President's surgery a successPRESIDENT MICHAEL D Higgins underwent knee surgery at the Bon Secours Hospital in Renmore, Galway, yesterday.Wed Dec 14 2011 - 00:00
Waste plan scrapped after spend of €32.7mPLANS FOR one of Europe’s largest landfills, a 210-hectare facility to be developed at a cost of almost €100 million at Nevitt…Wed Dec 14 2011 - 00:00
Fulton gives evidence to SmithwickA former British agent who infiltrated the Provisional IRA told the Smithwick Tribunal today his early duties included putting…Wed Dec 14 2011 - 00:00
Plans for Lusk landfill droppedPlans for one of Europe’s largest landfills near Lusk in north Co Dublin have been scrapped by Fingal County Council.Tue Dec 13 2011 - 00:00
Plan to integrate asylum childrenA campaign to encourage more than 500 children of asylum seekers to access local services such as libraries and sports facilities…Tue Dec 13 2011 - 00:00
New fund to target Shannon airportA new ‘route development fund’ to attract new business to Shannon airport has been proposed by Shannon Development.Tue Dec 13 2011 - 00:00
President undergoes knee surgeryPresident Michael D Higgins underwent knee surgery at the Bon Secours Hospital in Renmor, Galway earlier today.Tue Dec 13 2011 - 00:00
UN service recalled by retired soldiersSOME 70 members and friends of the 36th Infantry Battalion gathered in Glasnevin Cemetery yesterday morning to mark the 50th …Mon Dec 12 2011 - 00:00
FitzPatrick freed after questioning about AngloPHOTOGRAPHERS – SOME of whom had stood in freezing temperatures all night – were rewarded with sight of a beaming Seán FitzPatrick…Mon Dec 12 2011 - 00:00
DUP MP refuses to withdraw IRA claimDEMOCRATIC UNIONIST MP Jeffrey Donaldson has refused to withdraw allegations that a member of Dundalk gardaí colluded with the…Sat Dec 10 2011 - 00:00
DUP MP tells of 'mole' sourceDemocratic Unionist MP Jeffrey Donaldson has told the Smithwick Tribunal he had only one source for the name of an alleged IRA…Fri Dec 09 2011 - 00:00
Tribunal told of Garda reports on alleged collusionA SENIOR garda has told the Smithwick Tribunal of a Garda intelligence report from the mid- 1980s which suggested that Det Sgt…Thu Dec 08 2011 - 00:00
Tribunal hears Dundalk factory claimA Government funded factory in Dundalk may have been the source of printed circuit boards used in bombs in the UK, the Smithwick…Thu Dec 08 2011 - 00:00
Senior garda gives tribunal evidenceA key garda inquiry into allegations of Garda collusion in the IRA murders of two RUC officers failed to interview politicians…Wed Dec 07 2011 - 00:00
Garda says IRA mole not focus of inquiryA SENIOR garda intelligence officer has clashed with the Smithwick Tribunal over the purpose of a Garda inquiry in the immediate…Wed Dec 07 2011 - 00:00
Empty buildings 'suited subversives'A number of buildings near the Garda station in Dundalk that were unoccupied in the late 1980s would have offered a perfect vantage…Tue Dec 06 2011 - 00:00
Ageing Garda vehicles pose safety and insurance issuesCOMMITTEE: AGEING GARDA vehicles, some of which have more than 300,000km on the clock, pose safety and insurance issues for …Fri Dec 02 2011 - 00:00
Garda gets €12.4m tax demandThe Revenue Commissioners presented An Garda Síochána with a tax demand of €12Thu Dec 01 2011 - 00:00
IRA bomb-maker offers to take lie-detector test at tribunalA CONVICTED IRA bomb-maker yesterday offered to take a lie-detector test to help prove he was not involved in the Omagh bombing…Wed Nov 30 2011 - 00:00
Tribunal told of concern over leaksGarda authorities avoided involving Dundalk Garda station in anti-terrorist operations from as far back as the early 1980s because…Wed Nov 30 2011 - 00:00
McKevitt denies garda tipped him off about search of his homeMICHAEL McKEVITT, who is serving a 20-year sentence for directing terrorism and membership of the Real IRA, has told the Smithwick…Tue Nov 29 2011 - 00:00
IRA man denies Omagh claimA convicted IRA bomb maker who was named in the House of Commons as one of those responsible for the Omagh bombing has described…Tue Nov 29 2011 - 00:00
Eden Quay trees removed for worksTrees on Dublin’s Eden Quay were removed yesterday in preparation for works on the proposed Luas bridge.Tue Nov 29 2011 - 00:00
Garda to test drivers for drugs in new yearFROM EARLY in the new year motorists suspected of driving while under the influence of drugs are to be asked to perform a range…Mon Nov 28 2011 - 00:00
McKevitt gives Smithwick evidenceMichael McKevitt, who is serving a 20-year sentence for directing terrorism and membership of the Real IRA, has told the Smithwick…Mon Nov 28 2011 - 00:00
Tribunal to move to Dublin court for evidence by McKevittTHE SMITHWICK Tribunal is to move to the Criminal Courts of Justice on Monday to hear evidence from Michael McKevitt, who is …Sat Nov 26 2011 - 00:00
Ex-garda fails to appear at SmithwickA former assistant Garda commissioner who helped investigate suspicions members of Dundalk gardaí assisted in IRA murders of …Fri Nov 25 2011 - 00:00
Flagship DIT site to proceed if planning grantedTHE FLAGSHIP regeneration project for the 30-hectare Grangegorman site in Dublin’s north inner city will definitely go ahead …Fri Nov 25 2011 - 00:00
Planned increases in medical benefit charges 'penal'PROPOSED INCREASES in charges for medical benefits have been described as “penal” and a potentially serious risk to patient health…Thu Nov 24 2011 - 00:00
Proposed medical charge hikes criticisedProposed hikes in charges for medical benefits have been criticised by the Irish Patients Organisation and the Irish Pharmacy…Wed Nov 23 2011 - 00:00
Firefighters' dispute may lead to strikeFOURTEEN FIRE officers have been removed from the payroll by Roscommon County Council in a dispute which some firefighters maintain…Tue Nov 22 2011 - 00:00
Hogan defends shopping centre sizesDRAFT GUIDELINES for the size of new shopping centres that were published yesterday do not represent the death knell of smaller…Tue Nov 22 2011 - 00:00
Shatter announcement 'shortly' on upward-only rent reviewsAN ANNOUNCEMENT on the future of Government plans to end upward-only commercial rent reviews in existing leases is to be made…Mon Nov 21 2011 - 00:00
O'Donoghue 'did not stifle debate'FORMER MINISTER for justice John O’Donoghue has rejected suggestions that he attempted to stifle Dáil debate and “put people …Sat Nov 19 2011 - 00:00
Publicans demand action over closure of rural pubsRURAL PUBLICANS have marched on the Dáil in protest at conditions that they claim are forcing at least one pub a day to close…Fri Nov 18 2011 - 00:00
Tribunal told of Department inquiryThere was no “prima facie case” to support an inquiry into allegations of collusion between members of Dundalk Gardaí and the…Fri Nov 18 2011 - 00:00
Integrated ticketing for Dublin transport due within weeksMORE THAN nine years and €48 million after it was first proposed, public transport users in Dublin are expected to be able to…Fri Nov 18 2011 - 00:00
Integrated transport tickets on wayMore than nine years and €48 million after it was first proposed public transport users in Dublin are expected to be able to …Thu Nov 17 2011 - 00:00
Intelligence linked garda to IRA killingsGARDA INTELLIGENCE reports linked a member of the Garda in Dundalk station with the murders of Northern Ireland judge Maurice…Wed Nov 16 2011 - 00:00
Tribunal hears of IRA coffin saluteAn instruction that gardaí should salute the coffins of IRA members who had been shot dead in Gibraltar as they passed through…Wed Nov 16 2011 - 00:00
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
