Garda chief urges homeowners to lock doorsREACTION: GARDA COMMISSIONER Fachtna Murphy has acknowledged the marked increase in burglary numbers detailed in the latest …Wed Oct 28 2009 - 00:00
Murder, burglary and rape on the increaseINCIDENTS OF murder, burglary, robbery, rape and arson have all increased in the last year, according to latest figures from …Wed Oct 28 2009 - 00:00
Simon warns of rise in homelessnessLarge numbers of people will be made homeless if there are any further cuts to the Rent Supplement Scheme in the forthcoming …Wed Oct 28 2009 - 00:00
City council to increase capacity of bike stationsDUBLIN CITY Council is to increase the capacity of its Dublinbikes rental stations in the coming weeks because of the huge popularity…Sat Oct 24 2009 - 01:00
An Bord Pleanála gives permission for Lusk dumpA 300,000-TONNE a year capacity regional “super dump” near Lusk, in north Co Dublin, has secured planning permission from An …Fri Oct 23 2009 - 01:00
Public sector unions ballot members on strikesUNIONS REPRESENTING some 100,000 public sector workers are balloting their members on industrial action, including strikes, if…Fri Oct 23 2009 - 01:00
Wicklow students protest over grantsMore than 40 third-level students have occupied the offices of Wicklow County Council in protest at the late payment of Higher…Fri Oct 23 2009 - 01:00
Residents want flats razed and rebuilt by Dublin City CouncilRESIDENTS OF St Teresa’s Gardens have asked Dublin City Council to honour its commitment to demolish and rebuild the run-down…Thu Oct 22 2009 - 01:00
Attempts to trap Irish mosquitosRESEARCHERS ARE attempting to trap Ireland’s 16 known species of mosquitos to identify whether any disease-carrying breeds have…Tue Oct 20 2009 - 01:00
Work in home leaves women worse off - reportTHE NOTION that work in the home is becoming evenly distributed among the sexes is a myth, the National Women’s Council of Ireland…Tue Oct 20 2009 - 01:00
Council abandons Dolphin's Barn regeneration planRESIDENTS OF St Teresa’s Gardens in Dolphin’s Barn are to meet Dublin City Council tomorrow over its decision to abandon the …Tue Oct 20 2009 - 01:00
Survey dismisses equality 'myth'The disproportionate burden of care work has left women economically dependent and under-represented in decision making, the …Mon Oct 19 2009 - 01:00
Search for 'small bang' designs for inner cityA COMPETITION to find new architectural designs for the sites of former Georgian houses demolished in Dublin city centre will…Thu Oct 15 2009 - 01:00
Wood Quay Viking wall goes on viewAN UNDERGROUND section of Dublin’s 900-year-old Hiberno Viking city wall has been put on public view for the first time at the…Wed Oct 14 2009 - 01:00
Secret burial of body allegedGARDAÍ IN Granard, Co Longford, have begun exhuming an unmarked grave following a report that it contains previously unidentified…Wed Oct 14 2009 - 01:00
Councillors reject Séan Dunne plan for AIB siteDEVELOPER SEÁN Dunne’s plans for a major new office development at the AIB Bankcentre in Ballsbridge have met with a cross-party…Tue Oct 13 2009 - 01:00
Medal honours Argentine naval linkAN ARGENTINIAN man of Irish descent who served on Irish merchant vessels during the Emergency has been honoured with the Mercantile…Sat Oct 10 2009 - 01:00
Abuse groups who met bishops accused of 'solo run'TWO LEADING campaigners for victims of abuse in residential institutions have accused other victims’ representatives of going…Fri Oct 09 2009 - 01:00
AIB contests Dunne's right to develop siteALLIED IRISH Banks has challenged the legal right of developer Seán Dunne to seek planning permission for a major new office …Fri Oct 09 2009 - 01:00
Appeal for witnesses to fatal blazeGARDAÍ ARE continuing to appeal for witnesses to a suspected arson attack on a house in Newbridge, Co Kildare, last weekend in…Wed Oct 07 2009 - 01:00
Dublin Innovation Festival to include tours of Ringsend sewage worksTOURS OF the Ringsend sewage plant, demonstrations of a solar powered public litter bin and business plan presentations by primary…Wed Oct 07 2009 - 01:00
Council prepares to sell flats to tenants at discountDUBLIN CITY Council has begun assessing its stock of more than 12,000 flats for suitability for sale to its tenants for the first…Tue Oct 06 2009 - 01:00
Planning board derails €100m Tara Street schemePLANS BY Iarnród Éireann to build a 60 metre-tall office block at Tara Street rail station, opposite the Custom House in Dublin…Tue Oct 06 2009 - 01:00
Gardaí treat fatal house blaze as suspiciousGARDAÍ ARE treating as suspicious the death of a pensioner in a house fire in Newbridge, Co Kildare, in the early hours yesterday…Mon Oct 05 2009 - 01:00
Number of blind people set to double by 2020THE NUMBER of blind people in Ireland is set to double by 2020 due to an increase in the incidence of Age-Related Macular Degeneration…Sat Oct 03 2009 - 01:00
Patient body urges better health service governanceWEAK GOVERNANCE and poor working relationships between clinicians and management were compromising patient safety, Dr Deirdre…Sat Oct 03 2009 - 01:00
Patient safety being 'compromised'Weak governance and poor working relationships between clinicians and management were compromising patient safety, the chairwoman…Fri Oct 02 2009 - 01:00
Blindness 'to double' in IrelandThe number of blind people in Ireland is set to double by 2020 due to an increase in the incidence of Age-Related Macular Degeneration…Fri Oct 02 2009 - 01:00
O'Keeffe denies he misled Dáil on teacher job lossesTHE MINISTER for Education Batt O’Keeffe has denied Fine Gael claims that he misled the Dáil on job losses in primary and secondary…Sat Sept 19 2009 - 01:00
Council eases planned Croker parking banALL-IRELAND FINAL: DUBLIN CITY Council has watered down plans to ban matchgoers from parking near Croke Park by allowing non…Sat Sept 19 2009 - 01:00
Firms creaking under rates burden - CullenBUSINESSES ARE bearing a disproportionate share of the rates burden because of a lack of a residential property tax, Minister…Fri Sept 18 2009 - 01:00
Warning over 'splurge of speculation'PROTEST: FUTURE GENERATIONS will have to pay for the “splurge of speculation” which had ruined the economy, Labour leader Eamon…Thu Sept 17 2009 - 01:00
Contentious M3 is 90% complete, says NRATHE CONTROVERSIAL M3 motorway in Co Meath, which has been the subject of several years of protests, is now almost 90 per cent…Wed Sept 16 2009 - 01:00
Bird's-eye view reveals extent of work to comeFROM THE ground the new M3 motorway looks, for the most part, finishedWed Sept 16 2009 - 01:00
Six new Traveller houses to be demolished due to pyriteTHE HOUSES of six Traveller families in Finglas, Dublin, are to be demolished because of damage believed to be caused by the …Tue Sept 15 2009 - 01:00
Giant's Causeway not immune from impact of global threatThe protection of built and natural heritage must be central to the UN conference on climate change which will take place in …Tue Sept 15 2009 - 01:00
Adults warned of climate change dangersADULTS MUST stop ignoring the threat of climate change if future generations are to be protected, a 16-year-old Tipperary student…Tue Sept 15 2009 - 01:00
Girls beat boys in Junior Cert at almost all subjectsGIRLS ACHIEVED better Junior Cert exam results than boys in almost every subject this year, with boys faring particularly badly…Fri Sept 11 2009 - 01:00
No funds for relocation of horse fairDUBLIN CITY Council is to undertake a multimillion euro project to finally complete Smithfield Plaza, 10 years after it was originally…Fri Sept 11 2009 - 01:00
Department to spend €10m on 7km cycle routeTHE DEPARTMENT of Transport is to spend €10 million next year on a new cycle route linking Rathmines to Fairview Park in Dublin…Wed Sept 09 2009 - 01:00
Green TD wants demolition of Carlisle Pier buildings stoppedGREEN PARTY TD Ciarán Cuffe has called for an immediate halt to the demolition of the buildings on Carlisle Pier in Dún Laoghaire…Wed Sept 02 2009 - 01:00
Council warns Dunne over D4 storeDEVELOPER AND hotelier Seán Dunne could be forced to close his latest venture, a supermarket at the site of his D4 Hotels in …Wed Sept 02 2009 - 01:00
Exam website 'only' uses new browsersSTUDENTS WHO have encountered problems accessing an online Leaving Cert exam appeals facility in recent days should check that…Tue Sept 01 2009 - 01:00
Funeral of student fatally stabbed in Bray set for MondayTHE FUNERAL of Sebastian Creane (22), the design student from Bray, Co Wicklow, who was stabbed to death at his family home last…Sat Aug 22 2009 - 01:00
Commission rejects claims of anti-Lisbon farmersCLAIMS BY farmers opposing the Lisbon Treaty are incorrect, misleading and represent a “totally distorted picture of the reality…Sat Aug 22 2009 - 01:00
FG claims Coalition failing to cut quangosTHREE-QUARTERS of State agencies due to be closed or merged following the emergency budget last April have escaped the “cull” …Thu Aug 20 2009 - 01:00
City will be graffiti-free next month, says business groupDUBLIN CITY centre will be graffiti free by next month and chewing gum litter free by the end of this year, according to a city…Thu Aug 20 2009 - 01:00
SR Technics extends contracts of remaining staff to end of OctoberAIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE firm SR Technics is to extend the contracts of about 200 line maintenance staff at Dublin Airport who were…Thu Aug 20 2009 - 01:00
Coca-Cola cargo restores port rail trafficIARNRÓD ÉIREANN freight container trains are to resume deliveries to Dublin Port from this morning following a six-year absence…Wed Aug 19 2009 - 01:00
Airtricity ordered to drop 'green' claim in adsELECTRICITY COMPANY Airtricity has been ordered not to use the term “green electricity” in its advertising, following a complaint…Tue Aug 18 2009 - 01:00
