Goal head tells of 'around the clock' efforts to free captive womenEFFORTS WERE continuing in Sudan yesterday to secure the release of two women who were kidnapped three weeks ago while working…Sat Jul 25 2009 - 01:00
Debt-related cases surge as recession bitesTHE NUMBER of business and debt-related cases coming before the courts doubled last year, with the recession leading to a surge…Fri Jul 24 2009 - 01:00
Talks to free aid workers continueEfforts are continuing in Sudan to secure the release of two women who were kidnapped three weeks ago while working for the Irish…Fri Jul 24 2009 - 01:00
Dramatic increase in number of drug and assault casesTHE NUMBER of murder and rape cases appearing before the courts increased last year, while drug, assault and sexual offence cases…Fri Jul 24 2009 - 01:00
Insolvency cases before courts doubleThe number of business and debt-related cases coming before the Irish courts doubled last year, with applications to appoint …Thu Jul 23 2009 - 01:00
Guidelines on reporting of suicide breachedMEDIA COVERAGE of the Monageer inquiry report earlier this year showed “significant breaches” of reporting guidelines on suicide…Wed Jul 22 2009 - 01:00
Race of the two-man Tory currachs brings Earagail festival to a finishChoppy seas, hand-built boats and the echoing shouts of 'Coinnigh libh' - welcome to the Tory Island currach raceMon Jul 20 2009 - 01:00
American dream, Brazilian realityGOVERNADOR VALADARES doesn’t look like a city in the throes of a great social upheavalSat Jul 18 2009 - 01:00
Missions should be reduced from 76 to 55EMBASSIES: IRELAND’S NETWORK of embassies and consulates should be reduced from 76 to 55 and almost 40 ambassador posts should…Fri Jul 17 2009 - 01:00
UN target should be pushed back to 2015OVERSEAS AID: THE GOVERNMENT should abandon its aim of meeting the UN target of allocating 0Fri Jul 17 2009 - 01:00
Fighter jets escort Dublin flight to Rome airportAN AIRCRAFT carrying almost 150 holidaymakers from Greece to Dublin was escorted into Rome airport by fighter jets last Friday…Tue Jul 14 2009 - 01:00
Family and friends attend funeral of young doctor killed in Air France disasterJANE DEASY was a generous and devoted sister, a loving daughter, a dear friend and a great surgeon in the making, mourners at…Sat Jul 11 2009 - 01:00
Kidnapped worker was about to pay visit homeSHARON COMMINS was due to return to Dublin for a holiday in the coming weeks after an 18-month stint as a project manager for…Mon Jul 6 2009 - 01:00
Warning of child abduction to sharia law statesFORMER MEP Mary Banotti has called on the Government to monitor the number of reported child abduction cases involving sharia…Mon Jul 6 2009 - 01:00
World first as Kilkenny virgin lizard reproducesA KILKENNY reptile zoo has reported the world’s first birth to a virgin lizard previously thought incapable of reproduction without…Wed Jul 1 2009 - 01:00
Child abduction cases hit recordA record 141 transnational child abduction cases were dealt with by the authorities here last year, according to new figures …Mon Jun 29 2009 - 01:00
Immigrants face education 'barriers'PROHIBITIVE FEES and a lack of English-language classes are major barriers to higher education for people granted residence in…Tue Jun 23 2009 - 01:00
Woman (27) dies after fire engulfs house in CarlowA 27-YEAR-OLD mother of one died yesterday in a house fire in CarlowMon Jun 22 2009 - 01:00
Irish protest: Iranians to demonstrate at embassyIranians living in Ireland are due to hold a demonstration outside the Iranian embassy in Dublin today to call for a “fair, just…Thu Jun 18 2009 - 01:00
Iranians set for protest in DublinIranians living in Ireland are due to hold a demonstration outside the Iranian embassy in Dublin today.Thu Jun 18 2009 - 01:00
Ireland criticised in US report on human traffickingTHE GOVERNMENT is not fully complying with minimum standards for the elimination of human trafficking, a report by the US State…Wed Jun 17 2009 - 01:00
Roche questions Ganley's backgroundTHE TREATMENT of Libertas founder Declan Ganley by the media raises “very fundamental questions” about Irish journalism, Minister…Wed Jun 10 2009 - 01:00
Burke resigns from party days after losing byelectionSNN FÉIN: SINN FÉIN’S longest-serving councillor in the Republic has resigned from the party days after losing the Dublin central…Wed Jun 10 2009 - 01:00
Europe proposes sanctions for child sex abuse and traffickingNEW CRIMINAL sanctions for sex tourists who abuse children abroad and those who “groom” children online have been proposed by…Tue Jun 9 2009 - 01:00
Calls for financial help have more than doubledST VINCENT de PAUL: THE NUMBER of calls to the Society of St Vincent de Paul in Dublin from people in financial difficulty …Thu May 28 2009 - 01:00
Bill will curtail 'double jeopardy' ruleTHE LONG-STANDING double jeopardy rule, which bans people being re-tried for an offence once they have been acquitted, is to …Tue May 26 2009 - 01:00
Local knowledge and timeless issues help new faces make an impressionON THE CANVASS with IDOWU OLAFIMIHAN, ADEOLA OGUNSINA and IGNATIUS OKAFOR: HE MOVES languidly along the driveway, a stack …Mon May 25 2009 - 01:00
Occasional kind words bolstered children in brutal landscapePOSITIVE EXPERIENCES: STAFF WHO “did not hit” and who spoke kindly to children or called them by their first names rather than…Thu May 21 2009 - 01:00
Institutional life 'in itself abusive'ROSMINIANS: THE COMMISSION commended the Rosminian Institute of Charity, which ran industrial schools at Upton and Ferryhouse…Thu May 21 2009 - 01:00
Victims haunted by childhood experienceEFFECTS ON LATER LIFE: THE EFFECTS of abuse remained with victims long after childhood, with many giving accounts of troubled…Thu May 21 2009 - 01:00
Academic 'brain trust' could help State recoverTHE GOVERNMENT should draw on the expertise of Ireland’s academics in dealing with the complex policy choices the country is …Sat May 16 2009 - 01:00
State's overseas aid programme is 'cutting-edge' model, says OECDTHE OECD has praised Ireland’s overseas development programme as a “cutting-edge” model for others to follow, but urged the Government…Fri May 8 2009 - 01:00
A shift has taken place in how we think of migrationANALYSIS: Post EU enlargement migration has had a permanent impact on Ireland..Sat May 2 2009 - 01:00
Ceann Comhairle encourages more immigrants to stand for electionTHE DECISION of increasing numbers of immigrants to stand for election to their local councils should encourage other newcomers…Thu Apr 30 2009 - 01:00
Call for HSE updates on cancer centre standardsA WOMAN whose diagnosis of breast cancer was delayed due to an error at the laboratory where her biopsy was read has suggested…Sat Apr 25 2009 - 01:00
Harney defends cancer centre policyMINISTER FOR Health Mary Harney has defended the policy of designating eight hospitals as specialist cancer centres and said …Sat Apr 25 2009 - 01:00
Garda, HSE sign childcare protocolKEY AGENCIES dealing with missing children yesterday signed a protocol outlining their roles and responsibilities on the issue…Fri Apr 24 2009 - 01:00
UN concern over delay in refugee family casesTHE UN refugee agency has noted with concern that refugees’ applications for family reunification in Ireland can take up to two…Fri Apr 24 2009 - 01:00
Agencies react angrily to cutOVERSEAS AID: SEVERE CUTS to the overseas aid budget mean the Government has reneged on its international commitments to the…Thu Apr 9 2009 - 01:00
'It's unbelievable, it's not right'CHRISTMAS BONUS: “IT’S UNBELIEVABLE. It’s not right, doing that to people.”Thu Apr 9 2009 - 01:00
Irish Aid funding falls by one fifthSevere cuts to the overseas aid budget mean the Government has reneged on its commitments to the developing world out of political…Wed Apr 8 2009 - 01:00
Nigerian report contradicts FGM claim of diplomatTHE NIGERIAN government told a UN committee last year that the prevalence rate of female genital mutilation (FGM) in the country…Thu Apr 2 2009 - 01:00
Gardaí investigate assault in parkGARDAÍ WERE yesterday investigating a serious assault on a woman as she walked in a park in Dublin early on Tuesday morning.Thu Apr 2 2009 - 01:00
FG urges judges to work extra month and save State millionsFINE GAEL has called on High Court judges to work a month longer than usual this year in order to deal with a backlog of judicial…Wed Apr 1 2009 - 01:00
Lenihan backs retraining for jobless migrantsMINISTER FOR Integration Conor Lenihan has stressed the need to provide retraining for unemployed immigrants with the latest …Fri Mar 27 2009 - 00:00
Numbers of asylum seekers increasesAPPLICATIONS FOR asylum in industrialised countries rose by 12 per cent last year, as greater numbers of Somalis and Afghans …Wed Mar 25 2009 - 00:00
China tops execution list, says AmnestyALMOST THREE quarters of the 2,400 people who were executed worldwide last year were put to death in China, according to a new…Tue Mar 24 2009 - 00:00
Farmers protest over milk pricesMORE THAN 100 dairy farmers protested at the European Commission’s offices in Dublin yesterday as part of a campaign over milk…Fri Mar 20 2009 - 00:00
CSO figures show big increase in birth rateTHE BIRTH rate between April and June last year rose by 40 per cent on the same period in 1999, according to the Central Statistics…Fri Mar 20 2009 - 00:00
FG urges stricter criteria for green card applicationsTHE GOVERNMENT should apply a labour market test to all future applications for green cards in light of the economic crisis, …Wed Mar 18 2009 - 00:00