Risk of flooding once snow starts to melt awayAreas affected by heavy flooding in the past few months should be prepared for more flood waters once the snows start to melt…Sat Dec 30 2000 - 00:00
Temporary release granted to 250 prisonersSome 250 prisoners will be granted temporary release over the Christmas period, the Minister for Justice, Mr O'Donoghue, has …Sat Dec 23 2000 - 00:00
Food poisoning risk higher at ChristmasConsumers are more at risk from food poisoning in their homes at Christmas than at any other time of the year, according to the…Tue Dec 19 2000 - 00:00
Man claims he was publicly humiliated at Dublin churchAn English visitor has claimed he was publicly humiliated when asked to move his guide dog at Mass in DublinMon Dec 18 2000 - 00:00
Measures are lacking any fiscal planning, says NoonanThis year's Budget is a "camel of a budget with lumps and bumps but no underlying fiscal policy," Fine Gael's finance spokesman…Thu Dec 07 2000 - 00:00
Government rejects ban on bonemeal feedThe Government last night rejected a Labour Party motion calling for a ban on bonemeal feed for animals.Thu Nov 30 2000 - 00:00
CORI wants welfare payments tied to average incomesSocial welfare payments for a single unemployed person should be increased by £14 in the Budget, and by £24 for a couple, according…Mon Nov 20 2000 - 00:00
Five people die in road accidents over 48-hour periodFive people have died in the past 48 hours following road accidents, including an 80-year-old pedestrian, who died in hospital…Sat Nov 04 2000 - 00:00
MEP says sanctions against Iraq should be reconsideredThe Minister for Foreign Affairs and the European Council of Ministers should reconsider their attitude to sanctions against …Sat Nov 04 2000 - 00:00
`Not connected' - GAAThe GAA said in a statement after the sentence that the offences Michael Feeney was convicted of never had any connection with…Fri Nov 03 2000 - 00:00
`Elect of God' to get a long-delayed earthly burialTwenty-five years after his death, the "Lion of Judah" will finally be laid to rest this weekWed Nov 01 2000 - 00:00
Corporate crime Bill to toughen law, says HarneyStrict legislation to deal with corporate crime was introduced in the Dail yesterday by the Tanaiste and Minister for Enterprise…Fri Oct 06 2000 - 01:00
Bertie recalls ploughing days of yoreImagine - ploughing as an Olympic sport! The mind may boggle but the campaign has begun and the Taoiseach is a supporterThu Sept 28 2000 - 01:00
Ahern is willing to help TrimblePolicing was not the only issue causing difficulty for the North's First Minister, Mr David Trimble, the Taoiseach said yesterday…Thu Sept 28 2000 - 01:00
Work on farm is part-time activity for manyWhen Marianne McEvoy goes to discos or clubs and is asked what she does for a living, she always says she's a midwife or a veterinary…Thu Sept 28 2000 - 01:00
77% favour abortion referendum, survey findsA survey for the Pro-Life Campaign shows that 77 per cent of those polled favour a referendum on abortionWed Sept 27 2000 - 01:00
No escaping from traffic on `slightly car-free day'The great experiment of Car Free Day was more than a bit of a misnomer in DublinSat Sept 23 2000 - 01:00
Special treatment in settling debt after becoming Taoiseach deniedFormer Taoiseach Mr Charles Haughey insisted to the tribunal that he did not get preferential treatment from AIB when settling…Fri Sept 22 2000 - 01:00
Gallagher deal was `reasonable'Mr Haughey denied that a land agreement between him and the Gallagher Building Group which helped him to pay off his debts to…Fri Sept 22 2000 - 01:00
Cabinet to discuss fuel cost demands of fishing sectorThe Minister for the Marine, Mr Fahey, will put the case for fishermen at a three-hour Cabinet meeting tomorrow.Wed Sept 20 2000 - 01:00
Filling stations may delay price rises because of existing stockDiesel costs an average of 69.2p a litre in the Republic while the average for regular unleaded petrol is 73Sat Sept 16 2000 - 01:00
Irish oil distributors will announce price rises todayMost oil distributors here will increase prices within the next 24 hours following the lead of Irish Shell, which has announced…Wed Sept 13 2000 - 01:00
ILDA expected to escalate unofficial train disputeTrain-drivers are expected to escalate their unofficial dispute in the run-up to the weekendWed Aug 23 2000 - 01:00
Other drivers reject as `insulting' ILDA's claims on rail safetyTrain-drivers from two unions have appealed to the breakaway ILDA drivers to return to work.Fri Aug 18 2000 - 01:00
Labour Court, LRC to examine disputeMoves by the Labour Court and the Labour Relations Commission to investigate claims and counter-claims in the locomotive-drivers…Fri Aug 18 2000 - 01:00
Dutch drugs dealer loses mansion, its contents and island in one fell swoopThe Criminal Assets Bureau has seized a 19th-century mansion, its contents and an adjoining island near Sneem on the Ring of …Thu Aug 17 2000 - 01:00
Son of stabbing victim decides to leave Ireland after racist tauntsA man whose father was stabbed and critically injured in a attack in Dublin has left Ireland after a racist incident this week…Thu Aug 17 2000 - 01:00
Working drivers to respond on safetyTrain-drivers working the "new deal" at Iarnrod Eireann will hold a press conference in Dublin today to respond to allegations…Thu Aug 17 2000 - 01:00
Iarnrod Eireann plans new schedule around disputeIarnrod Eireann is planning a new train schedule in anticipation of a continuation of the dispute with the ILDA group of drivers…Wed Aug 16 2000 - 01:00
Wildlife group claims badger cull postponed after complaintThe Department of Agriculture has rejected claims that a proposed badger "cull" has been postponed because of complaints to an…Sat Aug 12 2000 - 01:00
Greyhound laws may be reviewedA Review of greyhound transport regulations is likely following a demonstration outside ail Leinster House by two animal rights…Fri Aug 11 2000 - 01:00
50,744 passports issued in June set new monthly recordRecord numbers of passports have been issued this yearThu Aug 10 2000 - 01:00
Manufacturer to decide on European tyre recallTyre manufacturer Bridgestone Firestone will decide within the next 24 hours whether to recall any European tyres following a…Thu Aug 10 2000 - 01:00
Rail protest warnings cause delayThe Enterprise Express train from Belfast to Dublin was delayed by 20 minutes yesterday morning following protest warnings by…Wed Aug 09 2000 - 01:00
Large Cork city centre site designated as shopping areaA substantial Cork city centre site has been designated as an area of renewal for shopping under Cork Corporation's development…Sat Aug 05 2000 - 01:00
Travellers have to state ethnicity in next censusTravellers are the only group who will be directly asked to state their ethnic status in next year's censusFri Aug 04 2000 - 01:00
Haughey claims Traynor worked on a `need to know' basisMr Des Traynor did not tell Mr Haughey the names of two possible investors in a development scheme to clear his AIB debt, the…Fri Jul 28 2000 - 01:00
Profit was pure luck - DesmondFinancier Mr Dermot Desmond said it was "pure luck" that he made almost £1 million after Feltrim plc, the company originally …Fri Jul 28 2000 - 01:00
AIB management wanted Haughey to pursue deal with Gallagher GroupAIB senior management instructed Mr Charles Haughey's bank manager to get Mr Haughey to "go after" a deal with the Gallagher …Thu Jul 27 2000 - 01:00
Traynor `quite active' with financial affairsThe former taoiseach, Mr Haughey, was challenged about his view that his financial adviser, the late Mr Des Traynor, had managed…Wed Jul 26 2000 - 01:00
Smurfit gave Yeats work to Haughey on an impulseMillionaire businessman Dr Michael Smurfit decided "literally on the spur of the moment" to give Mr Charles Haughey a personal…Wed Jul 26 2000 - 01:00
Manager wanted to bounce chequesSenior AIB management allowed Mr Charles Haughey's debt to "run on" even though his bank manager formally sought permission in…Wed Jul 26 2000 - 01:00
Former Taoiseach offered to get AIB some new customersAn AIB internal memo said that Mr Charles Haughey offered to direct new business to the bank after a meeting in September 1976…Tue Jul 25 2000 - 01:00
Haughey says he was not `quite vicious'Former Taoiseach Mr Charles Haughey denied he became "quite vicious" at a meeting with senior AIB officials in 1976 when asked…Tue Jul 25 2000 - 01:00
AIB's cheque book threat `was not taken seriously'Threats by Allied Irish Banks to take Mr Charles Haughey's cheque books from him would not have been taken seriously, according…Sat Jul 22 2000 - 01:00
FF's financial director tells tribunal of donors listFianna Fail's financial director believed that the anonymous donations mentioned in the party's cash receipts book were "truly…Fri Jul 21 2000 - 01:00
Haughey is to be queried on links to AIBThe Moriarty tribunal will be concentrating on Mr Charles Haughey's relationship with Allied Irish Banks when the former Taoiseach…Fri Jul 21 2000 - 01:00
Magnier wanted fictitious names on FF drafts to keep anonymityMulti-millionaire businessman Mr John Magnier made out two drafts payable to fictitious names because he wanted his £20,000 donation…Fri Jul 21 2000 - 01:00
Dunne recalls lunches with Haugheys but is blank about giving a chequeMr Ben Dunne was a very depressed man, recovering from a cocaine problem and mentally "not stable" at the time he met the former…Fri Jul 21 2000 - 01:00
Chairman `amazed' by union using spin doctorThe chairman of the Committee on Social, Family and Community Affairs has queried the use of "professional spin-doctors" by a…Wed Jul 19 2000 - 01:00
