Hanafin and INOU disagree on unemployment figuresMINISTER FOR Social and Family Affairs Mary Hanafin and the Irish National Organisation of the Unemployed have disagreed on how…Wed Sept 10 2008 - 01:00
Low priority for suicide prevention is criticisedLITTLE TO no progress is being made in tackling suicide, the president of the Irish Association of Suicidology has said.Wed Sept 10 2008 - 01:00
Weather forces venue change for Kraftwerk gigTHE "A Day in the Life" concert featuring German electronica veterans Kraftwerk, which was scheduled for Luggala estate in Co…Tue Sept 09 2008 - 01:00
Family planning service suspendedTHE IRISH Family Planning Association (IFPA) has suspended services to medical card holders at its main city-centre clinic in…Tue Sept 09 2008 - 01:00
Pregnant women urged not to drinkTHE DEPARTMENT of Health is drafting legislation to make mandatory the labelling of all alcohol products with warnings about …Tue Sept 09 2008 - 01:00
Criminal investigation begins into fire at former Artane industrial schoolSUNDAY NIGHT'S fire which destroyed a church at the former industrial school in Artane, Dublin, is being treated as a crime, …Tue Sept 09 2008 - 01:00
Department to seek advance payments from EU for farmersTHE DEPARTMENT of Agriculture is preparing a case to convince the EU to advance single farm payments to tillage farmers as they…Sat Sept 06 2008 - 01:00
Cowen will aid in search for missing Amy, says motherTAOISEACH BRIAN Cowen has promised to do "all within his power" to help in the search for missing Irish teenager Amy Fitzpatrick…Fri Sept 05 2008 - 01:00
Pupils to get an on-the-job view of energy consumption in workplacesNATIONAL SCHOOL children across the State will be invited into factories, supermarkets and other businesses to see how energy…Fri Sept 05 2008 - 01:00
Fáilte Ireland to investigate high price of eating outCLAIMS THAT high prices in Irish restaurants are deterring tourists are to be investigated by Fáilte Ireland.Fri Aug 29 2008 - 01:00
Nine artists resident in hostels to exhibit workHOMELESSNESS: SOMETIMES LIAM McArdle has so many ideas in his head it "starts to hurt", he says.Thu Aug 28 2008 - 01:00
Dublin mayor's strategy aims to tap into 'vast experience' of older peopleA STRATEGY to get older people more involved in volunteering and to tap into their "vast experience" is being drawn up and will…Wed Aug 27 2008 - 01:00
Boy injured in pool incident still criticalTHE IRISH embassy in Madrid has offered its assistance to the family of a Dublin child who remains in a critical condition in…Wed Aug 27 2008 - 01:00
Survey criticises lack of websites for State's hospitalsJUST 18 out of 49 hospitals in the State have a website and among those that do, the customer information they provide is patchy…Tue Aug 26 2008 - 01:00
Wicklow health farm to closeTHE POWERSCOURT Springs health farm in Co Wicklow is to close with the loss of 67 jobs, it was announced last night.Mon Aug 25 2008 - 01:00
Homecoming: arrangements to be finalised as President leads tributesPRESIDENT MARY McAleese and Taoiseach Brian Cowen yesterday led the congratulations to Dublin boxer Kenny Egan on his silver …Mon Aug 25 2008 - 01:00
Euphoria for the local supporters of 'Captain Fantastic'KENNY EGAN: AROUND HERE they call him the Woodford Warrior, the Golden Egan, Captain Fantastic and, as his mother Maura who …Sat Aug 23 2008 - 01:00
Deaf people urge HSE to reinstate audiology services in southeastPEOPLE SUFFERING from deafness and other hearing impairments have urged the Health Service Executive to re-establish audiology…Thu Aug 21 2008 - 01:00
Dublin to host Down syndrome congressTHE PEOPLE of Ireland would "learn a lot about the capacity of people with Down syndrome" when the tenth World Down Syndrome …Wed Aug 20 2008 - 01:00
USI says protests to go on until fees off agendaTHERE WOULD be ongoing protests and demonstrations against the reintroduction of third-level fees until the Government withdrew…Tue Aug 19 2008 - 01:00
Small protest over fees at TCDThere will be on-going protests and demonstrations against the re-introduction of third level fees until the Government withdrew…Mon Aug 18 2008 - 01:00
Budget limits issuing of hearing aids to medical card holders, says lobbyTHE ISSUING of hearing aids to medical card holders in the south-east has been curtailed as the region's Health Service Executive…Mon Aug 18 2008 - 01:00
Travellers see fairs as 'hugely important'COUNTRY FAIRS, when well-run, should not give rise to tension or racism against Travellers attending them, the director of the…Sat Aug 16 2008 - 01:00
More food products recalled in inquiryTHREE ADDITIONAL products have been identified as possible sources of salmonella by the Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI…Thu Aug 14 2008 - 01:00
84 cases against taxi drivers referred to gardaíSOME 84 cases of alleged abusive conduct by taxi drivers have been referred to the gardaí by the Taxi Regulator since the start…Thu Aug 14 2008 - 01:00
Students oppose third-level feesPROTEST: THE REINTRODUCTION of third-level fees would do "nothing for education and nothing for families", the president of …Thu Aug 14 2008 - 01:00
Students protest against reintroduction of feesThe reintroduction of third-level fees would do “nothing for education and nothing for families”, the president of the Union …Wed Aug 13 2008 - 01:00
Awards for women dismissed while pregnantTWO WOMEN have been awarded €30,000 and €16,000 in separate cases against their former employers who made them redundant when…Tue Aug 12 2008 - 01:00
'It was like a river and we had to move all the customers out'KILDARE: WATER WAS still ebbing into the Village Inn pub in Celbridge, Co Kildare yesterday lunchtimeMon Aug 11 2008 - 01:00
Ecologically sound is the mood music for festival seasonGREEN EVENTS: Electric Picnic and Green Gathering flaunt their eco-credentials but is a carbon-neutral music festival really…Fri Aug 08 2008 - 01:00
Smokers not put out about new cigarettesSELF-EXTINGUISHING cigarettes which go out in 60 seconds if they are not smoked will be mandatory here by 2011.Thu Aug 07 2008 - 01:00
Rushdie to talk at IAPI/Irish Times awardsAWARD-WINNING AUTHOR Salman Rushdie will address the Institute of Advertising Practitioners in Ireland (IAPI) at its annual awards…Thu Aug 07 2008 - 01:00
Welfare's protection of personal data 'weak'SERIOUS WEAKNESSES in the protection of the personal data of more than 300,000 people by the Department of Social and Family …Fri Aug 01 2008 - 01:00
Complaints chairman says gardaí closing ranks over misconduct claimsGARDAÍ WERE "closing ranks" and protecting each other when colleagues were accused of misconduct, the chairman of the Garda Complaints…Fri Aug 01 2008 - 01:00
Anti-tout system a success at Waits gigSTRICT NEW anti-touting measures, being used tonight at the first of three concerts by Tom Waits, have been a "huge success" …Wed Jul 30 2008 - 01:00
Protection plan to be piloted in Tara valleyA NEW project to protect the landscape and improve planning decisions nationally is to be piloted in the Tara Skryne valley, …Mon Jul 28 2008 - 01:00
Coughlan giving away too much - IFAREACTION: EU TRADE Commissioner Peter Mandelson must be told by Irish negotiators that the emerging World Trade Organisation…Mon Jul 28 2008 - 01:00
Restaurants facing challenging times as economic downturn begins to biteTHE AUTUMN will be crucial in telling which restaurants survive the economic downturn, a number of managers and proprietors in…Sat Jul 19 2008 - 01:00
Missing persons unit being consideredTHE GARDA is considering establishing a dedicated missing persons unit, Minister for Justice Dermot Ahern has announcedWed Jul 16 2008 - 01:00
Barnardos calls for more funds for vulnerable childrenCONTINUED INVESTMENT in services for vulnerable children is essential despite the economic downturn, one of the State's leading…Wed Jul 16 2008 - 01:00
Travellers excluded from vital services - reportMANY TRAVELLERS are excluded from vital public services, such as health, social welfare, education, legal advice, banking and…Wed Jul 16 2008 - 01:00
72,554 hospital errors reportedSOME 72,554 instances of error, near misses and "clinical incidents"were reported in public hospitals in a one-year period, according…Sat Jul 12 2008 - 01:00
Coroner says MRSA a factor in man's deathTHE FAMILY of a Dublin man who died in Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, in 2006 welcomed a coroner’s verdict which said MRSA was a …Fri Jul 11 2008 - 01:00
Call for action to prevent suicideFIANNA FÁIL senator Mary White says she is “disgusted” that three posts of regional suicide prevention officers remain unfilled…Wed Jul 09 2008 - 01:00
Aer Lingus to fly stranded passengers back from BudapestAER LINGUS was hoping last night to have flown all of the 132 passengers who wanted to travel back to Dublin by this evening …Wed Jul 09 2008 - 01:00
Central Mental Hospital at Thornton warningLOCATING A new central mental hospital on the same site as a new prison would lead to the "further stigmatisation" of mental …Wed Jul 09 2008 - 01:00
100,000 web and text calls to Crisis Pregnancy AgencyTHE CRISIS Pregnancy Agency received almost 100,000 requests for information last year, figures released yesterday show.Tue Jul 08 2008 - 01:00
Decrease in crisis pregnancies continuesThe Crisis Pregnancy Agency (CPA) received almost 100,000 requests for information last year, figures just released show.Mon Jul 07 2008 - 01:00
Banks accused on African corruptionAFRICA: WESTERN BANKS are as culpable in African political corruption as the politicians there who steal money from their people…Sat Jul 05 2008 - 01:00
Electric Picnic gets go-ahead after royalties case settledTHE IRISH Music Rights Organisation (Imro) has agreed to issue a licence for this year’s Electric Picnic music festival.Fri Jul 04 2008 - 01:00
