MEPs urged to back moves to safeguard telecoms privacyThe Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) is urging Ireland's MEPs to support European Parliament moves to safeguard the privacy…Fri Aug 31 2001 - 01:00
Gardai issue plea in search for missing Dublin womanGardai are seeking assistance in tracing the whereabouts of a Dublin mother who went missing three days ago.Fri Aug 31 2001 - 01:00
10,000 jobs in danger if price slump continues -ICMSAUp TO 10,000 jobs will be lost in the farming sector if the current slump in meat prices continues until the end of the year, …Thu Aug 30 2001 - 01:00
Irish official to visit jailed menA Department of Foreign Affairs official is expected to visit the Colombian jail tomorrow where three Irishmen are being held…Tue Aug 28 2001 - 01:00
High security installed for premier's visitExtra security measures have been put in place at Farmleigh House in Dublin in preparation for the visit to Ireland next weekend…Tue Aug 28 2001 - 01:00
Department advises Irish tourists to be vigilant after ETA threatsThe Department of Foreign Affairs has advised Irish people travelling to Spain to be vigilant as the Basque separatist movement…Tue Aug 28 2001 - 01:00
Wildlife is removed after Liffey oil-spillUp to 20,000 litres of light fuel oil spilled into the Liffey yesterday following a collision between an oil-tanker and a lorry…Fri Aug 17 2001 - 01:00
Irish group starts action over alleged phone-tapping by BritishThe Irish Council for Civil Liberties has initiated proceedings in Britain against the British governmentFri Aug 17 2001 - 01:00
Shot lorry driver sent to Liverpool hospitalAn Irish lorry driver who was shot on Tuesday by robbers on a dual carriageway near Holyhead has been transferred to a Liverpool…Thu Aug 16 2001 - 01:00
Garda complaints board report `disgraceful'The Garda News, the publication of the Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors (AGSI), has condemned as "disgraceful" the…Thu Aug 16 2001 - 01:00
RTE's share of radio market fallsThe market share of RTE radio listenership is continuing to fall, according to audience statisticsWed Aug 15 2001 - 01:00
Protest walk by Falun Gong practitionersTwo Irish-based practitioners of Falun Gong, the spiritual movement outlawed in China, set off on a 160-mile walk between Dublin…Tue Aug 14 2001 - 01:00
Mature runners finish Malin-to-Mizen routeTwo runners in their 50s completed a record-setting run between Malin Head and Mizen Head yesterdayTue Aug 14 2001 - 01:00
Defence Forces to study women's claimsThe Defence Forces are to establish a study review board, chaired by a senior woman officer, to examine allegations of widespread…Tue Aug 14 2001 - 01:00
Final hurdle to Dublin ring road is cleared with racecourse dealThe last major obstacle to the completion of the M50 Dublin ring road has been overcome with the resolution of a dispute between…Wed Aug 08 2001 - 01:00
Penultimate stretch of Dublin ring road opensThe Southern Cross Route motorway, the penultimate leg of Dublin's C-Ring road, was officially opened yesterday - 30 years after…Wed Aug 08 2001 - 01:00
Hospital's intensive care unit is closed to halt spread of superbugSt James's Hospital, Dublin, has closed its intensive care unit to admissions following the spread of a potentially fatal "superbug…Sat Aug 04 2001 - 01:00
35,000 to travel to Witnness festivalUp to 35,000 people are expected at Fairyhouse racecourse this weekend for the two-day Witnness festivalSat Aug 04 2001 - 01:00
52% of food businesses are unaware of regulationsHalf OF Irish food businesses are unaware of their legal obligations regarding food safety management, a major study has shown…Sat Aug 04 2001 - 01:00
Taxi drivers seek protection against rising violenceTaxi drivers are threatening to withdraw their services from the streets of Dublin unless action is taken against what they perceive…Fri Aug 03 2001 - 01:00
RTE TV director pledges to act on criticismsRTE's director of television, Mr Cathal Goan, said yesterday the company would "take on board" criticism levelled against it …Fri Aug 03 2001 - 01:00
Goan defends dropping of `Premiership'RTE has denied that money was an obstacle to its broadcasting of highlights from the English Premiership this coming season.Fri Aug 03 2001 - 01:00
Smith denies funds link to reaction forceThe Minister for Defence, Mr Smith, has denied any "direct correlation" between the Government's investment of £250 million in…Fri Aug 03 2001 - 01:00
Poor spend more on the Lottery than the better off, says reportPoorer people play more and spend more on National Lottery games than the better off, a new report on the Lottery's socioeconomic…Thu Aug 02 2001 - 01:00
Lottery sales fall 2% as market maturesSales of the National Lottery's gaming products fell in real terms for the first time last year, a new report on the company'…Thu Aug 02 2001 - 01:00
VHI chief rejects `cosy deal' claimThe chief executive of VHI Healthcare has rejected as "nonsense" and "misleading" accusations that it was involved in a "cosy…Wed Aug 01 2001 - 01:00
Flatley hangs up his dancing shoes and retires to his Cork mansionThe flamboyant former Riverdance star, Michael Flatley, has announced the end of his dancing careerMon Jul 30 2001 - 01:00
Request to investigate drug firms rejectedThe chairwoman of the Lindsay tribunal has rejected an application by the Irish Haemophilia Society to investigate certain actions…Sat Jul 28 2001 - 01:00
No change in policy on drugs envisagedThe Prison Service has said it has no plans to change its policy on drugs in prisons following protests by inmates in Dublin …Fri Jul 27 2001 - 01:00
Coroners claim unnecessary delays are affecting inquestsCoroners are having difficulty providing a "caring and efficient" service to bereaved families because of a lack of adequate …Fri Jul 27 2001 - 01:00
Former UN head of Iraq sanctions urges Ireland to oppose embargoIreland should "set the tone" for Europe in a humanitarian drive to relax the United Nations' sanctions against Iraq, a former…Thu Jul 26 2001 - 01:00
Doctors did not discuss patients' optionsDoctors 15 years ago did not discuss with patients the relative merits of blood products or treatment options, a leading British…Thu Jul 26 2001 - 01:00
Senior doctors differ over evidenceA serious conflict of evidence between a senior doctor and a former consultant with the Blood Transfusion Service Board (BTSB…Wed Jul 25 2001 - 01:00
Department's `active' role in blood productsThe Department of Health and Children played an "active" role in trying to implement the State's policy on self-sufficiency in…Wed Jul 25 2001 - 01:00
Doctors were aware in 1984 dry-heat-treated blood products were valueless, says witnessDoctors treating haemophilia were aware from 1984 that dry-heat-treated blood products were "valueless" in stopping patients …Tue Jul 24 2001 - 01:00
Society's application to investigate drugs companies opposedLawyers for the Lindsay tribunal have opposed the Irish Haemophilia Society's application to broaden the scope of the inquiry…Sat Jul 21 2001 - 01:00
HIV group takes new legal action against drug firmsPreliminary hearings in a fresh legal action by 20 HIV-infected haemophiliacs against five pharmaceutical firms will begin in…Fri Jul 20 2001 - 01:00
Move to examine international drug firmsThe Lindsay tribunal will be urged today to broaden the scope of its inquiry to examine the role of international pharmaceutical…Fri Jul 20 2001 - 01:00
HIV heat treatment effects caused more worry to manufacturers than virusFractionators (blood-product manufacturers) were more fearful in 1984 of sideeffects caused by a heat treatment process that …Thu Jul 19 2001 - 01:00
Failed method used by BTSB in product research, says scientistThe BTSB spent three years unsuccessfully trying to manufacture blood products for Irish haemophiliacs using a technology which…Thu Jul 19 2001 - 01:00
Safe clotting agent for haemophiliacs was available in 1980s, says Italian blood expertCryoprecipitate, the safest clotting agent available to Irish doctors treating haemophilia in the 1980s, was suitable even for…Wed Jul 18 2001 - 01:00
Expert says drug reduced infection in ItalyItaly's use of a synthetic drug rather than plasma-derived clotting agents for the treatment of mild and moderate haemophiliacs…Tue Jul 17 2001 - 01:00
British doctors were urged to avoid giving children concentratesDoctors treating haemophilia in Britain were strongly recommended to use cryoprecipitate rather than concentrates on children…Fri Jul 13 2001 - 01:00
Specialist says company's assurances about safety of blood product were `a lie'A leading UK haemophilia specialist told the tribunal yesterday that assurances he was given by a pharmaceutical company about…Fri Jul 13 2001 - 01:00
Concerns over blood product `were based on conjecture'Doubts about the safety of a blood product made by the drugs company Armour were based only on "supposition" and "conjecture" …Thu Jul 12 2001 - 01:00
BTSB did not seek safe product available in UK in late 1980sThe Republic could have obtained from Britain a supply of super-heat-treated factor 9 that was safe from both HIV and hepatitis…Wed Jul 11 2001 - 01:00
Five drug companies agree to pay £5.3m to haemophiliacs for HIVA settlement has been reached in a 10-year legal action by a group of haemophiliacs against five pharmaceutical companies whose…Fri Jul 06 2001 - 01:00
New tests find 252 cases of infectionAn estimated 252 haemophiliacs were infected with HIV, hepatitis C or both viruses, according to a review of test results conducted…Fri Jul 06 2001 - 01:00
Expert opposes production of concentratesA retired official with the Dutch blood transfusion service told the Lindsay tribunal yesterday he would recommend against a …Thu Jul 05 2001 - 01:00
Magazine loses third editor in two yearsThe current affairs magazine, Magill, has lost its third editor in under two years.Thu Jul 05 2001 - 01:00
