Brown labours under new pressureGORDON BROWN spoke hurriedly to United States President Barack Obama on Tuesday night as the latter made his way out of the United…Sat Sept 26 2009 - 01:00
Chef Keith Floyd dies aged 65 - after a fine three-course mealCARELESS WITH money, generous to his friends, chef Keith Floyd died at home yesterday of a heart attack – but appropriately, …Wed Sept 16 2009 - 01:00
Tories will cut public spending, says LabourLEADING BRITISH Labour Party figures, who are facing defeat in next year’s general election, have rounded on the Conservative…Tue Sept 15 2009 - 01:00
Mail strikes cause postal delays to UKSIGNIFICANT DELAYS in sending letters and parcels to the United Kingdom through the post are expected following a series of one…Tue Sept 15 2009 - 01:00
Life for airline bomb plottersTHREE BRITISH-BORN Muslims who plotted to blow up transatlantic aircraft in mid-flight from Heathrow to the United States and…Tue Sept 15 2009 - 01:00
TUC to press for public spendingUNION LEADERS are expected to press British prime minister Gordon Brown to guarantee public spending and raise taxes on the rich…Mon Sept 14 2009 - 01:00
MI6 faces torture investigationBRITAIN’S MI6 intelligence service is to be investigated over allegations that one of its agents tortured a non-British prisoner…Sat Sept 12 2009 - 01:00
Sue Irish in US, says Libyan ministerIRISH-AMERICANS should be sued for giving money to the IRA since the 1970s if Libya is to face demands for tens of millions worth…Wed Sept 09 2009 - 01:00
Amateurs pose main terror threat, say expertsFUTURE TERRORIST plots, such as the bid to blow up seven airliners in 2006, which led to multiple convictions this week, could…Wed Sept 09 2009 - 01:00
Deal with Libya on IRA victims close, claims lawyerTHE LAWYER heading the effort to win compensation for the families of 100 people killed by Libyan-supplied explosives in IRA …Tue Sept 08 2009 - 01:00
UK denies not pressing Libya over IRA victimsTHE BRITISH government has rejected charges that prime minister Gordon Brown refused to press Libya to pay compensation to IRA…Mon Sept 07 2009 - 01:00
Inquiry into jockey deaths continuesMembers of the family of the 18-year-old Galway jockey, Jamie Kyne killed in a suspicious fire in a flat in North Yorkshire at…Mon Sept 07 2009 - 01:00
Brown rejects criticism of army roleBRITISH PRIME minister Gordon Brown has rejected criticism from his party regarding the United Kingdom’s military presence in…Sat Sept 05 2009 - 01:00
Tories set for easy win next election, poll showsTHE BRITISH Conservative Party, which has languished out of power for 12 years, is heading for a comfortable victory in next …Fri Sept 04 2009 - 01:00
Brown and Cameron vie for high moral ground on salary cutBRITISH PRIME minister Gordon Brown has said he would be willing to take a pay cut, while the man bidding to take his place has…Fri Sept 04 2009 - 01:00
No private deal with Libya over release - BrownBRITISH PRIME Minister Gordon Brown has insisted the British Government did not make a private deal with Libya to ensure the …Thu Sept 03 2009 - 01:00
Methane risks persist at docklands site, warns former EPA inspectorSIGNIFICANT RISKS from methane gas remain on a €450 million site in Dublin’s docklands despite an attempt by the owners to get…Sat Aug 01 2009 - 01:00
DDDA chief resigns 11 months earlyTHE DECISION of the chief executive of the Dublin Docklands Development Authority (DDDA), Paul Maloney, to resign came after …Thu Jul 30 2009 - 01:00
Lenihan will have final say if Nama valuation disputedA FINAL decision on the value of billions of euro worth of property loans will be taken by Minister for Finance Brian Lenihan…Thu Jul 30 2009 - 01:00
Campaign funding restrictions criticisedTHE GOVERNMENT should be able to spend exchequer funding on a campaign to encourage people to back changes it proposes to the…Sat Jul 25 2009 - 01:00
President signs gang crime and defamation BillsTOUGH NEW measures to tackle gangland crime and legislation updating defamation laws have entered force, following the decision…Fri Jul 24 2009 - 01:00
Draft laws setting up Nama to be published onlineTHE GOVERNMENT will publish draft legislation setting up the National Asset Management Agency next week, following a final debate…Thu Jul 23 2009 - 01:00
President to meet Council of State tonightPRESIDENT MARY McAleese will meet the Council of State tonight, following her request for advice on whether to refer two major…Wed Jul 22 2009 - 01:00
McAleese meeting Council of StatePresident Mary McAleese is tonight meeting the Council of State following her request for advice on whether to refer two major…Wed Jul 22 2009 - 01:00
Another Dublin City Council member leaves Sinn FéinSINN FÉIN’S operations in the Republic have suffered another blow with the departure of the latest Dublin City Council member…Tue Jul 21 2009 - 01:00
Green Party to campaign 'vigorously' for Lisbon Yes voteTHE GREEN Party will campaign ‘‘vigorously’’ for a Yes vote in the October Lisbon Treaty referendum campaign, party leader John…Mon Jul 20 2009 - 01:00
Greens draw up demands for talks on government programmeTHE GREEN Party is to finalise its list of demands for a renegotiation of the programme for government before the end of the …Mon Jul 20 2009 - 01:00
Greens to finalise list of demandsThe Green Party is to finalise its list of demands for a renegotiation of the programme for government before the end of the …Mon Jul 20 2009 - 01:00
Green Party delegates vote to support Lisbon TreatyGreen Party delegates have voted by the narrowest of margins to back the Lisbon Treaty referendum campaign, following a 214 to…Sat Jul 18 2009 - 01:00
€5.3bn in savings and 17,000 job cuts proposed by review groupSOME €5.3 billion of spending cuts, including a reduction in social welfare rates and thousands of job losses in schools and …Fri Jul 17 2009 - 01:00
Report seeks €5.3bn in savingsSome €5.3 billion of spending cuts, including a reduction in social welfare rates and thousands of job losses in schools and …Fri Jul 17 2009 - 01:00
Merger of local bodies and €1.5bn in welfare cuts proposedMAJOR LOCAL authorities should be merged, hundreds of millions of euro worth of allowances for State employees should be cut …Thu Jul 16 2009 - 01:00
Broughan loses Labour postLABOUR LEADER Eamon Gilmore has disciplined Dublin North East TD Tommy Broughan following his decision not to vote against the…Thu Jul 16 2009 - 01:00
'Bord Snip' report to be published tomorrowA major report that will recommend that up to €5 billion is cut from State spending will be published tomorrow, the Cabinet has…Wed Jul 15 2009 - 01:00
Most Ministers now support release of report on cutbacksTHE MAJORITY of Ministers are prepared to back the early publication of the report produced by the group known as “An Bord Snip…Wed Jul 15 2009 - 01:00
Reps funding 'no longer affordable'A EUROPEAN Union-backed campaign to encourage environmentally-friendly farming has cost €3 billion over the last 15 years and…Tue Jul 14 2009 - 01:00
Ethics body urges code for State officialsTHE GOVERNMENT has failed for seven years to create legal codes of conduct for senior officials in State agencies and should …Sat Jul 11 2009 - 01:00
FF backbenchers receive assurances over revised expenses plan for TDsFIANNA FÁIL TDs have been given assurances by Minister for Finance Brian Lenihan that he has made no final decisions about Leinster…Sat Jul 11 2009 - 01:00
TDs to meet Lenihan over expensesFIANNA FÁIL TDs are to meet Minister for Finance Brian Lenihan in a wave of fury over plans to change expense rules and demands…Fri Jul 10 2009 - 01:00
Proposal to lower alcohol driving limits opposed by publicansPUBLICANS ARE lobbying Fianna Fáil to block moves by Minister for Transport Noel Dempsey to lower the drink-drive limit.Thu Jul 09 2009 - 01:00
Leading lawyers call for Bill on gangs to be withdrawnLEADING CRIMINAL lawyers have called on the Government to immediately withdraw legislation to expand the use of the Special Criminal…Wed Jul 08 2009 - 01:00
Pressure on Ahern to change gang legislationMINISTER FOR Justice Dermot Ahern is to face significant pressure this week to changes to his gangland criminal legislation.Tue Jul 07 2009 - 01:00
Martin leads FF campaign for Yes vote to LisbonMINISTER FOR Foreign Affairs Micheál Martin has been given the job by Taoiseach Brian Cowen of leading Fianna Fáil’s campaign…Tue Jul 07 2009 - 01:00
Gormley showed 'lack of bottle' in abandoning mobile home taxGREEN PARTY leader John Gormley’s decision to abandon plans to impose a €200 holiday home tax on mobile home owners showed “a…Mon Jul 06 2009 - 01:00
Greens want more time to debate crime BillEXTRA TIME should be given for Dáil debate of tough new powers to be given to the Garda Síochána and Director of Public Prosecutions…Mon Jul 06 2009 - 01:00
No-jury trials to stop gangs subverting justice, claim MinistersGANGLAND CRIMINALS are increasingly undermining the legal system and must face no-jury trials before the Special Criminal Court…Sat Jul 04 2009 - 01:00
Oireachtas running costs to be cut by €40mTHE COST of running the Houses of the Oireachtas will be cut by more than €40 million over the next three years to ensure greater…Fri Jul 03 2009 - 01:00
US expected to ease immigration but bilateral accord on illegals ruled outLEGISLATION TO ease immigration into the United States could be passed by the US Senate before the summer break, a leading US…Wed Jul 01 2009 - 01:00
US immigration reform to be put to SenateMajor immigration reform in the United States will be put to the US Senate before the summer, a leading US Congresswoman haas…Tue Jun 30 2009 - 01:00
