Tribunal told of 'mole' speculationWithin 24 hours of the murder of two high ranking RUC officers close to the Border in South Armagh in 1989, security services…Tue Nov 15 2011 - 00:00
Tribunal told of phone tap attemptDETAILS OF attempted phone tapping in the Dundalk area were revealed at the Smithwick Tribunal yesterday.Fri Nov 11 2011 - 00:00
Tribunal hears of IRA 'boast'An IRA activist boasted of the killings of two RUC officers, claiming the murders had been carried out with the aid of a member…Fri Nov 11 2011 - 00:00
No agents in IRA gang, witness tells tribunalTHE PUBLIC and media were excluded from the Smithwick Tribunal yesterday after a former RUC intelligence officer said no agents…Wed Nov 09 2011 - 00:00
Dodder bridge scaffolding not cause of flooding, insists Iarnród ÉireannIARNRÓD ÉIREANN has said scaffolding and sacking the company erected across the Dodder in Ballsbridge, Dublin, was not a critical…Tue Nov 08 2011 - 00:00
Alleged IRA hit squad leader namedThe leader of an IRA hit squad which killed two RUC officers in 1989 was this morning named as Sean Gerard Hughes of south Armagh…Tue Nov 08 2011 - 00:00
Train service may begin again ahead of scheduleIARNRÓD ÉIREANN will this morning carry out test runs on trains across a rail bridge over the river Dodder in south Dublin to…Mon Nov 07 2011 - 00:00
Sluice gates opened along Shannon due to flood worriesAFTER MOUNTING concerns about flooding along the river Shannon, the ESB and Waterways Ireland have opened sluice gates at locks…Sat Nov 05 2011 - 00:00
Some road tolls to rise by 10 cent in new yearMOTORWAY TOLLS are set to rise in the new year as increases in the consumer price index allow a range of operators to add 10 …Fri Nov 04 2011 - 00:00
Vetting law should define key terms, committee toldA DEFINITION of what constitutes “ad hoc” contact with children and vulnerable adults should be included in the legislation on…Thu Nov 03 2011 - 00:00
Toll charges set to rise from JanuaryMotorway tolls are set to rise in the new year as increases in the consumer price index allow a range of operators to add 10 …Thu Nov 03 2011 - 00:00
Bike scheme consultation unveiled"Symposiums" on the possibility of extending the public bike schemes to Cork, Galway, Limerick and Waterford are to be announced…Thu Nov 03 2011 - 00:00
Myers tells tribunal he will not reveal sourcesNEWSPAPER COLUMNIST Kevin Myers has told the Smithwick Tribunal he will not reveal the identity of sources behind a March 2000…Sat Oct 29 2011 - 01:00
President attends service for heroic gardaUPWARDS OF 1,000 people stood in silence in the small village of Manor Kilbride in the Wicklow hills yesterday evening, as the…Fri Oct 28 2011 - 01:00
Myers declines to name sourcesNewspaper columnist Kevin Myers has told the Smithwick Tribunal he would not be prepared to reveal the identity of sources behind…Fri Oct 28 2011 - 01:00
Funeral of drowned garda heldThe funeral of has taken place of Garda Ciarán Jones, who lost his life while warning oncoming motorists of flood danger near…Fri Oct 28 2011 - 01:00
Workers insist IRA tapping claims could not have been trueTELECOMS STAFF who spent most of their working lives in the Dundalk telephone exchange yesterday ridiculed magazine reports that…Thu Oct 27 2011 - 01:00
No evidence found that IRA tapped phonesNO EVIDENCE could be found to verify allegations that the IRA tapped private Garda telephone lines in Dundalk telephone exchange…Wed Oct 26 2011 - 01:00
Tapping claim is 'rubbish'A 2005 magazine article which alleged the IRA had tapped a private Garda phone line in Dundalk telephone exchange was described…Wed Oct 26 2011 - 01:00
'No evidence' IRA tapped phone linesNo evidence could be found to support allegations that the IRA tapped private telephone lines between the Garda and the RUC, …Tue Oct 25 2011 - 01:00
Motorists urged to drive with caution as further heavy rainfall expectedTHE GARDA and AA Roadwatch have appealed to motorists to take extreme caution today as further heavy rainfall is expected to …Mon Oct 24 2011 - 01:00
Buchanan family asks police officers to assist tribunalTHE FAMILY of the RUC superintendent killed in an IRA ambush in 1989 has called on retired RUC officers and those serving in …Mon Oct 24 2011 - 01:00
Detective beaten for not paying IRA for alcohol, tribunal toldA FORMER detective sergeant was beaten by the Provisional IRA because he had failed to pay them for a consignment of alcohol, …Sat Oct 22 2011 - 01:00
Former Dundalk sergeant alleges DPP officials and Garda conspiracyA RETIRED Garda sergeant has claimed he has evidence of a conspiracy between members of the Garda and officials in the office…Fri Oct 21 2011 - 01:00
'No evidence' of Dundalk IRA molePSNI assistant chief constable Drew Harris attended the Smithwick Tribunal under tight security today.Fri Oct 21 2011 - 01:00
Myers believed at least two IRA moles in Garda stationNEWSPAPER COLUMNIST Kevin Myers has told the Smithwick Tribunal he believed there were at least two IRA moles and possibly an…Thu Oct 20 2011 - 01:00
Tribunal told of smuggling by gardaAn official Garda car in Dundalk was used for smuggling contraband from Northern Ireland in the mid-1980s, a retired garda sergeant…Thu Oct 20 2011 - 01:00
Myers appears before SmithwickNewspaper columnist Kevin Myers has told the Smithwick Tribunal he believed there were at least two IRA moles and possibly an…Wed Oct 19 2011 - 01:00
Tribunal views 'Insight' programmeA UTV Insight programme which aired claims by members of the RUC that there was an IRA mole in Dundalk Garda station was shown…Wed Oct 19 2011 - 01:00
Tribunal told phone to Newry was not tappedALLEGATIONS THAT the Provisional IRA tapped a private telephone link between Dundalk Garda station and Newry police over a three…Wed Oct 19 2011 - 01:00
Priory Hall developers told to hand over their passportsPROPERTY DEVELOPERS behind the Priory Hall apartment complex in north Dublin have until this morning to surrender their passports…Tue Oct 18 2011 - 01:00
Residents tell developer that he 'couldn't build a snowman'EXCHANGES: THERE WERE heated exchanges in the Round Hall of the Four Courts yesterday as residents of Priory Hall apartment …Tue Oct 18 2011 - 01:00
Developers to hand in passportsProperty developers behind the Priory Hall apartment complex in north Dublin have until this morning to surrender their passports…Tue Oct 18 2011 - 01:00
Reports of IRA 'bugging' discountedMagazine reports that the IRA had tapped into a secure line between Dundalk Garda Station and Newry police were discounted at…Tue Oct 18 2011 - 01:00
Builders told to surrender passportsProperty developers behind the Priory Hall apartment complex in north Dublin have until tomorrow morning to surrender their passports…Mon Oct 17 2011 - 01:00
'They are rendering us homeless'RESIDENTS OF Priory Hall in Donaghmede stood around in groups on the street outside their apartments yesterday evening as news…Sat Oct 15 2011 - 01:00
Red Cross to face questions on overseas aid donationsTHE IRISH Red Cross society is to be asked to respond to allegations that millions of euro, much of which was collected for overseas…Fri Oct 14 2011 - 01:00
Army pays €4.6m Border allowanceSOME 860 Army officers and recruits will share a State payout of €4.6 million in “Border allowances” this year.Fri Oct 14 2011 - 01:00
Red Cross 'deficiencies exposed'The Irish Red Cross is to be asked to answer allegations that money collected for the relief of overseas disasters was retained…Thu Oct 13 2011 - 01:00
Online emissions site launchedA new on-line service in which it is possible to view the emissions records of factories, farms, waste water treatment plants…Wed Oct 12 2011 - 01:00
Too much waste sent to landfillIreland is still sending too much waste to landfill and will not meet EU targets unless “substantive quantities” of residual …Wed Oct 12 2011 - 01:00
Gardaí defied salute order for IRA dead, tribunal toldGARDAÍ IN Dundalk decided en masse to disobey an order that they should salute the coffins of IRA personnel killed in Gibraltar…Sat Oct 08 2011 - 01:00
Tribunal considers Garda documentsGarda intelligence information relating to the IRA killing of two RUC men in 1989 was assessed in private session at the Smithwick…Fri Oct 07 2011 - 01:00
Questions about IRA radio traffic on day RUC men shotQUESTIONS ABOUT which branch of the security services in Northern Ireland was monitoring IRA communications on the day two RUC…Fri Oct 07 2011 - 01:00
RUC paper 'alleged IRA informant'An RUC intelligence document asserting Det Sgt Owen Corrigan of Dundalk Garda station was an IRA informer has been shown at the…Thu Oct 06 2011 - 01:00
IRA man passed information to security forces, tribunal is toldA MAN believed by sections of the RUC to have been involved in the notorious south Armagh brigade of the Provisional IRA passed…Thu Oct 06 2011 - 01:00
Scappaticci denied legal requestFreddie Scappaticci the man who denies he was the British army agent known as ‘Stakeknife’ within the Provisional IRA has been…Wed Oct 05 2011 - 01:00
Rainy season despite Indian summerLAST WEEK’S burst of sunshine and summer temperatures have not affected the official verdict on September from Met Éireann: it…Tue Oct 04 2011 - 01:00
Barroso pledges debt solutionsEuropean Commission president Jose Barroso today called for the faster creation of a permanent rescue fund to show Europe's determination…Wed Sept 28 2011 - 01:00
Metro West plan postponed due to economic climate, says VaradkarPLANNING FOR Metro West – a new rail line to link Ballymun and Tallaght – has been frozen, Minister for Transport Leo Varadkar…Mon Sept 26 2011 - 01:00
