin a television advertising campaign in the Republic from today in advance of the opening of its Belfast store on…Mon Dec 03 2007 - 00:00
HITTING THE RIGHT NOTE: Three-day festival in Carrick-on-Suir next June to celebrate Clancy Brothers' musicGay Byrne once called them the most famous Irish people in the world, and the Clancy Brothers' legacy will be celebrated when…Thu Nov 29 2007 - 00:00
Tickets for 'Boss' summer concerts sell outMore than 110,000 tickets for Bruce Springsteen's concerts in Ireland next summer sold out in just 2½ hours yesterday…Thu Nov 29 2007 - 00:00
Seizures of illegal medicines on increaseCustoms officials are seizing 100 packages of medicines a week sourced illegally through the internet, the Irish Medicines Board…Wed Nov 28 2007 - 00:00
Kings of Leon to play at OxegenKings of Leon have become the first act to be announced for next year's Oxegen music festival.Wed Nov 28 2007 - 00:00
GRINDING BEAT: Bewley's of Grafton Street raises a cup to its 80th anniversaryThe most significant thing about the 80th anniversary of Bewley's on Grafton Street is that it happened at all.Wed Nov 28 2007 - 00:00
Ahern says Harney will be in job 'for many years to come'The Taoiseach has defended the Minister for Health Mary Harney and said she will be in the job for many years to come.Tue Nov 27 2007 - 00:00
Device lets heart patients send data from homeA device which monitors the heart and transmits the data to cardiac departments for analysis could be available for every heart…Tue Nov 27 2007 - 00:00
Reilly calls on HSE to clarify reports of more misdiagnosesOther hospitals: The Health Service Executive has been urged to clarify further reports of misdiagnosed cancer patients at two…Mon Nov 26 2007 - 00:00
Casey's immigrant work 'influenced housing policy'Dr Eamon Casey's work with Irish immigrants in Britain had a far-reaching influence on housing policy in both Britain and Ireland…Sat Nov 24 2007 - 00:00
Father hopes for return by ChristmasThe unmarried father of three-year-old twin boys, who were taken to England by their mother without his knowledge or consent, …Fri Nov 23 2007 - 00:00
RTÉ to discuss cocaine allegation at meetingThe controversy surrounding the broadcasting of a documentary which contains an allegation that a Government Minister took cocaine…Thu Nov 22 2007 - 00:00
Publisher criticises cocaine book authorThe publishers of the controversial book High Society have criticised its author for not keeping a digital recording of an alleged…Wed Nov 21 2007 - 00:00
Climate change outpacing scienceGlobal warming is happening so fast that it may become impossible to predict its full effects in the future, one of the world…Wed Nov 21 2007 - 00:00
Call for overhaul of film industry tax breaksThe Irish film industry is in the "last-chance saloon" unless tax incentives are extended and improved, a senior film producer…Tue Nov 20 2007 - 00:00
Recording of cocaine claim 'not retained'- authorAuthor Justine Delaney-Wilson has said she did make a digital recording of her interview with a Minister who allegedly admitted…Tue Nov 20 2007 - 00:00
Concern over cancer risk-assessment fundingFamilies with a history of cancer are being exposed because of the underfunding of cancer risk-assessment clinics, a conference…Fri Nov 16 2007 - 00:00
More to young than 'twixters' and 'kippers', says academicThey used to be known as slackers and are now called "twixters" (between adolescence and adulthood), boomerang kids or "kippers…Thu Nov 15 2007 - 00:00
Ryanair advert 'inappropriate'A complaint that a Ryanair advertisement showing a suggestively dressed teenage girl was "unacceptable and inappropriate" has…Wed Nov 14 2007 - 00:00
Electoral register described as 'beyond redemption'The current electoral register process is "beyond redemption", an Oireachtas committee chairman has said.Wed Nov 14 2007 - 00:00
Rossmeister hits Olympian heightsAs an all-round "leg" (as in legend), Castlerock school rugby hero and über-southsider, Ross O'Carroll Kelly has spent his life…Tue Nov 13 2007 - 00:00
Two health-related companies nominated for entrepreneur awardA Waterford-based Irish pharmaceutical company and a husband and wife team who are pioneering an innovative speech and language…Tue Nov 13 2007 - 00:00
Health inventory aims to improve servicesThe first inventory in history of health services on both sides of the Border will help improve the provision of services on …Tue Nov 13 2007 - 00:00
Election result 'a wake-up call', says AdamsSinn Féin's performance in the last general election was a "wake-up call" for republicans, the party's president Gerry Adams …Mon Nov 12 2007 - 00:00
Psychiatric patients 'still endure' poor conditionsPatients in large psychiatric hospitals which are scheduled to close are continuing to endure poor conditions, the Inspector …Sat Nov 10 2007 - 00:00
Visas for migrants who lose status problematic, Government saysBridging visas for migrants who have lost their documented status would be "extremely problematic" and a possible incentive for…Thu Nov 08 2007 - 00:00
More tributes paid to columnist who 'fused art with science'Further tributes were paid yesterday to the meteorologist and Irish Times columnist Brendan McWilliams, who died earlier this…Wed Oct 24 2007 - 01:00
Judge rules on learner driversA District Court judge has said he intends to disqualify provisional licence holders who drive on the road without a qualified…Wed Oct 24 2007 - 01:00
