Mental hospital inspectors call for closure of several unitsINSPECTION REPORTS on mental hospitals have called for the closure of some units, while finding overmedication and poor cleaning…Sat Mar 12 2011 - 00:00
Woman hopes property lottery will clear mortgageA LOTTERY for the deeds of a shop and apartment is a last attempt by a Cashel woman to pay off her negative equity mortgage.Fri Mar 11 2011 - 00:00
New York is most popular spot for trips by councillorsCOUNCILS: AT LEAST 43 councillors and council officials will travel abroad for St Patrick’s Day events, representing half of…Fri Mar 11 2011 - 00:00
UL chair named in honour of McCourtANGELA’S ASHES author Frank McCourt will be posthumously honoured by a chair in creative writing at the University of Limerick…Fri Mar 11 2011 - 00:00
Court case over access to debt judgmentsLEGAL PROCEEDINGS have been issued against the Courts Service over the removal of public access to some debt judgmentsTue Mar 08 2011 - 00:00
Hamlet's name could have ancient Irish originFRAILTY THY name is Irish, could be the new refrain for Shakespeare’s tragic prince of Denmark, if recent literary research is…Fri Mar 04 2011 - 00:00
Taking a wrong turn: new Fine Gael deputy begins career with a bumpNEWLY ELECTED TD Mary Mitchell O’Connor wondered what all of the photographers were looking at as she drove out of Leinster House…Thu Mar 03 2011 - 00:00
Fine Gael ahead in symbolic ballotEMIGRANTS VOTE: THE RESULT of symbolic ballots cast by some 5,580 Irish emigrants in 124 countries has given Fine Gael 30 per…Sat Feb 26 2011 - 00:00
Tribunal dismisses teacher's appealA CASE taken by a teacher who was let go as housemaster at Blackrock College, Dublin, was dismissed by the Employment Appeals…Fri Feb 25 2011 - 00:00
No casualties after fire in south Dublin hotelTHE TARA Towers hotel on Merrion Road in Dublin was open for business again last night after a fire in one of the rooms yesterday…Thu Feb 24 2011 - 00:00
Fire at Dublin hotel extinguishedA fire that broke out at the Tara Towers hotel on Merrion Road in Dublin this afternoon has been extinguished.Wed Feb 23 2011 - 00:00
Emigrant to push plight of diasporaCANDIDATE: AN IRISH emigrant based in London is to stand as an independent election candidate in Dublin Mid West.Tue Feb 15 2011 - 00:00
Emergency 112 fails to ring a bellIrish citizens had among the lowest awareness in Europe about the pan-European emergency number, a new survey has found.Fri Feb 11 2011 - 00:00
Eircom customers face 3.1% price riseTHOUSANDS OF Eircom customers will see their bills increase by 3Fri Feb 11 2011 - 00:00
Eircom to increase pricesEircom is to introduce changes which will see many bills increase by 3Thu Feb 10 2011 - 00:00
FG aims to tackle 'scourge of emigration'SOME 45,000 work experience and education places were proposed by Fine Gael yesterday in order to curb emigration.Thu Feb 10 2011 - 00:00
Sacked AIB whistleblower to be reinstated after tribunal rulingAIB HAS been directed to reinstate a former employee and whistleblower who was dismissed after accessing the bank accounts of…Thu Feb 10 2011 - 00:00
Irish city dwellers have higher skin cancer risk, study showsRESIDENTS IN Dublin and Cork and some coastal counties are most at risk of developing skin cancer, new research has found.Wed Feb 09 2011 - 00:00
Emigrants to have symbolic online ballot for electionIRISH EMIGRANTS will have the chance to cast a symbolic vote through a new website being launched today.Tue Feb 08 2011 - 00:00
De Burgh dumps the red for white insteadRARE WINES from Chris de Burgh’s cellar are expected to net some £200,000 (€235,000) at an auction next month.Thu Feb 03 2011 - 00:00
Bank advisory group namedDETAILS OF who will be on a group which has been set up to advise the Irish Central Bank on protecting financial services’ consumers…Thu Feb 03 2011 - 00:00
Egyptian protesters gather at Dublin embassy to support families at homeCHANTS IN Arabic of “we want to change regime” echoed through Dublin’s embassy belt yesterday as the Egyptian community gathered…Sat Jan 29 2011 - 00:00
Neary victims excluded from redress will be compensated, say partiesVICTIMS OF obstetrician Michael Neary who were excluded from a redress scheme will be compensated within a year if Fine Gael …Wed Jan 26 2011 - 00:00
FF sees 'good chance' with CorriganDUBLIN SOUTH: THE FIANNA Fáil Dublin South campaign might be “difficult” but there was a “good chance” of winning a seat, Fianna…Fri Jan 21 2011 - 00:00
Canada extends visas for IrishCanada has increased its working holiday visa allocation to Ireland by 1,000 and is to allow Irish people to apply for a second…Wed Jan 19 2011 - 00:00
'Concern' at lower maths and literacy rankingsTHE SECRETARY general of the Department of Education Brigid McManus said Ireland’s drop in OECD maths and literacy rankings was…Fri Jan 14 2011 - 00:00
National Gallery curator gets top Chester Beatty Library postTHE HEAD curator at the National Gallery has been appointed as the new director of the Chester Beatty Library.Thu Jan 13 2011 - 00:00
O'Driscoll criticises media over invasion of privacyIRISH RUGBY captain Brian O’Driscoll has raised concerns about invasion of privacy by members of the media, a Hot Press magazine…Thu Jan 13 2011 - 00:00
Michaela Harte found dead in MauritiusPOLICE IN Mauritius hope that a postmortem today will reveal the cause of the death yesterday of Michaela Harte, daughter of …Tue Jan 11 2011 - 00:00
Superquinn staff discuss closure of Naas storeSHOCKED AND angry at the unexpected announcement, about 110 staff at Superquinn in Naas, Co Kildare, met yesterday to discuss…Fri Jan 07 2011 - 00:00
Big fall in Christmas drink-drive offencesTHE NUMBER of motorists caught drink-driving over the Christmas period declined by almost a third.Wed Jan 05 2011 - 00:00
Objectors warned of 'abhorrent consequences' of contraception BillCONTRACEPTION BILL: IRELAND WOULD “cease to be one of the last outposts of moral society” on the removal of the contraceptives…Fri Dec 31 2010 - 00:00
At-risk groups urged to get flu vaccineAN APPEAL for at-risk groups to get the flu vaccine if they have not already done so has been issued by the Health Service Executive…Thu Dec 30 2010 - 00:00
Rule means 25% of taxis will need to be replacedA REGULATION that all taxis must be less than nine years old on their licence renewal date comes into force on Saturday, with…Thu Dec 30 2010 - 00:00
Paid maternity leave 'a luxury which society cannot afford'HEALTH: PAYING MATERNITY leave to a working woman whose husband was able to support her was unnecessary, according to a senior…Thu Dec 30 2010 - 00:00
Irish abroad offer warnings as mass emigration recommencesEMIGRATION: WITH A resurgence in emigration around 1980, one Irish emigrant wrote to taoiseach Charles Haughey about what she…Thu Dec 30 2010 - 00:00
Committee unaware of €2m account, says AttleyRETIRED SIPTU general secretary Billy Attley yesterday said the steering committee of the Skill training scheme had no authority…Fri Dec 17 2010 - 00:00
Nama chief accused of 'misleading' Dáil committeeTHE HEAD of the National Asset Management Agency (Nama) “should be disciplined” for “misleading” the Public Accounts Committee…Fri Dec 17 2010 - 00:00
Left alliance calls for general strike over EU-IMF bailoutIRISH STRIKES on the scale of Greece were possible but would not happen overnight, a protest against the EU-IMF deal was told…Thu Dec 16 2010 - 00:00
Bishops warn against culture of despair and blameTHE IRISH Catholic bishops yesterday urged people not to react to the economic situation with defeatism and a preoccupation with…Wed Dec 15 2010 - 00:00
Michelle secures €100,000 'Apprentice' dream jobA sales consultant from Peterborough in England is the latest winner of the TV3 reality series The ApprenticeTue Dec 14 2010 - 00:00
'X Factor' Mary signs record dealELIMINATED X Factor semi-finalist Mary Byrne has penned an album deal with Sony records, her mentor Louis Walsh said yesterday…Wed Dec 08 2010 - 00:00
Guidelines; pets and pestsCALL-OUTS TO deal with rodent infestations have tripled in the last week due to the cold weather, a pest-control company has …Sat Dec 04 2010 - 00:00
Last month was coldest November for 25 yearsRECORD LOW: LAST MONTH was the coldest November for 25 years in most parts of the State, Met Éireann has said.Thu Dec 02 2010 - 00:00
Do teachers have religious freedom?A teacher discriminated against because she is not a Catholic won maximum damages at the Equality Tribunal recentlyTue Nov 30 2010 - 00:00
Thatcher influenced GilmoreFORMER BRITISH prime minister Margaret Thatcher and public servant TK Whitaker were among those who influenced Eamon Gilmore, …Thu Nov 25 2010 - 00:00
