New cuts to lead to 2,000 job losses at BBCNEARLY 2,000 jobs at the BBC are to be lost, with major cuts to sports and entertainment programme spending and local radio stations…Fri Oct 07 2011 - 01:00
UK facing worst cash shortage since 1930sTHE UNITED Kingdom is facing the worst shortage of money circulating in the economy since the 1930s, the governor of the Bank…Fri Oct 07 2011 - 01:00
Cameron forced to change speech to conferenceBRITISH PRIME minister David Cameron’s leader’s address to the Conservative Party’s annual conference yesterday was marred after…Thu Oct 06 2011 - 01:00
Murdoch hacking bill 'could exceed £100m'THE RUPERT Murdoch-controlled News International group may have to pay victims of phone-hacking considerably more than £100 million…Thu Oct 06 2011 - 01:00
Boris relying on the likeability factor to win mayoral raceMANCHESTER LETTER: BORIS JOHNSON is the political equivalent of Ryanair’s Michael O’Leary, minus the latter’s occasional bouts…Thu Oct 06 2011 - 01:00
UK home secretary pledges crackdown on immigrationIMMIGRATION INTO the United Kingdom went out of control during Labour’s 13 years in power, leading to the arrival of 2Wed Oct 05 2011 - 01:00
Tories sidestep EU issue in attempt to engage votersANALYSIS: CONSERVATIVE MPs heading to Manchester this week were given speaking notes by Conservative Central Office, suggesting…Wed Oct 05 2011 - 01:00
Duncan-Smith blames riots on benefits and parentingSTREET GANGS, who behave “like child soldiers in the Third World” scarred by anger and violence, played a significant role in…Tue Oct 04 2011 - 01:00
Ministers to review corporation tax costs for North, says PatersonTHE NORTHERN Ireland Executive and Assembly will face public anger unless they deliver better public services over the next four…Mon Oct 03 2011 - 01:00
Opting out of EU 'wrong for Britain', says PMBRITISH PRIME minister David Cameron sought to soothe Conservatives’ anti-European Union feelings yesterday by backing the scrapping…Mon Oct 03 2011 - 01:00
Rally in London marks defeat of fascistsSEVENTY-FIVE years ago, Max Levitas, then a 21-year-old living in London’s East End, stood beside Irish dockers and Jewish tailors…Mon Oct 03 2011 - 01:00
McKillen may challenge sale by Nama of hotels' debtPROPERTY DEVELOPER Paddy McKillen has insisted he remains the largest shareholder in the London Maybourne Hotels group, which…Sat Oct 01 2011 - 01:00
'Irish Post' to go back into production after publisher makes successful bidTHE LONDON-BASED Irish Post newspaper, which was closed by Thomas Crosbie Holdings in August, has been bought by Irish businessman…Sat Oct 01 2011 - 01:00
Several bids for 'Irish Post'UP TO five companies, including the New York-based Irish Voice group controlled by publisher Niall O’Dowd, have made bids to …Fri Sept 30 2011 - 01:00
Proposed NI tax cut 'a huge gamble'EFFORTS TO cut Northern Ireland’s corporation tax rates which are strongly supported by Conservative Northern Ireland Secretary…Fri Sept 30 2011 - 01:00
Miliband changes tune on Dale Farm dispute with call for alternative sitesTRAVELLERS FACING eviction from a caravan site in Essex should be given alternative pitches elsewhere, British Labour Party leader…Fri Sept 30 2011 - 01:00
Mourning an Irishman key to Liverpool's immigrant communityLIVERPOOL LETTER: NOW IN his 80s, Chris Johnson, who left Ardee, Co Louth, 58 years ago, leaned forward and spoke quietly into…Thu Sept 29 2011 - 01:00
Berlin will need to subsidise struggling EU states for long time, says HagueGERMANY WILL subsidise struggling European Union states such as Greece, Portugal and Italy because of the euro zone crisis, British…Thu Sept 29 2011 - 01:00
Social responsibility required from business and claimants, says MilibandBRITISH LABOUR leader Ed Miliband has rejected charges that he is “anti-business” following his declaration that the rules that…Thu Sept 29 2011 - 01:00
Traveller bid to list arch on UK site rejectedA BID by Irish Travellers facing eviction in Essex to have a scaffold arch erected at the entrance to the Dale Farm caravan site…Thu Sept 29 2011 - 01:00
McGuinness is 'fit and proper' candidateSinn Féin’s Martin McGuinness is “a fit and proper” candidate for the presidency since he is already fit and proper to hold the…Wed Sept 28 2011 - 01:00
Miliband tells party economy must not reward predatory businessTHE UNITED Kingdom’s economy must be changed completely to reward companies that invest for the long term, while penalising those…Wed Sept 28 2011 - 01:00
Miliband struggling to connect with electorateANALYSIS: ED MILIBAND stood yesterday before thousands of Labour delegates in Liverpool, confident of his abilities and direction…Wed Sept 28 2011 - 01:00
McGuinness 'fit and proper' candidate for roleSINN FÉIN SUPPORT: SINN FÉIN’s Martin McGuinness is “a fit and proper” candidate for the presidency since he is already fit …Wed Sept 28 2011 - 01:00
Traveller eviction case stalls again as full hearing neededIRISH TRAVELLERS facing eviction in Essex in England have claimed victory in the latest round in a court battle with Basildon…Tue Sept 27 2011 - 01:00
Judge defers decisions on Dale Farm Travellers' eviction until MondayDRESSED IN matching floral tops, the McCarthy sisters arrived at the Royal Courts of Justice on The Strand in London, singing…Sat Sept 24 2011 - 01:00
Traveller in court on new forced labour chargesA 30-YEAR-old Irish traveller, who is due to give birth within days, will be tried for charges of keeping two men in servitude…Fri Sept 23 2011 - 01:00
Designers hope to carve niche at showDENIS KENNY and his colleagues of Ceadogán Rugs from Wellington Bridge in Wexford, makers of high-class rugs, have been on a …Fri Sept 23 2011 - 01:00
Vouching for key role of staff incentivesWILD GEESE : Emigrant business leaders on opportunities abroad: Jonathan Grey , owner of Ovation Incentives in the UKFri Sept 23 2011 - 01:00
Bank of England may inject £50bn into economyTHE BANK of England may have to inject up to £50 billion into the UK economy to block a double-dip recession, unless there are…Thu Sept 22 2011 - 01:00
Leitrim girl shows no signs of rejecting liverTHE LEITRIM teenager who underwent a liver transplant in London last week is showing no signs of rejecting the new organ, although…Thu Sept 22 2011 - 01:00
Council to start Traveller evictions if it wins legal caseBASILDON BOROUGH Council in Essex says it will start the evictions of Travellers from a campsite at the weekend if it wins a …Wed Sept 21 2011 - 01:00
Offer to Dowlers 'cannot absolve' News InternationalBRITISH DEPUTY prime minister Nick Clegg has said the Rupert Murdoch-owned News International will never be absolved for hacking…Wed Sept 21 2011 - 01:00
Injunction unexpectedly halts Dale Farm evictionsTHE MOOD changed within minutes. Before 4Tue Sept 20 2011 - 01:00
Last-minute appeal by Dale Farm Travellers refusedTRAVELLERS THREATENED with eviction from the Dale Farm caravan site in Essex have been refused permission to launch a last-minute…Sat Sept 17 2011 - 01:00
Fourth miner found dead in flooded collieryTHE LAST of four Welsh miners missing after an underground pit disaster in South Wales on Thursday was found last evening, following…Sat Sept 17 2011 - 01:00
More slavery allegations taint TravellersThe reputation of Irish Travellers in Britain, which has – fairly or unfairly – never been good, has been badly damaged by three…Sat Sept 17 2011 - 01:00
Osborne urges fiscal co-operation among euro statesUK VIEW: THE EUROPEAN Union must “act now” to save the euro and accept that monetary union requires greater co-operation between…Sat Sept 17 2011 - 01:00
Teenager out of surgery and stable after transplantLEITRIM TEENAGER Meadhbh McGivern, who missed the opportunity of a liver transplant operation in London in July because of blunders…Fri Sept 16 2011 - 01:00
Traveller rights being abused, claims UN adviserTHE BRITISH government is failing in its international obligations to house Travellers, despite promoting democracy and the protection…Thu Sept 15 2011 - 01:00
Offers made for 'Irish Post'TWO SEALED bids have been lodged for the Irish Post newspaper which was put into liquidation yesterday by Cork-based Thomas Crosbie…Thu Sept 15 2011 - 01:00
Transplant teen undergoes surgeryA teenager who missed a liver transplant operation earlier this summer because of botched transport plans underwent surgery today…Thu Sept 15 2011 - 01:00
Travellers in slavery case remanded in custodyFOUR IRISH Travellers were remanded in custody after appearing in court in Luton yesterday charged with enslaving four men found…Wed Sept 14 2011 - 01:00
Prosecutor alleges years of emotional and physical abuseLOOKING TOWARDS the four Irish Travellers accused under anti-slavery laws, prosecutor Ben Gumpert said they had preyed upon vulnerable…Wed Sept 14 2011 - 01:00
Four Irish Travellers charged with slavery offencesBRITISH POLICE last night charged four Irish Travellers from the same family with slavery offences, following a raid on Sunday…Tue Sept 13 2011 - 01:00
Kept prisoner through mix of threats and supply of 'cider and other things'FIFTEEN OF the men removed from an Irish Travellers’ camp in Bedfordshire yesterday enjoyed hot showers and food, with support…Tue Sept 13 2011 - 01:00
Four charged with slavery offencesFour men, three brothers and their brother-in-law, were charged this evening with slavery offences in Britain.Mon Sept 12 2011 - 01:00
Lengthy intelligence work led to arrests of Travellers on suspicion of slaveryBACKGROUND: THIS YEAR a man contacted Bedfordshire police, alleging he had been enslaved, frequently beaten and threatened with…Mon Sept 12 2011 - 01:00
Travellers face slavery charges as UK police raid site at dawnFIVE IRISH Travellers, four men and a woman, were arrested in England yesterday by heavily-armed officers in a dawn raid, suspected…Mon Sept 12 2011 - 01:00
Tension as Dale Farm awaits the bailiffsWith little more than a week to go before evictions are due to begin from an Irish Travellers’ camp near Basildon in Essex, there…Sat Sept 10 2011 - 01:00
