'Daily Mail' editor holds line on GrantTOP FLEET Street editor Paul Dacre has refused to withdraw charges that actor Hugh Grant is guilty of a “mendacious smear” against…Fri Feb 10 2012 - 00:00
Oil fuels Falklands dispute as war anniversary stirs up rhetoricLONDON LETTER: Islands are back on British public’s radar 30 years on, as Argentina plans to take UN caseFri Feb 10 2012 - 00:00
Celebrating Dickens 200 years onA FEW snowflakes, appropriately, fell around the parish church of Portsea yesterday in Hampshire as hundreds gathered inside …Wed Feb 08 2012 - 00:00
Church of England synod to decide on women bishopsTHE CHURCH of England General Synod is to decide today if it can go ahead with plans to appoint women bishopsWed Feb 08 2012 - 00:00
'Daily Mail' editor outlines plan for tougher regulationJOURNALISTS in the United Kingdom found guilty of improper conduct should be disciplined by an industry-appointed regulator with…Tue Feb 07 2012 - 00:00
Queen marks 60 years on throneQUEEN ELIZABETH, who today marks her 60th anniversary on the throne, yesterday joined the congregation at her Sandringham estate…Mon Feb 06 2012 - 00:00
Conservative MPs seek cut in wind farm subsidiesCONSERVATIVE MPs have mounted a campaign to cut subsidies for onshore wind turbines, following increasing anger in rural England…Mon Feb 06 2012 - 00:00
Huhne departure will affect cabinet dynamicTHE LIBERAL Democrats, junior partners in the British government, have been dealt a serious blow following the resignation from…Sat Feb 04 2012 - 00:00
Irish investment banker set for multimillion pound bonusIRELAND’S BEST-paid banker, RBS investment banking chief executive John Hourican, is expected to receive most of a multimillion…Sat Feb 04 2012 - 00:00
Goodwin at the sharp end of public fury but City unimpressed by empty gestureTHE FRONT pages have been dominated by former RBS chief Fred Goodwin losing his knighthood, but the business world in London …Fri Feb 03 2012 - 00:00
Commons reinstates Lords' welfare changesTHE BRITISH government yesterday availed of a rarely used parliamentary rule to overcome opposition in the House of Lords on …Thu Feb 02 2012 - 00:00
Some euro states 'will struggle' to meet deficit pledgesUNITED KINGDOM: SOME EURO zone countries will struggle to honour the promises to keep deficits in line made in Monday’s agreement…Wed Feb 01 2012 - 00:00
Former Royal Bank of Scotland chief stripped of knighthoodFORMER ROYAL Bank of Scotland chief executive Fred Goodwin’s knighthood, awarded during the height of the bank’s fortunes, has…Wed Feb 01 2012 - 00:00
Pressure on RBS to waive further bonusesPRESSURE IS set to mount on leading RBS executives, including Irishman John Hourican, to waive multimillion pound bonuses.Tue Jan 31 2012 - 00:00
UK workers earn £60bn less a year than they did 30 years agoWORKERS IN the United Kingdom are taking home £60 billion less each year than they did more than 30 years ago, says a Trades …Mon Jan 30 2012 - 00:00
Getting back to where he once belongedHIS ARRIVAL IS announced by nervous, giggling laughter from the young women standing by the stairsMon Jan 30 2012 - 00:00
Murdoch returns to Sunday marketNEWS INTERNATIONAL is to re-enter the Sunday tabloid market, which it quit when Rupert Murdoch last year closed the News of the…Sat Jan 28 2012 - 00:00
Odds stacked against Glasgow's poorest - even before birthGLASGOW LETTER: ON A BITTERLY cold dawn, the streets around Glasgow Celtic’s Parkhead football ground are near-empty, with the…Fri Jan 27 2012 - 00:00
Salmond outlines referendum questionA REFERENDUM on Scottish independence would put the future in the people’s hands and allow them to stand on their own two feet…Thu Jan 26 2012 - 00:00
Verse used to put the case for and against Scottish independenceANALYSIS: ROBERT BURNS, the bard of Scotland, was much quoted yesterday in Edinburgh, both to support and decry Alex Salmond…Thu Jan 26 2012 - 00:00
Recovery lies in more power, says SalmondINDEPENDENCE would give Scotland the power to pursue economic growth and control corporation tax rates, free of the restrictions…Wed Jan 25 2012 - 00:00
Britain's debt hits trillion markFOR THE last few years the NoNonsense Economics blog has tracked the inexorable rise in Britain’s national debt, with a clock…Wed Jan 25 2012 - 00:00
British ministers to push plan for cap on welfare payBRITISH MINISTERS are insisting they will push ahead with moves to limit welfare payments to £26,000 (€31,000) a year for each…Wed Jan 25 2012 - 00:00
'Over two million low-income households struggle to pay'Council taxes in Britain are expensive and provoke many of the complaints that were made about the rates in Ireland before they…Tue Jan 24 2012 - 00:00
Abortion counselling ban in UK could affect Irish womenPLANS TO ban British abortion clinics from giving counselling – which were blocked last year but which have now resurfaced – …Mon Jan 23 2012 - 00:00
Lib Dem grandee criticises Tories' Scottish policyPLANS BY the Conservatives to have chancellor of the exchequer George Osborne lead the campaign against Scottish independence…Sat Jan 21 2012 - 00:00
Higgins to visit Irish in LondonPRESIDENT MICHAEL D Higgins, who was an emigrant to Britain during the 1960s, will visit Irish community and cultural groups …Sat Jan 21 2012 - 00:00
UK government proposes formal register of lobbyistsLOBBYISTS IN the UK should be formally registered and subject to fines and imprisonment for improper attempts to influence ministers…Sat Jan 21 2012 - 00:00
Cameron says free market needs to be fairer to succeedTHE BRITISH are questioning the way in which capitalism works following the economic crisis caused by the banking collapse and…Fri Jan 20 2012 - 00:00
Too many controls on press links with police, Leveson inquiry toldPOLICE FORCES in the United Kingdom are imposing too many controls to govern their relationships with the press, the editor of…Thu Jan 19 2012 - 00:00
New laws put protesting campers out in the coldDURING COLD weather Maria Gallastegui sits in a phone-kiosk, that looks like the Tardis in Doctor Who, on a pavement in Parliament…Thu Jan 19 2012 - 00:00
Expert warns against Scottish plebisciteTHE SCOTTISH government does not have the power to call a referendum on independence, said the British government’s top legal…Tue Jan 17 2012 - 00:00
Miliband defends decision to rule out reversing spending cutsBRITISH LABOUR leader Ed Miliband has defended his party’s decision to rule out reversing any of the government’s spending cuts…Mon Jan 16 2012 - 00:00
Islington losing patience with unloved 'charity muggers'LONDON LETTER: The north London borough is the latest to consider banning or at least restricting street fundraisingFri Jan 13 2012 - 00:00
Miliband pledges to run tight ship but govern fairlyBRITISH LABOUR leader Ed Miliband has declared that Labour will not attempt to match the major public spending increases sanctioned…Wed Jan 11 2012 - 00:00
Scots not so inclined to march to Cameron's tuneANALYSIS : SCOTTISH FIRST minister, Alex Salmond is rarely shy of microphones, but he carefully stayed away from them following…Wed Jan 11 2012 - 00:00
SNP claims Cameron move over plebiscite may backfireTHE SCOTTISH National Party said yesterday the attempt by British prime minister David Cameron to set a quick deadline for a …Tue Jan 10 2012 - 00:00
MacKenzie has swipe at 'Guardian' as he defends tabloid journalismFORMER EDITOR of the Sun Kelvin MacKenzie, who questioned the need for the creation of the Leveson Inquiry, yesterday offered…Tue Jan 10 2012 - 00:00
Dutch PM rejects idea of EU treaty pollDUTCH PRIME minister Mark Rutte has ruled out holding a referendum on the treaty to emerge from talks between 26 European Union…Tue Jan 10 2012 - 00:00
Cameron urges early vote on issue of Scottish independenceTHE BATTLE over the timing of a Scottish independence referendum has intensified after British prime minister David Cameron was…Mon Jan 09 2012 - 00:00
Ensuring a happy Post scriptFRIDAY INTERVIEW: Elgin Loane, owner of the Irish PostFri Jan 06 2012 - 00:00
Nothing is sacred as metal thieves go on nationwide rampageLONDON LETTER : War memorials are the latest target for criminals involved in a crime wave driven by rocketing prices for copper…Thu Dec 22 2011 - 00:00
Inquiry told of 'daily' phone hackingPHONE HACKING was “a bog standard” tool that was used daily by reporters at the Daily Mirror in 1999, a former business journalist…Thu Dec 22 2011 - 00:00
Court told Grehan's net worth £3.6mDOCUMENTS accompanying a worldwide freezing order won by the National Asset Management Agency against property developer Ray …Thu Dec 22 2011 - 00:00
Offering a helping hand to struggling emigrantsTHE IMAGE of the Irish in London has recently become one of ambitious, college-educated twentysomethings, leaving behind a recession…Thu Dec 22 2011 - 00:00
Rupert Murdoch to be called to testify at the Leveson inquiry in the new yearPUBLISHER Rupert Murdoch is set to be called to give testimony next year to the Leveson inquiry into the standards, culture and…Wed Dec 21 2011 - 00:00
Germany reaches out to UK after veto decisionGERMANY MADE a major effort yesterday to get the United Kingdom back on board for next year’s European Union treaty negotiations…Tue Dec 20 2011 - 00:00
UK moves to toughen bank rulesBRITISH CHANCELLOR of the exchequer George Osborne has accepted recommendations to toughen rules for banks operating in the UK…Tue Dec 20 2011 - 00:00
Tough UK immigration rules lawful, judge decidesTOUGHER IMMIGRATION rules in the United Kingdom, which require people to be able to speak English before they arrive in the country…Sat Dec 17 2011 - 00:00
Cameron on right side of public opinionANALYSIS: British prime minister may have lit a fuse that threatens the UK’s very place in the EUSat Dec 17 2011 - 00:00
