McDonagh wins Writers Guild award for 'In Bruges'OSCAR WINNING director Martin McDonagh has won the top prize in the second Annual Writers Guild Awards.Wed Nov 26 2008 - 00:00
Tributes paid to Co Mayo marine killed in AfghanistanMore than 1,000 mourners turned out in Westport, Co Mayo this afternoon for the funeral of Royal Marine Robert McKibben who was…Mon Nov 24 2008 - 00:00
Lithuanian immigrants urged to come homeTHE LITHUANIAN government has begun a recruitment drive to try to encourage some of the estimated 70,000 immigrants living here…Sat Nov 22 2008 - 00:00
Peace centre plans refresher course for North's politiciansPOLITICIANS FROM the North may be invited back to the Glencree Centre for Peace and Reconciliation in Co Wicklow.Sat Nov 22 2008 - 00:00
Ardagh calls for 'clean-out' of bank chiefsIRISH BANKS need a "clean-out" of top executives and their boards of management, a senior Fianna Fáil backbencher has said.Thu Nov 20 2008 - 00:00
Week-long campaign to get people to 'go local'SOME OF the biggest community organisations, including the IFA, the GAA and churches, will begin a campaign this weekend to persuade…Thu Nov 20 2008 - 00:00
Paediatrician trained in Ireland defends her role in Baby P caseTHE PAEDIATRICIAN at the centre of the Baby P child abuse scandal in the UK has issued a statement saying she has been "deeply…Thu Nov 20 2008 - 00:00
O'Keeffe sends team to study 'rat-infested fire-trap' schoolTHE MINISTER for Education and Science Batt O'Keeffe has ordered officials to visit a school in Co Galway described by its principal…Tue Nov 18 2008 - 00:00
'Urgent care' would help save €60mA MODEL OF healthcare which has saved the US billions of dollars in costs could lessen the burden on accident and emergency departments…Tue Nov 18 2008 - 00:00
Asthma control could halve AE visitsPROPER ASTHMA control could cut the number of sufferers attending accident and emergency departments by half every year, it has…Tue Nov 18 2008 - 00:00
'Rat-infested' school fails to gain funding approvalA PRIMARY school in Co Galway has been described by its own principal as a "rat-infested fire trap".Mon Nov 17 2008 - 00:00
Garda buy 20 RHA paintingsTWENTY PAINTINGS have been bought from the Royal Hibernian Academy's (RHA) annual exhibition for the Garda Headquarters in the…Mon Nov 17 2008 - 00:00
Something to exercise all ages on the promenade in ClontarfWITH ITS views of Dublin Port and Poolbeg power station, Clontarf promenade is hardly Venice Muscle Beach, the famous stretch…Mon Nov 17 2008 - 00:00
Minister urges action over phone bullyingMINISTER OF State for Children Barry Andrews has urged mobile phone companies to take action on cyber-bullying - despite technological…Sat Nov 15 2008 - 00:00
Mystery buyer snaps up 'Nell' nudeA NUDE portrait of the writer and campaigner Nell McCafferty has been sold to a mystery buyer for €10,000.Sat Nov 15 2008 - 00:00
Airline unions draft saving plansUNIONS AT Aer Lingus have drafted alternative cost-cutting proposals to those planned by management in a bid to avoid industrial…Fri Nov 14 2008 - 00:00
FitzGerald recalls Civil War healingCIVIL WAR animosities among the children of protagonists ended in the late 1930s when many of them were in university together…Thu Nov 13 2008 - 00:00
Phone operators say no way to stop bullyingTHERE IS no technological solutions at present which would prevent bullying by mobile phone, the mobile phone operators have …Thu Nov 13 2008 - 00:00
Yeats watercolours sold for £18,500 in UKTWO IMPORTANT Jack B Yeats watercolours have fetched £18,500 (€22,800) at auction in the UKSat Nov 08 2008 - 00:00
RHA exhibition to include Nell McCafferty portraitTHE ROYAL Hibernian Academy will exhibit a nude portrait of the writer and campaigner Nell McCafferty as part of its 178th annual…Sat Nov 08 2008 - 00:00
Pearson killings not sectarian, book claimsA NEW book on the shooting of two Protestant farmers in Co Offaly during the War of Independence has concluded that their killing…Fri Nov 07 2008 - 00:00
Portraits of Irish emigrants go on display in DublinA PORTRAIT exhibition of Irish emigrants who have fallen on hard times in London has gone on display at the Molesworth Gallery…Fri Nov 07 2008 - 00:00
Ahern re-opens restored zoo buildingIN AN interview with this newspaper in 2004, Bertie Ahern declared he had a "very socialist view of life", adding "I have it …Tue Nov 04 2008 - 00:00
Democrats in Ireland to host party of the year - or wake of the decadeIT PROMISES to be either the party of the year or the wake of the decadeTue Nov 04 2008 - 00:00
NCA to investigate price of fuel hereCONCERNS THAT consumers here are paying too much for fuel are being investigated by the National Consumer Agency (NCA).Tue Nov 04 2008 - 00:00
New pharmacy code to be unveiled this weekA NEW DRAFT code of conduct which will be binding on all pharmacists in the State will be unveiled this week.Tue Nov 04 2008 - 00:00
Cash-flow solution company awardedA COMPANY which has developed a computer programme that could dramatically improve the cash flow of Irish hospitals has won an…Tue Nov 04 2008 - 00:00
Agency to investigate workplace attitudes to pregnancyCONCERN ABOUT continuing discrimination against pregnant women in the workplace is to be investigated by the Crisis Pregnancy…Tue Nov 04 2008 - 00:00
Wicklow pair saddle up for 18-month circumnavigation of globe by bicycleRide on: 50,000km journey around the worldMon Nov 03 2008 - 00:00
First national campaign aims to encourage fostering children in careA NATIONAL campaign to encourage more volunteer families to foster children in care has been launched for the first time.Mon Nov 03 2008 - 00:00
Rendition flights promise welcomedA COMMITMENT to ensure gardaí have the power to inspect military flights which are being used for extraordinary renditions has…Mon Nov 03 2008 - 00:00
Call to end Border allowance for soldiersAN ALLOWANCE paid to soldiers on Border duty during the Troubles should be stopped as there is no longer any justification for…Fri Oct 31 2008 - 00:00
Helicopters leasing decision 'incredible'THE DECISION to lease two helicopters at a cost of €2Fri Oct 31 2008 - 00:00
Take That announce Croke Park concertTAKE THAT are to play Croke Park next summer as part of a comeback tourWed Oct 29 2008 - 00:00
Group's views on disability allowance 'misrepresented'THE ORGANISATION that first proposed raising the age of qualification for the disability allowance told Minister for Social and…Wed Oct 29 2008 - 00:00
Irish astronomers over the moon after second asteroid findLIKE CELESTIAL buses, you wait 160 years for a new asteroid and then two come along at once.Wed Oct 29 2008 - 00:00
Limit on size of retail outlets hinders competition - PrasifkaMore than 120,000 shoppers from the Republic shopped in either Asda or Sainsbury’s in the North during the summer, the chairman…Wed Oct 29 2008 - 00:00
Take That set for Croke Park, Oasis sell-out SlaneTake That are to play Croke Park this summer as part of a remarkable comeback tour.Tue Oct 28 2008 - 00:00
Irish in Brussels look 'shrunken' by No voteIRISH CIVIL servants working in Brussels felt "beaten down and kicked" by the outcome of the Lisbon Treaty referendum, RTÉ's …Fri Oct 24 2008 - 01:00
RTÉ announces cutbacks of more than €25mRTÉ HAS announced cutbacks of more than €25 million to cope with an expected advertising revenue downturn next year.Tue Oct 21 2008 - 01:00
TV3 lays off 15 and cuts news coverage as ad revenue slumpsTV3 HAS made 15 people redundant and is cutting back on its weekend news bulletins because of the advertising downturn.Tue Oct 21 2008 - 01:00
Spreading licence fee around 'to hit RTÉ's public role'CLERAUN MEDIA CONFERENCE: RTÉ'S ROLE as a public service broadcaster will be seriously undermined if proposals to give more …Mon Oct 20 2008 - 01:00
Coverage of North fostering 'spoilt' attitude in politiciansCLERAUN MEDIA CONFERENCE: THERE IS too much coverage of the North in the southern media and this is helping to foster a "spoilt…Mon Oct 20 2008 - 01:00
RTÉ announces cuts as ad revenue plungesRTÉ has announced cutbacks of more than €25 million to cope with an expected advertising revenue downturn next year.Mon Oct 20 2008 - 01:00
Francis Bacon painting may sell for up to €10mA FRANCIS Bacon painting which once hung in the drawing room of Luggala in Co Wicklow is to go for auction at Christie's in London…Sat Oct 18 2008 - 01:00
AC/DC Dublin concert sells out in three minutesTickets for AC/DC’s first concert in Ireland in 12 years sold out within three minutes this morning.Fri Oct 17 2008 - 01:00
Oasis to come 'home' to SlaneAPPROPRIATELY ENOUGH at a venue where U2 once recorded a song called A Sort of Homecoming , Oasis made a homecoming of their …Thu Oct 16 2008 - 01:00
High earners will find it impossible to evade income levy, says LenihanTAXATION LEVELS: HIGHEST EARNERS who have been "notoriously" able to avail of tax breaks in the past will be the ones hardest…Wed Oct 15 2008 - 01:00
