Family and friends attend funeral of young doctor killed in Air France disasterJANE DEASY was a generous and devoted sister, a loving daughter, a dear friend and a great surgeon in the making, mourners at…Sat Jul 11 2009 - 01:00
Kidnapped worker was about to pay visit homeSHARON COMMINS was due to return to Dublin for a holiday in the coming weeks after an 18-month stint as a project manager for…Mon Jul 06 2009 - 01:00
Warning of child abduction to sharia law statesFORMER MEP Mary Banotti has called on the Government to monitor the number of reported child abduction cases involving sharia…Mon Jul 06 2009 - 01:00
World first as Kilkenny virgin lizard reproducesA KILKENNY reptile zoo has reported the world’s first birth to a virgin lizard previously thought incapable of reproduction without…Wed Jul 01 2009 - 01:00
Child abduction cases hit recordA record 141 transnational child abduction cases were dealt with by the authorities here last year, according to new figures …Mon Jun 29 2009 - 01:00
Immigrants face education 'barriers'PROHIBITIVE FEES and a lack of English-language classes are major barriers to higher education for people granted residence in…Tue Jun 23 2009 - 01:00
Woman (27) dies after fire engulfs house in CarlowA 27-YEAR-OLD mother of one died yesterday in a house fire in CarlowMon Jun 22 2009 - 01:00
Irish protest: Iranians to demonstrate at embassyIranians living in Ireland are due to hold a demonstration outside the Iranian embassy in Dublin today to call for a “fair, just…Thu Jun 18 2009 - 01:00
Iranians set for protest in DublinIranians living in Ireland are due to hold a demonstration outside the Iranian embassy in Dublin today.Thu Jun 18 2009 - 01:00
Ireland criticised in US report on human traffickingTHE GOVERNMENT is not fully complying with minimum standards for the elimination of human trafficking, a report by the US State…Wed Jun 17 2009 - 01:00
Roche questions Ganley's backgroundTHE TREATMENT of Libertas founder Declan Ganley by the media raises “very fundamental questions” about Irish journalism, Minister…Wed Jun 10 2009 - 01:00
Burke resigns from party days after losing byelectionSNN FÉIN: SINN FÉIN’S longest-serving councillor in the Republic has resigned from the party days after losing the Dublin central…Wed Jun 10 2009 - 01:00
Europe proposes sanctions for child sex abuse and traffickingNEW CRIMINAL sanctions for sex tourists who abuse children abroad and those who “groom” children online have been proposed by…Tue Jun 09 2009 - 01:00
Calls for financial help have more than doubledST VINCENT de PAUL: THE NUMBER of calls to the Society of St Vincent de Paul in Dublin from people in financial difficulty …Thu May 28 2009 - 01:00
Bill will curtail 'double jeopardy' ruleTHE LONG-STANDING double jeopardy rule, which bans people being re-tried for an offence once they have been acquitted, is to …Tue May 26 2009 - 01:00
Local knowledge and timeless issues help new faces make an impressionON THE CANVASS with IDOWU OLAFIMIHAN, ADEOLA OGUNSINA and IGNATIUS OKAFOR: HE MOVES languidly along the driveway, a stack …Mon May 25 2009 - 01:00
Victims haunted by childhood experienceEFFECTS ON LATER LIFE: THE EFFECTS of abuse remained with victims long after childhood, with many giving accounts of troubled…Thu May 21 2009 - 01:00
Occasional kind words bolstered children in brutal landscapePOSITIVE EXPERIENCES: STAFF WHO “did not hit” and who spoke kindly to children or called them by their first names rather than…Thu May 21 2009 - 01:00
Institutional life 'in itself abusive'ROSMINIANS: THE COMMISSION commended the Rosminian Institute of Charity, which ran industrial schools at Upton and Ferryhouse…Thu May 21 2009 - 01:00
Academic 'brain trust' could help State recoverTHE GOVERNMENT should draw on the expertise of Ireland’s academics in dealing with the complex policy choices the country is …Sat May 16 2009 - 01:00
State's overseas aid programme is 'cutting-edge' model, says OECDTHE OECD has praised Ireland’s overseas development programme as a “cutting-edge” model for others to follow, but urged the Government…Fri May 08 2009 - 01:00
A shift has taken place in how we think of migrationANALYSIS: Post EU enlargement migration has had a permanent impact on Ireland..Sat May 02 2009 - 01:00
Ceann Comhairle encourages more immigrants to stand for electionTHE DECISION of increasing numbers of immigrants to stand for election to their local councils should encourage other newcomers…Thu Apr 30 2009 - 01:00
Call for HSE updates on cancer centre standardsA WOMAN whose diagnosis of breast cancer was delayed due to an error at the laboratory where her biopsy was read has suggested…Sat Apr 25 2009 - 01:00
Harney defends cancer centre policyMINISTER FOR Health Mary Harney has defended the policy of designating eight hospitals as specialist cancer centres and said …Sat Apr 25 2009 - 01:00
Garda, HSE sign childcare protocolKEY AGENCIES dealing with missing children yesterday signed a protocol outlining their roles and responsibilities on the issue…Fri Apr 24 2009 - 01:00
UN concern over delay in refugee family casesTHE UN refugee agency has noted with concern that refugees’ applications for family reunification in Ireland can take up to two…Fri Apr 24 2009 - 01:00
Agencies react angrily to cutOVERSEAS AID: SEVERE CUTS to the overseas aid budget mean the Government has reneged on its international commitments to the…Thu Apr 09 2009 - 01:00
'It's unbelievable, it's not right'CHRISTMAS BONUS: “IT’S UNBELIEVABLE. It’s not right, doing that to people.”Thu Apr 09 2009 - 01:00
Irish Aid funding falls by one fifthSevere cuts to the overseas aid budget mean the Government has reneged on its commitments to the developing world out of political…Wed Apr 08 2009 - 01:00
Gardaí investigate assault in parkGARDAÍ WERE yesterday investigating a serious assault on a woman as she walked in a park in Dublin early on Tuesday morning.Thu Apr 02 2009 - 01:00
Nigerian report contradicts FGM claim of diplomatTHE NIGERIAN government told a UN committee last year that the prevalence rate of female genital mutilation (FGM) in the country…Thu Apr 02 2009 - 01:00
FG urges judges to work extra month and save State millionsFINE GAEL has called on High Court judges to work a month longer than usual this year in order to deal with a backlog of judicial…Wed Apr 01 2009 - 01:00
Lenihan backs retraining for jobless migrantsMINISTER FOR Integration Conor Lenihan has stressed the need to provide retraining for unemployed immigrants with the latest …Fri Mar 27 2009 - 00:00
Numbers of asylum seekers increasesAPPLICATIONS FOR asylum in industrialised countries rose by 12 per cent last year, as greater numbers of Somalis and Afghans …Wed Mar 25 2009 - 00:00
China tops execution list, says AmnestyALMOST THREE quarters of the 2,400 people who were executed worldwide last year were put to death in China, according to a new…Tue Mar 24 2009 - 00:00
Farmers protest over milk pricesMORE THAN 100 dairy farmers protested at the European Commission’s offices in Dublin yesterday as part of a campaign over milk…Fri Mar 20 2009 - 00:00
CSO figures show big increase in birth rateTHE BIRTH rate between April and June last year rose by 40 per cent on the same period in 1999, according to the Central Statistics…Fri Mar 20 2009 - 00:00
FG urges stricter criteria for green card applicationsTHE GOVERNMENT should apply a labour market test to all future applications for green cards in light of the economic crisis, …Wed Mar 18 2009 - 00:00
Immoral acts harm society, says archbishopCONCERN ABOUT unacceptable behaviour in the financial world shows how individual acts which are “fundamentally immoral” can have…Thu Feb 26 2009 - 00:00
Archbishop criticises 'immoral' acts of financial eliteConcern about unacceptable behaviour in the financial world shows how "fundamentally immoral" individual acts can have a seriously…Wed Feb 25 2009 - 00:00
Author a 'giant of a man', mourners toldFINAL TRIBUTES: CHRISTOPHER NOLAN was a “giant of a man” who forced people to lift their gaze from his disability and focus…Wed Feb 25 2009 - 00:00
Golden circle are 'heroes' - McEvaddyBUSINESSMAN'S VIEW: BUSINESSMAN Ulick McEvaddy has defended the so-called “golden circle” of 10 investors in Anglo Irish Bank…Sat Feb 21 2009 - 00:00
Golden circle are 'heroes' - McEvaddyBUSINESSMAN'S VIEW: BUSINESSMAN Ulick McEvaddy has defended the so-called “golden circle” of 10 investors in Anglo Irish Bank…Sat Feb 21 2009 - 00:00
Dictionary helps crack case of notorious Polish serial offenderHE WAS one of Ireland’s most reckless drivers, a serial offender who crossed the country wantonly piling up dozens of speeding…Thu Feb 19 2009 - 00:00
European court ruling clarifies asylum lawPEOPLE FLEEING violence and seeking safety in the European Union do not have to prove that their lives are specifically under…Wed Feb 18 2009 - 00:00
Most Poles opting to stay in Ireland and sit out slumpWITH THE pews brimming to capacity and the aisles so tightly packed that stragglers could make it no further than the porch, …Mon Feb 16 2009 - 00:00
78 Burmese refugees to be resettled in IrelandSEVENTY EIGHT Burmese refugees are due to arrive in Ireland next month after being selected for resettlement here under a United…Mon Feb 16 2009 - 00:00
Firms criticise passport control delays at airportBUSINESS REPRESENTATIVES have written to the Garda Commissioner to warn that delays at passport control booths at Dublin airport…Sat Feb 14 2009 - 00:00
Citizens from new EU states take 47% less PPS numbersTHE NUMBER of citizens from the EU’s newer members states who registered to work or to access public services in the Republic…Fri Jan 30 2009 - 00:00
